DEAN HAPETA aka TE KUPU

NGĀTI HUIA b.1966

E Tū Stand Proud
Kia Kaha Say It Loud
Dean Hapeta 1988

Ko te Atua te kupu tīmatanga
Ko te Atua te kupu whakamutunga

He hononga te mahi o te kupu; i roto i ngā Whakatau o ngā kōrero mai rānō ka noho ko te kupu hei here i whakaaro. Atu i te tīmatanga o te Ao nei anō te kupu i waihotia ake rā e ngā atua ki te ao nei. Hei aha? Hei here i ngā whakapapa kōrero o te Ao Tawhito ki tēnei rā. Ko te kupu kōrero o tēnei whakaaturanga hei here i te wairuatanga o tona whakamaramatanga ki te taha kikokiko.
He reo anō tōna ahakoa i whea, ko te mana o te kupu kei roto i te whakatakoto o te kōrero mō ngā kaupapa katoa. Ko te ia o taua kupu ko te hari i te mauri o te whakaaro. Ko te kupu whakamutunga kei roto i te rere o te kōrero, maana hei whakatutuki i ngā whakaaro o te ngakau.

He whakaaturanga tēnei nō tēnei uri o Ngāti Huia a Dean Hapeta.
Ko ngā kupu whakatakoto e ia ki roto ī enei mahi aana; ka taea te hāpai o te kupu i roto i ngā mahi katoa ahakoa tawhito tae noa atu ki tēnei rā. Kua noho ēnei mahi hei tauira ki tēnei reinga rangatahi.

“E tū rangatira mana motuhake i ngā wā katoa”

Na0 Leafa Wilson
Overview/Translation by Mamae Takerei Waikato Iwi, Tainui Waka
Mamae Takerei is Tangata Whenua Curator at the Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato and is a Kingitanga Consultant.
Also assistance from April Le Mon, Tangata Whenua Education Programme Leader, Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato