Kōrerotia ngā mahi hou i whakahuatia nā tētahi Māori
Nā Karen Tapiata, St Joseph's College
Ko "Tangi" tēnei, he kōrero mō tētahi tama me tōna pāpā
Ko "Tangi" tēnei, he kōrero Māori, te aroha, te mauri me te kotahitanga.
Ko "Tangi" tēnei, he whakaatu noho kainga, te whanaungatanga, o te noho whenua.
Ko "Tangi" tēnei, he pukapuka kōrero, he pukapuka tuatahi nā tētahi Māori kua pānuitia.
Ko tēnei te mihi i te pukapuka ko "Tangi".
Tino tipu ngā kupu o tēnei kōrero nō te mea he tapu ngā mea i kōrerotia: ai. He tohutohu tēnei pukapuka i te whānau kotahi Māori, ā, he tohutohu hoki i te aroha o tētahi tama mō tōna pāpā. Ahakoa kua mate te pāpā, kāore te tama i tūmanako, Kāore ia e pīrangi ki te tūmanako. I ētahi wāhanga ka kōrero ia ki tōna pāpā i mate. Ka pātai te tama. "He aha koe i haere e pā?"
I ētahi wā, kē whakahoki te pāpā, ā, ka haere mai te koa ki te ngākau o te tama.
Tino mōhio a Witi Ihimaera ki te tuhituhi te reo Māori i roto i tēnei pukapuka, ā, he tino pai hoki ki te whakahua.Rite tonu ngā āhua i tēnei pukapuka oranga o te Māori. Te whānau i noho ai oranga o te Māori. Te whānau i noho ai whānau Māori. Ka kite ahau te Māoritanga tika. Te kotahitanga o te whānau, te aroha o te whānau mō te tangata i mate, me ētahi atu mea.
Ka moemoeā a Tama ki te wā o te oranga o tōna pāpā. Ka whakaaro ia mō ngā ākonga a tōna mātua. "Tō manawa, e taku manawa." "Tiakina mai te whānau kia mate ahau." "Kaua e katia te tanga o te whānau."
Ka tangi tātou kia whakahuatia tēnei kupu, nō te mea ka kōrero mai tōna mātua ki ahau, ā, ka whakaaro ahau i te wā ka tipu ai ahau.
He pīrangi ahau ki tēnei pukapuka nō te mea kia mau i ētahi o te rangatahi ngā mea a ō tātou tipuna.