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He tohu pai atu i te timatanga o te whakataetae, ā, mo ngā kaiwhakarite ko te tirohanga whānui mo te Waka Ama he rawe.
E toru ngā wāhanga o te whakataetae, ko ngā tauhou, ngā rangatū me ngā tohunga.
Hei tā Tipi Wehipeihana nō Ngāti Tukorehe me Ngāti Kuia.
“Koinei pea tētahi ara e wāia ai ngā whakaaro ki te ū, ki te kaupapa tika, hei whakatika, hei whakararata i a rātou i roto i ngā pōrarurarutanga o te wā”.
E ai ki Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha kua tae mai rātou kia rongo ai i te ahua o tēnei kaupapa.
“He tima hou ki te waka ama na reira kaore e tino mōhio ana te ahuatanga ae o te whakataetae”. Koinei ngā kōrero a Tumataura Tahatika.
Mo te kaikaunihera o Rotorua a Charles Stuart, koinei te wāhi tika, na te mea ka taea te tiaki i te mano tāngata.
Iwa tekau mā whitu ngā kura kei konei, ka mutu i tēnei wiki nuku atu i te kotahi mano, whā rau, rima tekau ngā kaihoe, ka hoe ki runga i a Tikitapu.
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