Thank you letter to Supporters – from Hone Harawira

E nga kaumatua, e nga kuia o Te Hau Kainga , nga kāhui rangatira o Te Tai Tokerau, e nga
mātua, taiohi mā, mokopuna mā, he mihi tēnei ki a koutou i awhi mai, i tautoko mai i ahau i te tau
kua pahure nei.

Nā to koutou kaha, nā to koutou pono kua para te huarahi mo te rōpu torangapū o Mana i roto i te
whare paremata, kua ea tera moemoea aianei. I tīmata tēnei hīkoi i mua i ahau . Kua takahia e
Ngai Tāua i nga rori mai Te Rerenga Wairua ki Pōneke i te tau 1975 mō te Hikoi Whenua Māori;
anō i te tau 2004 mō te Pire Tahae Takutai Moana. Ahakoa nga piki me nga heke, i reira koutou te
manaaki i ahau me taku whanau i taku wehenga i te Paati Maori i te marama o Pepuere i tenei tau.
Hareruia! Kua whai ao inaianei.

He mihi hoki ki nga tini kaimahi puta noa i te rohe whānui o Tai Tokerau mai Waitakere ki Te
Hāpua. Ki nga kaumatua kuia i haere ki nga huihuinga katoa hei ope tautoko; ki nga hoa i whakatū
i aku pikitia i nga rori maha o te rohe nei; ki te tini me te mano: i patōtō kuaha; i txt atu ki nga kai
pōti maha; ki a koutou nga “bro drivers” i haria nga tāngata ki nga wāhi pōti; kia aku hoa kohete ki a au kia whakatikahia tēna me tēra. Ka hoki au ki te whare miere a tera wiki hei māngai mo nga reo maha o Tai Tokerau.

Special thanks to our kaumatua and kuia, my friends, our rangatahi and our mokopuna who have
supported me this year. Due to your support and belief, MANA has entered parliament. This
movement began before me. We walked the roads from Te Rerenga Wairua to Wellington in 1975
for Māori land and in 2004 for the Foreshore and Seabed. And through it all you were there to
support me and my whānau in my move away from the Māori Party in February 2011. Hareruia – a
new dawn!

I especially want to thank the volunteers throughout the electorate from Waitākere to Te Hāpua -
those kaumatua and kuia who travelled with me to many hui; the crews who erected and re-erected
my billboards after they were knocked down; the door knockers; the multi-texters; and the brodrivers
who carted voters to polling booths; and my friends who growled me when I needed it.

I return to parliament 20th December and hope to represent the many views and needs of Te Tai
Tokerau in the future.

heoi ano

kia pai te wā whanau , manaaki a tātou mokopuna

Hone Harawira Mana MP Tai Tokerau