Tui Te Paa

Ia rā, ia rā e whakarongo ana au ki te papakitanga o ngā tai o Whaaro, ia pō, ia pō e tū tonu ana te maunga a Whangatauatia kei raro o Te Oneroa-ā-Tōhē. He uri ahau nō Te Rarawa Kaiwhare, e noho ana ahau kei Ahipara i waenga o tōku nei pepeha, ko Tui Te Paa tōku ingoa.

I wear a number of pōtae in the rohe; he kaimahi o Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust, he kaitiaki ki te Takiwā o Ahipara, he kaiwhakahaere ki tērā ki tērā o ngā kaupapa, he reo karanga ki ōku nei Iwi, an Aunty, a daughter, a sister, a whanaunga, a mokopuna, he tauira o te reo Māori, he hoa kaipakihi Māori o te ahumahi Aquaculture me aua momo mea mīharo. I have a responsibility to my whānau, hapū and Iwi to be a good ancestor, I reckon I'm doing a pretty good job :)