He kōrerorero ki a Kakari

Kai te wheako a ia i roto i ngā kāheru e tua atu ana i ngā whenua rerekē, ngā kiritaki me ngā huringa ara. Ka kitea to mātau Tumuaki Kiritaki ko Kakari e kōtui ana i Tāmaki Makaurau. I tēnei marama, me mōhio tātau ki ta tātau tauwhiti hou rawa, a, ka ako mātau mo tana whakatata ki te umanga auaha.

Kōrero mai ki a mātau mo to ara mahi i tēnei wā.

I whanaina e au taku mahi i Awherika ki te Tonga. I muri iho i te rua rā hei kaiako, ka whakaaro ahau "he aha te f*&k kua mahia e au"? Nā reira ka ako anō ahau, i tēnei wā he waeine mākete, kātahi ka ū ki TBWA hei kaiāwhina whaiaro. Kātahi ahau ka whiwhi i te hokohoko hokohoko mo te 3 tau, e mahi ana me ngā auaha e 35 – kōrero mō tētahi ānau akoranga! He pai ki a au te mahi i te taha o ngā auaha, ā muri ake, me tētahi kaiwhakahaere ratonga kiritaki tino pai.

Kātahi anō ka whai ahau i tētahi tangata Kiwi ki Aotearoa. Me whakawhiti ahau ki ngā mea katoa e taea e au mō te mahi, i te tuatahi he ratonga kiritaki i tētahi kamupene pūkoro. I muri iho ka haere mai tētahi whare whakanao, ā, ko Platform29, i reira ahau i āwhina ai i a rātau ki te tipu i a Skinny Mobile mai i te tamaiti hou i runga i te paraka ki te wāhi e noho nei rātou i tēnei rā. Kātahi mātau ka tae ki taku mahi o mua tata nei i a Bob Tō Uncle. I tīmata iti mātau, ā, i āwhina ahau ki te whakatipu ki tētahi wāhi i toa ai mātau i te kānataraki Pūngao Hoapā, he nui ki a mātau. I tētahi wāhi i roto i te whāranu, ka mau nga rangatira i tētahi hapati, e ārahi ana i a au ki te mau i nga whatumanawa o te umanga me te pupuri i a mātau ki runga i ta mātau kēmu i a rātau e ngaro atu ana. I hiahiatia e au he huringa, arā, ko te wāhi e haere mai ai taku mahi hou rawa i te Rautaki.

Me ērā wheako katoa, he aha tāu e pupuri ai i tēnei umanga?

I ētahi wā, e pātai ana ahau ki a au anō: "He aha ahau i pānui ai?". Kua whakamātau ahau, engari kaore e taea e au te whakaaro i a au e mahi ana i tētahi atu mea. Ka āhei ahau ki te mahi me te iwi tino mātao hai āwhina ki te whakatika i tētahi raruraru. Ko tāku e whakanui ana ko te tūtuki i waenganui i te auaha me te kiritaki ki te kimi rongoā e mau mai ana i te hari.

Me pēhea tō whakatere i te piriti i waenganui i te kiritaki me te auaha?

He tino hira te noho hei wāhanga o te tīma kiritaki – ko te tikanga ka puta te ngātahitanga pono. Kai runga mātau i o rātau whāinga, to rātau mōhiotanga me to rātau horopaki. Ko te tikanga, he ātaahua rātau ki a mātau, a, e tuwhera ana ki te rongo i nga tohu hou.

Mo nga auaha, he rārangi pai kai te kanikani. Me mau tonu koe ki ngā auaha me ngā rōpū whakahaere e hiahia ana ki te kaupapa, engari me pupuri hoki i a rātou i roto i nga whāititanga o te poto. E hiahia ana ahau ki te tautuhi i ngā tawhā tino mārama hei whakaae ki te auaha, engari me whakahaere hoki i ngā tūmanako.

He tino whakapono hoki ahau ki nga whakaaro uaua. Ko te whakawhiti i te kōwhiringa tūnga ko te wāhi i puta mai ai nga whakaaro tino pai. Nā reira, mā te whakaatu i ngā whakaaro e raruraru ana i te nuinga o te wā ka nui ake te mahi.

He aha to whakatata mai i te ao o nga umanga hou?

