Whaea Iriarangi Panapa

Release Kaiako / Within School Teacher
iriarangi@ngaruawahia.school.nz

I te taha o tōku Pāpā
Piki ake au ki te taumata kōrero o Tongariro
Nuku kē noa atu te tiro whānui i a Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ka whakaheke taku rākau hikoi ki te awa o Rangitikei
Whakawhiti atu rā ki Te Tikanga marae rangitāmiro ana i ngā pou tini kōrero
Ngāti Waewae hapū karanga!
Kōripo ana te wai o Tangaroa, nā Tangaroa te waka Te Arawa i ū ki Aotearoa nei

I te taha o tōku Māmā
Hokai tapuwae ki runga ia koro Pūtauaki te maunga e pupuri nei i a ōku tīpuna.
Ka titiro whakararo au ki tōku awa a Rangitaiki poteretereki ngā rekereke hei waikaukau mo ōku mātua tīpuna.
Hoea te waka o Mataatua ki te manukatutahi te wahi e takoto ana te waka.
He uri tēnei no Ngāti Awa Te Toki te tangatanga i te rā, te ngohengohe i te wai
E tū ana au ki runga i tōku marae o Uiraroa.

He uri hoki tēnei no Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngai Tūhoe, Ngāti Whaatua, Ngāti Pāoa ngā hau e whā o Aotearoa me Kōtirana hoki.

Ko ahau tēnei e tū mai nei, ko Iriarangi

I count it an honour to be teaching in the rohe of the Kingitanga under the korowai of Tauipiri maunga. Previously teaching in Tāmaki ki raro it’s nice to be able to add to my kete the new matauranga of Waikato/Tainui and the many tauira I will be privileged to teach.