Inspired and amazingly grateful to my Kaiako, Te Kuiti Stewart, for teaching me so much and sharing his abundant knowledge and skills with me through my time with him on the Te Maunga Kura Toi Graduate Degree programme, I made him this as a koha.
Whano koe ki te rangi,
Ki a Tāwhirimātea,
Kia kaha ai koe, kia toa ai koe,
Kia whai mana ai koe!
Go to the heavens,
To Tāwhirimātea,
So that you will be strong,
So that you will be brave,
So that you will have mana!
(Unknown author on original, translated by Michael Shirres in his book Te Tangata, 1997).
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