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Kei Runga Noa Atu
Rongowhakaata Kaumātua Hui
Tukua, Tukua Kia tere!
Rongowhakaata Kaumātua held one of their regular hui at the Tairāwhiti Museum – Te Whare Taonga o Te Tairāwhiti this month hosted by the Director, Laura Vodonavich and Kaitiaka Māori, Tapunga Nepe. In addition to their normal business it gave them the opportunity to view Rongowhakaata taonga on display and in storage there as well as discuss the Rongowhakaata Museum Exhibition planned for 2015.
treasures we have in our homes and bring them out into the light to record to tell their stories to our tamariki mokopuna so they will be aware of our rich history.” It will be a time to breathe life into our taonga. "Kia ora to the staff of Te Whare Taonga, kia kore tātou e wareware."
Museum photographer Dudley Meadows had available for viewing photos from the museum’s extensive collection that he had chosen on the basis of a possible connection to the Iwi. Cory Campbell, Lucretia Taitapanui, Pharyn Calles, Hawaiiki Lardelli and Kodi Cambell. Absent Sally Motu
He huhua i whakamanahia, he maha i whakanuia i taua pō engari ko Whetūmatarau te roopu Waka Ama ō Horouta i tū whakamenemene. Nā te heke o te werawera, te heke ote roimata, te hek toto ka eke ki taua taumata. Ko tēnei te whakamihi ā te iwi, ā Turanganui a Kiwa ki a koutou.
“2015 will see our Rongowhakaata Exhibition so it was timely for Te Kahui Kaumatua to visit Te Whare Taonga. “It was also a time of enlightenment as we viewed taonga from both modern and ancient times each with its own story or history,” says Rongowhakaata Kahui Kaumatua Chairperson and Rongowhakaata representative on the Museum Board. “It was also a reminder for us all to dust off what
Ahakoa rā e mōhiotia ana nā te kaha o ngā mātua me ō rātou whānau ki te tautoko i a rātou kia eke panuku. Ehara i te mahi māmā engari, he mahi tino uaua I te atapō ka matika, ka omaoma, ka pekepeke ka whakaharatau ia rā, ia rā, ia wiki mo te hiaroa tae noa ki ngā whakataetae. Ki te karawhiuwhiu te marangai ka mahi tonu, kāre he mutunga mai. Nō reira, me mihi ki ō rātou mātua, kaiako me ngā whānau tautoko. Nā tō rātou kaha ki te whakatutuki i ngā wawata i moemoeātia ka hii te ngakau o ngā mātua ka kii ”Peipei ana”. Me mihi ki ngā kōtiro nō rātou te kaha ki te whakapau i ō rātou whakaaro kia eke, kia tata te paetawhiti, me te aha eke eke ana.
He Wānanga Tā Moko Kua tae anō ki taua wā, i runga i te pōhiri ā Toihoukura ki te huhua e manako ana kia tāngia he moko ki ō rātou tinana. Koinei te pōhiri o te tau rua mano tekau ma whā. He wānanga tēnei ia tau, ia tau ki Toihoukura ki te Huarewa ō Maia. Mehemea e hiahia ana koe ki te mātaki, kia tāngia rānei koe, koinei te wā hei haerenga mō koutou, ko te 24, 25,26 o Pipiri. Kei reira e whakarauika mai ana ngā tohunga rongonui katoa mo te tā e tatari mai ana. He wā whakahirahira tēnei e ai ki a Theresa Wawatai Smith, ara mo te hunga e tamariki tonu ana ki te mātaki i tēnei tūmomo mahi e ora tonu ai waenga i te hapori, i te rohe, i te motu, i te ao hoki. Ko te mihinui ki te Ahorangi Derek Lardelli, nāna nei i puta whānui ai tēnei taonga ki te motu, ki te ao. Ko te wānanga tuarua o tēnei tāu, a ngā rā whakamutunga o Whiringa a Nuku. Ki te hiahia kōrero koutou waea atu 8690847
Tapunga Nepe
Dudley Meadows presenting to the kaumatua
Nōu te Ao -
Te Tangata o te Tau
Nō nā tata tonu nei ka whakaingoatia te tangata o te tau mo te Roopu Tauawhi Tāne (Tauawhi Men’s Centre). Ko Eru Findlay taua tangata. Tika kau ana hoki kia whakaingoatia ko ia kia whakawhiwhia ki tēnei tohu whakahirahira. Engari nō muri kē i te whiwhinga i taua tohu ka āta tirotirohia ana mahi i waenga i ngā taiohi me te hapori o te rohe. Ko te āhuatanga i kitea ko ana mahi awhi, tautoko, i ngā taiohi kua āhua kotiti haere. Ki ōna whakaaro, me titiro ki te hohonutanga o ngā whakawai e patu nei i ngā wairua o ā tātou tamariki. Ko te mea nui kia mōhio rātou ko wai rātou. E ai ki a Eru nō naianei tonu ka mōhio a ia ki tōna taha Māori nā te mea kāre ia i pakeke mai i runga i te marae. Kātahi anō ia ka kite i te mananui o tana taha Māori. Inaianei kua whai pānga ia ki Te Kooti Māori i runga i ngā marae mo ngā Rangatahi. Ko ētahi whakahaeretia ai i Tūranga Ararau. Ko te hōtaka tēnei e mōhiotia ana ko Te Ara Tuakiri.
Ko ia hoki tētahi o ngā Kaiwhakahaere o tēnei kaupapa. Ko tētahi hoki ō ana mahi ko,“Sidewalk Sunday School Kids Programme”. I tīmata mai tēnei hōtaka i te tau 2011, arā he whakaako i ngā tamariki mai i te tau tuarima ki te tekau ma rua. Tino waimarie hoki ia i tana hoa rangatira i a Gwenda hai tautoko i a ia e tutuki pai ai ana mahi. Arā anō hoki te kōrero, kei muri i te tāne toa, he wahine kakama. Tokotoru ā rāua tamariki, ko Delys, ko Eru me Scarlet.