Kua pāpāhotia a Dame Lisa Carrington ētahi pukapuka pikitia hou i roto i te reo Māori me te reo pākeha anō hoki hei whai, hei whakahihiko i ngā tamariki kia whakapau werawera kia tutuki i o rātou whāinga. Ānei te arotakenga nā Tia Haira.
Ko tēnei pūrākau e pā ana ki a Dame Lisa Carrington, i mīharo ia, i waingōhia ia, tētahi o āku tino kaitākaro i te ao me te tino kōura Taumāhekeheke o Aotearoa, mō ngā wā katoa. He pūrākau tēnei e kī ana ia i tōna tirohanga hei kōtiro taitamariki, me te tīmatanga o tōna ngākaunui ki te waka hoehoe.
Ka tīmata te pūrākau i a Lisa e pākia ana e te ngaru i tana whare pōti, ā, ko tōna pāpā e kōkiri ana mōna i te takutai. He tino tautoko ngā mātua, ngā tuākana, me te kaiwhakaako i a ia, ā, e akiaki ana i a ia ki te whakangungu. E mōhio ana ia me mahi pūmau ia ki te whakapai ake, ā, e kī ana ia ki a ia anō kei taea e ia. E mōhiotia ana e ia ngā tauira āhua pai i te whare pōti, me ērā atu kaitākaro nui. He tino whakangungu ia i ngā rā katoa, he tino mārō tōna hiahia.
I tētahi rā, ka whakataetae ia i tētahi whakataetae, ā, ka pā mai tētahi aitua raru i te ngaru e kī ana i te whakamā i te waka hoehoe. He mataku ia ki te hoki ki te wai, kāore ia e hiahia ki te kite i tēnei ake i te wāhanga anō, kāore hoki e hiahia ki te hinga.
E tūtohu ana tōna māmā ki te haere ki te awa, ā, e rongo ana ia i ngā oro a ngā manu e waiata ana, e hono ana ia ki tōna awa i runga i tētahi taumata wairua me te āhua. I te ao Māori, e whakapono ana mātou he wāhi te awa hei whakahōu, hei hono ki ngā tīpuna. I tēnei wāhanga o te pūrākau, e rongo ana ahau he mea nui tēnei mōna.
E haere tonu ana ngā mātua ki te tautoko i a ia me ngā kupu tautoko me ngā akiaki “ā, kāore i reira te mea hei āwhina i a koe, ā, me kī ki a koe anō, ‘ko tōku pai rawa he pai kē’ ”. Ka hoki anō ia ki te whakangungu i ngā rā katoa, e noho ana āna i ngā rā uaua. I te wā e whakataetae ana ia i te wā e whai wāhi ana ia ki te toa, ā, ko ngā whakanui āna i te pō. Ka tīmata ia ki te moemoeā nui.
Ko tēnei ngā kōrero a tāku tamāhine mō tēnei pukapuka;
Ko Lisa tētahi kaihoe waka. Ka parakitihi ia i a rā. Engari, i tētahi rā, i haere ia ki tōna parakitihi, arā i whara ia mai te pōti, arā kāore ia ka parakatihi i te hoewaka. āra i tētahi rā i kī tōna māmā, “me haere koe ki te hoewaka anō?”, ara ka kī ia ai ka parakatihi ia rā. Ka haere ia ki tētahi whakataetae, arā i toa ia arā i puta ia i te wai,arā i tino hari koa ngā tangata nō reira i mahi ia mō ake tonu atu.
He pukapuka nui tēnei hei whakamārama i te āhua o te noho Māori, me te nui o te wāhi o te taiao me te hiranga o te whānau me te manaakitanga. He pukapuka whakamīiharo nā tētahi wahine Māori pono.
Ko te whakamahi i te reo Māori puta noa i te pukapuka e āhei ai te kaipānui ki te mōhio he Māori a Lisa rāua ko tōna whānau. Ko ngā whakaahua ki te Maramataka Māori i te pukapuka e tino pai ana ki a mātou hei Whānau Māori, ā, e āhei ana ki te hono ki ngā kōrero me te pūrākau.
E pai ana te mea, he kōrero mō Lisa e motu ia, arā i tautoko tōna whānau i a ia, arā tū ia ki te whakaaro, arā i haere ia ki te parakatihi i te hākinakina me te poitarawhiti, arā i tino kaha ia, arā i wikitoria ia. I te mētara kōura mō te Taumāhekeheke, arā i tautoko i te wā whakamutunga i toa a Lisa. I tautoko ia i te whānau.
Ko Lisa Carrington Me Te Toa Whakaihuwaka
Nā Lisa Carrington
Nā Scott Pearson ngā pikitia
Nā Huia i whakaputa
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Tia Haira
Tuhourangi, Ngati Whakaaue, Rangiteaorere, Ngati Pikiao, Tuwharetoa
I am a biomedical scientist currently working as a science leader in forensics research and development at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). I am passionate about driving research innovation, and expanding horizons of knowledge to improve healthcare delivery and services in Aotearoa. I am a māmā to two beautiful girls who are my absolute world. In my down time you can find me at a crossfit gym, netball court, spending time with my daughters, or at one of their sporting events. We also commit time to giving back to our people through engagement and support with our kura, kura whānau, marae and whānau trust.