Ngā Wheako Tauira o te Ao

E mihi ana te Kura o Mercury Bay Area ki ngā ākonga o te ao whānui kia whai wāhi mai ki te oranga o te kura, kia pārekareka hoki ki ā mātou kaupapa ako ahurei. I tēnei wāhanga o tā mātou paetukutuku ka tukuna e mātou he reo ki ngā rangatahi kua mihia e mātou, ā, ka tukuna rātou kia kōrero i ā rātou kōrero ki a koe.

Ibuki nō Hapani

'Ko ngā tau e rua i noho ai ahau ki MBAS ko ngā tau e rua pai rawa atu o tōku ao. Ināianei, e mōhio ana ahau he kupu tawhito tēnā, engari he pono taku kōrero. Ko ngā hononga tata i hangaia e au ki te hunga whakamiharo o konei, me ngā whai wāhitanga i homai ki ahau ki te ako i konei, he mea ēnei e tino mihi ana ahau ki a rātou.'.

Ko taku noho kāinga te mea nui rawa atu i tonoa e au, me te nui atu anō hoki. I manaaki pai mai ōku mātua manaaki i ahau ki roto i tō rāua kāinga mai i te rā i tae mai ai ahau, ā, ināianei, e rua tau i muri mai, ka taea e au te kī pono kua rite rātou ki te whānau ki ahau. I tunu kai reka māku i ia rā, i āwhina i ahau kia taunga ki te āhua noho o te iwi Kiwi, ā, i tautoko nui mai i ahau kia tipu ake ai ahau hei tangata. He rawe hoki tōku tuakana manaaki (he tauira o tāwāhi hoki), ā, i noho hoa tonu māua. I hanga e māua ētahi maharatanga pai tahi, ā, ahakoa kua hoki mai ia ki Tiamana inaianei, kei te hono tonu māua.

I te kura, i kitea e au ētahi hoa whakamiharo mai i ngā momo papamuri katoa, ā, i tino whānui ake taku tirohanga. Nō tētahi whenua kotahi pērā i a Hapani, he tino whakahihiri te wheako i te kanorau, ā, he nui ngā mea i akohia e au. Ahakoa he tokomaha o tātou ka wehe kē i ō tātou ara mō te wāhanga e whai ake nei o ō tātou oranga, e mōhio ana ahau ka tata tonu taku whakapā atu ki a rātou mō ngā tau maha e haere ake nei. He rawe hoki ngā kaiako i konei i MBAS, ā, kua hanga e au ētahi hononga tino tata ki a rātou i taku wā i konei. He tino mīharo te Kaiwhakahaere o ngā Ākonga o te Ao. I rite ia ki tētahi atu whaea ki ahau, i whakautu i aku pātai katoa, i whakarite kei te tika taku huarahi, ā, i tautoko mai i ahau i ngā wā uaua. Nō reira, ki taku whakaaro e toru aku whaea inaianei.

Hei whakamutunga, he tino mīharo ngā whai wāhitanga me ngā wheako i homai e te noho hei ākonga o te ao i MBAS ki ahau. I roto noa i aku tau poto e rua i konei, i taea e au te wheako i: ngā haerenga ki Cathedral Cove, te wikitoria i te whakataetae poitūkohu ā-rohe, te whai wāhi ki te mahi a te kura, me te whai wāhi atu ki te tīma kaiārahi ākonga. Ko ia o ēnei whai wāhitanga me ngā wheako i tino ako mai i ahau i ngā akoranga nui, ā, he maharatanga kore e warewaretia ka maumaharahia e au mō te toenga o tōku ao

Andrea nō Itari

Kia ora, ko Andrea ahau, ā, ka kōrero atu ahau mō aku wheako ki Aotearoa.

I taku wehenga atu i Itari, i tino harikoa ahau mō te noho ki tāwāhi mō ngā marama e toru, ā, i te wa ano i paku āwangawanga ahau mō te noho roa me te kore e kite i tōku whānau me ōku hoa.

He uaua te tīmatanga nā te mea me taunga ahau ki te reo, ā, nā te mea hoki i tino ngenge ahau i te haerenga roa i mahia e au, engari i muri i ētahi rā ka māmā ake, ā, ka tīmata ahau te mōhio ki te reo Pākehā.

