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Name	Te Horowai Mapapalangi
Iwi	Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Moutere o Tonga
School	Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Koutu
Year	10
Title	He Taonga Nā Hineteiwaiwa
Media	Phormium tenax flax and synthetic dyes
Statement	Ko Te Horowai Fetu'u Mapapalangi tōku ingoa, 14 taku pakeke. Ki a tātou katoa nō ngā hau e whā o te motu, tenei au ka mihi. Mōkori anō ka rere arorangi ngā tai o mihi ki ngā kaiwhakahaere o tēnei hōtaka. Ki a tātou ngāmanu hōu e pī tonu ana I ngā taonga whakaraukura i mahue iho mai e kui mā, e koro mā, nei rā mihi manahau ki a koutou, otirā ki a tātou katoa kua whakakao mai ki raro i te āhuru mōwai o Hineteiwaiwa, o Ruatepupuke, rātou ngā atua, ngā kaiwhakaāiotanga o ēnei mahi toi. Kua whā tau au e ako ana i ēnei mahi ki te pūtake o tōku whare tupuna o Matuatonga. Nā Riria McDonald rāua ko Victoria Pirihi au i whakaako ki ēnei o ngā mahi. he tino taongatēnei mahi ki au, he mea e whakatuhera ai taku ngākau ki te ao Māori, waihoki he taonga tēnei e whakahonohono ai i au ki ngā ra o nehe. Ko aku wawata mo ngā a anamata, he whakaraora pai nei i ēnei mahi ki waenganui i a tātou ngā rangatahi Māori, otira tātou katoa te iwi Māori.