Best Birthday Ever!!
E kī pai ana tōku ngākau i te aroha, i te hari, i te koa, i te rawe, i te ngahau nā te hirahira o taku pāti huritau i ngā rā whakatā kua hipa nei.
E mihi nui ana ki a koutou katoa i tae mai, e mihi hoki ana ki a koutou i tuku aroha mai tawhiti. I rangatira te kaupapa nei i a koutou! Tēnā rā koutou katoa!
My heart is full and I’m so grateful to all my whānau and mates that came together to celebrate and to all my whānau and mates who sent your aroha from afar. I feel you all!! Aroha nui ki a koutou katoa. I was especially blown away to have Papa Ruru and the whānau who travelled up from Te Waipounamu. So special.
It was literally my best birthday party ever. The people, the kai, the catch ups, the singing, the dancing, the laughing, the “everything” that came together in perfect combination to form a night that will go down in history (in my history anyways lol)
My biggest mihi goes to my beautiful love
@teatatuhimata who pushed me to make sure we celebrated my huringa tau and then orchestrated everything to make the night what it was. ✨
Our eyes, puku and aaall of our tastebuds mihi to my awesome tuahine Chef
@heratekurapa and her Whānau Waitai who laid out the eye watering taste sensation that was our hākari. From the tītī arancini and frybread (with tītī from
@prideofpoutama 🐦 tēnā kōurua!) to the venison prepared in various ways (gifted by my bros
@tame_in_the_taiao and
@eriorapark13 🦌 tēnā kōurua!) the delicious salmon (gifted by our amazing mates
@karenakasey 🐟 tēnā hoki kōurua!) and the ika mata (with ika gifted by the bro Nore
@mahimoana 🎣 tēnā koe bro!) and aaaall the rest of amazing treats that we all got to enjoy. E ngā tohunga o te manaaki, tēnā rā koutou!!
To all our kaikōrero on the night, to our MC
@otenehopa tēnā rā koutou! I rangatira ngā kōrero katoa! Aaand we had some mean laughs too 😂
So many mihi! to be continued in the comments below
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