Kei te tata mai te Tau Hou Hainamana. Ko te tau 2023 te Tau o te Rāpeti i Haina. He hakari ā-iwi tēnei e whakakotahi ana i ngā manaakitanga me ngā aituā, ngā whakanuinga, ngā whakangahau me te kai.
He roa te hītori o te Hakari o te Koanga. I ahu mai i te inoi mō te tau hou me te tuku patunga tapu i ngā wā onamata. He taonga tuku iho, he taonga ahurea hoki tōna i roto i tōna tuku iho me tōna whanaketanga.
Ko te Hakari o te Koanga he rā hei whakakore i te mea tawhito, hei whakaputa mai i te mea hou. Ahakoa ka taka te Hakari o te Koanga i te rā tuatahi o te marama tuatahi o te maramataka marama, kāore ngā mahi o te Hakari o te Koanga e mutu i te rā tuatahi o te marama tuatahi. Mai i te tīmatanga o te tau hou i te mutunga o te tau, kua "pukumahi te iwi mō te tau hou": te tuku patunga tapu ki te oumu, te horoi i te puehu, te hoko taonga o te tau hou, te whakairi i ngā whero o te Tau Hou, te horoi makawe me te kaukau, te whakapaipai i ngā rama me ngā whakapaipai, me ētahi atu. He kaupapa kotahi tō ēnei mahi katoa, arā, "poroporoaki". Ka manaaki te hunga tawhito i te mea hou". Ko te Hakari o te Koanga he hakari o te harikoa me te rangimarie me te huihuinga whānau, ā, he karaniwha me te pou wairua mutunga kore hoki mō te iwi ki te whakaatu i tō rātou hiahia mō te harikoa me te herekoretanga. Ko te Hakari o te Koanga he rā hoki mō ngā whanaunga ki te karakia ki ō rātou tūpuna me te inoi mō te tau hou. Ko te patunga tapu he momo mahi whakapono, he mahi whakapono i hangaia e te tangata i ngā wā onamata hei noho tahi me te rangi, te whenua me te taiao.
He hakari te Hakari o te Koanga mō te hunga hei whakangahau me te karaniwha. I te wā o te Rā Yuan me te Tau Hou, ka mura ngā ahi, ka whiti ngā ahi puta noa i te rangi, ā, ka tae ki tōna taumata ngā mahi whakanui pērā i te poroporoaki ki te tau tawhito me te manaaki i te tau hou. I te ata o te rā tuatahi o te tau hou, ka tahu whakakakara ia whānau, ka mihi, ka whakaute ki te rangi me te whenua, ka patu whakahere ki ngā tūpuna, kātahi ka mihi ki ngā kaumātua i te Tau Hou, kātahi ka mihi ngā whanaunga me ngā hoa o taua iwi tetahi ki tetahi. I muri i te rā tuatahi, ka whakahaerehia he maha ngā mahi whakangahau kanapa, ka tāpiri atu i te wairua whakanui kaha ki te Hakari o te Koanga. Kāore te wairua mahana o te hakari e horapa noa ana ki ngā whare katoa, engari ka whakakīia hoki ngā tiriti me ngā ara iti i ngā wāhi katoa. I tēnei wā, kī tonu te tāone i ngā rama, kī tonu ngā tiriti i ngā tūruhi, he tino pukumahi te mahi, ā, kāore i rite te huihuinga nui. Kāore e mutu te Hakari o te Koanga tae noa ki muri i te Hakari Rama i te tekau mā rima o ngā rā o te marama tuatahi. Nō reira, ko te Hakari o te Koanga, he hui nui e whakauru ana i te inoi, te whakanui me te whakangahau, kua riro hei hakari tino tapu o te iwi Haina.
I Haina, ko te Hakari o te Koanga te hakari tino pukumahi, tino nui hoki, me ngā manaakitanga mutunga kore, ngā whanaunga me ngā hoa kua ngaro, me ngā kai reka mutunga kore. I te wā o te Hakari o te Koanga, ka mihi atu a Yuncang me ngā kaimahi katoa ki ngā hoa katoa mō te Hakari o te Koanga, ngā mea pai katoa, me te heke mai kanapa.
Wā tuku: Hanuere-20-2023


