I te Rā o ngā Whaea i te tau 2026, e hiahia ana ahau ki te tuhituhi mō taku whaea kēkē tuarua.
Ehara ia i te tangata rongonui, ehara hoki i te tangata whai mana, engari kua pau tōna oranga ki te whakaatu mai i te tikanga tuturu o te whaea me te mana o te wahine.
I. He Kōtiro i Puta i te Mura o te Pakanga
I te marama o Mei 1939, i whānau mai taku whaea kēkē ki Ganzhou, i te wā o te Repupiripia o Haina.
He wā pōrearea tēnei. I te taenga mai o ngā tāngata whakaeke o Hapanihi ki Ganzhou, i hopukina ia i a ia e tamariki ana. I ngau kaha ia i tētahi hōia hoariri, ā, i taea e ia te mawhiti. Hei oranga mōna, i pania e ia tōna mata ki te pungarehu oumu, i huna ki roto i tētahi urupā kau i te kāinga o tētahi whanaunga i te whenua, ā, i pupuri i tōna manawa i te mea e whiti ana ngā pēneti a te hoariri i mua i ōna kanohi.
Ahakoa rā, kāore ia i whakarērea āna pukapuka. I tino angitu ia i roto i āna akoranga, engari i te kura tuarua, ka mate ohorere tōna pāpā. I pā kino te ao ki a ia, engari kāore ia i tuku.
I te tau 1956, i whakaurua ia ki Te Whare Wānanga o Xi'an Jiaotong — he kōtiro nō Ganzhou nāna i whakatuwhera te tatau ki te heke mai me te mātauranga.
II. E whā tau o te kāreti, kotahi noa te haerenga ki te kāinga
Hei penapena moni, kotahi noa tana hokinga ki te kāinga i roto i ana tau e whā i te kāreti. Ko te toenga o te wā, i mahi wā-wāhanga ia i te whare pukapuka o te whare wānanga. Nā tētahi tauira wahine e ako ana i te hangarau wera i tautoko i ana akoranga me tōna aroha ki tōna whānau tawhiti.
I muri i tana whakawhiwhinga tohu, i tukuna ia ki te mahi i tetahi whare hiko.
I tētahi rā, i a ia e toro atu ana ki te tari kakahu i Te Whare Wānanga o Xi'an Jiaotong ki te kite i tētahi hoa o tōna kāinga, ka tūtaki ia ki te tangata ka noho hei tāne māna — ko taku matua kēkē tuarua.
I taua wā, he kaiako taitamariki taku matua kēkē. I muri i tana whakawhiwhinga tohu mai i Te Whare Wānanga o Shanghai Jiao Tong, i whakaako ia i te Northwestern Institute of Technology (he whare wānanga i mua i te Northwestern Polytechnical University). He kaituhi hītori rongonui te matua o taku matua kēkē e whakaako ana i Te Whare Wānanga o Northwest.
I te wā tuatahi i tūtaki ai taku whaea kēkē ki a ia, kāore ia i kōrero mō te aroha. Engari, he pono tana kōrero:
"Ko au te tamaiti tuarua o tōku whānau. Me tiaki e au ōku teina. Ko te nuinga o taku utu ka pau ki te tautoko i a rātou."
Ko tā taku matua kēkē i whakahoki mai: “Kāore au e tango i tāu moni.”
I pupuri ia i taua kupu whakaari mō tōna oranga katoa.
I a rāua e ako ana i Haina i ngā tau tōmua, i whai wāhi nui rāua ki te hanga i te motu. Nō te tau 1992 rā anō rāua i hoki tahi ai ki te whakaako i Te Whare Wānanga o Jiangsu…
III. Tokotoru ngā tamāhine, e toru ngā pūtake o te whakapehapeha
I te tau 1963, i moe tāku whaea kēkē i te 24 o ōna tau.
I muri i te marena, tokotoru āna tamāhine — ko ōku whanaunga tokotoru.
Kāore rāua ko taku matua kēkē i takaro kāri, kāore hoki i uru ki ngā mahi whakawhanaungatanga koretake. Ko ō rāua wā waatea katoa i pau ki te āwhina i ā rāua tamariki ki te ako me te tipu.
