Ki Ngāi Tūhoe, ka whakahaerehia e ngā mātātahi o Waimana tā rātou wānanga tuatahi hei whakakotahi atu i ngā uri rangatahi e noho ana i te kāinga, i waho atu anō hoki, i te wā kāinga ki te ako i tō rātou Tūhoetanga.
Ki te whārua o Waimana Kāku nei i te Pā iti o Tauanui kua whakaemi atu ngā uri taitamariki
“Kia mōhio rātou ki ā rātou tikanga ki a rātou whakapapa, ki a rātou anō,” i kī atu a Paku Titoko (Te Whakatāne, Ngāi Tamatuhira). “Kia kore ai rātou e pā ki te kino, ki te whara rānei.”
Ka kōrero atu i tētehi taiohi o Waimana, i a Te Aroha Boynton, “It feels nice. It just feels home.”
Ko tōna kaupapa he whāngai i ngā mātauranga o ngāi Tūhoe, o ngā tātai whakapapa me ngā tikanga o ngā mātua tūpuna.
“Kia mārama tika rātou he aha mātou e pupuru nei i ētahi o ngā tikanga i ākona mai e ō mātou nā kuia, koroua i te wā e ora ana rātou. Ko te tuatahi pea ko te manaaki manuhiri,” i mea atu i te kuia, i a Kero Tait. “Kāore e tū atu i tērā ki au.”
“Kei te rahi rā ngā tikanga o tēnei ao,” i mea atu a Titoko. “Ngā tikanga o te marae, ngā tikanga o te ngahere, o te awa.”
Atu i te whakatō i ngā tikanga me ngā kawa o te marae, he huarahi te wānanga nei ki te whakahoki i ā rātou taiohi ki te marae.
“This means a lot to me because being the youngest my dad is old and ready to go soon,” i korero atu i a Boynton. “So I just want to learn about where he comes from.”
“Ko ēnei mātauranga he tino taonga mā tātou,” i mea atu i te kaiwhakahaere, i a Tyson Grootjans. “Koirā te pukenga o tō tātou tīpuna. Me mōhio tātou i ērā pukenga hei ārahi i ā tātou.”
Ko te manako ia o te iwikāinga ka whakahaere i ngā rātou rangatahi i tētehi wānanga anō ia tau ia tau.