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I tenei wiki kai te parakatihi toku whanau etahi waiata, moteatea mai o nehe ra. Kai raro nga waiata e whakaako matou. Moteatea/Patere Kai Otitapu Waiata Matariki

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This is a great question because their is alot we or I can say when it comes to the importance of preserving or safe keeping of our language or in better forms (who we are). Maoritanga I am 30 years of age and with proud I am pleased to inform and let my whakapapa heritage be loudly known. I grew up born and bread at my Papakainga with over 40 homes in our whanau village. My environment from kohanga was all about out tikanga even from before i was born. It was total emersion in te reo maori i nga wa katoa. So wherever we were didnt matter where we were only allowed to talk maori. It was considered swearing so you were punished if you were caught with a pakeha word coming out of your mouth. My parents were also great emplementers when it came to learning or speaking te reo. Unfortunately since than alot has changed and/or died out and so this is my why Toku reo toku ohooho mapihi Maurea whakakai marihi He taonga tukuiho no nga tipuna Kia kaha matou ki te whakaako ki te korero ki te waiata kia kore ai e ngaro kia kore ai e rite ki te moa.

Tena koutou Katoa I mua i te timatanga mai o toku Tauparapara pepeha, mihimihi ranei, anei he paku korero e pa ana ki ahau me toku whanau. Ko Tawhetakino Mahia Williams toku ingoa toru tekau oku tau, ko au te kotiro/tamaiti tuarima o oku matua Ko George Williams raua ko Ripeka Wana oku matua. Tokowaru a raua tamariki, e wha ki nga tane, e wha ki nga kotiro Rua tekau ma rima o raua mokopuna kotahi ki te mokopuna tuarua (great grand child). I te taha o toku papa ko Thomas Akitai Williams raua ko Mare Heeni Marupo oku matua tipuna. I te taha o toku mama ko Maraenui Wana raua ko Perahuia Reneti oku matua tipuna. Ka hoki toku whakapapa ki nga iwi me nga rohe katoa o Aoteroa engari i whangai au i toku papakainga kai Taiwhakaea me Te Paroa (Whakatane). Tauparapara Piki mai ra Kake mai ra Homai te waiora ki ahau e tu te hu, e moe a te kuia I te po, Po, Po, Wairaka I raru ai e Papaki tu ana nga Tai ki Te Reinga Ka Po, Ka Ao, Ka Awatea Tihei Mauri Ora Pepeha Ko Putauaki toku maunga Ko Ohinemataroa, Te Oriini me Rangitaiki nga awa Ko Taiwhakakaea, Tapuihikitia nga marae Ko Ngai Taiwhakaea, Te Aitanga o Mahaki, Pahipoto nga hapu Ko Toanatini toku wharekai Ko Kiore te tekoteko e tu nei Ko Mataatua toku waka Ko Toroa te Rangatira Ko Ngati Awa, Te Whakatohea, Ngapuhi, Tuhoe oku iwi No nga rohe katoa ahau Mihimihi Ko te mihi tuatahi ki nga Kaiwhakawa o tenei kaupapa tino kaha o koutou mahi ki te whakakapi nga manaaki I Te Reo Maori me ona tikanga. Ko te mini tuarua ki nga aitua kua hinga atu ra e nga mate tini haere, haere, haere atu ra Ko te mihi tuatoru ki nga tauira o rungs tenei me kii Website tino kaha koutou ki te haere tonu kia kore ai Te Reo Maori e rite ki te Moa Whakatauki Te Manu I kai te Miro nona te ngahere Te Manu I kai I nga hua o te matauranga nona te ao

Tena koutou Katoa Piki mai ra Kake mai ra Homai te waiora ki ahau e tu Te hu ana e moe a te kuia i te po, Po, po wairaka i raru ai e Papaki tu ana nga tai ki Te Reinga Ka po Ka ao Ka awatea Tihei mauri ora Ko te mihi tuatahi ki nga kaiwhakawa o tenei me kii (website) tauke nga mahi akoranga tena koutou Ko Te mihi tuarua ki nga tangata whanau ranei kei te ako mihi tena koutou Katoa Ko te mihi tuatoru ki oku tipuna aa ki te hunga mate kua ngaro ki te po haere ki hawaiki nui, hawaiki roa, hawaiki Papamamao no reira e NGA mate haere, haere haere. Ko Tawhetakino Mahia Williams toku ingoa, Kei Te Manukatutahi ahau e noho ana I te papakainga o oku Matua. Toru tekau ma toru nga tau e noho ana oku Matua ki Taiwhakaea. No nga wahi katoa o Aotearoa oku tipuna heoi. I te Taha o toku papa no Ruatoki, Te Oromahoe me Te Moana nui a kiwa oku tipuna I te taha o toku mama no Te Oromahoe, Te Teko me Whakatane oku tipuna. Whakatauki Nau te rourou, Noku te rourou, Ka ora ai te iwi. Whaia te iti kahurangi ki te tuohu koe mehemea he maunga teitei