Te Warawara Te Wairua O Te Iwi O Te Rarawa
Te Warawara Te Wairua o te iwi o Te Rarawa A teacher’s guide for nurturing kaitiakitanga of the Warawara Forest WHAKATAUKI – KO TE TAUMATA Ko te taumata, ko te taumata May we never lose sight of the heights, Kei ngaro i te tirohanga. Summits and peaks of life. Ko te taumata, ko te taumata, With perseverence may we achieve our kia toa tatou, kia manawanui. visions, ambitions and dreams. Panguru maunga, he maunga tapu koe, Panguru mountain, you are indeed sacred. lringa korero o nga maatua tupuna. The words of wisdom of past generations Kitea ana koe i tawhiti noa e, are enshrined on you. herea rawatia, potaea e te kohu. From afar you can be seen, though – at Tu tonu mai ra, e nga whare tupuna, times you shroud yourself with mist. i runga i nga marae i waiho iho e, May you, our ancestral houses, E noho, me noho te taumata o te whare, stand firmly on the marae, Kia puritia ai te tapu me te mana. which have been left to our generation. Ma wai e taurima nga marae e hora nei? May the orators and leaders occupy your Te tika, te pono, kia mau te aroha. taumata of oratory and leadership, and so maintain the tapu and mana of our people. Ma tatou, taitama, ma tatou, e hine ma E hapai, tautoko nga taumata korero. Who will be the sentries, the pillars of our marae? Justice, integrity and love must be the foundations. Let us, young people, strive for knowledge that will, In time, become wisdom with age and experience.
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