Join The Hikoi

Kia Ora koutou katoa nga Kohanga Reo o Mataatua me Tauranga Moana.

He mihi nui.  He mihi mahana, he mihi aroha.

He pânui tenei kia koutou kei te wâtea.  Kia huihui mai tatou ki te tautoko te Hikoi a nga Kohanga Reo o te whârua o Ruatoki . I runga i nga pçhetanga I utainga ki nga mokopuna I te wa e haere ana ratou ki nga Kohanga Reo

I kite koutou I runga I te pouaka whakaata nga mahi weriweri a nga pirihimana e patu ana nga wairua o a tatou mokopuna nohinohi.

This is an invitation to all Kohanga Reo in Mataatua-Tauranga Moana to come and support the Kohanga Reo from Te Pûrei Kohu Purapura on their hikoi through Whakatane township, through the Whakatane District Council Office and on to the Whakatane Police Station.

DATE – Friday 19 October 2007 in Whakatane

Te Ururoa Flavell , Member of Parliament Waiariki will be at this hikoi

TIME TO ASSEMBLE: 9:00am at the carpark behind the Strand (near the Warehouse). Hikoi begins - 9:30am. If your Kohanga Reo have uniforms please let your children wear them.

TE WAIATA: "He Taonga Taku Mokopuna
                         Taku Mokopuna Korikori e……………….  

The purpose of this hikoi has arisen out of the way the Armed Offenders squad stopped the vehicles taking our mokopuna to the 4 Kohanga Reo in Ruatoki and also the School children at the Ruatoki and Tawera Kura.

The Kohanga Reo in Te Pûrei Kohu Purapura are highlighting the health and well-being of our mokopuna 'Nga Taumata Whakahirahira' MANA ATUA kaua e tukino nga mokopuna. HE TAONGA TE MOKOPUNA

The desired outcome out of this 'Hikoi' is that our mokopuna will never be subjected to this type of traumatic experience again and that it be legislated that vehicles transporting Kohanga Reo mokopuna or school children never be stopped, and that they be allowed to continue to the Kohanga Reo, or Kura, where the children can then disembark and be placed in a safe haven, before the vehicles are searched and the Adults responsible be questioned.

You are welcome to make banners/placards for this hikoi. If the words could be in Maori and in English so there are no excuses that they do not understand the message we are trying to get across 'Ki te Motu.'

This hikoi is very important to inform the whole World how our little children were treated during the recent siege at Ruatoki and that it must never ever happen again.           

No reira Kia Kaha Kia Maia Kia Manawanui kia tutuki pai ta tatou Kaupapa.

Ma te Atua tatou katoa hei arahi hei manaaki. 

Tihei Mauriora.

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