I te 22 o Hūrae i tīmata ai taku wheako i te kura o Aotearoa, māua ko ngā ākonga whakawhiti i whiriwhiri ā mātou kaupapa ako, ā, i whiwhi mātou i ētahi kōrero whānui mō te tāone o Whitianga.

Mai i taua rā, e whitu wiki ahau e noho ana i konei, ā, kua kite ahau he tino rerekē tēnei momo kura i tērā o Itari. Ki taku whakaaro he tangata ake, ā, e aro nui ana ki te hauora o ngā ākonga, ehara i te mea ko te kaupapa ako anake.

He iti ake te ahotea o te kura i tēnei kura i tērā o Itari, ā, he nui ake te aro o ngā kaiako ki ō hiahia. Kua kitea e au he tangata atawhai, he atawhai hoki te iwi o konei, pērā i te kura.

I tēnei wā, kei te ora ahau i te wāhanga whakamutunga o taku haerenga, ā, mehemea i taea, kua roa ake taku noho ki konei, engari kāore e taea. E tino mōhio ana ahau ka maumahara ahau ki tēnei wheako, ki tēnei kura, ki tōku whānau manaaki me ōku hoa o Aotearoa ake tonu atu.  

Ngā mihi

Andrea

Nō Kōrea-ki-te-Tonga a Candice

Ko Candice (Dahye) ahau nō Kōrea ki te Tonga. E hiahia ana ahau kia noho hei Kairangahau Taiao ā muri ake nei. Tuatahi, kāore au i tino mōhio mō te noho hei Kairangahau Taiao nā te mea kāore anō kia akohia e au tetahi mea mātauranga mō tēnei mahi. I whiwhi ahau i te whai wāhi ki te ako mō te Pūtaiao Māra me te Taiao hei whakatutuki i taku moemoeā mai i te Kura o Mercury Bay Area (MBAS). Nā ngā akoranga mahi a MBAS i pai ake ai taku māramatanga ki te taiao, ā, i whiwhi hoki ahau i te māia kāore e taea te aukati i te reo.

I hiahia tonu ahau ki te ako i te reo Tiamana me te reo Hapanihi, engari kāore he wāhi hei ako i ēnei reo e tata ana ki tōku tāone i Kōrea ki te Tonga. Nō reira i whakaaro ahau he wāhi pai tēnei ki te ako i ēnei reo. I te rohe Mercury Bay kei te ako ahau i te reo Hapanihi i MBAS, ā, kei te ako Tiamana ahau i a Ana e noho tahi ana māua i te whare kotahi. Ki te kore au e mōhio ki te tikanga, ki te pēhea rānei te whakapuaki, ka pātai tonu ahau ki aku hoa Tiamana me Hapanihi kia taea ai e au te ako tika. Waihoki, kei te ako taku whānau manaaki i ahau ki te kōrero Ingarihi me ngā kupu kiwi i ia wiki. Kei te āwhina rātou i ahau ki te kōrero Ingarihi pai ake. Harikoa rawa ahau ka taea e au te ako i ēnei reo.

Ki ahau nei, ko te MBAS te wāhi whakamiharo hei hopu i aku moemoeā, hei mea hoki hei tangata harikoa rawa atu i te ao. 

Johanna nō Austria

Ko taku tau whakawhiti i Aotearoa. Ko ngā marama e ono kua pahure ake nei i konei i Aotearoa ko ngā marama tino pai rawa atu o tōku ao katoa. He nui ngā mea kua akohia e au mōku ake, he maha ngā hoa whakamiharo kua whiwhihia e au, ā, kua wheakohia e au tētahi ahurea rerekē, tētahi momo noho rerekē, tētahi whenua rerekē.

I tēnei wā, me mihi nui ahau ki tōku whānau manaaki whakamiharo, ahurei hoki, nā rātou ahau i manaaki mai me te atawhai, ā, he tino take nui rātou i tino pai ai tōku noho ki konei. I noho tahi māua ko ēnei tāngata mō ngā wiki e rua i roto i tētahi waka noho i te taha o Te Waipounamu, e ngana ana ki te whakaatu i te nuinga o te whenua ki ahau, he wā tino ngahau, ā, ko tētahi o ngā wā tino pai ki ahau i konei i Aotearoa!

