Aroha - Te reo Maori edition: He matauranga Maori e uruhau ai te ao, e aumarire ai hoki te oranga tahitanga me to tatou taiao | Dr Hinemoa Elder

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 tēnei 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 tētahi ki tētahi, 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 whakataukī 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.

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 Kurī, ko Te Rarawa, ko Ngapuhi nui tonu oku iwi, My tribes are Te Aupouri, Ngati Kurī, Te Rarawa and Ngapuhi. Ko Hinemoa taku ingoa, my name is Hinemoa. Dr Hinemoa Elder is of Te Aupouri, Ngati Kurī, Te Rarawa, Ngai Takoto and Ngapuhi nui tonu and is the mother of two adult children. She has lived on Te Motu Ārai 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.