E kore e taea e te kāwanatanga te karo i ōna
takohanga tika tangata, tae atu ki te takohanga
ki te whakarato i ngā whare ohotata rawaka mō
te hunga kore kāinga, mā te whakanonoi tonu,
ahakoa ngā mūhoretanga o te pūnaha wharenoho
ohotata, ko te aronga kē he kino ake i te mea kua
kore te tangata e whiwhi wāhi noho. Kua rongo
mātou i ngā tāngata i hoki anō ki te moe i roto
i ō rātou waka nā te mea he haumaru ake i ngā
wharenoho ohotata. He tauira tēnei o te ngoikore
o te hoahoatanga me te whakahaeretanga o te
pūnaha o te wā nei. I tētahi whenua pēnei i a
Aotearoa, me kaua e mauminaminatia te kore
kāingatanga, te pūnaha wharenoho ohotata
ngoikore rānei, otirā ka takahi ngā mea e rua i ngā
tika tangata.
Kāore te hunga e tino matea ana i te whai hua i
te pūnaha wharenoho ohotata o te wā nei. Engari
ehara i te mea kāore e taea te whakatika, kāore
rānei he āpōpō mōna. E kite ana mātou i ngā
tohu pai i te whakaurunga o ngā hōtaka pairete
e whakakotahi nei i ngā rōpū huhua rerekē ki te
mahi ngātahi ki te rapu huarahi hou. Ko tā ngā
kaiwhakarato whare me ngā ratonga pāpori, ngā
rōpū hapori, ngā hapū me ngā iwi he whai i ngā
mahi whakaora tangata, otirā i rongo mātou i
ngā whakaaro maha ki te rapu i ngā tikanga mahi
arokē e puta ai pea he hua. Ko tā te arotake a te
kāwanatanga me te whakahoutanga o te pūnaha
wharenoho ohotata, he tāpae āheinga ki te hāpai
ake i ēnei tikanga me ngā kaupapa hou.
Me kaua te wairua whakawehi e whakapōrearea
i te whāinga o ngā āheinga ki te whakamātau i
tētahi mea hou. Koinei te wā, kāhore he wā kē
atu, kia whakaaro pākaha, manawanui hoki tātou
ki te āhua o tētahi pūnaha wharenoho rawaka, ki
te whakakore i te kore kāingatanga. Mā te mahi
tahi, me te whakaaro pohwea, ka taea e tātau
te waihanga i tētahi ao e whai whare rawaka ai
ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa, i poua ki Te Tiriti o
Waitangi.
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