Heoi anō, ahakoa tōku waimarie, i taea e au te kite i tētahi atu whenua i taku noho ki konei, nā te mea i mahi tauira taku tuahine manaaki i Poihākena, i haere mātou ki te toro atu ki a ia i tētahi wā poto i te mutunga wiki, he mea tino mīharo! Haunga tēnā, he tini ngā hoa piripono kua whiwhi ahau i konei, ā, he maha ngā mahi ngahau kua mahia e mātou, pērā i te haere ki ngā kōnohete, te pupuhi paihamu, te hokohoko ki Tāmaki Makaurau, te haere waka poti mō te pō, te puni rānei i te takutai moana.

Heoi, ko taku mea tino pai ko te whakaako i ngā kupu Tiamana ki ngā tāngata o Aotearoa, he tino katakata. He mea whakamiharo te tere o te whakawhanake i ngā whakahoahoa me te tata ki te tangata i roto i te wā poto. He rite tonu ki te mea he oranga tuarua tōku ki konei, he whānau tuarua, he kāinga tuarua... Kāore au i te whakapono kua mutu kē taku wā ki konei, he tere rawa te haere, ā, ka taea e au te kī atu me te kore ruarua, i tino pai ki ahau ia meneti o taku wā ki konei i Aotearoa. NGĀ MIHI NUI ki te katoa, nā rātou i hanga taku wā ki konei kia kore e warewaretia. Ka tino hoki mai anō ahau!

Te Kōrero a Lea

Ko Lea Eisenbarth tōku ingoa, nō Tiamana ahau, ā, e ono marama taku haerenga ki te Kura o Mercury Bay Area. Ko aua marama e ono tētahi o ngā marama tino pai rawa atu o tōku ao. He maha ngā mea kāore anō kia mahia e au i mua, ā, ko tētahi o aku mea tino pai ko te Kura Moana. I ia Paraire kāore au i te kura, ka ruku ahau. I mahi ahau i taku Ruku Wai Tuwhera me taku Ruku Wai Tuwhera Matatau, nō reira ka whakaaetia ahau ki te ruku ki ngā wāhi katoa o te ao ināianei. I tua atu, i haere tā mātou rōpū Ruku ki Northland i reira ka whai wāhi mātou ki te ruku i roto i tētahi kaipuke tawhito kua pakaru. He tino mīharo!

Ko taku kaupapa tino pai i te kura ko te Mātauranga o Waho me te Mahi Rakau. I te Mātauranga o Waho i haere mātou ki te hoe waka i te wāhanga tuatahi, ā, i te tuarua o ngā wāhanga i heke iho mātou. I haere hoki mātou ki te hoe waka mō te pō, he wheako tino pai hoki. He rite te mahi rakau ki te toi engari he mārama te whakamahi i te rakau, ā, he tino rawe. I hanga e au he pouaka me te peihana me ngā manu Kiwi iti. Ko tētahi atu mea i tino pai ki ahau ko te eke hōiho. E whā ngā hōiho a tōku whānau manaaki, ā, he maha ngā ekenga i te takutai moana i haere māua ko tōku tuahine. Kāore i a au te whai wāhi ki te eke i te takutai moana i Tiamana, nō reira he mea pai tonu te mahi i konei.

I te nuinga o te wā, he wā tino pai tōku ki Aotearoa, ā, mehemea ka taea e au, ka hoki anō ahau ki reira.

Te Kōrero a Rina mō Ishii

Taku Haerenga Mātauranga o Waho i te Takurua

Kei te ako au i te Mātauranga o Waho o te Tau 12 i Aotearoa i tēnei tau. I a au e kura tuarua ana i Hapani, kāore i a au he akomanga mātauranga o waho, nō reira i tino hiahia ahau ki te whakamātau i te mātauranga o waho.

I te wiki kua taha ake nei, i haere ahau i tētahi haerenga hukarere i te wiki kotahi me taku akomanga mātauranga o waho. I tino harikoa ahau mō tēnei haerenga, nā te mea i taku haerenga ki tētahi puni waka hoe, he tino ngahau, ā, i tino pai taku wā.

