TUAPIRO MARAE
TE TIMATANGA O TUAPIRO
TUAPIRO MARAE
Transcribed Kōrero by Des Tata
I ngā tau 1960, i te whai te whānau ki te whakatū marae. Ka kitea e Matua Bob Nepia (tama a Weteri), tētahi whare ki te papa reihi hōiho, nā reira rāua ko tana tama a Robert Nepia ka haere ki te tiki i te whare me te heri mai ki konei; koinā te tīmatanga o te kāinga. Koirā te wharekai – whare tūpāpaku hoki. Ka ahu whakamua, ka tū te whare tupuna. Ki te tōhipa koe i te Mane, ka hoki mai i te Tūrei, i te Wenerei rānei kua kite koe i te whare e tū ana.
Nā te rākau kounga, i haere atu ai a Nepia ki Rotorua tiki atu ai i te whare. Me tere ki tawhiti ki te kimi kāinga pakari ake i tēnei whare i roto o Tauranga Moana, i te mea he mea hanga ki te rākau Māori, me te rahi hoki o ngā pou. Ka haere a Nepia ki Rotorua ki te tiki, ki te whakahoki mai ki konei, me te waihanga. He rangi ruarua noa iho, i oti ai te whare.