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Māori-Nga kupu poropiti a nga tupuna Karere # 19 E te Ariki, he aha ahau i haere mai ai ki konei? He Karanga Mai i nga Wairua o O Tatou Tupuna. Ka ara ake hoki ratou i te urupa, ki te korero mai ki a matou- “Kaua e mutu tonu te raruraru”!

Learning to Step into Our Legacy

I a au e mātakitaki ana i tēnei wiki i te rongo kua tahuna te Whare Māra o Nottoway i White Castle, Louisiana ki te whenua, i mōhio ahau i roto i tōku wairua, kua tīmata te tai ki te huri.  I mōhio ahau he tohu tērā mō Amerika, kua hoki mai ngā mea i mahia ki ngā wairua o Āwherika, ki te kite i te “Karmatic Spiritual Justice”.  He tohu tērā e tino mahi ana te ngangau me te pahūtanga o tēnei iwi, i hangaia i runga i te apo, te whakahāwea, te taiwhenuatanga, me te kaupapa ki te whakaiti i ngā tangata o tēnei whenua.  

I ngā wā katoa he whakaaro kia whai wā me tētahi mokowā i runga i tēnei aorangi e noho ai ngā tāngata katoa i runga i te wāteatanga me te rangatira ki te tautoko i ō rātou oranga me te oranga o ā rātou tamariki, engari kāore i taea mā te whakamahi i te whakatoi me te whakangaromanga i hanga ai tēnei whenua ki tēnei whenua.  Ko te tikanga he ngātahitanga o ngā mea katoa i konei me ngā mea katoa e whai ana i te moemoeā o te Kāwanatanga ā Iwi.  Engari, mai i te timatanga tonu o te taenga mai o nga kairaupatu e kakahu ana i nga patu teka, tinihanga, me te whakangaromanga, i roto i nga pungarehu i whakaritea e ratou nga whakaaetanga kihai i puritia, me te whakatakoto i nga tuhinga hei whakahaere me te whakamana i tetahi kawanatanga mo te iwi (iwi ma) e te iwi (iwi ma) kotahi te iwi kahore he Atua e wehewehea ana e te iwi,  te hākinakina, me te ira tangata. 

He tipua nga ariā, i hoahoatia te papanga hei huna i ngā whakaaro o te whakangaromanga o ngā Māori o Amerika, te herehere i ngā tangata mai i Āwherika ki ngā mekameka o te kahungatanga, mā te whakamahi i ētahi atu “Ehara i te Rite ki a Rātau”, ki te hanga i tētahi whenua ka noho hei “Mana Nui”.  Ko te mea kāore rātau i whakaaro ki te titiro whakamuri, he rārangi take anō tā te Atua- “Wairua Nui”.  Ko ngā tāngata i whakawāteatia, ko te hunga e herea ana i roto i ngā mekameka ā-tinana, ā-hinengaro hoki, tae atu ki ērā mea e tino mau ana i roto i te māharahara i runga i tētahi ahu teitei ake o te ora, ka oho ake i tētahi rā i te amnesia e pā ana ki a rātou, ā, ka mōhio ki ngā teka me ngā pūrākau i whakamahia hei rāwekeweke me te whakahaere i a rātou ka ara ake ki te mata me te whakawātea i a rātou.  Tērā tētahi Negro Wairua e whakaata ana i te āhua o ōku tīpuna i a rātou e whakamanawanui ana i te whakatoi me te mate o te kahungatanga e pātai ana i reira āhuatanga-

E te Ariki, me pēhea ahau e haere mai ai ki konei (Wairua Negro Tūturu)

E te Ariki, he aha ahau i haere mai ai ki konei?

E te Ariki, he aha ahau i haere mai ai ki konei?

E te Ariki, he aha ahau i haere mai ai ki konei?

E hiahia ana ahau kia kore ahau e whānau.

E tino kino ana rātau ki a au i konei,

E tino kino ana rātau ki a au i konei,

E tino kino ana rātau ki a au i konei,

E hiahia ana ahau kia kore ahau e whānau.

Kaore he wāteatanga i konei,

Kaore he wāteatanga i konei,

Kaore he wāteatanga i konei,

E hiahia ana ahau kia kore ahau e whānau.

I hokona atu e rātau aku tamariki,

I hokona atu e rātau aku tamariki,

I hokona atu e rātau aku tamariki,

E hiahia ana ahau kia kore ahau e whānau.

I ētahi wā ka ara ahau,

I ētahi wā kei te hinga ahau,

E haere mai ana ki te kawe i ahau ki te kāinga.

I tenei ra e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakaatu i te whakautu “Wairua Nui” ki taua patai na te mea inaianei he tokomaha o tatou kua tuwhera o tatou kanohi, ka taea te whakaatu i te “He aha TATOU i Konei!

Kei konei mātou nā te mea e mau ana mātou i te “Wairua Wairua” tūturu, ko te mōhiotanga o te tangata.  Ko mātau nga reo ka rangona e rātau i te pō.  Ko tātau ngā whakaaro ka whakapiri ake i roto i o rātau tinana e kore ai rātau e rongo i te ngāwari i roto i o rātau kiri.  Ko mātau ngā reo whakarihariha o ngā anahera i tiaki i a mātau i runga i to mātau haerenga ki te rongoā i ngā hara i mahia ki a mātau me ētahi atu i whiua ki te whakatoi o te apo me te whakahāwea.  Kei te whakawhitinga a Amerika.  Kei te haere a Amerika i roto i tēnei reinga kia taea ai te whānau anō ki te aha, ko wai hoki tēnei Kāwanatanga i mua i ngā mana o te apo me te hiahia ki te mana me te taonga, ka uru atu ki te taha o te moemoeā taketake o te Atua.  Kua tīmata te Tika Wairua Karmatic.  Me whakatau mōhio tātau ko wai tātau e hiahia ana ki te whakaatu.  E kore e taea te wairua tangata ina hāngai ki te “Wairua Nui”- Atua-Te Pūtake! Whakapono mai ki a au ina tiritiri ahau i tēnei pono o te mea ka tūpono ina mutu o tātau mamae mahi, ā, ka whānau mai te “Whānautanga o tētahi Iwi Pai, Tika hoki”

“Tēnā, kia manawanui mai ki a au, kāore anō te Atua kia mutu ki a au,

Tēnā, kia manawanui mai ki a au, kāore anō hoki te Atua kia mutu ki a au!

Ina mutu te Atua ki ahau, Ina mutu te Atua ki ahau,

Ka puta atu ahau, ka puta mai ahau, he parakore, ano he koura.  “I tuhia e James Cleveland

Nāu te whakataunga, Amerika! 


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