Tangata Ora

Kua tautohua e te whare tākuta o Ranolf he pōhara ake ngā otinga hauora o te Māori me ngā iwi o Te Moana nui a Kiwa i ēra atu iwi: 

  • Ko te roanga o te oranga he poto iho
  • He nui ake ngā mate huri noa i ngā pakeketanga katoa
  • he hē kē atu ngā putanga mo ngā māuiuitanga kino me ngā wharatanga

Ko Tangata Ora tō mātou ratonga Māori e mahi ana ki te whakarerekē i ēnei tatauranga. Ko tō mātou hoaketanga he whakataurite i te oranga kawatau o te Māori.

Ko tō mātou arotahi ko te whakapiki ake i te whakaratonga o te tautoko hauora mō ngā tūroro Māori me ngā tūroro o te Moana nui a Kiwa: tae atu ki te ine o ngā whakahaeretanga, ngā ariā e whakapanoni ai i ngā tikanga, ka mutu, te whakapiki ake i te atawhai hauora me ngā otinga hauora anō hoki. 

Hūtia te rito o te harakeke. Kei hea te kōmako e kō?
Ki mai ki ahau, he aha te mea nui o te Ao?
māku e kī atu, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata!

If you were to ask me, what is the greatest thing in this world?
I would be compelled to reply,
it is the people, the people, the people

(Te whakatauki a Meri Ngaroto)