Ko tētahi haepapa nui i ō mātou mahi
katoa, waihoki, ko te taura matua pea e herehere
nei te Kooti Whenua Māori ki Te Puni Kōkiri,
ki te Tumu Paeroa, ki te Roopu Wakamana i te
Tiriti o Waitangi anō hoki, ko ā tātou mahi ki te
whakahoki i te whenua, ki te manaaki i te whenua
hei kāinga mō te iwi Māori.
I taua pūrongo hoki rā te kōrero
mō te kaupapa hou, mō “Hangaia te Whare” me
tana aro atu ki te aronga matawhānui o te Kooti
Whenua Māori, arā, kia tu hei Kooti Māori e
tawharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te
whare kōrero.
Pae Tukutuku Poutama
Kei a te Pae Tukutuku Poutama te haepapa ki te
rēhita i ngā taitara whenua, ki te pūmau anō hoki
ki te mana o te pūkete me te putunga, tae atu anō
hoki ki te pūnaha raraunga.
He mea āhukahuka Te Rautaki Reo o Te Kooti
Whenua Māori i te hōhonu me te iho tāroa o
te whanaungatanga i waenga i te reo Māori, te
tāngata whenua, me te whenua anō, he tohu i te
tino hiranga o te oranga me te whakamarumaru-
tanga o te reo Māori.
Hokahōkai ana ō waewae ki te pakirau o tēnei whare,
Awhe mai ana ki te hau kāinga,
Ki te pou herenga tangata, ki te pou herenga whenua, ki te pou whare kōrero
Ki te pae o Te Kooti e.