Nei ra te reo ōwha e mihi atu nei ki a koutou te whānau o Te Pā o Rākaihautū. 

Kua 18 wiki te Kapa nei e wananga tahi ai, ara, e whakatinana ana i te ao o Tane Rore à Hine Rehia. 

Kua piki ki taumata kē. 

Thank you our Pā whānau for allowing me to guide your tamariki through this beautiful journey we have been on. Being proud is a understatement. 

There are so many of you that I want to thank:

All our kākahu helpers, cooks, sewers, coffee runners, taxi drivers, makeup artists, picker uppers, moko-stampers, moko drawers, ticket buyers, paper signers... everyone who sacrificed time to help in anyway shape of form... 

THANK YOU. 

Without your support this would not have been possible. Te Pā o Rākaihautū stood with purpose, passion and aroha; stood to make our whānau proud and pay tribute to our Matua Wira. 

This performance was a first for many of our kids and Te Pā's first stand. 

I am so proud, so blessed and very very thankful to be a part of Te Pā o Rākaihautū. 

Nga whakaaro aroha ki a koutou katoa 

Koka Ari xox