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Karapu Lit:  Karapu Pukapuka o New Port Richey
New Port Richey, Florida

karapu o New-Port-Richey0He īmēra anake te mea i hiahiatia, he īmēra māmā noa iho—"Kei te pānui au Ki te patu i te Mockingbird", ā, i te 24 o Mei, ka noho ahau ki te kāinga me te karāhe waina. Ki te hiahia koe ki te kōrero mō te pukapuka, tēnā koa uru mai ki ahau." Ka tae mai te 24, ā, i mua i te mōhio o Dyan Hudson, kua noho mai tētahi rōpū wāhine i roto i tōna rūma noho—kua whānau mai tētahi karapu pukapuka!



He rōpū matatau ki te ipurangi koutou—he rōpū tīmatanga mā te īmēra, ā, ināianei kua puta tō koutou ake whārangi Pukamata, tika?
Āe. Ka whakamahia e mātou a Pukamata hei tohatoha i ngā whakaahua o ngā hui me ngā whakaaro mō ngā pukapuka. He huarahi watea hoki tēnei hei pupuri i te hononga ki ō mātou mema katoa.

Nā, e hia ōu mema?
Kei te whakanui mātou i tō mātou huritau kotahi tau, ā, kua eke ki te 24 ngā mema inaianei—te whānau me ngā hoa.

I tīmata koe me Mockingbird... he aha atu anō āu i pānui ai?
Anei tā mātou rārangi mō te tau kua hipa:

Ki te patu i te Mockingbird
Ko te Āwhina
He mea i Tarewahia
Te waenganui pō...Te Māra o te Pai me te Kino
Whakataunga Summer
Ture Whare
Kaore i pakaru
La Cucina
te tuahine
Kia iti te whakapono
waihonga (nā Lily Prior)
Te Ora Matemate o Henrietta Lacks

He aha ngā mea tino pai... he aha rānei ngā mea e pouri ana koe?
Ko te Āwhina he tino pai rawa atu. I pai hoki mātou ki La Cucina ā, he nui ngā tumanakohanga mōna waihonga (nā Lily Prior anō hoki) engari i pouri mātou: he tino rongonui rawa a Nectar mō mātou.

Ko ēhea pukapuka i arahi ki ngā kōrero nui?
Kaore i pakaru Ko tētahi o ngā mea pai rawa atu. He whānuitanga o ngā kaupapa kei roto i te pukapuka hei kōrero—te ahotea i muri i te whara, te hangarau, te aroha whānau, me te aroha aroha. Ā, nā ēnei kaupapa i akiaki mātou kia whakawhitiwhiti kōrero anō.

Me pēhea tāu whiriwhiri i ō pukapuka?
Ka huri mātou. Ka whiwhi ia mema i te marama kotahi ki te whiriwhiri i te pukapuka e hiahiatia ana e ia. I whakamātau mātou i tētahi pōti māmā, engari i roa rawa te wā ki te matapaki i ngā kōwhiringa katoa. Nō reira ka huri mātou ināianei.

Ki te titiro atu, he nui tō ngahau...me te waina hoki!
Ae! I tū he whakamātautau waina i tētahi o ā mātou hui. Heoi anō, kāore i nui te wā (te hiahia rānei?) i mahue ki te kōrero mō te pukapuka.

Nō reira, ināianei, i tua atu i te wā pāpori i te tīmatanga, ka mahi mātou i ngā mahi i waho atu i ā mātou hui o ia rā. Tae noa mai ki tēnei wā kua haere tahi mātou ki te mātakitaki kiriata (Ko te Āwhina), i whakahaere i tētahi pāti moe, ā, i whakahaere hoki i tētahi pāti Kirihimete i tētahi wharekai o te rohe.

He kupu whakamutunga?
Kāore rawa, engari he pai ki a tātou katoa te pānui pukapuka, ā, he take pai hoki tēnei ki te huihui tahi i te marama me te tira wāhine pai!! [Ka pai te kōrero! —te Etita.]

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