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“Apa-Wetewete tapiki i te takiritanga o te ata”.
Mai i a Ohineiti ki Te Kiekie, ki Aorangi ki Uta, Mai i a Motukaraka ki Omarupapako ki Tai, Ko Rangitikei ki te whiti, Ko Nga Wairiki ki te uru, Ko Ngati Apa nui tonu nei e karanga atu, Nau mai, Haere mai !
Kawea mai nga tini mate i te waahi ngaro. Nga pirairaka titakataka, nga reo whakaoriori. Te iti me te rahi, te Rangatira me te Rawakore. Ratou katoa, i hinga mai na puta noa nga moutere nei. Haere nga mate, hoki wairua atu ki te tini me te mano. Kaati ra, e oki, e moe.
Tenei te ra ka whakapumautia te whakaaetanga o Ngati Apa me te Karauna mo nga take i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Noreira, nau mai, haere mai.
Ngati Apa Deed of Settlement
Signing Ceremony
8th October 2008
Whangaehu Marae
Beach Road
Whangaehu
To all members of Ngati Apa
It gives us great pleasure to inform you that Ngati Apa and the Crown will sign a final Deed of Settlement for the settlement of all Ngati Apa historical claims.
We call on all of Ngati Apa to be present at the signing ceremony of this final Agreement. This is a historic day for our hapu and Iwi and will be held at Whangaehu Marae on Wednesday 8 October 2008.
No reira, naumai haere mai, ki te whakanui tenei Ra whakahirahira.
Te Runanga o Ngati Apa
We ask that you arrive early enough to be seated for the first Powhiri at 9:00am
If you are able to help with preparations and the hosting of this event, please contact us at 0800 2272 494 or info@ngatiapa.iwi.nz
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8:30am Iwi and Invited Guests gather outside main entrance of Whangaehu Marae
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9:00am Powhiri for Iwi and Invited Guests.
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10:30am Powhiri for the Crown
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11:30am Speeches
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11:50pm Signing of the Deed of Settlement
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12:30pm Hakari
Haere mai, Haere mai, Haere mai !