Meri Kirihimete

I te taenga mai o ngā mihi Kirihimete, kei te whakarite te ao whānui ki te whakanui i te Kirihimete, he wā harikoa, he wā aroha, he wā whakakotahi.

I roto i tēnei tuhinga, ka tūhuratia e tātou ngā mihi Kirihimete me pēhea te hari o te katoa. Ka hari te tangata i roto i te oranga. Ko te Kirihimete te wā e huihui ai te tangata ki te whakanui i te whānautanga o te Kirihimete. Koinei te wā o te aroha, te tumanako me te ngākau pai. Ko tētahi o ngā tikanga tino ataahua o tēnei wā ko te whakawhitiwhiti mihi Kirihimete. Ko tētahi o ēnei mihi manaakitanga ngākau nui ehara i te mea ko te whakaatu i te aroha me te whakawhetai anake, engari he pai hoki te wairua me te harikoa ki te kaiwhiwhi. Kei te piki haere te rongonui o te Kirihimete i roto i ngā ahurea Hainamana. Ko te iwi o ngā momo āhua katoa, ahakoa ō rātou whakapono whakapono, e awhi ana i te Kirihimete. Ko te tuku mihi Kirihimete kua waiho hei tikanga aroha ki te hora i te harikoa me te harikoa ki ngā hoa me te whānau. Nā te whanaketanga o te hangarau, he māmā ake te tuku mihi. Ka tukuna e ngā papaaho pāpāho pāpori me ngā taupānga karere he huarahi tere ki te tuku mihi mahana ki ngā whanaunga tawhiti. He maha hoki e whakarite ana i ā rātou mihi mā te whakakotahi i ngā whakaahua, ngā ataata, me ngā karere whaiaro kia nui ake ai te motuhake. Kāore te mahi tuku mihi i te herea ki ngā tāngata takitahi; kei te whai wāhi hoki ngā pakihi ki te hora i te pāti Kirihimete. I roto i te ao umanga, kua noho hei tikanga mō ngā kamupene te tuku mihi hararei ki ngā kiritaki, ngā hoa mahi me ngā kaimahi. Ehara i te mea ka whakakaha noa iho ēnei manaakitanga i te hononga i waenga i te pakihi me ngā kaipupuri hea, engari ka waihanga hoki i te rangimarie i te mahi.

Heoi, he mea nui kia maumahara ko ngā manaakitanga Kirihimete ehara i te mea he kupu noa iho, he kōrero noa iho rānei. Ko te mauri tūturu kei roto i te ngākau pono me te aroha i roto i ō rātou ngākau. He mana tō ngā hiahia ngākau ki te pā ki te oranga o te tangata, me te kawe mai i te whakamarie me te hari ki a rātou. He whakamaumaharatanga tēnei e arohaina ana, e manaakitia ana rātou, inā koa i te wā e uaua ana te hinengaro mō ētahi. Haunga te whakawhitiwhiti koha, he tokomaha te hunga e whai wāhi ana ki te aroha me ngā mahi atawhai i te wā Kirihimete. Ka koha rātou i ō rātou wā, ka whai wāhi ki te hunga e matea ana, ka horahia te aroha me te mahana ki te hunga rawakore. Ko ēnei mahi atawhai e whakaatu ana i te wairua pono o te Kirihimete, te aroha e tohuhia ana e te whānautanga o te Karaiti me ngā whakaakoranga a Pakitāne. I a tātou e tumanako nui ana ki te Kirihimete, ahakoa he karere ngāwari, he mahi atawhai, he koha whakaaro nui rānei, kia horahia te aroha me te hari ki te hunga katoa e tūtaki ana tātou. I roto i te ao e kī tonu ana i te pukumahi, ka tukuna e te Kirihimete he whai wāhitanga ki te kawe mai i te māramatanga me te tumanako ki roto i ō tātou oranga. Nō reira, i te hinganga o te hukarere me te tangi o ngā waiata Kirihimete, kia awhi tātou i te tikanga o te tuku mihi pai. Kia ara ake ō tātou wairua, kia tahuna te mura o te harikoa, kia waiho tēnei Kirihimete hei Kirihimete tino motuhake, hei Kirihimete e kore e warewaretia. Kia kī tonu tō ngākau i te aroha, i te kata me ngā manaakitanga maha i te Kirihimete.