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Pipiwharauroa Hōngongoi 2017
Pukapuka: Rua Te Kau Ma Whā
Panui: Whitu
Te Whakaaranga o Te Whakahau Rangatira “Whakahautia te Rongopai i runga i te Aroha Me te Ngāwari”
Nā ki te āta pānui koe i te whakatauki ka rere tika o whatu ki ngā kupu he pū matua te tīmatanga ka ui, he aha i tū pū matua ai ēra kupu? Ko te whakamārama, “he whare i whakatūngia, i hangaia e ngā whanau i haere ki te whakahoki mai i a Te Kooti engari ko tana kii atu ki a rātou, “E hoki, whakahautia te rongopai i runga i te ngāwari me te aroha”. A hei whakamaumaharatanga ki ana kupu ka hangaia te Whakahau ki Rangatira, ko te Rongopai kei Waituhi, ko te Aroha kei Tapuihikitia, ko te Ngāwari kei Mangatu. Nā, neke atu i te rima tekau tau e tū tāhanga ana te whare nei i waenga pārae. Nō te marama o Whiringa a Nuku o te tau kua taha ake ka whakaritea kia tuwhera ka tīmata te hā o te whānau ki whakaoreore, ki te whakatikatika.
He momo whakatikatika i ngā whāriki
I te tīmatanga ka ohooho a wairua, a tinana te whanau ki te rangahau i ngā korero e pā ana. I te tau waru tekau ma waru, nā te noho nātata ki te awa o Te Waipāoa, ka karawhiua e parawhenuamea. Āe, tēra whakawhiu a Tāwhirimātea tata ngāro, āhua kino ngā taonga i roto e takoto ana, arā ko ngā whāriki ēra. Waimarie kei te tū tonu te wharenui me te kāuta. Tata, kotahi mita te teitei o te wai i uru ki te whare. I a rātou e horoi ana, e whakatikatika haere ana kino katoa ngā whāriki, engari i hōroia, ka whakairia kia maroke ka whakahoki anō ki te whare. Koira te āhua rua tekau tau ki muri. I nāianei kua tīmata anō te oreore o te whānau ki te whakaoranga o tō rātou whare. I te kitenga a Whitiaua Ropitini i ngā whāriki tūmeke ana ka puta te pātai, me aha i nāianei? E ai ki a ia,” He taonga ēnei, he taonga ātaahua engari mā tētahi tohunga mo te whakatikatika whāriki e mahi te mahi, engari ko wai, kei whea? “Koiara ngā pātai, ka puta te karanga ki ngā tohunga raranga o te iwi, o te rohe, o te motu katahi tōna mahi tahi ki Te Papa Tongarewa ka puta he māramatanga, arā ko Rangi Te Kanawa tēra. He wahine i heke mai i ngā kāwai rangatira o Maniapoto, ā ko tōna whāea a Diggeress, me tana kuia hoki a Dame Rangi Te Kanawa. Ko tana mahi he whakaora, he manaaki, i ngā taonga pēnei i ngā whāriki. I whakaahuatia, i tirotirohia katahi ka
Koinei te mutunga
whakatakotohia he āhuatanga whakatikatika i aua rua tekau whāriki. Āhua ohorere a ia i te kitenga i ngā whāriki nei, te kaha ātaahua me te rerekē. Ko ngā whāriki i hangaia ki te kiekie i āhua noho pai ēra, engari ko ngā whāriki harakeke tino hē rawa atu. E ai ki a ia nā ngā tohunga raranga o mua i hanga ēnei taonga. Ia whāriki tōna anō mana, te kaha rerekē. Nā ka waihotia mā te whanau e rangahau te āhuatanga, ngā tikanga whakamahi i aua whāriki. Nā, ko te ātaahuatanga, ko te whakakotahi a te hapori ki te whakaora i aua whāriki me te whare, ā tēra pea ka puta ngā korero, ā, mā ngā whāriki rānei e whakaputa. “Tō koutou waimarie mārika” Mahia te mahi
Te Roopu Whiu Teka o Tūranganui a Kiwa Kei te muia tēnei momo kēmu e ngā tamariki, taiohi mai i te tekau tau ki te ono tekau kaumātua atu. He kēmu i whakahaeretia i ngā pāparakauta katoa o te rohe mai rānō. He kemu whakahoahoa, whakangahau, whakawhanaungatanga. Ana kei te pēra tonu. Ka haere ngā mātua me a rātou tamariki ki ngā whakataetae, me te aha ka uru atu ki ngā whakataetae o te rohe, o te motu, o te ao. Ana kua eke ētahi ki ngā whakataetae o te ao. Nā te karapu o Brezz’n i tīmata ēnei whakataetae, ana tika tonu ko rātou kei te tautoko i a tātou tamariki. Kei te tuwhera ki ngā tamariki mai i te tekau tau ki te ono tekau neke atu. I ngā pō o te Rātū ka huihui te hunga whakataetae ana ka mahi te mahi. I reira hoki ka whakaakona ngā tamariki ki te tatau, tāpiri, ki te tango a pangarau. Ko rātou e hiahia ana ki te whakauru atu, hei te Rātapu ka tuwhera te wā akoako. Kei te wātea ki te katoa. Ko ngā hua i puta, ko te toanga o ngā roopu A,B,C o Te Roopu Whiu Teka o Tūranganui i ngā koeke o te whakataetae i 2013/15.
