He Kupu Whakataki
Introduction
Nau mai rā, nau ake! Kei te tihi o te motu o Kāpiti
Kei te pari o Tūteremoana
Kei mātānuku! Kei mātārangi!
Whakarongo mai, titiro!
He kiwi, he weka, he pūkeko, he toko kōkako
Kei te takahia e rātou
I ngā tarutaru e maha
O te pūkohu o te ngahere
O Te-Wao-Nui-a-Tāne
O Te Taiao
O Te Ao Marama!
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha huri āwhiotia i ngā tōpito o te ao tūroa, tēnā koutou katoa. E ngā uri e noho ahi kā ana mai i Waitapu ki Rangataua, mai i Mīria Te Kākara ki Kūkūtauāki, ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou, kei te rohe pōtae o Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga.
Tēnei te mihi whānui ki ō tātou nei aituā kua hoki ki tua o te ārai. E kī ana te kōrero tuku iho… mā te hupe me te roimata ka ea, ka ea!
Otirā ki te hunga ora, naumai, whakatau mai ki te pae tukutuku o Taiao Raukawa! Haere mai nei kia tirohia, kia akohia, kia wānangahia tō tātou nei kaupapa nui whakaharahara, arā, ko te manaaki whenua.
Welcome everybody to the website of Taiao Raukawa Environmental Unit! Please feel free to browse through and enjoy.
One of the primary objectives of the Unit is to gather and centralize relevant environmental information for the benefit of the Hapū and Iwi of Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga and wider community. Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Hapū and Iwi are situated in three District Councils and two Regional Councils. Many Hapū are working in isolation from each other and are contending with complicated and burdensome Resource Management issues and processes. It is our hope that the first stages of this website will be of some assistance to Hapū and that the centralization of information will encourage further networking, sharing of expertise, knowledge, ideas, experiences and resources.
