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Regional | Great Barrier Island

Kua whakarewahia e Aotea tōna whare tupuna tuatahi

Neke atu i te whitu tekau tau mai i te tokonga o ake te whakaaro o ngā matua mo tēnei whare tupuna.  No tēnei rā ka whakatinanahia.

Hei tā Rii Rapata, “He mea nui tēnei ki te honohono i ngā iwi ngā hapū me te takoto hoki i ngā aroha mō a tatou tamariki ne kia mohio rātou ki o rātou tupuna.”

Ka nui te tini onga matawaka e whai panga ana e whanaunga ana hoki kia Ngāti Rehua nareira te tuhonotanga ano o ngā uri ki raro i tēnei kaupapa whakahirahira.

Hei tā Hauata Palmer, “Ki te tapiri atu I ngā whakapapa hoki e pa ana kia matou o Matakana ki roto o Ngāti Wai ana I reira ka kitea ai tēnei whare e whakatuhia ana ā kahore ano kia oti.”

“Engari te taenga mai I t era o nanahi me tea ta nei ka titiro ake te miharo me te ataahua o tēnei whare I te whakaotinga.  Ngā mahi katoa I mahia ai e te hunga na rātou I whakatu I tēnei whare.”

Ko tu te wharenui o Rehua hei painga ma ngā uri maha amuri nei.