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I haere tokowhā ngā toki o ngā karapu ki ngā whakataetae o te ao i Taranaki. Ko Tahuna Irwin, ko Tyson Eyles ko Kayne Arahanga me Jordan Ngarangione ki te whiu takitahi, takirua. Ahakoa kāre i toa engari i noho tuarua ki ngā Mareiana, eke atu ana ki te ahurewa
Ko ngā mema o te karapu o Tūranganui: Taiohi Nikilia Irwin, Errol Tamihana, Hayden Kiri, Cody Kiri, Tamati Mauheni, Shaolyn Edwards. Paku: Hunter Eyles Gisborne Club Association Members Youth Denise Renata Destiny Barbarich Lorenzo Kaa. Juniors Te Kotahi Kaio Wynyard, Ihaka Kaio Wynyard
I whakanuia hoki te karapu o Aotearoa, ana ko ngā tōnamana i te karapu i Upper Hutt, Cossie club i te marama o Hongongoi ka haere anō ngā toki o Brezz’n ka hoki mai me ngā taitara e rua arā ko Tahuna tēra, me te uru atu ki te tīma o Aotearoa ki te haere ki Ahitereiria a tēnei tau. I toa hoki a Errol Tamihana. Ko ēnei ngā taitara tuatahi kua wini i te karapu o Tūranganui. Tokowhitu i haere ki Kapi Mana Darts Club i Porirua i te marama o Pipiri ana he taiohi ēra. He mema nō ngā karapu e whā, Te karapu o Tūranganui, te Cossie, 2nd NZ, me Brezz’n.
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Te Awa o Tūranganui
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He Raumahara
Darts Champs Errol Tamihana and Tahuna Irwin
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Womens Health League
Junior boys Pairs Champions Hunter Eyles and Te Kotahi Kaio Wynyard Youth Mixed Pairs Champions Lorenzo Kaa and Denise Renata Youth Boys Singles runner up Errol Tamihana Youth Boys Pairs Runners up Errol Tamihana and Lorenzo Kaa(2NZ Club)
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Tūranga Health
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Founded October 1898 Pukapuka: Rua Te Kau Ma Whā Pānui: Whitu Te Marama: Hōngongoi Te Tau: 2017 ISSN: 1176-4228 (Print) ISSN: 2357-187X (Online)
Pīpīwharauroa takes its name from ‘He Kupu Whakamārama Pīpīwharauroa’, which was printed in October, 1899 by Te Rau Print and edited by the late Reverend Reweti Kohere. Pīpīwharauroa was re-launched on 20 October, 1993. Produced and edited by: Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui-ā-Kiwa Tūranga Ararau Printed by: The Gisborne Herald Email: pipiwharauroa@ta.org.nz Phone: (06) 868 1081
Meka Whaitiri
Kia ora koutou katoa, it’s hard to believe there are now less than 60 days until the 2017 general election, though many of you will have noticed the election signage that has started to appear. As I write this, MPs have just begun our final four weeks of Parliament before the House rises for them. As all our campaigns begin to intensify, I just want to remind readers, no matter what your political affiliation, to please encourage your whānau to enrol and vote. It is vital for our democracy that our collective Māori voice is heard this election.
Labour will keep the Māori seats True to form, Winston Peters has come out recently promising a referendum on the fate of the Māori seats. I want to reassure you all that Labour is committed to retaining the Māori seats for as long as Māori want them. We believe any decisions around these seats must be made by Māori, and with 55% of Māori voters opting for the Māori roll, it is clear there is strong support. From my perspective, Ikaroa-Rāwhiti has a special relationship with the Labour Party that extends some 70 years and it is one I always strive to honour.
