I tēnei hōtaka i haere a Waka Huia ki te titiro ki te hui i tū ki Tauranga Moana.
I te tau 1949 i tū te Hui Aranga tuatahi he kaupapa Katorika. Mai i tērā wā i kaha kōkirihia e ngā whānau whai pānga te kaupapa nei.
Ehara i te mea i haere mai ngā Katorika anake engari inā kē ngā tāngata o Hāhi kē atu i tae ake. Arā i haere mai ngā Mihingare, Te Hāhi Ringatū, te Hāhi Rātana, te hāhi Weteriana, i te mea i tīmata ai rātau i roto i ngā karapu ture tawhito ahakoa he rerekē tētahi i tētahi. Atu i te tīmatatanga ka rongo i ngā hokinga mahara, ngā kōmuri aroha o ngā mea pakeke me ngā tūmanako o ngā taitamariki. Ka kitea ngā taonga i waihōtia mai e ngā tīpuna nāna te kaupapa i kōkiri i tōna orokohanga. Arā he hīra he whakairo, me te mea nei i tā ngā ingoa o te hunga i tautoko i te kaupapa engari kua hinga. Heoi e whakataetaengia ana ēnei taonga i roto i ngā mahi kapahaka, hākinakina, he aha atu, he aha atu, he tohu whakamaumahara ki te hunga nā o rātau whānau i tākoha atu. Heoi anō kei roto i ngā mahi katoa he karakia, e kuhu atu ana ngā mahi o te karapu ture. E tīmata ai ngā karakia o te hui aranga i te rā e mōhiotia ana e ngā Katorika ko te Tāite Tapu. Ka tū te miha tapu i te Rātapu te rā o te aranga. “Kaua e titiro ki tō Māoritanga mō te oranga tonutanga engari huri ki te Atua”
Kaikōrero:
Miki Āpiti
Henare Ngaia (Te Aupōuri, Taranaki) - Māngai mō te rōpū o Araukūku (Ngāti Ruanui)
Pīhopa Tākuira "Max" Māriu (Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
Mākere Phillips - Te Rōpū o Waipatu
Tōmairangi Māreikura (Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine) - Te Rōpū o Ruapehu/Waipatu
Raana Māreikura - Te Rōpū o Ruapehu (Ngāti Rangi)
Jim Panapa - Te Rōpū o Waipatu (Ngāti Kahungunu)
Rāwiri Tinirau - Te Rōpū o Tama Tū Tama Ora (Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe)
Mark Gray -Te Rōpū o Ruapehu (Ngāti Rangi)
Pā Christopher Martin (Pākehā) - Pirihi Katorika Te Ohu o Meri
Pinnacle Taipa (Ngāti Rangi) - Te Rōpū o Ruapehu
Mark Nicholas - Te Puna Tauranga Moana (Ngāti Ranginui)
Pikimai Mareikura - Te Rōpū o Ruapehu (Ngāti Rangi)
Ngā Tāngata e Kitea ana:
John Maihi (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Stephanie Pohe (Rongomaiwahine), Mita Ririnui (Te Arawa, Tākitimu, Mātaatua), Araukūku, Wiki Metekingi-nee Bailey (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Awa), Joe Nikora, Aurora Māreikura (Ngāti Rangi, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Ngā Katorika o Te Puna, Ngā Katorika o Te Wainui-ā-Rua, Karen Peina (Ngā Paerangi, Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Apa), Noti Firmin (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Maihi Charlie Peina (Ngā Paerangi, Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Apa), Ruamai Te Rā (Ngā Paerangi, Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Apa), Te Rina Peina (Ngā Paerangi, Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Apa),
Ngā Wāhi e Kitea ana:
Tauranga
Ngā Ingoa e Whakahuatia ana:
Tāngata:
Mere Takakau (Hūrae), Ihu Karaiti (Hūrae), Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Mareikura, Mere Hape Ruka, Joe Nikora- Hāhi Mihingare, Toby Apatū (Ngāti Kahungunu), Tui Cunningham-Kaiako mō te rōpū Waipatu, Sophie Panapa, Joe Manaena (Ngāti Kahungunu), Thelma Manaena, George Henderson, Hēni Henderson, Māui Tikitiki ā Taranga,
Tongi-a-Whenua / Wāhi e kitea ana:
Tauranga Moana, Maunga Ruapehu, Waipatu, Wainuiōmata, Ōtaihape, Pōneke, Ōhākune