Piki ake kake ake ki te tihi o Pukenui paemaunga

Ka huri ki te au o Mangaokewa e rere nei

Te Kūititanga tangata, Te Kūititanga whenua, Te Kūititanga o te ngakau.

Ko te whare o Te Tokanganui-a-noho, e tu nei.

Hikaka ki runga, Hikaka ki raro!

Tēnei au he uri o Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Rora e karanga nei.

Ko Whaea Pia Harré tōku ingoa.

Tīhei Mauri Ora.

Ko te mihi tuatahi ki te Kura Freemans Bay Waiatarau, tū tonu. Ko te mihi tuarua ki te rangatira, te tumuaki, Cindy Walsh, te poutokomanawa o tēnei kura. Āku mihi ki ngā tangata kātoa i tēnei kura, ka nui te mihi maioha. No reira tēnā koutou kātoa.

It is a pleasure to introduce myself to you all and to have the opportunity to join your school community. Born and raised in the mighty Waikato region I moved to Tamaki-makau-rau in the late 1980’s and here I have stayed. I now live in Oratia, West Auckland – on my husband’s papakainga. Land that has been in his whānau for five generations. Whānau, and whenua, connected and grounded. Mauri Ora.