The Vision from Tangata Whenua
The tangata whenua base their vision on four main principles - whakawhanaungatanga/manaakitanga, te reo Māori, kotahitanga, and tino rangatiratanga.
E whā ngā mātāpono matua o te whakakitenga o te tangata whenua:
Te Mātāpono tuatahi
Whakawhanaungatanga/Manaakitanga – ko te marae te kāinga matua, te whakatinanatanga o ō mātou tūpuna, e hono nei i te tangata whenua ki ō mātou rohe. Tiakina, manaakitia. Mā te hā o te mauri o te marae e hua mai ai te hauora ā ngākau, ā wairua, ā tinana hoki o te iwi.
He wāhi hira ngā marae hei whakahaere i te mātauranga Māori. Ko te wāhi tēnei e manaakitia ai te manuhiri kahurangi, e whakawhāiti ai hoki ngā whānau mō ngā huihuinga nunui. Ki te Māori, ko te marae ‘te tūranga o te iwi’. He wāhi tino hira te marae, ā, he wāhi motuhake. Ko te whenua, Te Reo Māori, te whakawhanaungatanga me te marae hoki ngā hononga e puta ai ngā tohu o te Māoritanga, taha tikanga, taha ora, taha umanga. Ka mutu, he whare tāonga ngā marae.
Te Mātāpono tuarua
Te Reo Māori – Koia tēnei te reo o te tangata whenua, te waka e puta ai ngā tikanga, e pūmautia ai te kawa. Ko Te Reo Māori he reo whaimana o Aotearoa. Ko Te Reo Māori he taonga kāmehameha tuku iho nā ō tātou tūpuna, kia mātua poipoitia e te hapori, kia mātua whakatupuria, kia mātua whakarauoratia hoki. Me akiaki anō ngā whakatupuranga kei te heke mai kia anga nui mai ki te hāpai i ēnei mahi.
Te Mātāpono tuatoru
Kotahitanga – Mā te kotahitanga e tū pakari ai te tangata whenua me ngā hapori. Mā te mahi ngātahi ka whai kia puawai te hītōria ā rohe, te whanaketanga o ngā tikanga ā iwi, te hauora me te mātauranga o te rohe.
Te Mātāpono tuawhā
Tino Rangatiratanga – ko te whakamahi i te tino rangatiratanga me te mana whakahaere i roto i ngā take katoa e pā ana ki te iwi.
- Me whai kia whakamanatia te tū a te tangata whenua, kia whaihua hoki hei kaitiaki i roto i te rohe, kia pā atu hoki tēnei ki te oranga taiao me te oranga whānui o te hapori;
- Kia mauritau te hapori ki te kōrero i Te Reo Māori, i Te Reo Pākehā hoki – e tautoko ana i te huatau he hapori reorua te tāone o Ōtaki;
- E ora ana ngā puna wai katoa hei mahinga kai, ki tā te tangata whenua i pai ai hei oranga;
- Kia whaihua te mahi tahi a te rūnanga o te tangata whenua, ki hea atu, ki hea atu e tika ana, ki ngā umanga me ngā hapori;
- Kia kite e pakari ana te noho a ngā whānau me ngā hapū, ā, ka whaihua te mahi tahi, ki hea atu, ki hea atu e tika ana, ki ngā umanga me ngā hapori;
- I roto i ngā tau e toru meake nei, kia nui ake te kanohi Māori i roto i ngā rōpū kāwanatanga ā rohe;
- Kia rauhī, kia angitū ngā pūmanawa ā auaha, ā toi o te tangata whenua;
- Kia hou ai te rongo ki te ao whānui he wāhi tūhauora te rohe nei, taha kai, taha tikanga ā iwi, taha āhua noho, taha tāpoi;
- E whai ana kia poipoitia ngā rautaki whakawhanake umanga a te tangata whenua;
- Kia māhorahora te whātoro atu a te hapori ki ngā ratonga hauora;
- Kia tautokotia te rangatahi, kia eke ai ki te taumata tiketike o ō rātou wawata;
- E mōhiotia ana e ngā tangata ngā ingoa taketake mō te whenua, ngā wāhi nui o te hītōria, ngā wāhi tapu, ā, me whaimana ngā ingoa taketake nei;
- Kia mātua kitea ko te tangata whenua hei māngai i roto i ngā whanaketanga ā rohe, taha tāonga, taha wai, te kounga me te āhua hoki o ngā nōhanga;
- Kia pakari, kia whaihua te mahi takitoru i waenganui i te tangata whenua, te Kaunihera o Kāpiti me te Kaunihera o te rohe whānui o Te Whanganui a Tara;
- Kia whai wāhi nui te tangata whenua ki ngā take raraunga e pā ana ki te hunga manene;
- Kia āwhinatia te tangata whenua e te Kaunihera ki te whakawhanake i ngā mahere whakahaere ā iwi;
- Kia aro nui mai, kia mōhio mārika mai te tangata ki ngā tūhonotanga ā wairua, ā hinengaro, o te tangata whenua ki tōna whenua, ōna wāhi tapu me ngā taonga o roto o tōna taiao;
- E whakamaiohatia ana e te rohe te ture me te tikanga.