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He aha taku mana? He mana tuku iho nō ngā tūpuna! He aha taku reo? He mana tuku iho, he arero tūpuna! He aha taku mahi? He tauwhiro, he arataki i ngā tikanga a ngōku tūpuna e, ka tau! Ko Liana Poutu rāua ko Te Ingo Ngaia i Muru Raupatu Marae Waingōhia ana te whakaputa o tēnei whakaaraara i a au hei urupare atu i te kaupapa, “He aha tā te karanga ki te whakarauora i tō tātou Māoritanga?” Kia rāhuitia e au ki ngōna tino tirohanga e toru mō te wahine - kia toitū ai tō tātou ahurea Māori, ā, kia tōia ai te wahine i te kore, i te pō, ki te ao mārama. Ka tahi, ko tōu mana. Ka rua, ko tōu reo Māori. Ka tengi, ko ngō mahi. Ka wherawherahia ngēnei aronga hei upoko kōrero māku. Ko tōu mana Ko tā Raina Ferris: “Ko te reo tuatahi o te marae, nō te wahine. He mana tuku iho tēnei. Ko te reo tuatahi ki te tuitui i te muka tangata, i te ao kikokiko ki te ao wairua kia tau ai te noho a te iwi ki runga i te marae, nō te wahine. He mana tuku iho nō te tapu o te wahine.”