Ko Maouo tōku maunga
Ko tauranga tōku moana
Ko Te Whānau a tauwhao tōku hapū
Ko Ngāi Te Rangi tōku iwi
Ko Otawhiwhi tōku marae
No Bowentown Ahau
Kei Rotorua tōku kainga inaianei
Ko Tyson Eruera Ball tōku ingoa
I tupu ake au ki tō mātou ipukarea ki Bowentown āhua pātata atu ki te marae. I konā ka hūnuku ahau ki Kirikiriroa mo te kura, i reira tūtaki ai ki tētahi tangata i whāki mai i tētahi āheitanga papai rawa. I whakatenatenahia au kia haere ki te whare wānanga whai muri i te wharanga o taku whatinga raparapa i te tākaro whutupōro rīki.
I taku wehenga atu ki te Whare wānanga o Ōtepoti, ka toko ake te whakaaro ki te ako i te rongoā, ki te whakakore hoki i te hurihanga kikino o te whānau, ka mutu ki te whakahihiko i aku tāina ki te whai i te pae tawhiti.
I te mea he tākuta Maori ahau na te whakaaweawe o tētahi i te papa hākinakina, e kaingākau ana ahau ki te hautū i tēnei kaupapa whakamua. E kaingākau nui ana ahau ki te whakawhanaketanga o te rangatahi me ngā tini āheinga ki a rātou. Ma te noho hei tākuta Māori ka tarea e au te tuku āwhina ki te hunga mātātahi o te hāpori ki ngā āhuatanga e tika ana i tēnei ao.
Katahi anō māua ko taku makau kia hūnuku mai ki Rotorua nei i te timatanga o te tau 2022, ka mutu ko te manako ka manea tā māua noho mai. I aku wā watea ka kite koe i ahau e whara ana i te ngana ki te purei rīki, i muri rānei i te kāmera ki te hopu whakaahua o taku whānau me oku hoa.