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E Kore E Ngaro, He Takere Waka Nui: Te Mātauranga Whakatere Waka Me Ōna Take Nunui A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Waikato by Jackie Whetumarama Tuaupiki 2017 Papā te whaititiri, uira kapakapa i runga o taihoro-nuku-rangi Hikihiki rangi ko Tāne i tūtakina ai ki te pō uriuri Ki te pō tangotango, kapiti rangi e tū nei Ko Tāne i wāhia mai te ara o Tāwhiri-mātea Ki runga ki a Taihoro-nuku-rangi Ki te whare o Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga Te Moana nui a Kiwa e takoto mai nei e Tapuae nuku, tapuae rangi, he mumu, he āwhā Te iho o te rangi e tū iho nei Ko te tohi o te tohi nui-a-rangi Tutu nui, tutu roa, tutu pō kerekere He hīkoinga ariki, i te tapu, i te whatu, i te ngana-a-hau-riri Pakipaki te tai ki te papa rape nui o Tāne Pikipiki rangi, tākiri tū, tākiri rangi, ki te pae o Rēhua Tuputupu whenua ki te pū o te ika a Māui Tohi-ki-te-kura i tohia, ko Tāwhaki, ko Tāwhaki-nui-a-Hema Haere te moana waiwai puta tara, puta tara Ki te whai ao, ki te ao mārama! i He Puna Whakaaro He whakaaro nui ki ngā kaumoana reo Māori o āpōpō. He rau aroha ki aku tamariki me taku hoa rangatira. ii He Puna Whakaata E kapi ana te hautoru o te ao i te Moana nui a Kiwa. I ngā tau manomano ka huri, ka puea ake i Āhia ki te tonga mā rāwhiti, he iwi māia, he iwi mātau ki te hanga me te whakatere i ō rātou waka. Ka tupu ngātahi hoki i a rātou tētehi mātauranga whakatere i tarawhitia e rātou ngā tōpito katoa o te Moana nui a Kiwa. Koinei ngā tāngata tuatahi, nāna i kau ngā ara terenga waka onamata. Nō ngā tau maha i muri iho, ka whanake tēnei mātauranga me tō rātou hangarau waka, ā, ka tīmata ngā terenga whakawhiti roa e tau haeretia ana ngā moutere o Poronīhia, tatū mai ki Aotearoa. Engari ia, i roto i te wā, i tino waikauere ngā mahi whakatere waka, ā, i ētehi moutere o Poronīhia, i wairuhi kau, he mahara noa i mau i te kōrero tuku iho. Ko tātou tērā, te iwi Māori. Otirā, i roto i ngā tau e whā tekau ka pahemo atu rā, kua whakawhāiti mai tētehi ohu ki te whakahaumanu i ngā mahi whakatere waka me tōna mātauranga. He waka hourua kua hangaia i Poronīhia, i te ātārangi tawhito hei amo i ngā whakamanawatanga o ngā iwi me ngā kaupapa whakarauora i ēnei mahi tūpuna. Ka tika te oha ki te hunga hāpai kura i takere nui ai, i haumi tūporo ai ki te whakahaumanu i te mātauranga whakatere waka. Nō reira, o ngā mahi rangatira kua tutuki i te rāngai waka i Aotearoa i ngā tau tata nei, ko tā tēnei rangahau, he kohura i ētehi o ngā take nunui me ngā kaupapa whakahirahira e puta mai ana i mua i te aroaro o te mātauranga whakatere waka me ōna kaumoana i ēnei rangi, ki tā te Māori titiro. Waihoki, ko te pānga o aua take nunui ki te ahurea Māori. Koinei te matū o tēnei tuhinga kairangi. He pūtoi whakaaro, he whakaemieminga kōrero ki te whakatakoto i ngā huatau o ngā puhi kai moana Māori e tākawe ana i tēnei wānanga. Mātua rā, e kore e tukua kia riro anō ngā mahi whakatere waka i te nenewhatanga o te rā, tau ki te rua. Kua whakatupuria e te wā he kura kaumoana Māori, māna ngā take matua o tēnei tuhinga roa e whakatutuki ki tua i te pae kai ao. “E kore e ngaro, he takere waka nui” iii He Puna Aroha Tuatahi, e mihi ana ki te atua pai, i horahia mai ngā manaakitanga ki taku whānau me taku tuhinga kairangi. E te atua, i tukua au e koe kia whakamātauria ngā kokorutanga o te whakaaro, i kimihia ki te ikeike, i rapua ki te hōhonu, nau mai e te ao mārama. Ngā hau o te wā, ngā tai pūhoro, i tutuki aku whakamātautau i roto i a koe. Ka whakamoemiti atu i ō manaakitanga e te atua. Kia whakakorowaitia e koe te Kīngi Māori e tū nei i te mānia uruahu, tōna whare me ngā pehonga tuaiwi o te