Mai i te po tae noa ki te ao - ka pupuke te mahara!

Tenei hoki taaku e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa
Heoi ano, tahuri atu te mihi kau ake ki a koe Edward -
e te whanaunga kei tawhiti,
kei tua o te moana tapokapoka a Tawhaki - tena koe!
otira tena koutou katoa

Matauria and i had a lengthy discussion last night.
She has been involved with dad's recovery since Rarangi went home: - from Hamilton 2 Rotorua; from Rotorua 2 Taupo -and we all know how much work that must have been.

• There is the coordination of the Occupational Therapist who will assess dad's whare and what needs to happen before he can return home
• She received a letter from the Doctor in Rotorua regarding dad's condition and how he requires assistance before he is released to his own whare (correct me if i am wrong Matauria)
  
• There is organising the right 'care' for when he is home - and who is going to pay for that (hence the Doctor's letter of support)
• She had a visit from Tuwharetoa Health Services
  
• The formal complaint laid against a couple of nurses in Rotorua who treated dad poorly!
  
• Dad's continuing Physio and his actually plan of care
  
• Working alongside the health professionals towards dad's full recovery
  
• The waxing and waning of drugs - that ever present ngangara and the need for constant vigilance!
• The minutes from the whanau meeting with the Waikato Medical Staff
• Our need to keep our own records up-2-date
  
• atu i tena, ko tera o nga tino whakaaro - he ahua he te surgery i te hohipera o Waikato

Although the ngako of our korero surrounded dad's recovery and what that actually meant - we also moved our conversation towards "what we need to do as a family from here on" - and there are a lot of things to consider:

• EPOA - Enduring power of attorney (Welfare & Finances) - something that we all need to consider!
• There is the question of the land - the most enduring & physical feature of who we are -it is ,after all, that which will record our life-story forever
  
• Some on-going discussion need to take place surrounding the land - so much to consider - it appears that we will have been granted some more time
  
• Dad's will
• The whare
  
• Organising ourselves to meet before the year is out to discuss where we go from here, what we do now, and how we do it
  

It is time to come home

Naaku noa
Hauiti