Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi nui tonu
He wahine tu motuhake a Davina Foreman no Ngapuhi, no Tautoro, no tera taha o Matawaia. Engari, mo tenei wa kei Tamaki Makaurau ia e noho ana, kei Elislie. Tekau ma tahi ona tungane, tuahine; ko tetahi ō ana tuahine he whangai. I haere a Davina ki Tautoro Native School, whai muri ka haere ki te haikura ō Northland.
Ko te korero o Davina i whakatipu i roto i ngā whakapono kaha o tōna ao Māori me ngā ahuatanga o te whānau e whangaitia tōna tikanga e pa ana ki tōna ake ao. Engari i roto i a ia he whakaaro pakeha ia, heoi, kore rawa ia e wareware nohea ia. I whakatipu ia i te wā i peehia te korero i te reo Māori. Ko tōna waimaria i tipu ia i roto i te whare ko te reo te te kai.
Ka timatahia hei neehi, ko tōna ao Māori kaore he tuatahi. E tino mokemoke ana ia mo tōna hau kainga, i te wa e akoranga i ia i Rotorua. E tautoko ana etahi o ngā neehi matua ki a Davina ( ko Whawhai Rameka me Mini Warmington). I te wa e akoranga ana ia, e rima ngā neehi Māori. Heoi, kaha te uru mai te mokemoke i roto i tōna akoranga, ka tino taumaha. Ka taukumekume ia me tōna ao Māori i te wa he neehi tauira ia.
Ka whakawhiti korero a Davina i roto i te reo Māori ki ngā tangata whaiora, ka mihi ia ki a ratou, kia ora, pehea koe. No te mea ka oho tō ratou wairua. Ka whākana o ratou whatu, me te mura mai tō ratou kanohi. Katahi ka korerohia a Davina he korero pouri mo tangata whaiora e pa ana ki nga neehi pakeha. Ka titiro wetiweti ki o matou whānau mate hinengaro. Koe nei au e tu kaha i mua ia ratou, mo tō tatou whānau te take. Etahi wa ka kii a tangata whaiora i roto i te whakawhanaungatanga, te nuinga o matou kei te noho tāmia, kua wareware ratou, ko wai, no hea ratou?
Ngā mea i kitea a Davina ka harea mai ngā whānau o ratou rongoa Māori, ka whakaūhia ki te whakawhiti whakaaro me te taakuta kia tārea ratou te kai o ratou rongoa.
Korerorero ia Davina Ko te kii o ngā neehi pakeha kia Davina, kaua e whakawhiti korero i roto i te reo Māori, ko te reo pakeha te reo korero. Engari ka whakamahia a Davina te reo Māori i roto i te whare o tangata whaiora. Ka pohiritia te reo Māori hei tu ora, hei awhina mo tangata whaiora.
He Neehi whai ora a Davina, ehia ke ōna potae e mau ana. Ko tetahi he kai-ako i roto i te whare whaiora ō Tiaho Mai, hei tautoko i ngā neehi tauira hou, katahi ka timata i roto i Tiaho Mai. I tenei Ra ko ngā moemoea a Davina e pa ana ki tōna mohio inaianei kia ta kohatia ki ngā neehi Māori (tauira ranei) e whakaheke mai. Ko tōna pono, he mutunga pai mo tangata whaiora.
I tae a Davina ki tetahi hui nui, mo Neehi Māori motuhaki te kaupapa. Maha ngā kai-korero. Nā ko te korero i mau i a Davina ko tenei. Ko te neehi Māori motuhake ko te Toffee-Pop, (ara parauri ki roto, parauri ki waho) ehara ia te Mellow-Puff (ara parauri i waho, mā i roto). He tino Whakaaro nui tenei kia Davina.