E ngā Hoa Mahi,
I te hekenga haere o te tau ki te mutunga mārie, ka āta whakaaro tātou ki te whai wā ki te okioki, ki te whakaaroaro, me te manaaki i te haerenga kua tīmatahia e tātou. I roto i ngā marama tekau mā rua kua pahure ake nei, he maha ngā wā whai tikanga kua tohaina e tātou - mai i te harikoa o te whakarewatanga o ngā otinga hou ki te makona o te wikitoria i ngā wero ohorere. Ko te mea nui ake, kua kite tātou i te hononga hohonu kua hangaia mā tā tātou mahi tahi tata ki te hangarau hou #Tāpā Whatunga, #KaihokoPaketeWhatunga, me te #Patohia te Ārai-Rārangingā otinga—ngā otinga i hangaia kia tino whakamanahia ai ō mahi whakahirahiraAroturuki Whatunga, Tātari Whatunga, meHaumarutanga Whatungangā mahi. I tēnei wā Kirihimete me te Tau Hou, i te mea e kī ana te ao i te mahana me te harikoa, e hiahia ana mātou ki te whakamahi i tēnei wā motuhake ki te ringihia atu ō mātou mihi nui ki a koe mō tō whakawhirinaki me tō hononga mahi tahi, me ō mātou mihi nui ki a koe me tō whānau aroha.
Meri Kirihimete! Kia takai koe i tēnei wā Kirihimete whakamiharo ki roto i te paraikete o te hari pono, kia whakamarie i tō ngākau ki te rangimārie hohonu, kia karapotia hoki koe e te nui o te aroha mai i te hunga tino nui. Tukua te kanapa ngawari o ngā rama Kirihimete e kanapa ana, te mahana o ngā huihuinga whānau whakamarie, me te harikoa o ngā tikanga tuku iho o te wā kia whakakī i ō rā me ō pō ki te whakamarie. Kia kitea e koe te hari nui i roto i te kata a te hunga e arohaina ana, te mahana o ngā kai tahi, me ngā wā whakaaroaro marino e kawea mai ana e tēnei wā o te tau. Kia manaakitia e tātou katoa tēnei wā makutu—te hanga i ngā maharatanga ataahua, pumau ka mau tonu ki roto i ō tātou ngākau ake ake, hei whakamahara reka mō ngā hononga e hono ana i a tātou.
I a tātou e tū whakahīhī ana i te paepae o tētahi tau hou, ka awhi mātou i te pae tawhiti e anga whakamua ana, me te tuku atu i ō mātou mihi nui mō te Tau Hou 2026! Kia rite te tau e haere mai nei ki tētahi taurangi oraora kua whatua ki ngā whai wāhitanga hou whakahihiri, ki te tipu whaiaro whai tikanga, me te angitu whakamiharo i roto i ngā mahi ngaio me ngā mahi whaiaro katoa e whaia ana e koe. Kia anga whakamua tātou ki tēnei upoko hou me te ringa tahi, me te whakahihiko i ō tātou wairua e ngā mea ka taea e tātou. Ka mahi tahi tātou, ka tautoko tonu i ngā moemoeā me ngā wawata o tētahi ki tētahi, ka wikitoria mā te maia i ngā wero katoa e pā mai ana ki a tātou, ā, ka whakanuia hoki me te harikoa ia tohu nui ka tutuki i a tātou hei rōpū kotahi. He nui te pūmanawa kei te heke mai, ā, e whakapono ana mātou ka hurihia e tā tātou mahi tahi tonu ia moemoeā hei mea pono.
I roto i te haerenga hihiri o te pakihi me te mahi tahi, ko tō noho mai i tō mātou taha te manaakitanga me te mana nui rawa atu i tonoa e mātou. Ko tō whakawhirinaki pumau ki ō mātou kaha, tō māramatanga hohonu ki ā mātou whāinga tahi, me tō tautoko tonu i ngā wā maeneene me ngā wā uaua, koia ngā pou pakari kua whakakaha ake i tā mātou mahi tahi. Ahakoa he whakapai ake i ā mātou otinga aroturuki whatunga kia tutuki ai ō hiahia e whanake haere ana, he arotau i te mahi a te kaihokohoko mōkihi kia pai ake ai te whai huatanga, he whakarei ake rānei i te pono o te pato ā-roto hei tiaki i tō hanganga whatunga nui, ko ō māramatanga nui, ko ō urupare whai hua, me te whakapau kaha ki te hiranga ehara i te mea i akiaki noa i a mātou ki te whakapai ake i ā mātou hangarau me ngā ratonga engari i whakatenatena hoki i a mātou ki te pana i ngā rohe o ngā mea ka taea i roto i te whenua haumarutanga me te aroturuki whatunga. Mō ia wahi o tō whakawhirinaki me tō takoha, e mihi nui ana mātou ki a koe.
I a tātou e tomo ana ki tēnei upoko hou whakahihiri o tā tātou hononga mahi tahi, kia whakatau tātou ki te pupuri tonu i tā tātou hononga utu nui—te kōrero me te atawhai pono me te tuwhera, te mahi tahi me te kaupapa mārama me te whakaute tetahi ki tetahi, me te anga atu ki ngā arai katoa ka puta ake me te manawanui pumau me te kotahitanga kaha. Ngā mihi nui ki a koe mō te noho hei rama ārahi i roto i tā mātou haerenga ngaio, mō te huri i ia mahi tahi hei wheako whai tikanga me te whai hua, me te mea hoki kia motuhake ngā rā mahi noa iho me tō whakawhirinaki, tō whakapau kaha, me tō hononga mahi tahi. Ko tō tautoko te mea e akiaki ana i a mātou ki te whai i ngā taumata teitei ake, me te tuku i ngā otinga pai rawa atu mō tō pakihi.
Kei te harikoa tonu mātou, ā, kei te tumanako hoki ki te kite i ngā mea kei te heke mai mō mātou hei tīma—te tūhura i ngā rohe hangarau kāore anō kia kitea i roto i te haumarutanga whatunga, te tuku i ngā otinga whatunga auaha me ngā mea kua whakaritea kia nui ake i ō tumanakohanga, me te waihanga i ngā wā whakamiharo me ngā wā e maumaharahia ana. Kia kaua e waiho tēnei Kirihimete me te Tau Hou hei wā whakanui anake, engari hei tīmatanga hoki mō tētahi upoko hou whakamiharo i roto i tā mātou hononga, he upoko kī tonu i te aroha mutunga kore, te kata harikoa, te oranga pumau, me te harikoa mutunga kore mōu me tō whānau katoa.
Kia ora anō tātou, ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hou 2026 ki a koutou, e ō mātou hoa aroha!
Me te aroha nui, me te whakawhetai nui, me ngā manaakitanga pono mō te wā Kirihimete whakamiharo,
Te Rōpū Mylinking™
Wā tuku: Hakihea-22-2025

