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Karapu Lit:  Karapu Kōrero Pukapuka o Bradford
Shannondell i Valley Forge i Audubon, Pennsylvania

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KA TŪTAKI RĀTOU I TE WHARE PUKAPUKA ATAAHUA o te hapori reti o Shannondell-at-Valley Forge—he wāhi pai mō tētahi rōpū kaipānui pono. I waenganui i te whakapakari tinana me ngā hākinakina, ngā akomanga rorohiko me ngā akomanga toi, he rōpū tuhituhi me he karapu take tūmatanui, kei te kimi tonu rātou i te wā ki te tuhituhi pukapuka... I kōrero mātou ki te kaiwhakahaere o te karapu, ki a Don Jacobs.



E Don, i whakapā mai koe ki a mātou i te tau kua hipa i te wā i tonoa tuatahitia ai koe kia whakahaere i te rōpū. I te āhua nei kāore koe i te tino mōhio, engari te āhua nei kei te pai tō oma.
Āe, he kaiārahi whakamiharo tōku, ko Catherine, nāna i ārahi te rōpū.-kua 12 tau te karapu e tū ana.

Ae, he tino whakamataku te whakahaere...engari, ināianei, kei te tino ngahau ahau.

He nui hoki tōku mihi ki a Brooke Bornman, te Kaiwhakahaere o Ngā Mahi. Nāna i tā ngā pānui (tirohia te whakaahua), te tono pukapuka, te whakarite i te whare pukapuka mō ā mātou hui...ā, ko te tikanga ka māmā ake, ka nui ake hoki te ngahau mō taku mahi.

Tokohia koe?
Tekau mā iwa ngā tāngata i rēhita mō tā mātou kōrero tuatahi; ināianei kua eke ki te 52, arā, ko te toharite he 25 i te hui.

Tērā anō tētahi karapu pukapuka tuarua.
Ae, he hapori tino pukumahi tēnei, he maha ngā mahi hei mahi (e ai ki tāu i kī ai i te kupu whakataki). Ko te rōpū kē atu e pānui ana i ngā pukapuka pono anake, ā, ko tā mātou rōpū e pānui ana i ngā pukapuka pono me ngā pukapuka pono.

Nā, kōrero mai ki a mātou i tāu i pānui ai.
Anei tā mātou rārangi mai i te tau kua hipa:
Miharo Mutunga Kore
Tuhinga o mua
Ngā Madonna o Leningrad
Ka Rere Te Kawau
Te tangata i roto i te hūtu kiri mangō mā
I te wā i atua ai te Emepara
Nga Anahera Hinga
Te Mārama i Waenganui i ngā Moana
Whakaahua o te Tutei
Te Ara Iti o Ruthie Leming
Pai te whenua
Life o Pi
Waipuke o Johnstown

He makau?
Te Ara Iti a Ruthie Leming—he tuhituhi whakamiharo, he kōrero whakamiharo: mō tētahi kairīpoata tūturu nō Philadelphia e hoki ana ki tōna kāinga tupu i Louisiana ki te noho ki tōna tuahine e mate ana i te mate pukupuku.

Whakaahua o te Tutei—i tuku mai tētahi o ngā mema ki te ārahi. He tino rawe ia, ā, i whakarerekē paku ia i tā mātou whakatakotoranga nā te tikanga i whakamahia e ia hei akiaki i te whai wāhi mai.

Te Tangata i roto i te Hutu Kiri Mangō Ma—he mea tino mōhio ki tā mātou rōpū kaumātua: te kōrero pono mō tētahi tangata i mawhiti mai i Ihipa i te tau 1963, ā, i neke atu tōna whānau ki te US

He aha ngā mea e pouri ana koe?
pea Nga Anahera Hinga—Ki taku whakaaro he pai ki ō tātou mema ngā pukapuka pakiwaitara i ahu mai i ngā kaupapa tūturu. Haunga tēnā, kua maiohahia ngā pukapuka katoa, ā, te āhua nei kei te harikoa te katoa.

I te tini o te tangata, me pēhea koe e whiriwhiri ai i āu pukapuka?
Ko te nuinga mā te pōti ingoakore, ka kohia e au puta noa i te marama mā te īmēra, mā te hikoi rānei i ngā ara me taku pukatuhi pōke. E whitu, e waru rānei ā mātou kōwhiringa i ia marama, ā, me whai katoa i ētahi ture matua: me...
   • kei te wātea i roto i te pukapuka me te pukapuka matihiko
   • utu whaitake
   • kei te wātea i roto i ngā tuhinga nui (mēnā ka taea).

Waihoki, ka ngana mātou kia kaua e rua ngā pukapuka e rarangi ana me te kaupapa kotahi.

He aha tāu e hiahia ana kia tangohia atu e mātou mā te mōhio ki a koe?
He rōpū tino pai mātou, he hunga whakahoahoa, he hunga mātau hoki. He hapori kanorau anō hoki mātou, he ōrite te taurite i waenga i ngā rōpū whakapono. Ā, e rima ngā tāne inaianei, tae atu ki ahau... ahakoa kāore anō kia taea e mātou te whakauru i ā mātou mea ngaro tino pai ki te rārangi! Engari kei te tumanako ahau kia puta mai he Grisham i roto i ngā wā tata nei.