Kāhore noa ngā kaitiaki e whakaputa i te
take o tā rātou whakatau mutunga mō tētahi
tono, engari anō, mēnā ka tohutohua rātou e
te Kooti Whenua Māori.
Ngā hui ā-tau
Me hui ngā kaitiaki ia tau, engari mēnā kāre
he kiko o te whakatū hui ā-tau (arā mō te
urupā, whānau, paku noa iho), ka āhei te inoi
ki te Kooti Whenua Māori kia whakaaetia te
whakaiti i ngā hui, kia kotahi ia rua, toru, rima
tau rānei.
Don Cameron – Pae Ārahi o Te Raki (Te Taitokerau and Waikato Maniapoto)
I whānau mai, i pakeke mai hoki i Whanganui, i tīmata te mahi a Don i Te Tari Māori i Whanganui i tau 1983, ka uru ki te Kooti Whenua Māori i te tau 1990.
Me mātua whakamōhio mai ki a mātou mēnā:
he 21 tau, neke atu rānei te wā, tae atu ki ngā ture whakahou anō
ko te wā mō he neke atu i te 52 tau, mēnā rānei he rite tētahi ture whakahou anō 1, neke atu rānei ki tua atu i te 52 tau (he raihana wā roa), tērā rānei
ka whiwhi tētahi he raihana ōna ki te whakawhiti, whakarerekē, wehe, whakahoki rānei i tētahi raihana he neke atu i te 21 tau te wā.
Hei whakakapi i tēnei tauākitanga, ka mutu awau me ngā kupu o te waiata o Te Kooti Whenua Māori: Whakatutukihia ngā herenga, whītikitikiria ki te ture, kei konei ngā tūmanako, kei konei ngā wawata, ka tau te mauri o te Tipuna Whare, ka tau te Aio o te iwi e.
I tohua anō ia hei Kaiwhakawā Taiao Whakakapi i te tau 2009. I tohua a Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox hei Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua o Te Kooti Whenua Māori i te tau 2010, ā, hei Kaiwhakawā Matua o te Kooti i te tau 2023.
