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Me heke ngā werawera o Tāne-te-wānanga e ea ai ngā werawera o Tāne-tahua-roa

1. Do not waste the efforts of the cooks who make sure the participants or students of a wānanga (worlshop) are well fed for the duration of the kaupapa.

The student of a wānanga must exert great effort to repay the effort of the culinarian. /

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