Ko ngā pūmahara e whakakī ana i tōku wairua me te tautoko i ahau ki te mahi i te kōwhiringa tika.
Na, i oho ake ahau i tenei ata, a kihai i taea e au te whakamutu te waiata i tenei waiata- “Kua whakatau ahau ki te whakarite i a Ihu taku Kōwhiringa”. Kāore anō ahau kia whakaaro ki taua waiata i roto i te 20 tau pea, engari e mārama ana kua mau ki roto i tōku wairua. I tōku tamarikitanga, i haere ōku mātua ki ngā hui i Niu Ioka i te raumati. He haerenga roa i roto i tētahi waka teihana kī tonu i ngā tamariki e 5 me tētahi tūru tūru mō taku tuakana ko Raiti. Ehara i te mea ngāwari e mōhio ana ahau ināianei i a au e pakeke ana, te toa me te toa o ōku mātua. Ko mātau te iwi, ka noho katoa mātau e 5 ki ōku tīpuna me taku whaea. He kaihī ika to mātau tipuna matua, ā, he wahine whakawhanau to mātau kuia, nā reira he tino pukumahi to rāua oranga. He nui rawa ngā pūmahara i noho mai ki a au i te tiakitanga a o mātau tīpuna. Ko tētahi o ngā taonga i mau tonu i roto i taku pouaka taonga pūmahara ko te hokinga mai o tipuna ki te kāinga me ngā Pāpaka Kahurangi o Maryland mō kuia ki te hanga keke pāpaka.
I ako mātou me pēhea te whakaputa i te mīti kia taea ai e ia te whakakakahu i te mīti ki ana mea tapu huna me te hanga keke pāpaka e tuku ai i te tangata ki te rangi, ki te hoki mai. Kaore e taea e te tangata te whakareka i aua keke ki a ia! Ko te wāhanga o tēnei wheako he utu nui ake i te koura, ko te whakarongo ki a ia e waiata ana i a ia e takahuri ana i te pāpaka ki roto i te pōro, a, ka hangaia hei keke. Ka whakakīa e tōna reo te rūma i ngā Rātapu i roto i te whare karakia ka mauria te whakaminenga ki roto i te “Wairua Tapu”. Ka pahū te whare karakia i te hari me te whakahoutanga o te “Whakapono”!
Ko te tikanga ko tēnei waiata mō te karere o tēnei rā, nā te mea kei roto ahau i tōna tūnga hei “Tupuna”, kua tukuna mai e ia ki a au hei tiritiri. To share in this moment when we are being called to “Make a choice”. E karanga ana rātau ki a tātau ki te whakamahara i a tātau, i takaia i tēnei wā o te whakakahore i te oranga tangata me te rangatiratanga o te wairua o ia tangata, ehara i te mea māeneene te haere o te “Whakapono” i ngā wā katoa, engari he pono. Kei te kōrero mai ngā tīpuna ki a mātau i ngā mea i kitea, i rongo ai rātou, ā, ko ngā mea e mōhio ana rātou e tika ana kia rere ai tātau i roto i ēnei wā whakawiri. E hiahiatia ana e TĀTAU te “Whakapono”, te “Toa”, me te “Mōhiotanga” i whiwhi ai o tātau tīpuna i roto i ngā wā pōuri rawa.
Te anihia nei tatou ia maiti i te mea mure ore i nia i te mea materia. Te anihia nei tatou ia maiti i te parau ti’a i nia i te mana’o o te taata iho e te parau-ti’a. E tonoa ana mātau kia kōwhiri i te aroha i runga i te mauahara. Te parauhia nei ia tatou e, na roto i te ma’itiraa ia ti’aro atu i te “Varua Rahi” te ma’iti nei tatou i to tatou varua i ni’a i te ao o te tino. He aha? Nā te mea he nui ake tātau i te “kikokiko” he “Wairua Mure Ore”. Tēnā koe, kuia! Ngā mihi!
“Kua whakatau ahau ki te whakarite i a Ihu taku kōwhiringa”
He pai ake ki ētahi tāngata te whai whare me te whenua
Ko ētahi tāngata e kōwhiri ana i te hiriwa me te koura
Ko ēnei mea e taonga ana, e wareware ana ki tō rātou wairua
Kua whakatau ahau ki te whakarite i a Ihu taku whiriwhiri
He taratara te huarahi, a, ka uaua te haere
He uaua hoki te piki i nga maunga
I tīmata ahau i mua noa atu
Kaore he rangirua i roto i tōku hinengaro
Kua whakatau ahau ki te whakarite i a Ihu taku whiriwhiri
I tuhia e Harrison Johnson