I tēnei rā:
Kei te whakahaere te mātāmua rāua ko tana tāne i tētahi kamupene i LAX, ā, e tino angitu ana ā rāua mahi.
Kei te mahi te tuarua i te Peeke o Haina, ā, i whakatipu i tana tamāhine kia whiwhi i te tohu PhD i roto i te pūtaiao rorohiko.
Kei Munich te tuatoru e noho ana, e mahi ana hoki, me te whānau harikoa.
Tokotoru ngā tamāhine, e toru ngā oranga rerekē, e tiaho ana ia tangata, ia tangata i tōna ake ara.
Ā, ko taku whaea kēkē tonu te pūtake o taua māramatanga.
IV. I te 87 o ōna tau, kei te whai ia i tētahi akomanga piriti
I te marama o Mei 2025, ka hoki taku whaea kēkē ki Haina ki te noho. Nā tēnā i whai wāhi ahau ki te noho tahi me ia, ki te kōrero ki a ia, ki te maumahara ki ngā rā o mua — me te ako i te tini o ngā mea mai i a ia.
I te 87 o ōna tau, ko ia:
He marino, he marino hoki– he koi te hinengaro, he ora te tinana.
Ngākau nui– te pānui i ia rā, te whai i ngā purongo, te pupuri i tētahi rātaka.
He hinengaro tuwhera– i rēhita ia i ngā wā tata nei mō tētahi akomanga piriti.
Te whakawhirinaki– e whakapono ana ia ki te kaha o āna tamariki ki te tipu ko rātou anake.
Kāore i taea e au te ārai i te pātai atu ki a ia: “E Whaea, he aha tāu mea ngaro ki te marena harikoa? Ki taku whakaaro koinei te parenga nui rawa atu ka taea e koe te hoatu ki ō tamariki.”
"Kia mārama tetahi ki tetahi, kia manawanui hoki. Kia mōhio he kaha, he ngoikore hoki tō te katoa, ā, kia aroha tetahi ki tetahi mai i te ngākau pono. Ina puta he pakanga, whakamutua te kōrero, whakatauria ō kare ā-roto, kātahi ka kōrero anō."
Kāore he rapunga whakaaro nui — he whakaaro nui noa iho.
He maha āna kupu mai ki ahau: “Kaua e manukanuka rawa ki tāu tama, e Tian Tian. Whakapono mai ka tipu pai ia.”
I taua wā tonu, i hae ahau ki ōku whanaunga — mō tō rātou whaea whakaaro nui, mātau, ā, tino marino.
Ā, e mihi ana ahau, i muri i tōna hokinga mai ki te kāinga, he nui ngā mea kua taea e au te ako i a ia.
V. Te Mana o te Wahine
Ehara te kōrero a tōku whaea kēkē i te kōrero pakiwaitara whakaharahara. He kōrero mō te manawanui me te ngākau māhaki — he wahine noa e whakatere ana i tētahi wā tino rerekē.
I konei i JOFUNG, me te taha hoki o tātou, he tokomaha ngā whaea taitamariki me ngā whaea e tata ana ki te whānau.
Kua huri ngā wā, engari ko ētahi mea kāore e rerekē -
Te ngākau nui ki te hāpai me te ārahi i ngā tamariki.
Te maia e puta mai ana i te whaeatanga.
Te tirohanga roa o te whaea aroha.
Te ngākau e whakamahere hōhonu ana mō āna tamariki.
Mai i ngā whaea noa engari he nui o te whakatupuranga kaumātua, ka taea tonu e tātou te kukume i te kaha tino māmā, tino pumau hoki: ehara i te mea kia noho hei whaea tino tika, engari kia noho hei whaea e tohe tonu ana ki runga, e kore e ngenge, e whakapono tonu ana ki āna tamariki.
Ka tuhia tēnei e au hei whakanui i taku whaea kēkē tuarua — me ngā whaea katoa e tiaho mārire ana i ōna rā noa.
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Te wā tuku: Mei-18-2026