He waewae Māori kai-pākehā-iaka

Phoebe Sullivan (She/Her) Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara, Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei, Tainui-Waikato

Ā Māori nei, e kī ana te kōrero he mana tā te mohiotanga, ko te mātauranga te kī ki aua mohiotanga. Ka tekau mā toru tau tātou e ako ana, ka puta atu i te kura tuarua kua kī mai, me whai mōhiotia kē atu. Mehemea ehara i te kura tuarua kei te kī mai me mātua haere ki te whare wānanga, ko ō mātou mātua, ā, mehemea ehara i ō mātou mātua, ko te ao kei te kaha kī me whai tohu rawa e puta ai tō ihu i tēnei ao. Ka wherawherahia ngā whārangi o ngā puka e hia rau e whakaatu ana he aha te take me ako, me ako i te aha, ki hea noho ai, me aha mātou rānei.

Engari (he wā tōna) he rerekē te kōrero e pā ana ki te whare wānanga.

Heoi⁠—hei aha tēnei tuhinga?

Nōku te waimarie ki te kōrero ki ngā tauira e rua tino rerekē te whakapakeketanga. I kōrerorerohia e mātou te ara kei te whāia e rātou i tēnei ao mokemoke, tino Pākehā hoki o te whare wānanga, inā hoki ka kīia e rātou ka kitea koe i reira’

Lucy Scharder Manuera (Te Aupōuri), I pakeke mai i Ōtautahi, tae noa ki te wā i hunuku mai ki Pōneke nōna e 17 noa iho ōna tau.

I pēhea te āhua o tō tamarikitanga i Ōtautahi?

I uaua te whakapakekehia ōku i tawhiti atu i tōku iwi. I Te Waipounamu, i uaua taku hono atu ki taku Māoritanga - nā te mea ko te nuinga o rātou he Pākehā, ka mutu ko te nuinga o ngā Māori i mōhio ai au, nō Kāi Tahu kē. I te tau 2012 i mate taku koro, ā, ko ia te morehu kōrero Māori i tōku whānau. Nā reira, i te wā i whakahokia mai tana tūpāpaku e mātou i te Nōta mō tana tangihanga te take, i oati au ka ako au i te reo, ā, i kitea te whakahirahiratanga mōku.

He aha i haere ai koe ki te whare wānanga, ā, he aha tō tohu?

I whakatau au ki te haere mai ki te whare wānanga, he kore nōku i pīranga ki te haere ki tāwāhi - koira taku take tuatahi. He pīrangi nōku ki te whai i te mātauranga, engari nā te mea mō te nuinga o te hawhe tuatahi o te tau, he 17 noa iho ōku tau. Nā konā taku pīrangi kia whakapau ahau i tētahi tau i tāwāhi. Ka mutu, i whakaaweawehia ahau e ōku kaihana me ōku kaumātua i haere ki te whare wānanga, me tō rātou tino rarata ki tēnā.

Ko taku tau tuarua tēnei e whai i te tohu BA mō te reo Māori me te Mātauranga Tōrangapū.

Kei te pēhea tō noho i te whare wānanga?

Ki ahau nei, ko tētahi o ngā āhuatanga nui katoa, ko te wahi wāhi pai mōku - inarā he Māori (Pākehā te āhua). He wā ōna he uaua te noho ki tētahi ao Māori me te ao mātauranga Pākehā. I kitea te pērā i Te Puni he Pākehā nō te nuinga. Ko tētahi o ōku wheako, I whakamaua e ētahi o ngā tauira ngā pūera o ahurea kē atu, tētahi he Pasifika. He himi mā, he hūrekereke, he tatau nāna anō i tā, ā, i te inu codys. I kaha pā mai tēnei ki ahau, ehara i te mea he kaikiri anake tēnā, engari ko taku noho ki te taha o ngā tānga pērā te take. I tino kaha te tauāraia ōku i Te Puni, me te ao whare wānanga katoa. Heoi anō, i tino pai taku noho ki te whare wānanga, tētahi āhuatanga i pērā, nā taku uru atu ki Ngāi Tauria (NT.) I nui atu taku hāneanea me te tautokohia mai ōku.

Winiata Park (Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Raukawa) I pakeke mai i Kawerau tae noa ki tana hunuku ki Porirua i a ia e 12 ōna tau.

He aha i haere ai koe ki te whare wānanga, ā, he aha tō tohu?

