Elisa Tovati: Te parau mau, “te hoê moa tino mau”

He tau tino taonga ki a koe: he peepi, he kiriata me te pukapuka tuatoru kua eke ki runga i nga whata mai i tenei raumati. Me pehea e tau ai te mahi me te oranga hei whaea?

Waimarie ahau kua karapotia ahau e toku whanau me taku tane. I tenei wa, kei te haere tonu a Peepi i a au (tohu i roto i taku puku), he whai kiko, engari he pono i etahi wa he reihi…

Kei te tipu haere to rongonui, kei te tipu ake to tama 3 tau. Me pehea e whakamarama ai koe i tenei rongonui ki a ia?

 

Ka mahi noa ahau. He harikoa ia, mo ia he "noa". Ka mutu… e mohio ana ia kei te waiata tahi tana mama me tetahi tangata ko Tom Dice te ingoa. I etahi wa ka patai mai ia ki a au he aha te kore e taea e ia te haere mai ki te pouaka whakaata me ahau, ka whakamarama ahau ki a ia. Ki te kore, he pai ki a ia te waiata i mua i te mata, a, i etahi wa ka haria ia e au ki te whakaharatau.

Ko wai koe te whaea?

 He tino heihei ahau, he tino tata ahau ki taku tama. Ka whakauruhia e ahau, ka whakauruhia ki roto i aku mahi katoa, i roto i taku oranga. Kaore he waahi i waenganui i a ia me ahau.

Mo to hapu tuarua, he marie ake koe? 

 Ae, he tino marie ahau. I tino pukumahi ahau ki taku pukaemi, ki te whakatairanga i te kiriata, he maamaa ake nga mea ki ahau, kaore au i whai taima ki te awangawanga.

Ka whanau wawe koe. He nui ake koe o te momo e pirangi ana ki te whai hua i nga wa whakamutunga o te wa e hapu ana, engari, kare koe e manawanui ki te kite i a Peepi?

I tenei wa, kei te harikoa ahau ki enei wa, kei roto tonu i taku kopu. Ka whakapau kaha ahau ki te mahi i nga mea hei mahi maku. Engari ina he iti noa taku kaupapa, ka tino koa ahau ki te noho ia i toku taha.

Akene kua tohua e koe te ingoa tuatahi o to tamaiti tuarua?

Ae, kua kitea e matou te ingoa tuatahi o te peepi. He maha nga korero a au ki taku tane, a, i te nuinga o te waa kei te kotahi te wharangi…

He papa Hurai Moroccan koe, he whaea Ruhia koe. Ko te matauranga e hoatu ana e koe ki to tamaiti kei te tuhi i tenei whakawhanaungatanga?

Tino, i ahu mai ahau i te ranunga raki-te-tonga. Ka tukuna e au tenei whakapapa ki taku tama, na te whakapono, na nga tikanga me aku whanonga.

Ko nga uara matua e hiahia ana koe ki te tuku ki o tamariki?

 He mea kaore au i tino whakaaro. Inara ka kite au i taku tamaiti i te akamaroiroi iaku, mei tana akaari anga iaia uaorai. He tino aroha ia, he kore utu… He tamaiti penei taku i hiahia ai…

Ka whanau koe apopo. Kei te whakamatautauria te wa moata mai i te whakawhanau ki etahi tari, he aha to whakaaro?

He rereke nga haputanga me nga whanau whanau katoa. I muri i te whanautanga uaua, te wahanga cesarean ranei, he pai ki te noho ki te whare whakawhanau. Ko etahi o nga wahine ka pa ki te peepi kahurangi. Kia eke ki te mahi ina hoki mai koe ki te kainga, he mea nui kia noho karapotia koe e te tangata.

Ki taku whakaaro he tino whiriwhiringa whaiaro. Kare au i te mohio ka pewhea ahau i muri i te whanautanga, engari me whai mana ahau ki te hoki tere ki te kainga, mena ka whakaaro ahau ka taea e au ina hoki ahau ki te kainga.

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