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Ko te hōtaka He Pātaka Kōrero Mana Tangata, i waihangatia e Te Reo Irirangi o Raukawa
Kaiwhakataki: Homai Uerata, Ko Te Pātaka Kōrero, ko Mana Tangata
Kaiuiui: Vicky Rangi
Kaikōrero: Tirikawa Ohia
I whānau mai tēnei wahine i roto o Tauranga moana, ā, i te pūrere te reo i roto i tō rātou whare i te wā e tipu ana a ia. Ko tō tātou kaikōrero mō tēnei wāhanga ko Tirikawa Ohia.
Ko ngā āhuatanga i kōrerohia:
Ko tōna pepeha.
Ko Te Kura o Otepou, ko Te Kura Tuarua o Mouao.
Ko te rōpū ‘Ngā Tama Toa’ me tōna tungāne.
Ko ngā hikoi ki Waitangi mai i a Ngaruawahia.
I haere a Tirikawa ki Te Matau-a-Māui kia whakaako kapa haka ki ngā rangatahi kua taka i te hē i te taha o Canon Huata i Te Wairoa.
Ka haere a Tirikawa ki Otautahi, ā, ka mahi a ia i runga i te marae Ngā Hau e Whā. He mahi piupiu, korowai, tipare.
I taua wā tonu ka noho a Tirikawa i te taha o Tihi Puanaki me tōna rōpū kapa haka, i haere hoki a ia ki te taha o Hohua Tutengaehe. He waimarie nōna ki te tūtaki te tokorua nei.
Ka kōrero a ia mō tōna mahi i roto i Te Kōhanga Reo i Tāmaki Makaurau. I te tau 1998 ka hoki a Tirikawa ki te haukainga kia awhi te Kōhanga i reira, kei kāti.
Tē mutunga kē o āna mihi kia Timoti Kāretu raua ko Te Wharehuia Milroy. I tūwherangia e rāua i tōna titiro ki te reo me te whakatakoto kupu, te mita, te wairua.
Ka kōrero a ia mō tōna whānau, ko ōna tūngane, tuahine me ō rātou mahi, ko te nuinga he kaiako. Tokowhā ōna tamariki, ko Thomas tōna hoa tāne.
Ko ngā kōrero whakamutunga o Tirikawa, ko te hītori o Whetū o te Rangi Marae me tōna haerenga ki ngā Kura Reo o Te Taura Whiri.