Kāore i te pērā rawa taku mōhio me aha au i muri i te kura, ka mutu, i kaha akiaki mai ngā kaiako ki te haere ki te whare wānanga. He āheinga ōku ki te haere ki te mahi hanganga, rangitupu rānei ki Ahitereiria ki te taha o ōku parata. Ko tētahi atu, te haere ki Te Whare Wānanga o Raukawa nā te mea ka tohu i whakaratoa mai e tōku kura, i taea taku pērā. Engari e 17 noa iho ōku tau, ā, i whakaaro ahau, kāore anō au kia rite mō ērā momo mahi.

Ināianei, kei te whāia te Mātauranga Whakahaere Rauemi Māori.

Kei pēhea tō noho i te whare wānanga?

I tino tūmeke au ki te āhuatanga o te whare wānanga, nā te mea i kuraina rūmakihia ahau nōku e whakapakeke ana. Kāore anō au i kite i te tini momo tangata, i tino uaua i tētahi ao kura auraki. Kei te maumahara au, hei te mutunga o ngā kauhau tuatahi ko māua ko taku, ā, i tatari kia tū tētahi ki te mihi ki te pūkenga o te karaihe - ktk. Engari waimaria katoa au i a Āwhina me Ngāi Tauira - i tautoko rātou i ahau i te aha, me te whakarato i te āhuatanga i te ngaro i ahau.

Zephaniah Witoko (Ngāti Kahungunu) i a au e tipu ana i Flaxmere, Te Mātau a Māui, mō te nuinga o aku hoa, whānau hoki he āhuatanga māori, te whaea me tana kotahi whai takuhe.

Te nuinga o mātou i haere ki te kura, kai kore, hū kore. Ina hoki ngā mahara, hia kē nei ngā wā i noho hiakai tōku māma e taea ai e māua ko taku tuahine te kai. Ko ngā āhuatanga tuku iho pēnei i ngā kēnge, taikaha ā-whānau, te waranga waipiro i whai wāhi ki taku whakapakeketanga. Te nui o ngā rā, ka kitea mātou ko ōku hoa ki te awa e mau kākahu wero, mahi haututū rānei i te iti o ā mātou rawa. Ināianei, ka hoki ngā whakaaro ki ērā wheako, nōku te waimarie i pēnei taku tamarikitanga. Nō reira te pik o taku whakaioha ki ōku taonga o nāianei

He aha i haere ai koe ki te whare wānanga, ā, he aha tō tohu?

He mea tuku au ki te Kura Tuarua Tāne o Ahuriri e ōku kaumatua hei  tauira noho utu. I muri i aku tau e whā ki te kura tuarua, i mōhio au, he tino pīrangi ki te mahi manaaki tangata. Nā reira me taku kainakau ki taku ahurea i aro ai au ki te whai i te Ture me te Mātauranga Māori ki Te Herenga Waka i muri i taku putanga atu i te kura tuarua. Engari mai i te wā i tae mai ai au ki konei, kua huri ētahi mea, ināianei ko taku tau tuatoru tēnei ki Te Herenga Waka e whai ana i te Mātai Hinengaro me te Mātauranga Māori

Kei pēhea tō noho i te whare wānanga?

Nā te mea ko au te tangata tuatahi ki te haere ki te whare wānanga nō roto i tōku whānau, i tino uaua ngā mahi whakahaerenga pēnei i Studylink me ngā utu. He tino tūmeke au ki te āhuatanga tino rerekē ki te Whare Kawana Tawhito. Ko taku kitenga i te tini momo tangata, i tino roa te wā kia noho māori ērā i roto i ahau, nā reira tōku pōhauhau mehemea me hoki mai mō te tau tuarua. I muri iho, kua noho au ki Whānau House, me te kaha o taku uru ki Ngāi Tauira. I te mutunga iho e tino whakawhetai ana i te take kāore au i wehe atu i taku tau tuatahi nā te mea nā konā i taea e au te puta atu, me te wheako i ngā mea kāore i paku aro atu i ahau i aua wā.

Ahakoa ki hea koe pānuihia ai tēnei, ko te tūmanako ka mōhio koe, ehara ko koe anake, nui atu ngā tauira e takahi i te rori pērā i tauira kē.   

Kia mōhio mai, i muri i ngā kauhau kōpā ana ki te tangata i Maclaurin, te tino hapora o te mātotorutanga o ngāi hīkoi ki Kelburn, ēnā tutetute tōmuri hei whakatutuki i ngā aromatawai 3000 kupu te reo, kei konei mātou. Kei konei a Ngāi Tauira ki te tautoko i a koe ‘tō tūranga i tēnei ao’