Me whai huarahi rautaki koe – he hiahia tauwhāiti ō ia kiritaki. E rua nga mea rerekē e mahia ana e au. E hiahiatia ana e ētahi kiritaki tētahi whakamōhiotanga ira whero iti noa iho hei tīmata i ētahi painga. I te nuinga o te wā, he tohutohu tērā e mau mai ana i nga mahi hou. Nā reira he tino hira te whakahōu i ā mātou hongere, pēnei i te paetukutuku, LinkedIn me ētahi atu pāpori. I ētahi atu wā, kotahi anō te mahi tahi, kia kite ai mehemea he pai tātau ki a tētahi. He iti iho te tupeke o te whakapono, me ētahi atu kitenga mehemea kai te hototahi tātau.

Me pēhea tō whakataurite i to aroha ki te tūtaki i te tangata, me ngā tūturu o te oranga mamati?

He tangata tāngata ahau – e hiahia ana ahau ki te haere ki mua i tētahi tangata kia ngāwari ai te tātari i tētahi rūma me te āwhina ki te hanga i tētahi hoa mahi kaha.

Ināianei he maha rawa ngā tauwhitinga kei te tuihono, he mea noa iho nā me mahi ahau. Me noho koe ki a koe anō, kia ngātahi, kia ōrite hoki. He pai ki a au te hopu i ngā kiritaki (me te tīma!) i te nuinga o te wā. E kitea ana e au e whāngai ana i aua pātahitanga, ā, ka pai ake te putanga mō ngā tāngata katoa e pā ana ki te katoa.

He aha ētahi atu huringa nui kua kitea e koe i roto i te umanga?

Ki taku whakaaro kua iti ake nga tahua, ā, he nui ake te tūpato o nga kiritaki ki te wāhi e haere ai a rātau moni. Ko te tikanga o tēnei kua kite ahau i ētahi atu utauta me ngā rauemi e waihangatia ana hei āwhina i te kiritaki ki te mahi i a rātou anō. Kua kite hoki ahau i ētahi atu hongere māia e tangohia ana, pēnei i te rongonui me te arotahi ki ngā pānuitanga mamati. I mua rā, ko ngā whakahau katoa a TVC me ngā whakahau whakahaere; Ināianei kei te whakamahi i ngā hongere pānui mamati i runga i ngā huarahi mātauranga kia tae ki te iwi tika.

Na te poto ake, ko te tikanga hoki ka taea e tātau te whakamātau i tētahi mea whakamere. E aroha ana ahau ki tētahi poto hauā - ki te kimi koki rerekē me te waihanga i tētahi mea e hiahia ana koe ki te mahi mō tētahi kiritaki i ngā wā katoa. Kua kitea e au te nuinga o te wā, mēnā he kiritaki whakaaro pai ka kitea he tahua mōna. Me pēhea e taea ai e koe te whārite mahi-mahi?

Kia pono, e tino whawhai ana ahau ki tēnei. Ki taku whakaaro he mea hira te kimi i te toenga ahakoa - ki te kore koe e tiaki i a koe anō, kāore e taea e koe tō mahi, te tiaki rānei i tētahi atu tangata. Kaore e taea e koe te ringihia mai i te kapu wātea.

He aha ō mea matua mo te noho, te mahi me te tākaro i Tāmaki Makaurau? He aha tāu e mau ai ki reira?

He nui rawa nga mea mātao o Tāmaki Makaurau e haere ana. Ko ngā hākari, ngā takahanga ahurea, ngā kōwhiringa kai - he nui rawa te mahi i runga i tētahi taumata pāpori e aroha ana ahau.

Kua noho ahau i Mt Eden, i Pt Chev, a, e ono marama ki mua, te Shore ki te Raki. Kai te aroha ahau - ko nga one! Ko te tikanga noa iho kei te kāinga taku tapa taone ki ia Āwherika ki te Tonga, kua whakaritea ki Aotearoa, nā reira e rite ana ki te kāinga. E kōrero ana te tangata ki Awherika ki te Tonga - ahakoa ko Afrikaans! - i nga tiriti. Ka kitea e koe nga kaihoko, nga tart miraka, nga hurihanga rēmana rānei i roto i nga toa katoa. Ahakoa e whakaae ana taku tama he rite tonu ki te hoki ki te kāinga.

He aha tāu e mahi ai i waho o te mahi ka taea te whakawhiti ki tō oranga mahi?

Kua tohe ahau ki te ako i te guitar me te kore āwhina a taku hoa pākaha, a Dan. Kai roto tonu ahau i te mātotoru o taua mea, engari kai te mōhio ahau ki te whakamatautau koe i a koe anō, ka hoatu ki a koe nga haora me te whakapiri ki reira, ka taea e koe. Kaore ahau e whakakotahi i te tīma i WIPs i te wā kore noa iho.

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