He whakahōnore pono
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Tērā tētahi kaiwhakaako i whakaaro me tino whakahōnoretia e ia ngā tauira o tōna karāhe. Ko tana kupu tuatahi he pēnei, "I tēnei ata kei te pīrangi ahau ki te whakahōnore i a koutou katoa." Ka hoatu anō ētahi kupu. "Kia rongo tētahi o koutou i tō ingoa, me haere mai ki mua nei tū ai. E Tamanui, ko koe te mea tuatahi."
Ka haere atu a Tamanui ki mua o ērā o ngā tauira tū ai. "Anei aku kōrero whakahōnore ki a koe. He tama tino pai koe ki te awhina i ngā mahi katoa o tēnei karāhe. Ahakoa he aha te mahi, kei reira koe me ōu ringaringa. Kore rawa koe e whakahokihoki mai ki ahau. Tēnā rawa atu koe e tautoko nei i ahau."
Ka haere tonu ngā whakahōnore a te kaiwhakaako nei ki ia tauira o tōna karāhe. Kore rawa i wareware i a ia ngā mahi pai a tēnā tauira, a tēnā tauira. Haere hāngai tonu ana whakahōnore ki ngā tauira.
I te mutunga o tana mahi whakahōnore, ka pinea e ia he rīpene kahurangi ki ia tauira. Ko ngā kupu i runga i te rīpene e kī ana, 'Kia mau ki tōu ake mauri.'
Kāore i roa i muri mai, ka whakahaeretia e te kaiwhakaako nei he kaupapa mahi mā ana tauira. Ko tana hiahia kia haere ngā tauira ki te iwi whānui i runga i te kaupapa tuku whakahōnore.
"E hoa mā, mā koutou e whakaaro ake ko wai te tangata kei waho rā hei whakahōnoretanga mā koutou. Ā te mutunga o te wiki ka titiro tātau he aha ngā hua o ā tātau mahi." Ka whakaritea e ia kia toru ngā rīpene ki ia tauira.
I haere tētahi o ngā tauira nei ki te kaiwhakahaere iti iho ō tētahi kamupene i tō rātau tāone. Ka rere ana mihi whakahōnore atu ki a ia mō ana āwhina i te wā e kimi mahi ana a ia. Ka pinea e ia he rīpene kahurangi ki tōna hāte.
Kātahi ka hoatu kia rua ngā rīpene kahurangi me tana kī atu, "Kei te whakahaeretia e tō mātau karāhe tētahi kaupapa whakahōnore i tētahi tangata mō ōna painga. Ko tāu mahi ināianei, he whakaaro te tangata hei whakahōnoretanga māu, nā, ka pine atu tētahi o ngā rīpene kahurangi nei ki tōna hāte. Ka mutu, kātahi ka tohutohu atu ki a ia kia kimihia e ia tētahi atu tangata hei whakahōnoretanga māna. Kia oti ēnei āhuatanga me whakaatu mai ki ahau i aha."
I taua rā tonu ka kuhu atu te kaiwhakahaere iti iho rā ki te tari o tōna pāhi. E mōhiotia ana e ngā kaimahi o te kamupene nei he tino kōhetehete te pāhi nei. Ka tīmata tana whakahōnore atu i taua pāhi mō tōna mātauranga me tōna mōhio ki te whakariterite i ngā āhuatanga whakahaere o te kamupene.
Tumeke ana te pāhi i ngā kōrero whakahōnore a te kaiwhakahaere iti iho. Kātahi ka rere atu te pātai ki a ia mehemea ka whakaae a ia kia pinea atu he koha, ērā he Te rīpene kahurangi ki tōna koti. Ka kī atu te pāhi rā, "Āe, kei te pai."
Ka pinea atu te rīpene kahurangi ki tōna koti i runga tonu ake i tōna manawa. Ka mea anō a ia ki te pāhi, "He inoi tāku ki a koe. Ka taea e koe te mau tēnei o ngā rīpene hei koha ki tētahi atu? Kei te whakahaeretia e ngā tauira o te kura tētahi kaupapa whakahōnore tangata. Nā tētahi o ngā tama o te kura i hōmai tēnei rīpene ki ahau. Kei te hiahia rātau ki te mōhio he aha ngā hua ka puta mai i tēnei momo kaupapa."
I taua pō, ka hoki te pāhi ki tōna kāinga. E noho ana tana tama, tekau mā whā ōna tau. Kātahi ka kī atu te pāhi rā ki tana tama, "I pā mai tētahi āhuatanga tino tipua ki ahau i tēnei rā. I puta mai te kaiwhakahaere iti iho o te kamupene ki taku tari mahi, ka tīmata tana whakahōnore i ahau mō aku mātauranga me taku mōhio ki te whakariterite i ngā āhuatanga whakahaere o te kamupene. E tā! Kātahi ka pinea mai e ia te rīpene nei ki taku koti i runga tonu ake i tōku manawa. Ko ngā kōrero i runga i te rīpene i pēnei nā, 'Kia mau ki tōu ake mauri.' Nā, ka hōmaitia e ia tētahi rīpene hei koha whakahōnore ki tētahi atu.
"I ahau e taraiwa mai ana ki te kāinga, ka tīmata taku whakaaro ko wai rā hei whakahōnore ake māku. Ka whakaaro ake ahau mōhou. Ko koe te tangata e pīrangi ana ahau ki te whakahōnore. He tika he pōrearea te nuinga o ōku rā, nā kia tae mai ahau ki te kāinga kua kore e tahuri atu ki te whakarongo ake ki a koe. Ko taku mahi he kohete ki a koe i ngā wā e tino hē ana āu mahi o te kura, kua kohete mō te takakino o tō rūma.
I tēnei pō, ko taku hiahia me noho ahau konei ki te whakahōnore i a koe. Āe, he tino puiaki koe ki ahau. Mai i tō kōkā, ki ahau, ko koe te tangata tino puiaki o tēnei ao katoa. He tama tino pai koe, ā, he tino nui taku aroha ki a koe."
Te kaha tumeke o te tama i ēnei kōrero whakahōnore, ka tangi. Hotuhotu ana tōna tinana. I te wā e rere tonu ana ōna roimata, ka titiro ia ki tōna pāpā, ka mea atu, "E whakaaro kē ana ahau ki te whakamomori i ahau, e Pā. Pēnei hoki ahau kāore āu aroha mōku. Engari, rongo nei au i te kaha o tō aroha mōku, kua kore taua whakaaro i nāianei."