Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Connections...

Waipukehia te awa aa mihi kia koorengarenga, kia puurena. Nei a maatou ngaa uri o te tai whakarunga, o te tai whakararo e rere ngaa mihi waiohatanga ki a koutou ngaa pia o te kura o Taipaa. Anei maatou ngaa uri o ngaa hau e whaa o te waahanga maaori, o te akomanga waananga o Te Puna Wairua e tuku whakamihi atu ki a koutou. Ko Te Aho Matua, te mahi kapa haka, te reo maaori me te mahi tuakana/teina te tino reka o taa maatou nei akomanga. E whai ana maatou i ngaa tapuwae o oo maatou tuupuna, e whai hoki maatou i Te Aho Matua me ngaa maataapono te kura nei, araa, ko Te Kuratahi o Taamaki. Ko eenei a maatou maataapono, araa, ko te Ako o te taiohi, ko te manaakitanga mai i teetahi ki teetahi, ko te kaitiakitanga o te whenua nei, e noho maauiui ana, ko te mana taangata me te tukunga o te whakautetanga, anoo raa, ko te whakawhanaungatanga. Haakoa he aao paakeha kei waho nei, he aao maaori kei roto nei. Ko te tino tuumanko, ka whakawhiti koorero maatou ki a koutou kei waenga teenei tau, hei whakahoahoa, hei whakapiripiri moo te tau nei anoo, noo reira e aku rangatira o aakengokengo,

Tena raa koutou katoa! Naa maatou te akomanga Te Puna Wairua.

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E aku rau rangatira mā, anei ko ngā wai e rua o Te Puna Wairua. Ko te ara o te waitahi e rere teretere iho nei ki te paenga o te reo rangatira. Ko te ara o te wairua kua pūrena ana ki te reo Pākehā. Anei mātou ko Te Puna Wairua e whakatau ana ki runga i a koutou Ngāi Tahu, Hokitika. Ko te Kapa Haka tētahi o ngā tino kaupapa ki a mātou, ēngari, ko Te Reo Rangatira me ōna tikanga te kaupapa matua. He akomanga e whai ana ki Te Aho Matua, hākoa te tino aurakitanga o tō mātou nei kura, e ora ana mātou ki roto i Te Ao Māori, pērā ki ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori. E hīkaka ana mātou mō tō tātou nei hononga hou, ka whakarangitaki mātou ki a koutou e te whānau hou, nō reira, anei ngā waiohatanga o Te Puna Wairua e rere atu ki a koutou katoa, ngā mihi!

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E te tī, e te tā! Nei Te Puna Wairua e tūpou atu nei i runga i tō mātou nei urunga ki runga i a koutou Ngāi Tahu, Te Hiringa. Anei mātou e noho waimārie ana ki te rangatiaki tahi ki a koutou, ki a mātou anō hoki. “Mā tā tātou hīkoi whakatōmene, ka puāwai te ngākaunui ki te ako”, me hīkoi ngātahi tātou ki te angitūtanga o Te Reo Rangatira, kia whai hoki ki roto i Te Ao Māori. Ko te Kapa Haka tētahi o ngā tino kaupapa ki a mātou, ēngari, ko Te Reo Rangatira me ōna tikanga te kaupapa matua. He akomanga e whai ana ki Te Aho Matua, hākoa te tino aurakitanga o tō mātou nei kura, e ora ana mātou ki roto i Te Ao Māori, pērā ki ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori. E hīkaka ana mātou mō tō tātou nei hononga hou, ka whakarangitaki mātou ki a koutou e te whānau hou, nō reira, anei ngā waiohatanga o Te Puna Wairua e rere atu ki a koutou katoa, ngā mihi!