“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯… 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘪 𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘪 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘶 𝘵ā𝘵𝘢𝘶. 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔ā𝘰𝘳𝘪 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘵."

Tonight, we continue with the micro series focusing on Te Tiriti and Ngāti Awa in the lead up to the commemoration on Sunday with some kōrero from our koroua, Tā Hirini Moko Mead.

In this first of two parts; Koro Hirini urges us to uphold and protect Te Tiriti. He says many of our aboriginal rights have been taken from us over the past two centuries, but Te Tiriti is one of the few remaining tools that we have left to protect us.

Koro Hirini reminds us that we must remain resilient. He says as an iwi we have faced many challenges in the past and he reminds us that we will face further challenges into the future. But he urges us to lean on a strong history of resilience and strength of our ancestors to step up and continue to protect te tiriti.

Ka whawhai tonu mātau mō ake, ake, ake!