Ko hea ko hea tērā maunga e tū mai ra
Ko Tararua, ko Tararua
Ko hea, ko hea tēnei maunga e tū mai nei
Ko Ahumairangi
Ko Ahumairangi
Nekeneke mai
Nukunuku mai
Ki taku tauaro kikini ai
Hi! Hi! Hi! Ha!
I te rā rua tekau mā tahi o Haratua ka tū te Hui Whakapūmau mō ngā tauira kua tūtuki i ngā tohu o te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui. I te ata rā ka tū te pōhiri ki Te Herenga Waka Marae ki te karanga atu ki ngā whānau o aua tauira. Kī tonu te marae i ngā tāngata. Kino kē te pōhiri rā! Tau kē te manaakitanga me te aroha. He mihi nunui ki a Te Herenga Waka Marae mō tō rātou manaakitanga me te aroha. I te pō rā ka haere ngā tauira ki te Michael Fowler Centre mō te whakapōtaetanga. I reira ka haka te kapahaka o Te Herenga Waka Marae, ko tērā tētahi mea whakahirahira o te whakapōtaetanga mō ngā paetahi.
Waihoki, ka tū a George Ruka i runga i te amohanga kia whakapōtae, ā, ka karanga atu ia ki tōna Māmā, “Kia ora Mum!” Ka katakata te katoa!! Nō muri i te whakapōtaetanga ka haere ngā tauira ki te kanikani ki te Hōtēra Bristol. Nā Ngāi Tauira te kanikani i whakahaere. He pai rawa atu te kanikani rā ki ngā tauira. Ao ake i te ata, he mamae hoki ngā mahunga o ngā tauira!!
Me mihi atu anō ki ngā tāngata i whakahaere i te Hui Whakapūmau. Kore he painga i a koutou mō te manaakitanga me te aroha. Hai whakamutunga, tika noa atu kia mihi tātou ki ngā tauira kua eke ki te taumata o te mātauranga. Mau ana te wehi i ngā tauira nei. Nā reira, kei te mihi, kei te mihi.
Ko ngā tauira kua whakapōtaetia i te Haratua rā:
Jazmin Elkington:Tohu Māoritanga
Darcy Sullivan:Bachelor of Arts
Challen Wilson: Bachelor of Arts
Moana Whenuaroa:Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary
Peata Williams: Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts
Te Rangimārie Williams: Bachelor of Laws
Rama Chadwick:Bachelor of Laws
Horiana Irwin:Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts
Mihiarangi Piripi:Bachelor of Laws
Taryn Tuari:Bachelor of Laws
Hamish Duncan:Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)
Rhiannon Harris:Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) Bachelor of Commerce
Maiea Ruawai-Hamilton:Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)
Ohinemuri Sullivan:Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary)
George Ruka:Bachelor of Laws with Honours (First Class)
Te Atawhai Kumar:Bachelor of Arts with Honours (First Class)
Hone Hikitia Te Rangi Waititi:Bachelor of Science with Honours (First Class)
Adrienne Donnelly Kara:Master of Arts (Applied)
Tane Waetford:Master of Laws
Venus Wallace Ihakara:Master of Education