Neke atu i te tekau tau māua ko taku wahine nō Filipaina e noho tahi ana. Kua noho au hei wāhanga tūturu o tōna whānau, ā, e mōhio ana au ki te nuinga o ōna whanaunga tata. Kāore rātou e kite i ahau hei tangata nō tāwāhi ināianei. Ko te tikanga, kāore anō au kia tino matatau ki te reo o konei, engari kei te ako haere au i ia rā, ahakoa he iti noa ngā hikoinga.
I roto i ēnei tau tekau kua pā mai ngā momo wheako katoa ki a māua. He maha ngā wā pai, he maha hoki ngā wā uaua. Ko ētahi o ngā wero i ahu mai i ngā āhuatanga o waho, ko ētahi i puta mai i roto tonu i tō māua hononga. Ahakoa ēnei mea katoa, kei te hanga tonu māua i tō māua kāinga mārie, ā, ko tā māua wawata kia noho i waenga i ngā whenua e rua ā tōna wā. E hiahia ana taku wahine ki te toro ki taku whenua tupu, kia kite i te hukarere mō te wā tuatahi, ā, kia haere hoki ki te kohi harore i te ngahere. I ēnei rā, he iti noa ngā taukumekume i waenga i a māua, engari kāore i pēnei i ngā tau o mua.
He kōrero rongonui e mea ana, e whitu pea ngā tau e tino waia ai te tāne me te wahine ki a rāua anō. Kua hipa kē aua tau e whitu mō māua. Kua ako māua ki te whakaae ki ngā ngoikoretanga o tētahi ki tētahi, kua kitea hoki ngā tino āhuatanga pai o tēnā, o tēnā, ā, kua hōhonu ake tō māua aroha i ia tau e haere ana.
I tīmata taku aro ki ngā hononga ā-iwi rerekē (interethnic relationships) i te tau 2020, i taku whakaotinga i tētahi akoranga ko Community Psychology te ingoa. He maha ngā kaupapa i roto i taua akoranga i aro ki ngā rerekētanga ahurea o ngā iwi iti me ngā hapori rerekē. Hei tauira, kei runga i te whenua o Rūhia e noho ana ngā iwi maha, ā, he rerekē ō rātou ahurea, reo, tikanga me ngā tuku iho. Kāore ngā rerekētanga ahurea e kitea ana i waenga i ngā iwi rerekē anake; ka kitea hoki i waenga i ngā whānau. Nō reira, kāore e kore ka nui ake aua rerekētanga i waenga i ngā tāngata i whānau mai i ngā pito rerekē o te ao, ā, e kōrero ana i ngā reo rerekē.
Ka taea te whakaatu ngā rerekētanga nei mā tētahi tauira pēnei:
I roto i te whakaahua, ka whakaaturia ēnei rerekētanga mā te hukapapa nui (iceberg). Kei runga ake i te mata o te wai ko te mea e kīia ana ko te "ahurea e kitea ana" (visible culture), arā, ko ngā tikanga me ngā kawa ka kitea tonutia e te tangata i tana taenga mai ki tētahi whenua. Kei roto i ēnei ko te momo kākahu, ngā tikanga whanonga, ngā kawa tuku iho, me ngā tikanga ā-iwi.
Ki ahau, i taku taenga tuatahi ki Filipaina, he rerekē katoa ngā mea i kitea e au. He rerekē te āhua o ngā kākahu o te tangata, he tricycle me te jeepney ngā waka e haere ana i ngā huarahi, he maha ngā tāngata e kai ana ki te kāinga mā ō rātou ringaringa, ā, i ngā wharekai ka tukuna mai he marau me te koko, kaua ko te marau me te naihi e mōhiotia nuitia ana i ētahi atu whenua. He tauira katoa ēnei o ngā rerekētanga e kitea ana.
Engari, kei reira anō tētahi mea e kīia ana ko te "ahurea o roto" (inner culture), arā, ko ngā rerekētanga ahurea kāore e kitea e te kanohi.