I te Rāhina, i haere mātou ki te rere waka i te awa o Kaituna, he tino whakamataku nā te mea ko taku haerenga tuatahi tēnei ki te rere waka. He tino ngahau!!!

I te Tūrei tae noa ki te Taite i whakaharatau mātou ki te retihuka. Ko taku wā tuatahi tēnei ki te retihuka, nō reira i paku mataku ahau engari he tino ngahau. I tino hiahia ahau ki te tū ko au anake, nō reira i whakaharatau anō ahau. Ā, i te mutunga ka taea e au!! I tino harikoa ahau, ā, i homai he nui te maia ki ahau.

I te ahiahi o te Taite, i whakahaerehia he aromatawai, nō reira i āwangawanga ahau mō te hurihanga nā te mea kāore tonu i taea e au te mahi i tēnā. Waimarie, i kōrero mai te kaiako hukarere aromatawai, he Hapanihi, ki ahau i te reo Hapanihi, ā, i puta ahau i te aromatawai. I tino harikoa ahau, i tino whakamarie hoki.

I te Paraire i hoki mātou ki Whitianga, ā, e rima hāora te roa o tā mātou taraiwa, nō reira kua hoha ahau. I te wā tina, i kai mātou i te hāmipeka me ngā parai i Burger Fuel. He tino reka, ā, e kore e warewaretia e au.

Ki taku whakaaro he wheako whakaharahara tēnei haerenga, nā te mea i whiwhi ahau i te māia i roto i tēnei haerenga me aku maharatanga utu nui katoa i te Kura o Mercury Bay Area. I tino pai ahau ki tēnei haerenga, ā, e mihi ana ahau ki ngā kaiako i homai tēnei whai wāhitanga ki ahau.

Te Kōrero a Hiroaki

I whakamahia e au te Spirit of Adventure mai i te 16 o Hūrae ki te 26 o Hūrae kia nui ake ai tōku māia, kia pai ake ai hoki taku reo Pākehā.

He haerenga tekau ngā rā te roa o te Spirit of Adventure i runga i te kaipuke hei whakatere waka me ētahi mahi whakamataku pērā i te hikoi, te hoe poti rapa me te whakatere waka i runga i te poti.

He teitei te rewa o te kaipuke e taea ai e mātou te piki ki te tihi hei whakatū i ngā rā. He ahua whakamataku nā te mea e 20 mita te teitei o te rewa, engari ki taku whakaaro he mea ngahau. He maha ngā taura o te kaipuke i ia taha, ā, ka taea e mātou te kukume i ngā taura i muri i te whakatūnga o ngā rā. He mahi tino uaua te whakamahi i ngā uaua maha, ā, i pā mai ngā mamae uaua ki ahau i ngā rā tuatahi.

E 40 ngā kaihōpara o te kaipuke me ētahi kaimahi. I wehea ngā kaihōpara katoa kia whā ngā rōpū. He tino atawhai katoa rātou, engari ki taku whakaaro he tino atawhai ōku hoa rōpū nā te mea i āwhina mai rātou i ahau i te wā kāore au i te mārama ki taku mahi. He pai hoki ōku maharatanga ki a rātou pērā i te hikoi, te hoe waka rapa, te whakatere waka me ētahi mahi i te Pēwhairangi, engari ko te mea tino pai ko tōku rā whānau.

I paku mataku ahau i te rā 9 nā te mea ko taku rā whānau taua rā, ā, i mahara ahau kāore tetahi e whakanui tahi me ahau, engari i tunua e rātou he keke māku, ā, i homai he kāri rā whānau ki ahau. I tino miharo ahau, ā, i tino harikoa hoki, nō reira i whakaaro ahau he tino hoa pai rātou māku.

Heoi anō, he maha ngā maharatanga kino o te haerenga. Ko te mea tuatahi, me peke mātou ki te moana i ia ata. He tino makariri.

Ko te tuarua o ngā mea whakarihariha, kāore i taea e mātou te kaukau i te wai wera. I muri i te kaukau i te ata, ka taea noa e mātou te kaukau i te wai māori hei horoi i te tote.

