Pipiwharauroa Nō Ngā Kāwai Rangatira - He Whakatau
Matthew Thorton Ko Puketapu te Maunga Ko te Arai te Awa Ko Horouta te waka Ko Ruapani me Rongowhakaata oku Iwi Ko Ngāti Maru te Hapū Ko Whakato te Marae Ko Mathew PoiPoi Rangi Thorton taku ingoa Nō Manutuke ahau
I found my passion for whakairo at Gisborne Boys High, I had always been a pretty mean drawer and all my workbooks were covered with moko design. After a year of whakairo I was hooked and realised my dream was to be a master artist in all Māori art forms. My current goal is to learn from the Masters, become a student at Te Puia to further my skills and understanding of whakairo and its origins and produce work that will one day contribute towards the restoration of Te Hau Ki Tūranga. At the end of my studies I would like to give back to my whānau, Hapū and Iwi by upholding the teachings and tikanga of our tipuna. At the start of last year I visited Te Puia where the Mana and Mauri of the whakairo touched me and made the trip much more special. Through my achievements by attending Te Wānanga Whakairo Rākau o Aotearoa I hope to rejuvenate the styles and teachings of Raharuhi Rukupo, the Master Carver. Being accepted into Te Puia will truly benefit my Iwi and whānau for the future, it will set me up with the tools and skills to have a successful career and uphold the teaching of our Tipuna. Nō reira whaia te iti kahurangi me te Maunga teitei
Micheala Awarded Summer Breeze Scholarship Micheala Pardoe of Rongowhakaata, daughter of Duke and Hilda and mokopuna of the late Ivan and the late Henrietta Pardoe, has been awarded the Summer Breeze scholarship 2014. With a degree in Biological Science from Waikato University, a Diploma in Marine Studies from bay of Plenty Polytechnic and being a qualified dive instructor, Micheala is certainly not short on qualifications. More importantly Micheala presented at her interview proudly and with passion for her Iwi, for fishing conservation and wanting to care for our environment. In choosing Micheala, the Interview panel believe that she will make a long and positive contribution to commercial fishing including iwi fisheries management. The scholarship will give Micheala the opportunity to spend six weeks working at Sanford mostly in the South island and one week at Ngāti Porou Fisheries in Gisborne. During her seven week stint she will specialise in her interest area of Quality Assurance with some opportunity to learn aquaculture and processing. Micheala starts work this month with a week in Invercargill and her scholarship will end at the beginning of April.
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Wi - Kuki Hewett
Ko Ko Ko Ko Ko
Puketapu te Maunga te Arai te Awa Takitimu te waka Ruapani te Hapū Rongowhakaata te Iwi
I was born in Gisborne and brought up for most of my life in the small community of Manutuke. My parents are Bryan and Pimia Hewett, I affiliate to Rongowhakaata. Whakairo is my passion and my aspiration is to learn from the best as a student at Te Wānanga Whakairo Rākau o Aotearoa. My greatest ambition is to learn to produce work that might, one day, contribute towards the restoration and return of our Whare Tipuna, Te Hau Ki Tūranga. In completing my studies I will contribute back to my turangawaewae, whānau, hapū and Iwi. My vision, when I successfully complete this qualification, is to become the Kaitiaki of our Iwi Taonga.
Mathew and Wi - Kuki with the Principal of Gisborne Boys High School, Greg Mackle
My dream is to have my own home built in the traditional style of Rongowhakaata. Last year I was privileged to travel with Gisborne Boys High School to Rotorua to experience and visit Te Puia, the New Zealand Arts and Crafts Institute. What I do remember is the Waharoa and how spectacular it was. Clive Fugill, a head Master Carver who we met there told us that we have to have a passion for carving and those words are ingrained in my memory.
Mere Pōhatu SHARING LEADERSHIP I’m trying to write this while I’m in a hui. I’m hoping the people speaking will believe that I am making lots of notes about them and their talk. I’m sitting here and I really want my whanauka, my tungane (same person) to learn how to whisper with a whisper voice. He’s whispering to me and the whole marae can hear his very valuable comments. The talk at the moment is about distribution of leadership and he and I have lots to say on the matter. I’m listening to people talk about leadership. One of the things he’s whispering to me is about decision-making. Sometimes you disagree with decisions but you should just go with the flow. As long as the decision doesn’t cause anybody any real physical or mental harm, that’s a leadership approach to decision-making. Sometimes, in our whānau, our decisions and actions cause real time and long-time harm; sometimes it’s generationalharm. These are the consequences of poor leadership. We see children who grow on to be unhappy adults simply because someone, or some practiced poor leadership, made bad decisions. Now my tungane is talking about learning and how we best make sense of new words in Māori. Sometimes he’s whispering, to everyone this time, it’s best to write things down. That way your mind gets to absorb the parts that really matter to you. Now we are talking about working proactively with
Ourtime spent at Te Puia was worth every moment and the experience was one that I will never forget. I returned home with a sense of wanting to return there, and now that I have been accepted, my dream will be fulfilled. Ngā Mihi Nui Wi - Kuki Hewett
others. The message is what we know matters, but what we do with what we know matters more. I’m so busy thinking about leadership and how it gets shared around that I can’t write this properly. Now I’m in a workshop, a smaller group, and we’re trying to work out how to work proactively with others! Hika mā we all know each other but can’t work out how to work together. Again, sometimes in the whānau, that’s how we are. We don’t share our leadership around, we forget to work together and we don’t pool our talents too often. Because if we did all these things my tungane is whispering, there wouldn’t be any kids going hungry, being scared or worse still, being abused. We’d all be educated, thoughtful and happy. So dear readers, my whisperer sitting beside me in this hui is very bang on with his loud whispers. Leadership spreads across our whānau who pool their talents and work proactively together – that sure is the way to go.
GINGER’S FISH HEADS Depending on the size of your whānau, place fish heads (snapper or terakihi are the choices) in a saucepan. We’ve got four people in our whānau and we fill up the largest pot we’ve got because we like to have a second reheated meal of fish heads. Chop four large onions and add to pot. Salt and pepper. Simmer until flesh leaves bones.