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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.” ...

Ka mihi rā te ngākau ki a  +Sonya Van Schaijik  mōna i tono mai kia tuhi kōrero ahau mō te pukapuka #EdBookNZ 2015. Kei te tuakana, kua rangatira tēnei kaupapa i a koe. Uia mai ahau, he aha te manaakitanga? Ka hoki, ko te iho o te aroha Ko Kiara me Delilah i Kāwhia Moana Whakapakeke mai ahau i te mōhio, me mātua tautiaki i te manuwhiri ahakoa ko wai, ahakoa nō whea, ahakoa he aha tana take. Whāngaihia, atawhaitia, āta poipoia te tangata kia pai tana noho. Ina tomo atu tētehi tangata ki tō kāinga, kia kaua koe e pātai atu, “He kapu-tī māu?” kei whakamā ia i runga i tana kore hiahia ki te whakararu i a koe. Ko tāu kē nā, he whakataka kai, inu hoki me te kī atu, “Tēnā, kia kai tātou.” Hei whakaū i tāku e kōrero nei, He kai nā te ringaringa whero i taka. Ko tōku whānau waiwaiā e waiata ana i Maniapoto E - he waiata mō te manaaki tangata Kāore te manaakitanga i ākona i te kura, pērā i te pāngarau, eaoia, he tikanga ia ka kite ā-whatu, ka mahi ā-...