Ā-Motu

Kei te whatu a David Jones o Rongowhakaata i tētahi korowai hei tohu aroha mō tana tuahine a Erica i hinga i te tau kua hinga atu nei.

Kei te karanga a Toi Aotearoa ki ngā ringatoi, ki ngā rangatahi anō hoki kia tono pūtea tautoko e whai wāhi ai rātou ki te Hui Ahurea o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. He tira haere kei te whakaritea kia haere ki te hui ka tū ki Honolulu hei te marama o Pipiri a tērā tau.

Ko Oriini Kaipara tērā, he kaihaka ō mua mō te kapa o Ngā Tūmanako, kua whakawhiti atu ki te ope o Haka Translate kia whakapākehā i ngā waiata me ngā haka o Te Matatini. Ko tā te ratonga nei he whakapākehā i ngā kōrero kia whai wāhi atu hunga kāre pea i te mārama ki te reo Māori ki te tikanga o ngā kupu.

Ko te ra tuatahi tēnei e kite ai ngā kaituao o Te Matatini ki te Ao i ngā kapa ka tiakina e rātou. Ko te mahi whakahaere i ngā kaituao he uaua engari ma te whakatakoto māhere ka angitu ai rātou ki te tutuki i ngā mahi katoa. 
 

Kei te akiaki te kaunihera kia rāhuitia te wai e ngā kainoho o Tūranganui a Kiwa. Ka whai tēnei i te pāhū o te paipa matua.

Ināianei, ka tūtaki atu tātau ki te kairaranga o ngā pōtae harakeke rongonui, ā, ka rongo he aha e uaua ai te whiwhi i tētahi o āna pōtae.

E whakatenatena ana Te Rōpu Tuhituhinga Māori i ngā kai tā i te kupu ki te tuku ā rātou pakiwaitara mō ngā tohu whiwhinga Pikihuia i tēnei tau. E ono ngā wāhanga hōu ā kua whakahou i te kaupapa kia whai wāhi atu ngā kaitito Māori ahakoa te iti rānei o a rātou wheako i ngā mahi tuhituhi. 
 

E whakatika ana te toa wāwāhi wūru a Joel Henare no Ngāti Porou mō tetahi whakataetae a rohe, he whakataetae whakaharatau i a ia tōmua i te whakataetae o te ao.  

He ture hōu e whakakore i te tangata te momi hikareti, hikareti tāhiko rānei ki rō motoka mehe tangata kei raro iho i te tekau ma waru te pakeke kei roto. E matapaetia ana ka pāhi te ture nei hei te mutunga o tēnei tau ā ka āhei ngā pirihimana te whakatū waka, te tuku whaina rānei.  
 

Kei te whakarite te Kapa Haka o Hikurangi Pārihā i a rātau anō mō Te Matatini e whakaeke mai nei ki Te Whanangui ā Tara.

He kura pakihi ki Te Whare Whaihanga ki Uawa, hei hāpai ake i ngā whānau kia whai mōhio i ngā mahi pakihi, arā kia whakatata atu ki whakatū i wā rātau ake pakihi.