I whānau ahau ki Bra, he tāone iti i Piedmont, Itari.

He wāhi e noho ai te kai hei ahurea, te waina hei wāhanga o te oranga o ia rā, ā, kua haere tawhiti atu ētahi o ngā whakaaro tino whakahihiri i ngā rohe o te tāone.

I konei, tata ki te toru tekau tau ki muri, i tīmata ai taku haerenga ngaio ki Slow Food.

Nā aua tau tōmua i hanga te āhua o taku titiro ki te ao, taku mahi, ā, tērā pea ko te mea nui rawa, taku māramatanga ki te tangata.

I whakaakona mai e rātou tētahi mea e whakapono tonu ana au i ēnei rā.

Ehara te kai i te kai noa iho.

He tikanga, he tuakiri, he hītori, he matawhenua, he hononga tangata.

Ka whakaatu mai ki a tātou nō hea tātou, ko wai tātou, ā, i ētahi wā, kei hea tātou e ahu atu ana.

Ā, he tino kaha hoki tōna ki te whakakotahi i te tangata.

Ko te tīmatanga he ngākau nui ki te kai, ā, kātahi ka whānui ake ki te pākiki mō te tangata, ngā wāhi, ngā whakaaro me te pakihi.

I roto i ngā tau, nā taua pākiki ahau i kawe huri noa i te ao.

He maha ngā tau e whai wheako ana au ki ngā tūranga whakahaere matua, ā, kua mahi au i ngā whenua, ngā ahurea me ngā umanga rerekē, me te mahi ngātahi ki ngā kaihanga, ngā kaipakihi, ngā kaiwhakatū, ngā kaipupuri haumitanga, ngā kamupene nunui me ngā whare whakahaere o te ao.

Nā aku wheako i whakakotahi ai te whakaaro rautaki me te whakatinanatanga ā-ringa, te māramatanga ki ngā mahi arumoni me te auahatanga, me te tirohanga ā-ao me te tino maioha ki ngā ahurea ā-rohe.

Ngā wāhi rerekē. Ngā wero rerekē. Ngā momo whakaaro rerekē.

Engari kotahi tonu te mea kāore i rerekē.

Ka tīmata ngā whai wāhitanga tino whakahihiri ki ngā tāngata.

Ngā tāngata whai wawata.

He tāngata e whakapono ana ki tā rātou mahi.

Ngā tāngata e hiahia ana ki te wero i ngā whakaaro mārama noa, ki te hanga hoki i tētahi mea kāore anō kia tū i mua.

I aua haerenga, i ako ahau he mea nui ngā whakaaro pai, engari he nui ake te hiranga o te mōhio ki te huri hei mea tūturu.

Me whai wheako, whai whakaaro tika, auahatanga, hononga tika, ā, i ētahi wā me whai māia ki te kī kāo.

I tēnei rā, ko au te kaiwhakatū o dib, he umanga tohutohu rautaki motuhake kei New York City.

Ka kawea mai e au ngā tau maha o te wheako kaihautū me tētahi hononga whānui ki te ao ki āku mahi tahi me ngā kaipakihi, ngā kaiwhakatū pakihi, ngā kaipupuri haumitanga, ngā tari rawa ā-whānau me ngā kamupene, otirā i ngā rāngai kai, waina, hokohoko me te manaaki manuhiri.

Ko tāku mahi he tūhono i ngā whakaaro ki ngā whai wāhitanga, i te tangata ki te tangata, ā, i te tirohanga ki te whakatinanatanga.

I ētahi wā, ko te whakawhanake rautaki, te kuhu ki tētahi mākete hou, te waihanga hononga pakihi, te whakakotahi rānei i ngā tāngata tika ki te tēpu kotahi.

I ētahi atu wā, ko te pātai kē atu noa te tikanga.

He honore anō ki ahau te tū hei māngai mō tētahi whare wānanga rongonui o Itāria i Amerika, hei āwhina ki te whakapakari i ngā hononga i waenga i te mātauranga, te ahurea, te pakihi me ngā hapori o te ao.

Kāore rawa au i tino hiahia ki te whakararuraru i ngā mea māmā.

E whakapono ana au ki te pākiki, ki te wheako, ki te whakaaro tōtika, me te whai whakaaro noa.

E whakapono ana hoki au ka tino pai ngā mahi ina tūtaki te wawata pakihi ki te māramatanga ki te tangata.

Nā te mea me nui ake te hua o tētahi kaupapa angitu i te uara pūtea. Me whai take tōna oranga.

HE KŌRERO ITI MŌKU

He Itāriana nō te whānautanga. He ao whānui tōku wheako. He pākiki tōku āhua.

He pai ki ahau ngā tāngata he rerekē ō rātou whakaaro.

Ngā tāngata e matatau ana ki ā rātou mahi, engari kāore e mutu te ako.

Ngā tāngata e tino ngākau nui ana ki ā rātou mahi, engari kāore e tino whakahirahira i a rātou anō.

He pai ki ahau te kai pai, engari e tino kaingākau ana hoki ahau ki ngā tāngata, ngā wāhi me ngā tikanga tuku iho kei muri i taua kai.

He pai ki ahau te ātaahua, engari e whakapono ana hoki ahau ki ngā tau.

He nui taku whakamihi ki ngā whakaaro whakahirahira, inarā ka taea te whakamārama māmā.

E whakapono ana ahau he tau te hanga i te whakawhirinaki, ā, ka tīmata ngā hononga tino pai i mua noa atu i te wā ka kōrerohia he pakihi.

He pai ki ahau ngā kōrero ka ahu atu ki ngā wāhi ohorere.

Ā, ahakoa kua hipa ngā tau katoa nei, e whakapono tonu ana au

ka taea e tētahi kōrero pai huri noa i te tēpu te whakarerekē i te anamata o tētahi pakihi.

I ētahi wā rānei, he whakarerekē noa i te āhua e kite ai tātou i te ao.

NŌ HEA AU

I reira i tīmata ai ngā mea katoa i Bra.

Ko New York tōku kāinga.

Ko te ao taku wāhi mahi.

Ā, i muri i te tata ki te toru tekau tau, te tini o ngā kōrero, ngā whenua rerekē, ngā kaupapa me ngā wheako, kāore rawa tētahi mea i rerekē.

Kei te pākiki tonu au mō ngā mea kei tua.

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