Daga Liz Remmerswaal, World BEYOND War, Satumba 9, 2021
Kia hiwa ra, kia hiwa ra. Kua hinga te Tōtara haemata o te wao-nui o Whakatu.
World BEYOND War Aotearoa New Zealand ta yi baƙin ciki don ba da rahoton rasuwar dattijon Maori Des Ratima, ɗan shekara 69.
Des abokin abokin ƙungiyarmu ne da fasalulluka a cikin fim ɗin Sojoji ba tare da bindigogi ba, wanda ke cikin ranar Fim ɗin Fim na Duniya na Zaman Lafiya na Duniya a ranar 18/19 ga Satumba, lokacin da shi ma aka shirya zai zama mai ba da shawara a cikin tattaunawar bayan tantancewa.
Ya kasance tsohon soja na shekaru 25 na Rundunar Tsaro ta New Zealand wanda ya kasance babban jagora wajen taimakawa haɗa al'adun Maori cikin Sojojin New Zealand, wani abu yanzu ya shiga cikin sojojin.
Fim ɗin yana ba da labari mai ƙarfi game da yadda yakin basasa na jini a tsibirin Bougainville ya dakatar da rundunar sojojin New Zealand da suka sauka a tsibirin, ba tare da ɗauke da makamai ba, dauke da makamai kawai, gita, haka, da sauran kayan aikin. zaman lafiya.
Des ya shiga cikin haɗin kan al'adu wanda shine mafi mahimmanci don gina aminci tare da shugabannin Bougainvillean da suka ziyarta kamar yadda aka nuna a fim. Lokacin ziyartar New Zealand a zaman wani ɓangare na shirin zaman lafiya, an ba su bikin maraba da Powhiri ko Maori wanda ya haɗa da Hongi - latsa hanci da raba numfashi. Sun kuma baje kolin wasannin gargajiya na New Zealand Haka. Tafiya zuwa Tsibirin Pacific ba tare da makami ba da kuma amfani da al'adun Melanesian ya taimaka haɓaka aminci tsakanin al'ummomin tsibirin da ke fama da rauni.
Des ya ce alaƙar 'yan asalin zuwa asalin' yan asalin sun ba da damar gina aminci, wanda ya ba mutane damar samun kwarin gwiwa cewa zaman lafiya yana da kyau a kiyaye, duk da haɗarin da ke tattare da mutuncin al'adunsu.
Kamar yadda Des ya ce: "Yayin da shugabannin 'yan tawayen ke shirin karbar powhiri za su iya ganin yadda tawagar masu tarba ta kasance. Sun lura da maza da mata, sun lura da launin fata daban -daban kuma sun ce 'Idan za su iya aiki tare to tabbas za mu iya.' "
A matsayin Sakataren Ci gaban Maori, Dave Te Tokohau Samuels ya ce: "Rayuwar Des 'ta ginu ne akan cakuda mai ban sha'awa na aroha (ƙauna) da hidima. Aroharsa ga whānau (danginsa), iwi (ƙabilar) da bangaskiya sun kasance a bayyane don kowa ya gani kuma wannan ya gudana bisa ga dabi'a zuwa hidimar da ya sadaukar da kai ga Aotearoa New Zealand da te ao Māori (duniyar Maori). A matsayina na tsohon soja ina tsaye ina jinjinawa abokin faɗuwa wanda yayi wa al'ummarsa hidima cikin girman kai, ƙarfin hali, da aminci. A matsayina na Māori na sunkuyar da kaina ga kaumatua (dattijo) mai mutunci da girmamawa wanda ya jagoranci jama'arsa da kyau, wanda ya kasance mai son jama'a, kuma wanda ya yi iya ƙoƙarinsa don ci gaban Māori a cikin motu (ƙasa). "
Arohanui (soyayya), rangimarie (zaman lafiya), moe mai ra e (huta lafiya) masoyi Des.
Babban itacen (bishiya) ya faɗi, ba za a iya musanya ku ba amma za mu tashi tsaye mu gwada kuma cika manyan takalman ku, tuna da kyakkyawar zuciyar ku da ƙaunar adalci a cikin al'ummar mu.
Na gode da aikin hangen nesa.
Kai jarumi ne na gaskiya don zaman lafiya kuma muna son ku.
Liz Remmerswaal, abokin Des kuma Coordinator na kasa World BEYOND War Cibiyar Nazarin New Zealand.
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