He kaupapa tākoha kua whakarewa ake i a Brad Totorewa o Waikato, arā, Koha Māi Tō Hūtu, he hūtu hei whakakākahu i ngā kaumātua o Waikato. Heoi ahakoa te whakaaro pai, he kōrero whakahē kei te whiua e wētahi.
“I te mea mōhio ana au he nui ngā tāngata e purutia rawatia ō rātau hūtu, anō nei he whare pūngāwerewere, anō nei he hūtu whakatipu rīwai,” te kī a Totorewa.
Hei tā Totorewa, kei te kaha tautokohia te kaupapa nei arā he maha ngā hūtu kua tākohatia.
“Ko ngā kaipakihi, ko ngā tangata whakapai tūpāpaku, ko ngā whānau pani, tuku katoa mai ō rātau hūtu ki tēnei kaupapa.”
I toko ake te whakaaro i a i Koroneihana, e whakahaere ana i te paepae hau kāenga o Waikato.
“Mehemea kei te noho tātau ki runga i te paepae, me rawe te hanga o ngā kākahu. He pēwhea ngā koroheke pūtea kore nei, ngā mea i runga i te penihana, pēwhea tō rātau hoko i te hūtu o ēnei rā?”
Ahakoa i hua ake te whakaaro i ngākau aroha, kua tae atu ngā kōrero whakahē a ētahi e mea ana he pēhi ki ngā tikanga Pākeha.
“Kia Māori mai ngā kākahu o a tātau kaumātua me mau kahu, mau korowai, kei te pai tērā āhua, engari taihoa ake nei. I tēnei wā ko te mau hūtu kē te aronga.”
E whā nga wahi hei whakataka kākahu ara ki Rangiriri, Ki Kirikiriroa, Ki Raahui Pokeka, ki Tāmaki Makaurau anō hoki.
Hei tā Brad Totorewa ko te wawata ia Kia kakahutia nga kaumatua katoa o Waikato, kātahi ka tuku i nga toenga ki iwi ke.
Tāmaki Makaurau
204 Great South Rd, Takanini, South Auckland
9am-5pm, Mon-Fri
Pātuhi atu ki 0273106682 i te tuatahi
Kirikiriroa
161 Massey Street, Dinsdale
10am-2pm, Mon-Fri
Rangiriri
12 Rangiriri Rd
10am-2pm, Tue-Fri
Raahui Pokeka
71 Rotowaro Rd
Pātuhi atu ki 027 510 8962 i te tuatahi