Ko te tuatoru o ngā mea whakamataku ko te mate moana. I mate moana ahau mō te ono rā i roto i ngā rā 10, me ētahi atu anō hoki. He tino whakamataku, inā koa te rā 4 me te rā 7. He tino whakarihariha ēnei rā e rua nā te mea he tino kaha ngā ngaru, ā, he tino wiri te kaipuke, nō reira he tokomaha ngā tāngata i mate moana, ā, ko ētahi i ruaki.

Ko te mea whakamataku whakamutunga ko te makariri i runga i te kaipuke, ā, kāore i pai ake tae noa ki taku hokinga ki te kāinga, kei te makariri tonu ahau.

Ahakoa rā, ki taku whakaaro he tino pai tēnei haerenga māku nā te mea he maha ngā hoa pai i whiwhi ahau, he maha ngā mahi whakamiharo i mahia e au me rātou, he maha ngā whakatere waka, ā, i nui ake tōku māia i tō mua o te haerenga.

Te kōrero a Oskar

I te tau 2012 i haere mai tō mātou whānau ki Mercury Bay ki te noho hei wāhanga o tā rātou haerenga ki Aotearoa...

I tēnei tau i noho tō mātou whānau i ā mātou hararei nui ki Aotearoa. I tae mātou ki Tāmaki Makaurau i te 26 o Tīhema 2011, ā, mai i reira ka tīmata tā mātou haerenga hoki-mai puta noa i te motu mō ngā wiki e rima e whai ake nei. He nui ngā wāhi kua kitea e mātou i te motu. Ko Queenstown te mea tino pai ki ahau, engari he tino pai hoki ngā wāhi kē atu.

Kāore i te nuinga o te wā he hararei kura ki Tiamana i te marama o Hānuere, engari nā te mea kua whakaurua mātou e ō mātou mātua ki te MBAS, kua whakaaetia mātou e ō mātou kura o te rohe kia noho ki Aotearoa tae noa ki waenganui o Poutū-te-rangi.

Nō reira, ka tae mātou ki Whitianga i te mutunga o Hānuere, ā, ka noho mātou i tētahi whare reti (whare hararei) e tata ana ki MBAS.

I te Paraire i mua i te tīmatanga o te kura, i whakaaturia mai e Lorraine Bristow te kura me ōna taipitopito katoa, ā, he mea tino whakamiharo kē tēnei. I muri i tēnei ka hokona e mātou he kākahu kura mō ia tangata, mō ia tangata. He mea hou rawa tēnei ki a mātou nā te mea kāore ā mātou kākahu kura i Tiamana.

He tino pai ngā taputapu o te kura: he papa tākaro nui, he puna kaukau, he akomanga tunu kai i reira mātou i akona ai ki te "kai me te oranga totika" (kāore i a mātou tēnā i Tiamana!) me te rūma akomanga whakairoiro me ngā rorohiko iMac (he mīharo!).

I haere ahau ki te akomanga 9 BK me Mr Bosson i te wā i ako ai tōku tuakana, a Arthur, i te akomanga M10 (Tau 2) me tōku tuahine, a Klara, i te akomanga M7 (Tau 4). He tino rerekē te rā tuatahi ki a mātou. Kāore mātou i te mōhio ki tetahi, ā, kāore i te tino mārama. He āwhina kaiako ā Klara rāua ko Arthur hei āwhina i a rāua ki te mārama ki ngā kōrero a te kaiako.

Ko ngā wiki tuatahi e rua ngā mea tino uaua ki ahau. Engari i muri mai ka mārama ake ahau ki te iwi. Ki taku whakaaro he nui ngā mea i akohia e au i te reo Pākehā.

Ko ngā mea tino pai ki ahau ko te whakataetae kauhoe me te rā hākinakina, me te kore e wareware ki te tīma whutupōro rīki i whai wāhi atu ahau ki te whakangungu. Kāore i te mōhiotia te whutupōro i Tiamana (ka tākaro mātou i te whutupaoro) engari he hākinakina whakamataku!

Hei whakamutunga, engari ehara i te mea iti rawa, ka taea e au te kī he tino hoa, he atawhai hoki ngā tāngata katoa i tūtaki mātou ki Aotearoa!

