Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I just really wanna say thank you
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai ki a koe
Um, for every single thing that everybody does in this room for me
– Um, mō ngā mea katoa e mahia ana e te katoa i roto i tēnei ruma mōku
Because I did grow up away from my family
– No te mea i tupu ake ahau i toku hapu
Moving out of Texas, coming here and all of you have raised me in so many different ways and challenged me as a person
– I te neke atu i Texas, i te haere mai ki konei, ā, kua whakaarahia ahau e koutou katoa i roto i ngā huarahi rerekē, ā, kua werohia ahau hei tangata
So I, I have this launch pad that you’ve all given me because now I can do so many wonderful things because of this
– Na, kei a au tenei papa whakarewatanga kua homai e koutou katoa ki ahau na te mea inaianei ka taea e au te mahi i nga mea whakamiharo na tenei
You’ve helped me grow up and watched me grow up and I really hope that I won’t let you down with everything else that I do
– Kua āwhina koe i ahau ki te tipu ake, ki te mātakitaki i ahau e tipu ake ana, ā, e tino tūmanako ana ahau e kore au e tuku i a koe ki raro i ngā mea katoa e mahia ana e au
So thank you for being a part of my life and the beginning of something I hope lasts a long time
– Na whakawhetai ki a koe mo te noho hei wāhanga o toku ora me te timatanga o tētahi mea e tūmanako ana ahau ka roa te wā
