Nei au ka noho ki te māhau o tōku whare o te Tumu Herenga Waka.
Ko wai rā, ko wai rā te tipuna kei runga ko Kupe.
Uhia mai ki roto ngā tipuna nō ngā hau e wha o Ngāi tātou.
Ka hoki mahara ki ngā ra o Ruka rāua ko Pāka, nā rāua i para te huarahi ma mātou,
hei whai kainga rua ki roto i tēnei ao hurihuri, kia mau ki ngā rākau a te Pākehā he hoa hāere mō te iwi māori. Koinei te tāhuhu whakairo mō ngā waka tauira kua ū ki ngā one haumako o Te Herenga Waka marae.
I te tau 1965 i timata te rōpu o Ngai Tauira. I taua wā ko te ingoa ko te karapu Māori. I puta te whakaaro ki te whakatū rōpū motuhake i te huinga tauira i tu ki Tamaki i te tau 1955. Kāore i tino tawhiti rawa te kaupapa o te huinga tauira i te mea ka kitea inaianei, he kaupapa whakakotahi i ngā tauira Māori kei ngā whare wānanga. He mahi tautohetohe, he mahi kapa haka, he mahi hākinakina ka mutu he whakawhiti whakaaro me te wānanga i ngā take nui o te ao Māori e puta ai te ihu o te iwi. Ko te reo Māori tētahi kaupapa kei te pane o ngā ngutu.
Nā whai anō ka hua ake tēnei kaupapa o te Salient. He maheni reo Māori e whakatairanga ana i ngā kaupapa whānui mā te reo Māori hei pānuitanga mā te ao. Kia horapa, kia māhorahora te reo.
Nō reira e te tī, e te tā nau mai, ruku mai i ngā wai hora kai o Ngāi Tauira. Whitiki!
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