I tino pai te wā i noho ai mātou ko tōku tungāne, ko tōku tuahine ki Aotearoa, ki MBAS hoki. He wheako tino pai mō mātou katoa, ā, ko taku tumanako ka hoki atu ahau ki te Kura o Mercury Bay a te wā tata nei.

Oskar nō Berlin, Tiamana

Te Kōrero a Kira

Ko Whitianga tētahi o ngā wāhi tino ataahua o Aotearoa. E tata ana te Kura o Mercury Bay ki te takutai moana, ā, tekau meneti noa te hikoi ki te tāone.

I tino pārekareka ahau ki taku wā i MBAS. He maha ngā whai wāhitanga o te kura ki te whakauru atu ki ngā tīma hākinakina. I taku tau whakawhiti i uru atu ahau ki te Tīma Whutupaoro kōtiro, ā, i ia Rāhoroi ka takaro mātou, he tino ngahau. I haere mātou ki ētahi atu tāone, ā, i whakamahia e mātou te nuinga o ngā wā. Engari ehara i te mea ko ngā tīma hākinakina anake i muri i te kura he whai wāhitanga pai, engari he maha hoki ngā kaupapa e tukuna ana e MBAS. I taku tau whakawhiti i haere ahau ki te Pāngarau, te Reo Pākehā, te Rorohiko, te Whakaahua, te Koiora me te Mātauranga o Waho. He tino ngahau aua kaupapa katoa, ā, i tino pārekareka ahau ki a rātou. He āwhina, he mārama hoki ngā kaiako; ka āwhina rātou i a koe i ngā wā katoa he pātai āu, kāore rānei koe e mārama ki tetahi mea, haere noa ki te pātai atu ki a rātou, ā, ka āwhina rātou i a koe.

I muri i te marama kotahi ka noho au ki konei, ka kitea e au he hoa hou, ā, nā rātou i whakangāwari ake, i tino pai hoki tōku ao i Aotearoa. I pai taku whanaungatanga ki tōku whānau manaaki, ā, e mōhio ana ahau ki te rohe o Whitianga. I te tīmatanga i mataku ahau mō taku rerenga nā te mea ko au anake i rere, engari i taku taenga ki Tāmaki Makaurau ka kite ahau i tōku whānau manaaki, ā, kua pai ake taku āhua. I tētahi atu taha, i mataku ahau kāore e taea e au te noho tahi me tōku whānau manaaki, engari kāore i te raru. I muri i ngā wiki e rua, ka pai taku whanaungatanga ki ōku mātua manaaki me ōku tuākana, tuākana.

Kei te ngana te katoa ki te mahi i te mea pai mōu. Ahakoa he raruraru āu i te kāinga, i te kura, i te taha rānei o ō hoa, ka taea e koe te haere ki tētahi atu, ā, ka āwhina rātou i a koe, ka kōrero hoki ki a koe.

I tino pai ki ahau taku tau whakawhiti i Aotearoa. He maha ngā wheako hou i whiwhi ahau i tēnei haurua tau, ā, i pai ake taku reo Pākehā.

Te Kōrero a Anne Linn

Mō te tau kua hipa, ko Whitianga tōku kāinga tūturu, ā, i tino pai ki ahau taku noho ki konei. He wheako nui te haere mai ki tērā taha o te ao me te rumaki i roto i tētahi ahurea rerekē. He tino pai te āhua o te Kura o Mercury Bay Area, ā, he tino manaaki te iwi i konei. He ngāwari te kimi hoa hou, ā, i tere te whakauru mai o ngā tāngata whenua me ētahi atu o te ao ki ahau.

He whānuitanga ngā kaupapa ako a te kura, ā, he mea anō hoki hei pārekareka mā te katoa. Mōku ake nei, kei te haere ahau ki te Kura Moana i ia Paraire. Nā tēnei kua whiwhi ahau i te Raihana Ruku Wai Tuwhera, ā, kua maha hoki ngā ruku i roto i ngā wāhi rerekē huri noa i Whitianga. Ko tētahi atu kaupapa i tino pārekareka ki ahau ko te mātauranga o waho. I te tau kua hipa i haere mātou ki Maunga Ruapehu mō te wiki, ā, i whai wāhi mātou ki te whakamātau i te rere waka, te piki toka, te eke pahikara maunga, ngā puna kaukau wera taiao me te reti reti/reti hukarere. I noho mātou ki tētahi whare tira, ā, i muri i te otinga o ā mātou mahi matua, i pau ngā ahiahi ki te tākaro kāri, ki te whakahaere i ngā whakataetae tēpu tēpu, ki te kaukau i roto i ngā kaukau wera, ki te mātakitaki kiriata, ki te whakangā noa rānei. He wiki tino pai!