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Tūranganui ā Kiwa Darts Association Tūranganui ā kiwa Darts Association was formed this year by The Brezz’n’ Darts Club and is affiliated to the New Zealand Darts Association. Based in Derby Street, Gisborne the club has 11 teams playing in its Winter League competition with age groupings from 10 to 65 years old. The great thing about darts is that it is a sport for all ages and genders no matter what level a player is at. New members compete in a friendly and supportive environment in the Tuesday night competition and the club encourages its members to play in out of town competitions including Open, NZ Clubs or NZ Darts Association tournaments. Last Sunday Tūranganui ā kiwa Darts Association held its first Jnr Youth Darts Leadership Development Programme. What a turn out with 17 rangatahi attending alongside their parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles. The programme will run on Sundays from 10am to 2pm and all are welcome to call in and check it out or, even better, bring their tamariki along to enjoy the atmosphere and whanaungatanga. Brezz’n’Darts Club players have had some great achievements over time being winners of the Gisborne Clubs Darts Association A, B and C Grade competitions in 2013/15. In July the club sent four of its top end senior men’s players to the Taranaki International Open Darts Tournament. Players were Tahuna Irwin, Tyson Eyles, Kayne Arahanga and Jordan Ngarangione and they were up against some top end New Zealand players. They played in teams, pairs and singles events with great results reaching the podium twice as runners up in the team event to Malaysia and Tahuna and Jordan were runners up in the pairs event, also to a Malaysian pair.
Brezz”n” Sports Club also sent representatives to the Clubs New Zealand 50th Year Jubilee Tournament held in the Upper Hutt Cossie Club also in July. Tahuna Irwin took out the Open Mens Singles Champion which put him into the Dart Players NZ Team to compete in Australia later this year and Errol Tamihana won the Junior Boys Singles Championship. These are first Club New Zealand titles to be won by a Gisborne Club. The Gisborne Region 7 Junior and Youth team attended the New Zealand Darts Council Junior/Youth Dart Championships held at Kapi Mana Darts Club Porirua, in June. The Gisborne Region 7 Junior and Youth team consisted of players from Brezz’n’, 2NZ and Cossie clubs, and they returned with some great results. They brought back 22 medals with gold going to the junior boys’ pair of Te Kotahi (TK) Kaio Wynyard and Hunter Eyles and the youth mixed pair of Lorenzo Kaa and Denise Renata. Errol Tamihana finished runner-up in the youth boys’ singles. Tūranganui ā Kiwa Darts Association Junior and Youth members were Nikilia Irwin, Errol Tamihana, Hayden Kiri, Cody Kiri, Tamati Mauheni and Shaolyn Edwards (Youth) and Hunter Eyles (Juniors). Gisborne Club Association Junior and Youth members were Denise Renata, Destiny Barbarich and Lorenzo Kaa (Youth) and Te Kotahi Kaio Wynyard and Ihaka Kaio Wynyard (Juniors). Junior boys Pairs Champions Hunter Eyles and Te Kotahi (TK) Kaio Wynyard Youth Mixed Pairs Champions Lorenzo Kaa and Denise Renata Youth Boys Singles runner up Errol Tamihana Youth Boys Pairs Runners up Errol Tamihana and Lorenzo Kaa (2NZ Club)
Gisborne Region 7 Junior and Youth team
Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill on hold
The Māori Development Minister has recently admitted that his unpopular Ture Whenua Māori Bill won’t pass into law prior to the election. Te Ururoa Flavell has said he simply run out of time, without acknowledging the massive opposition to the bill or the numerous problems including the fact that Treasury has come out and slammed the delivery of the Māori Land Service project. Meanwhile, jobs have been lost from the Māori Land Court and significant time and resources have been used trying to push this bill through. This has been a shambles from the outset, from the damning Waitangi Tribunal Report through to the current issues with the Māori Land Service. With regards to the bill, I must acknowledge the work of a wahine toa based here in Tairāwhiti, Marise Lant. Marise works with Māori landowners and made a powerful submission on the realities of how reforms could lead to further erosion of Māori rights over land. She also spearheaded the 5,270-strong petition against the Bill, has been a staunch and tireless opponent of the land reforms for a long time and her expertise on the subject is secondto-none. The news that it is now on hold is a victory for Māori landowners, but only a change of government will ensure the bill has gone for good. A Labour Government will scrap this Bill and make sure any further amendments to the existing Act are truly land owner-driven and align with the guidelines provided by the Waitangi Tribunal.
