Waka Māori: He Pūrongo Rangahau/ Waka Māori ... - Te Puni Kokiri

HE MIHIKa timu te tai, ka pari te tai ki Takaparawhau, e tū whakahī ana. Ōrākei, tūkuna rā tō karanga kiaareare mai ngā taringa, kia hiki i te wairua. Ōrākei, he tohu maumahara ki ngā whawhai o ōkoutou nā kuia koroua i tū pakari ai mō te iwi. Ka kore e warewaretia.Haruru mai ana a Tumutumuwhenua i ngā moemoeā o āna uri. Tū tonu mai rā koe heiwhakaruruhau mō ngā tamariki mokopuna o Tūperiri, arā ko Te Taoū, ko Ngā Oho, ko Te Uringutuhoki. Tīhei mauriora.I te tau kua hipa atu, i toko ake te kaupapa nei hei hāpai i a Ngāi Māori mō te Kapu Whutupōro oTe Ao 2011: he tirohanga auaha, hononga tāngata, kawenga whainga hoki. Heoi, tokomaha ngātāngata i kuhu ai ki te tautoko i a Waka Māori, kia kitea te otinga atu o ngā pūmanawa Māori:Te whānau o Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei (Grant Hawke, Ngarimu Blair, Renata Blair, Tracy Davis,Sharon Hawke, Katera Maihi me ngā kaiāwhina i manaaki mai i ngā manuhiri ki Waka Māori);Diana Puketapu; Nick Dalton (TOA Architects); Harry Kleyn (Structurflex); Barry Davidson(Compusoft Engineering); Susannah Fougere; Darrell Carlin rāua ko Sharon Butler-Morris (CarlinValenti); Emere Wano (Tihi Limited); Eric Ngan; Precious Clark (Tuia Limited); Guy Dawson(BECA Carter Ltd); Matt Te Pou (Snr); Tiki Edwards (NZRFU); Kura Gallery; New Zealand MāoriArts and Crafts Institute; Ian Taylor (Animation Research Ltd). Huri noa ki Māori Tourism, teManatū Taonga me Te Puni Kōkiri. Tēnā koutou katoa.Ko tēnei i mahia nei e manako ana ki ngā whakatupuranga heke. Mei kore ake koutou, ka koretēnei kaupapa e tūtuki i ō tātou nei wawata.“Tāmaki Herenga Waka”3