Kīngitanga, Paimārire. Waipuketia rā te Ika a Māui ki ngā parekawakawa o te wā. Haere, whanatu koutou ki te rangapū o te tokomaha, ki te whetū tapu o te tau e mahuta mai rā i te pae. Mum, Dad, kei te heke tonu ngā roimata, kāore kōrua e kite ā-kanohi nei i te puāwaitanga o ngā mokopuna. E moe kōrua i roto i te atua. Tangi kau ana ki te aotūroa, he paenga tāngata ki uta, he terenga waka ki tai. Hau mai te tūāuru awatea hei kawe i aku maioha kia reia rā runga o Ahitereiria, kei raro koe kei taku tuahine, Carol kōrua ko Gary. E kore e wareware ngā wā o te ohinga, i noho au ki a kōrua, ngā uauatanga o ngā huarahi i takahia ai e au. Kei te heke aku roimata i ērā wā, ahakoa te aha, kāore noa i pau tō kōrua aroha mōku. Kia whai kupu au, i tika taku huarahi i a kōrua, i tangata au i a kōrua, anei ngā hua i taka mai i tā kōrua manaaki mai i aua wā. Pārekareka hoki taku ngākau ki aku irāmutu, ki a Quintin, Caygan, Jamie me Tahlis. I tupu ake ngā mea tuākana hei pōtiki māku, ahakoa, kua pakeke kē rātou ināianei, kei te mau tonu ērā whakaaro pōtiki whakapiripiri mō rātou i tēnei rā. E mihi ana hoki ki tēnei o aku tuāhine, ki a Di me aku irāmutu, Ash, Boom, Amber me Dolly. Ka nui te aroha o Uncle mō koutou. Whakahīhī ana te ngākau Di, kāore koe i rere tawhiti i tō tāua kāinga atawhai, kei konā koe hei ahikāroa mō ō tāua mātua. Ka nui te aroha ki a koe. Hokihoki ai ngā whakaaro ki a Marty, kāore e tawhiti i te mahana ki te tau o te ate. Kei taku pōtiki, Baba, e tangi ana te ngākau ki a kōrua ko Shan. Ko koe tēnā i tuohu te maunga teitei ki mua i a koe i tō whai i te mātauranga i Ōtākou. Tū mai ai koe hei rātā tūtahi mō Tāniora, Maia-Jay me Ellie- May. Ka nui taku aroha mōu i tō kaha tautoko mai i a au i ngā wā katoa. Anna, Shane, e kore te roimata e mimiti, i whai kāinga ai ngā whāngai a Mum, ko Boy rāua ko Phoenix. Pupū ake ana te aroha mō koutou. iv E koro taiōpuru, e Meto, e Roi. Tēnei tā kōrua tamaiti, Hikairo ki Tuwharetoa, kua tōrea i taku waha kirihanga, kia toki tārarautia. Nāu e Meto, ngā tongikura o rātou mā i whakamauriohooho i taku puku, kia tiu ki te muri. Whakairotia ai ngā kupu horo tiripapā ki te tau o te ate hei tiriwhana mō runga i ō tāua marae o te uru. E koro, kua rīwaru te waka, kua rata ngā tāngata o runga. Tēnei rangahau i āta wānangahia e tāua i ngā tau, kua tutuki. He wai tāhekeheke i aku kamo e Meto, e Roi. Karanga mai pare ki Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, te pare wāhi ngaru. Kia tangi ake au, ki aku tāngata hautū, te uri o Mahinarangi, Hēmi, tēnā rawa atu koe. E Taka, te pare toroa o te uru, tēnā hoki koe. Taku kīato whakawhitiao ki Maikoronīhia, Vince, tēnā rawa atu koutou tokotoru. Heoi anō, me tiki au i a Tāwera hei taki i ngā oha whakatiketike, e Rangi, te whetū hohounga rongo, hohounga mārama, i kitea taku ara i te pō tūtū kaiwaka. E kore e wareware ā tāua kōrero tahi, ō whakaaro nui ki a au i puta ai taku ihu. Tēnā kōrua ko Marley me ngā tamariki i te aroha i utaina mai e koutou ki runga i taku whānau. E kare mā, tēnei ko ā tātou mahi, kua ū ki uta. Kei te tangi te ngākau i te aroha ki a koutou, kāore e ārikarika ōna tohu whakareia. Ka aumihi ki ōku whakamarumaru i ngā tau, Tuhiwai, kia tia whakaripatia koe ki te rau aroha. Nāu au i hāpai, i uhi ki ō whakaaro nui, ki ō whakaaro aroha, ka nui te maioha o te ngākau ki a koe. Kei te amokapua, Brendan, tēnā rawa atu koe i tō tautoko mai. Ngā pūtea a te Kura i whakapaua ai ki a au kia wātea ki te whakatutuki i te rangahau nei, ka mihi te ngākau whakaiti. Ka mihi hoki ki tō tātou Kura, Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, nāu i tia mai he kati whakaewaewa, i a au ka piki i ngā pikitanga o Tāwhaki, tēnā tātou, kei ngā hoa.