Ko tēnei momo rerekētanga ka whai wāhi ki ngā whakapono, ngā tohu waimarie me ngā tohu kino, te tirohanga ki te ao, ngā whakaaro mō te āhua o te ao me ngā mea kei roto, ngā uara, te rapunga whakaaro (philosophy), me ētahi atu āhuatanga pēnei. He taumata hōhonu ake tēnei. Kāore e taea te mārama mā te mātakitaki noa; me noho tahi me te iwi, me whai wheako, me rongo hoki i tō rātou ahurea.
Ko te tino uaua, he maha ngā tāngata nō tāwāhi kāore e hiahia ki te titiro ki te ao mā ngā kanohi o ngā tāngata o te whenua e noho nei rātou. Kāore rātou e ngana ki te mārama he aha i pēnei ai te whanonga o te tangata, he aha rānei ngā take kei muri i ētahi tikanga. Nā konei ka puta mai te uauatanga tuatahi, ā, koinei hoki tētahi o ngā tino wero nui i roto i ngā hononga i waenga i ngā ahurea rerekē.
Hei tauira, i ngā tau tuatahi i tino uaua ki ahau te mārama he aha i tino maha ai ngā tricycle i runga i ngā rori. He pōturi, he haruru, ā, he maha ngā wā ka whakapōrearea i te rere o ngā waka. Ka tū ohorere, he uaua te hipa atu, ā, i taku tirohanga i taua wā, he whakahīhī te āhua o te maha o ngā kaitaraiwa. Nō muri rawa, whai muri i ngā tau e noho ana ki Filipaina, kātahi anō au ka tino mārama ki te take. Ko te tricycle te waka tino wātea, tino iti hoki te utu mō ngā haerenga poto i roto i te tāone. He poto noa ngā tawhiti e haere ai rātou, ā, he maha ngā hāora e mahi ana rātou i raro i te tino wera. Kāore hoki e nui ā rātou moni whiwhi, ā, he iti noa ngā whai wāhitanga ki te kimi mahi kē i Filipaina. Mēnā he tangata kua ngenge, kua hiakai, kua pau tōna kaha i te wera i ia rā, ka taea rānei e ia te noho whakaute i ngā wā katoa? Tērā pea, āe—engari kia tae rā anō ki te wā ka pāngia ia e te burnout. Ā, mō te nuinga o rātou, kāore he pūtea hei toro atu ki tētahi kaimātai hinengaro.
E whakahaere ana au i ngā kōrerorero tūao (volunteer consultations) i te motu o Bohol, ā, he tini ngā tāngata rerekē ka tae mai ki te rapu āwhina. I roto i ngā hononga me ngā mārenatanga ā-iwi rerekē (interethnic relationships and marriages), hei tua atu i ngā rerekētanga ahurea kua kōrerohia ake nei, he maha tonu ngā raruraru ka kitea:
he roa te wā e waia ai ki ngā momo kai, nā te tino rerekē o ngā kai tuku iho o ia whenua;
he uaua ki te hunga kua tauhou ki te whenua te urutau ki te āhuarangi;
he taupatupatu mō te wehewehe i ngā mahi o te kāinga;
he ārai nā te rerekē o te reo;
he taupatupatu mō te wā wātea me te nui o te aro ki tētahi ki tētahi.
I ahau e tuhi ana i tēnei tuhinga, ka mōhio au me nui ake taku aro ki tēnei kaupapa. He maha tonu ngā āhuatanga hei wānanga, nō reira e whakaaro ana au ki te tuhi i ētahi atu tuhinga mō tēnei kaupapa. Nō reira, me kī noa iho ko tēnei te tuhinga tuatahi o tētahi raupapa poto e pā ana ki ngā mārenatanga ā-iwi rerekē me ngā wero whānui ka pā ki ngā tāngata e noho ana i waenga i ngā ahurea rerekē.
Mēnā kei roto koe i tētahi hononga, mārenatanga rānei ā-iwi rerekē, kei te noho rānei koe ki tētahi whenua kē, ā, e pāngia ana koe e ngā uauatanga o te urutau ki tētahi ahurea hou, tēnā whakapā mai. Ka hari au ki te āwhina.
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