Brussels
Nā T. S. Kāretu
Nā, i te mārama o Oketopa i tērā tau i tonoa au ki Brussels hei kaiwhakapākehā mō te Kāwanatanga. I reira tētahi hui nui, ā, ko te take o te hui nei he whakaatu i ngā kai o ia whenua kia mōhiotia ai e te katoa, ā, kia whakamātauria anō hoki. He nui tonu ngā whenua i whai pānga ki taua hui; ko Ingarangi, ko Wīwī, ko Horana, ko Tiamana, ko Itari, ko Ihipa me ētahi atu whenua hoki. Ko te reo o tēnei wāhi ko te reo Wīwī, ā, me uaua kē ka rāngona te reo Pākehā ki konei. Ko te nuinga o te iwi ake o konei kāore kē i te mōhio ki te kōrero Pākehā, ki te whakarongo rānei. He reo atu anō ka rāngona ki konei, a, he rite ki te reo o Hōrana, nā te mea ko ngā tūpuna o ngā mea kōrero i tēnei reo nō Hōrana. Ahakoa e rua ngā reo o konei, ko te reo Wīwī tō runga ake, ā, ko tēnei reo te mea whakaakona i ngā kura. Ko te nuinga o ngā mea o konei he kōrero i ngā reo e rua, ēngari ko te reo Wīwī te reo o te Kāwanatanga.
Ko te nuinga o ngā huarahi kei te rite tonu ki ngā wā o mua - he kōwhatu noa nei, ēngari kua rite tonu ki ngā huarahi o ēnei rā i te mahi hāereere a ngā waka i runga kua papatahi noa iho, ā, kua māro hoki. Ko ngā waka haere kē ai i te taha matau o ngā huarahi, ā, ki te tangata kua waia ki ngā waka haere ki te taha mauī, he rerekē tēnei.
Ko te tāone ake he rite ki ngā tāone o mua; he whāiti ngā huarahi, ā, ko ngā whare ko ngā whare o mua; ko roto kua whakahoutia, ā, ko waho kua waihotia e rātau. Ko te nuinga o ngā whare he putiputi kei roto e tipu ana, ā, ko ētahi hoki he rākau. Ki te kitea ake ngā wini o ngā whare nei ka pēnei te tangata he kāri putiputi i te nui o ngā putiputi me ngā rākau kei reira e tipu ana, e iri ana rānei. He rite ēnei whare ki ngā mea o Hōrana - he putiputi katoa ngā wāhi katoa!
Nā, ko tētahi wāhi tino ātaahua ko tēnei e kiia nei i Brussels ko La Grande Place. I ngā wā o mua he wāhi hokohoko tēnei. Haere katoa mai ai ngā tāngata ki reira ki te hoko i ā rātau taonga. I ēnei rā, ko te wāhi i hokona ai ā rātau taonga ko te wāhi tū ai ngā waka, a, i ngā ata, he wāhi hoko putiputi. Ahu katoa mai ai ngā whare ki te wāhi nei, a, ko te mea ātaahua o te wāhi nei ko te rerekē o ia whare, tētahi i tētahi. I ngā pō, ka kā katoa ngā raiti, ā, hei tēnei wā ka kitea te tino ātaahua o ngā whare nei me tō rātau wāhi tū.
I te wāhi i hui ai mātau he hou katoa ngā whare. I āta mahia ngā whare nei mō te hui i te tau kotahi mano e iwa rau e rima tekau mā whitu. Katoa ngā mea kei te wāhi nei e tū ana i āta mahia mō taua hui, ā, hei konei ka kitea ētahi o ngā whare tino ātaahua o te ao. Ko te wāhi nei ko te Palais de l'Exposition, a, he maero pea te tawhiti atu i te tāone o Brussels.
Kei Brussels tētahi mea tino rongonui, ā, ki te reo o reira ko Manneken Pis. Ko te mea nei he tamaiti e mimi ana, ā, i ia rā, kuhuna ai ngā kaka o ngā whenua katoa ki runga i a ia. Na, i a mātau i reira i whānakotia te mea nei e ngā akonga o te whare wānanga o reira, ā, i hunaia e rātau - he tinihanga noa iho nā rātau! He roa kē ngā pirihimana e rapa ana i te autaia mea nei, engari kāore hoki i kitea e rātau. Nā ngā akonga anō i whakahoki ki te wāhi tika. Ko te take i haria ai, he riri nō ngā mea kōrero i te reo Hōrana ki te Kāwanatanga i te kore ōna e whakarite i ngā reo kia tauriterite ai i roto i ngā kura. Ko te reo Wīwī te reo o ngā kura, ā, ko te reo Pākehā hoki te reo rāwaho e whakaakona ana i reira. Kei te pīrangi ngā mea kōrero i te reo Hōrana kia whakaakona anō tō rātau nei reo ki roto i ngā kura. E ai ki ngā kōrero a te Kāwanatanga, kāore he take tahi o tēnei reo i waho o Belgium, engari ko te reo Wīwī kei te mōhiotia i te nuinga o ngā whenua o te ao. Kāore tēnei kōrero e taea te whakahē, engari kua waiho tēnei hei take noho takakinotanga mō ēnei iwi.
I āta manaakitia au e ngā mea i whakahoa mai i a au, ā, nā rāua au i hari haere kia kite i ngā wāhi whakahirahira o tēnei tāone i te pō, i te awatea. Kāore kē rāua i mōhio ki te kōrero Pākehā, ā, nā rāua anō hoki au i whakaako haere i tō rāua reo kia mātau ake ai au. Ko ngā wāhi inuinu tuwhera ai ā awatea noa. Ki te hiahia te tangata nōna te wāhi ki te kati i tōna wāhi inuinu, kei a ia atu tērā. Haere ai mātau ki tētahi wāhi o ngā ākonga, ā, ko tēnei wāhi hei te whitu karaka i te ata kati ai. Ko tēnei wāhi he wāhi kanikani, kōrerorero rānei - ko tā te tangata e pīrangi ana, koinā!
E rua wiki kē au ki konei, ā, ko ēnei rua wiki e kore e wareware i a au. He tāone ātaahua, ā, ko te iwi hoki he iwi mōhio ki te manaaki i te tangata.