Te whakamahi i te atamai hangahanga hei mātai i te ū apiapi me ana hīraunga ki te hauora o te Wāhine Māori i Aotearoa
Dr Alexander Trevarton at his grandmother's marae, holding a photo of his great grandmother who passed away there (photo supplied).
He mate haoura nui te mate pukupuku ū, i te nuinga o te wā tē kitea ā hē noa, pērā rawa i waenga i ngā wāhine Māori me ngā wāhine Pasifika i Aotearoa. E ngana ana ahau kia whakarerekētia tērā mā te whakamahi i te atamai hangahanga kia tika ake ai te matawai ū. E aro ana ahau ki te apiapi o te ū, me te aha ka uaua ki te kite i mate pukupuku mā ngā matawai o te ia rā. E tīmata ai tēnei mahi, ka hui atu ki ngā hapori Māori ki te wānanga nō wai te mana o ngā whakaahua matawai ū, i tārewatia ai e ngā wāhine Māori. Ki te whakaae tahi te katoa, ka whakaritea ngā atamai hangahanga puta puta i te ao e tātai ai i te apiapi ū me te rōrahi i ngā whakaahua matawai tawhito. Ka āwhina tēnei kia tautohu i ngā kiritahi tūraru kino nei, me nui ake ana hui mātai. Ka āta whakamātau ahau i ngā utauta atamai hangahanga kia kounga ai, kia tika ai hoki ērā mō te hunga nō ngā mātāwaka. Ko tō mātou whāinga ka kitea te mate pukupuku ū i mua noa atu, kia whai i te haumanu ngāwari, ā, ka nui ake te ora. Ehara i te mea kei te waihanga noa iho mātou i te hangarau hou; e pēnei ana i runga i te manaakitanga, kia wāeta ai ki te kitenga wawe ki te katoa, ka whakahaumanutia ai te tangata.