I tērā wiki, ko te wiki o te reo, ā, ko te
kaupapa – arohatia te reo. I pirangi au ki te tuhia tētahi kōrero
i roto i te reo, no reira…anei! He poto
tēnei, na te mea he paku
noa iho tōku reo, engari ko
taku wawata: mahia te reo. Ko te
whakautauki tino pai ki ahau, i tēnei
wā: “Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu”
I tuhia e ōku hoa mō te kaupapa: He aha te mea e
whakamamaetia ana koe. He aha te mea ātaahua
e whakamīharo. Ko taku whakaaro tuatahi –
ko te ao tino ātaahua. Ko ngā putiputi,
ngā whetu, ngā wai, te rangi, me te rā.
He tino miharo ēnei mea.
Ko taku
whakaaro tuarua – ko te marenatanga. E
aroha ana au kia kite i te kanohi o te tane, i te wā ka hikoi ōna wahine tae
atu ki a ia. E whiti ana te kanohi o te
tane i roto i te aroha.
Hei
whakapi, ko taku whakaaro te reo Māori, arā ko te reo rangatira. I tipu ake au i roto i te ao o te reo
Pakeha. I mohio au i ētahi kupu; whānau,
kai, moana, kowhai. Engari, kāore au i mārama
i te nuinga o te reo. I te tau 2009, ka
timata au ki te ako. Ahakoa e rua tekau
mā tahi ōku tau, he pepi noa iho ahau, na te mea kāore anō au kia ako i te reo
ō ōku tīpuna. Ko tēnei te hurihanga o
taku koiora. E ako tonu au. Kua timata, ā,
īnaianei me haere tonu ahau. Me whaia te
ao mārama, me piki ake ki te traumata.
I te wā e
kōrero ana te reo, kua mahana tōku ngākau. Kua kī tōku ngākau. I roto i taku ngākau
te mamae pai. No ōku tīpuna te reo tuku iho. Nā te reo e rarawhi ngā whakaaro Māori.
E kitea
ana tōku whakapapa e au. Ko te reo te
mea tino nunui o tēnei haerenga.
Hei ngā rā
i muri ake nei, ka pirangi au ki te tipu ake i roto i te reo Māori.
Kia mau
koe ki ngā kupu o ōu tīpuna. Tōku reo, tōku
ohooho.
KA PAI e hoa!! Ka korero au ki tau ngakau - ma te rongo, ka mohio; ma te mohio, ka marama; ma te marama, ka matau; ma te matau, ka ora;
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Tenā koe Peta-Maria! Te mīharo ana au ki tēnei whakaaturanga me tō rangatira ki te reo - tō koia kē!
ReplyDeleteKei te noho whakamā ahau inaianei mō tāku kore whakaaro mo tēnei kaupapa te wiki o te reo - kei kapi au pea i tō whakaaro :)
Menemene rawa au i ō whakaaro mo te marena me te ahuatanga o te kanohi o te tāne. Pēnei te kanohi o te wahine hoki, engari ki aku whakaaro ko tenei tetahi o nga wa tokoiti mena ka kite matou i tenei hohonutia o te aroha ki te kanohi o te tāne. Ki aku kitenga, tokomaha nga wā ka tangi te tāne, nā te hohonu o tāna aroha mo tāna wahine. Ki te kite i tēnei, ki aku whakaaro, he whakaata o te ahuatanga o Ihu - i te arohatia me te mokemoke o tētahi mo tētahi. He pikiti iti, pikitia hawhe hoki ō to matou atua, engari "Inaianei hoki he titiro pouriuri ta tatou i roto i te whakaata, ko reira ia he kanohi, he kanohi: inaianei e matau ana ahau ko tetahi wahi anake; ko reira ia ahau mohio ai me ahau i mohiotia ra." (1 Koriniti 13:12) (Ae, i Jesus Juke au i a koe i te reo. Ae marika.)
Ki runga i tērā, i sentimental rawa ahau mo ēnei mea. :)
I te wā rongo ai au i te reo, ka whakamahana taku ngakau. Ko te manu kai i te reo, nānā te ao!