HE WĀHINE TOA

PEPEHA

I te taha o tōku papa

Ko Taratara te maunga

Ko Taitokerau te Whare Hui Ko Waihapa te Marae Ātea

Ko Popoti, ko Puke karaka ngā awa Ko Whangaroa te Moana

Ko Ngāti Rangimatamoemoe te hapū Ko Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa te iwi Ko Mamaru te waka

Ko Parata te tangata

I te taha o tōku māma

Ko Te Ramaroa te maunga Ko Mātai Aranui te Marae Ko Whirinaki te whenua Ko Hokianga te moana

Ko Te Hikutu te hapū

Ko Ngāpuhi te iwi Ko Ngatokimatawhaoroa te waka Ko Nukutawhiti te tangata

Ko Teresa Tepania-Ashton tōku ingoa Ko Sol Ashton te ingoa o tōku hoa rangatira

E toko toru o ngā tamariki, ko Amanda, ko Patricia, ko Toronge E toko rua o ngā mokopuna, ko Alina, Ko Te Whatuhaukura

On my father’s side, my mountain is Taratara

Taitokerau is the meeting house, Waihapa the marae

Popoti and Puke Karaka my rivers Whangaroa my sea

Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa my tribe Mamaru my waka and Parata my ancestor

On my mother’s side, Te Ramaroa is my mountain

Mātai Aranui my marae, Whirinaki is my place

Hokianga my sea,

Te Hikutū my hapū, Ngāpuhi my tribe Ngatokimatawhaoroa my waka and Nukutawhiti my ancestor

Teresa Tepania-Ashton is my name My husband is Sol Ashton (hoa rangatira, nō Ngāti Whanaunga raua ko Te Rarawa) and we have three children, Amanda, Patricia and Toronge

And two grandchildren, Alina and Te Whatuhaukura