Ka ōkawa nei te tohu i a Tākuta Timoti Karetu hei Tā i te rangi nei mō āna mahi rangatira ki te whakaora, whakapūmau hoki i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga i roto i ngā tau.
He tohunga ki te reo, he rangatira hoki o te ao Māori.
Hei Tā Tīmoti Kāretu, "He āhua tūmeke tonu ana ēngari ko te mea nui he mihi ki te katoa nā rātou i whakaingoa nā ratou au i tautoko i roto i tēnei āhuatanga nei kua whakawhiwhia mai nei ki au."
Kua roa a Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu e noho pūmau ana ki te whakamāui ki te pupuri, ki te tiaki anō hoki, i te mauri o te reo. I tēnei rā ka whakamānawa te motu i āna mahi.
E ai ki a Leon Blake, "He whakahōnore tēnei i ngā kaupapa nāna nei i whakaara ake. Kua korerotia te kōhanga reo, Te Taura Whiri, Te Matatini tae atu anō hoki ki te Panikiretanga."
E mea ana a Pānia Papa, "Ko tāna mahi whakapau kaha kia ora ai te reo Māori koinei tana parāoa me tana pata i te ao i te pō, koinei tāna kai. Nō reira e tika ana me whakanui i a ia."
Hei tā Kāretu nā tōna whakapono, 'Ki te kī koe he Māori koe, me whai koe te taha ki te reo,' i ū āna mahi katoa ki te whakaora i te reo me ōna tikanga.
"I ngā tau ki muri rā noa ka puta te korero i tētahi Māori rongonui, ‘Ki te kore koe e mohio ki te korero Māori ehara koe i te Māori’. Nā reira ko tēra kōrero i tēra wā taku whakapai he whakahau kē i te ao Maāori kia hoki mai anō ki te reo, ā, kei te pēra ināianei."
E ai ki a Tā Kāretu, he wā tenei hei whakanui, ēngari haere tonu ai ngā mahi.