Aroha - Te reo Maori edition

Dr Hinemoa Elder’s bestselling Aroha, translated into te reo Maori. Published in collaboration with Kotahi Rau Pukapuka.

Kia ora. Nau mai ki Aroha.

He matapono tenei mea, te aroha, no te ao Maori, no mai ano. He taonga te aroha no te whatumanawa, e rongo ai te tangata i te hononga ki te ao wairua, ki te ao kikokiko, ki te taiao whanui hoki. Whaia nga ara e nui ake ai te na o te manawa me te ngakau atawhai o tetahi ki tetahi, o te tangata ki a ia ano, o te tangata ki tona ao, ma te nui ake o te aroha i o tatou na ao.

Ma roto i nga whakatauki e 52, e tarai ana te toki matai hinengaro, a Takuta Hinemoa Elder, i te mana o te aroha ki nga wharangi o te puka nei, waihoki, e whakatakotohia ana e ia ana kupu arataki hei awhina i a tatou i ia ra, i ia ra.

Author Biography

Ko Parengarenga te moana, Parengarenga is my ocean.

Ko Tawhitirahi te maunga, Tawhitirahi is my mountain.

Ko Awapoka te awa, Awapoka is my river.

Ko Kurahaupo te waka, Kurahaupo is my ancestral canoe.

Ko Potahi raua ko Te Reo Mihi oku marae, Potahi and Te Reo Mihi are my traditional meeting places.

Ko Te Aupouri, ko Ngati Kuri, ko Te Rarawa, ko Ngai Takoto, ko Ngapuhi nui tonu oku iwi, My tribes are Te Aupouri, Ngati Kuri, Te Rarawa, Ngai Takoto and Ngapuhi.

Ko Hinemoa taku ingoa, my name is Hinemoa.

Dr Hinemoa Elder is of Te Aupouri, Ngati Kuri,
Te Rarawa, Ngai Takoto and Ngapuhi nui tonu and is the mother of two adult children. She has lived on Te Motu Arai Roa, Waiheke Island for more than 25 years, and is the author of New Zealand’s best-selling local non-fiction book of 2021, Aroha – Maori Wisdom for a Contented Life Lived in Harmony with Our Planet.

Hinemoa is the Kaiarahi Oranga Hinengaro at Te Hiku Hauora, Muriwhenua. She also provides youth forensic court reports and neuropsychiatric assessment and treatment for tamariki mokopuna experiencing complexities in their recovery from traumatic brain injury. She is a deputy psychiatry member of the New Zealand Mental Health Review Tribunal.

In 2019, Hinemoa was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to psychiatry and Maori. You can also find her on Instagram and TikTok @drhinemoa.