I aku wā waatea ka takaro ahau i te whutupaoro me te hōkī, ā, he huarahi pai te whai wāhi atu ki ngā hākinakina ki te tūtaki ki ngā tāngata hou. I taku taenga tuatahi mai ki Aotearoa, kāore anō ahau kia takaro hōkī i mua, engari i tautoko ngā kōtiro o taku tīma, ā, kua waiho hei hākinakina e tino pārekareka ana ki ahau. He hākinakina te whutupaoro kua takarohia e au mai i taku tamarikitanga, ā, i tino harikoa ahau i taku kitenga he nui ngā kōtiro hei hanga tīma i tēnei tau. I te tau kua hipa i takaro mātou i tētahi whakataetae, ā, e toru ngā tīma manuhiri mai i ngā kura tata. E whā ngā kēmu i takarohia e mātou i te rā kotahi, he tino hoha, engari he tino ngahau i te wā kotahi. I tae atu mātou ki te whiringa toa, ā, i miharo te katoa i toa i te whakataetae katoa!

He maha ngā mahi kua whakaritea e te kura mā mātou, ngā ākonga o te ao, puta noa i te tau. Nō nā tata nei mātou i takaro pōro peita. I takaro mātou ki ngā tāngata whenua me ngā tāngata o te ao, ā, nā te mea he nui ake ngā wheako o ngā tāngata whenua i a mātou, i toa rātou i ngā kēmu e toru, engari he mea ngahau tonu, ā, ko te tumanako ka mahi anō mātou i tētahi wā. Waihoki, i mua tata o te Kirihimete, i te wā o ngā whakamātautau, e toru wiki te roa o ngā mahi, tae atu ki te hoe waka, te tunu kai, te ruku wai, te whakatere waka, te he'e nalu, te noho pō i te Marae me te piki i ngā tihi.

He wheako whakamiharo katoa tēnei, ā, ka tino taunaki atu ahau.

Te Kōrero a Carla

Kia ora,

Ko Kara tōku ingoa.

Kua hawhe tau ahau ki Aotearoa.

He wā tino pai, koinei pea te marama tino pai, tino uaua hoki o tōku ao katoa. Ko tētahi o ngā mea tino pai i tua atu i ngā haerenga katoa i taea e au te mahi, ko te eke hōiho. I te kāinga ahau e eke hōiho ana, ā, i tino harikoa ahau ki te whai whānau manaaki me ā rātou hōiho e rima. Haunga ngā ekenga i te takutai moana, i taea e au te ako ki a Ron Cook, he kaiwhakaako eke hōiho tino pai. Kāore anō kia whai kaiwhakaako ahau he manawanui engari he tino pai i te wā kotahi. He nui ngā mea kua akohia e au i roto i ngā akoranga i a au me ia. I tīmata ia me tōku whānau manaaki i tētahi kura iti me ngā rā rīpene me ētahi atu. I eke ahau i tētahi o ēnei rā rīpene i runga i a Sienna (te hōiho i ekehia e au i te nuinga o te wā i Whitianga), he wheako tino pai, he wheako ngahau hoki, ā, i whakahīhī ahau ki te noho hei tuatahi i te whakataetae pekepeke me te toa i ētahi atu rīpene.

Ko tāku nei he mea tino pai, ko tā rātou hiahia kia rite te whai wāhitanga o ētahi atu ākonga ki tāku i whiwhi ai. Kia taea ai e koe te eke hōiho me te ako atu mō ngā hōiho i te wā kura, me te kore e whai hōiho i a koe anō/i tō whānau manaaki. Mēnā ka taea e au te hoki mai mō ētahi marama, ka whakamahia e au taua whai wāhitanga! Kāore?

Ngā mihi nui,

Carla nō Tiamana