In our second staff profile of Te Wiki o te Reo M¨¡ori, Sergeant Phil Rowden tells us about his life and mahi as pouwhakataki, in te Reo M¨¡ori and English.
Ko Haihana Philip Rowden ¨C Pouwhakataki m¨ Te Matau-a-M¨¡ui
Ko te amorangi ki mua, ko te h¨¡pai ¨ ki muri.
Ko Philip Rowden t¨ku ingoa. He uri ahau n¨ Ng¨¡ti Kahungunu, Ng¨¡ Rauru, Ng¨¡i Tahu. Kia ora koutou.
Kei t¨¥nei whakatauk¨© ko te ataata o te tangata, ko taku momo kawe hoki i ng¨¡ mahi Pirihimana. Kei ¨ t¨¡tau marae, ka noho ng¨¡ rangatira ki te paepae whaik¨rero mai ai, ka noho ng¨¡ kaimahi ki muri ko r¨¡tau kei te wh¨¡ngai, kei te tautoko i te iwi.
Ki te kore t¨¥tahi, ka h¨¥ t¨¥tahi, ki te t¨±kotahi t¨¥tahi me t¨¥tahi, koia ko te reretau.
I puta au i te K¨¡reti Pirihimana i 1998, ka t¨©mata taku mahi pirihimana ki Ng¨¡motu i Taranaki. Ka pau te 11 tau e mahi ana ki Waitara, ki K¨hanga Moa, ki H¨¡wera hoki ki roto i ng¨¡ mahi urupare, tautoko hapori hoki. N¨ku te whiwhi i taku noho ki t¨¥nei w¨¡hi ¨¡taahua me ¨na iwi whakahirahira.
I 2008 ka hoki mai au ki te k¨¡inga ki Ahuriri nei, ka noho hei Haihana Mahi Hapori. E ng¨¡kaunui ana ana ki te mahi tahi ki te tangata, ¨¡, m¨ te wh¨¡ tau kua hori nei, kua mahi au ki te iwi k¨¡inga me ng¨¡ iwi m¨¡t¨¡waka.
Ko te tino wh¨¡inga o taku mahi hei pouwhakataki, ko te tautoko i ng¨¡ t¨±manako o Ng¨¡i M¨¡ori, m¨¡ te mahi tahi ki ng¨¡ mana whenua ki te rapu whakataunga.
He momoho katoa t¨¥nei t¨±ranga, ko t¨¥tahi o ¨na painga kei te ako haere, kei te whakawhanake p¨±manawa m¨ ng¨¡ tino ¨¡huatanga o Te Ao Maori.
Ko te ako me te k¨rero i te reo M¨¡ori t¨¥tahi w¨¡hi o ng¨¡ mahi whakawhanake nei, ¨¡, ko te tino wh¨¡inga kia tika ng¨¡ mahi ki a Ng¨¡i M¨¡ori, ¡°k¨¡ore he mahi m¨ m¨¡tau ki te kore ko m¨¡tau¡± he tino kupu pai t¨¥nei m¨ roto i ng¨¡ mahi Pirihimana.
Ko te waihanga i ng¨¡ mahinga ng¨¡tahi t¨±turu t¨¥tahi tino w¨¡hanga o ng¨¡ mahi nei ¨C he tino pou ka kitea i t¨¡ m¨¡tau rautaki M¨¡ori, ko Te Huringa O Te Tai.
Ko t¨¥tahi kaupapa i wh¨¡ia, ko te mahi tahi ki t¨¥tahi kamupene h¨© ika o te takiw¨¡, i tuku mai r¨¡tau i te ika, ng¨¡ upoko ika me ng¨¡ k¨hiwi ika, ar¨¡ he kai ka whiua ki te pae parapara i te nuinga o te w¨¡. I rite tonu te koha mai o ¨¥nei kai ki ng¨¡ Pirihimana, n¨¡ m¨¡tau i toha atu ki ng¨¡ wh¨¡nau e noho taimaha ana. He kaupapa m¨¡m¨¡ i tino whai hua m¨ te whakapiki whakapono, m¨¡ia hoki ki waenga i te iwi.
M¨ku ake, kei te tino aro au ki te wh¨¡nau me te hauora, p¨¥nei i a t¨¡tau katoa, ¨¡, ka pau te nui o te w¨¡ ki ng¨¡ mahi whakaako, m¨¡takitaki h¨¡kinakina. Ko ¨ku t¨±manako m¨ku tonu, kia hauora, kia hiwa, kia whai w¨¡hi ki te iwi ki roto i ¨¡ku mahi Pirihimana.
Mauri Ora
My name is Philip Rowden. I'm from Ng¨¡ti Kahungunu, Ng¨¡ Rauru, Ng¨¡i Tahu. Kia ora koutou.
This whakatauk¨© reflects the person and in some sense my policing style. Just like on our marae, while leadership will always be out front in whaik¨rero, it is our workers at the back who are making sure that our people are fed and supported.
One however cannot survive without the other and harmony is created when both are in sync.
Having graduated from Police College in 1998, I started my Policing in Ngamotu, Taranaki. For the next 11 years, I worked in Waitara, Inglewood, and Hawera, primarily in response and community roles. I¡¯m extremely privileged to have lived in such a beautiful place working with fantastic people.
In 2008 I moved back home to Ahuriri, where I took up a position as the community sergeant. My passion has always been around working closely with the people and for the past four years, I have been working in the iwi and ethnic space.
My role as pouwhakataki is to support the aspirations of M¨¡ori, by making sure that we work in partnership with mana whenua in sourcing solutions.
The role is extremely rewarding in the sense that you¡¯re constantly learning and developing a range of skills that are bedrock in Te Ao M¨¡ori.
Learning and speaking te reo M¨¡ori is part of that development but it's the understanding in making sure that we are doing things correctly by M¨¡ori - ¡°it¡¯s not about us without us¡± is always a good leveller to use whenever we are policing.
Formulating true partnerships is crucial - a priority pou that is appropriately reflected in Te Huringa O Te Tai, our M¨¡ori strategy.
One initiative was when we partnered with a local seafood company, who provided us fish, fish heads and fish frames, kai which ordinarily would¡¯ve been thrown out.
This was regularly provided to Police which would then be gifted to wh¨¡nau in need. A simple but extremely effective initiative, especially in terms of building trust and confidence with our people.
On a personal level, family and health, like all of us, is everything, with most of my spent time spent coaching or watching sport. My aspirations are to stay healthy and to stay present and connected, especially in my role in policing.
Mauri Ora.
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