Policy solutions provide clear choice for Tairāwhiti We all know that Gisborne has been neglected by the National Government, and badly needs regional economic development and infrastructure investment. The Māori Party have recently announced their plans to reinvigorate the national rail network using Iwi investments and $350 million of government funding. It’s interesting to note that there is little to no detail on this policy, no real analysis and no Iwi have come out in public support. Labour has been a strong and vocal advocate for reopening the Napier-Gisborne rail line since it was first mothballed by National in 2012, we have committed to re-opening it and we think an integrated rail system is vital for regional economic development, but policy ideas must be realistic and achievable. Labour has a plan to inject up to $20 million into the Gisborne economy to enable the construction of a plant for prefabricated building materials. Labour’s plan for Gisborne will add value to the timber being produced in the region, create jobs and encourage further investment in the wider local economy. Mayor Meng Foon and Michael Muir, chairman of Eastland Community Trust (ECT), have both lauded the policy, calling it a huge vote of support for the district. This is the kind of sustainable policy that will bring positive change to the region.
Acknowledgements Congratulations to Tangiwai Ria who made it to the finals in the Arts and Entertainment category of the recently held Matariki Awards. Superstar writer-director Taika Waititi ultimately took out the award but it was great that Tangiwai was honoured in this way. She is a national legend for her involvement with kapa haka and last year was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM).
Brezz 'n' Darts Senior Mens Darts players, runners up at the Taranaki International Open Darts tournament
Pipiwharauroa Te Awa o Tūranganui
Mai i te tīmatanga, i mua noa atu o te taenga mai o tauiwi, he maha ngā kāinga tūtū haere ai i ngā tahataha o te awa o Tūranganui me Waikanae.
Te Awa o Tūranganui
Ahakoa pea koinei te awa tino poto o te rohe, ko ngā kōrero e pā ana, kāre he mutunga mai. He awa mana nui ki te iwi o Rongowhakaata. He awa whakamau tikanga. He awa pupuri kōrero, me ngā āhuatanga katoa o nehe. He awa tūhonohono whakapapa He awa tūhonohono i te taha tinana, taha wairua o te iwi. He awa i tino whakaaronuitia e te iwi He awa i nōhia ngā tahataha e te iwi. He awa tuku oranga ki te iwi. He awa, te mauri, te mana, te kaitiekitanga ko Rongowhakaata. E ai ki a Rongowhakaata ko te tapu o te awa te kaitūhono i te iwi o Rongowhakaata ki te awa o Tūranganui. Nā reira ka mau tonu te mana nui ki ngā tikanga manaaki i te awa me ōna āhuatanga katoa. Ko ngā whakapapa tūhono ō Rongowhakaata i mua i te taunga mai o tauiwi ko ngā hapū, ko Te Hapūoneone, ko Maruiwi, Ngā Marama, Ngā Maihi, ko Ngā Pōtiki, ko Te Marangaranga, Te Tini a Toi, te rahi o Toi Te Huatahi, Toi Kairākau rānei. Koinei ngā ingoa e mōhiotia ana e te nuinga. I te wā, ka haere tahi ngā iwi, ngā hapu mā te whenua, mā te awa, mā te moana. Nā tēnei, ka taea e Rongowhakaata te whakapapa ki ngā waka i ū mai ki konei. Arā ki a Horouta, Tākitimu, Te Ika nui a Rauru. Ka whakapapa hoki a Ruapani. Nā ēnei ka puta ngā whakapapa whakahirahira, tūhonohono rawa atu ki te rohe.
I te pakarutanga o te waka o Horouta i Ōhiwa, ka mahue atu a Kiwa ki te waka, ka takahia te mata o te whenua e Pāoa rāua ko Pōheni ki te rapa rākau hei whakatikatika i te waka. I te kiteatanga o te rākau ka topea, ka whakahokia ki te waka. Ahakoa iti noa i noho atu ki te taha i a Kiwa, i huri haere ia i te rāwhiti ka tau mai ki te whanga e karangatia nei ināianei ko “Tūranganui a Kiwa”. He aha ai? He roa a Kiwa e whanga ana. Te Wai Wehe Rua: te awa e rua ngā wahapū. Ko ngā awa e rua ko Waimatā, me Taruheru ka rere mai ki te awa o Tūranganui. Nā ēnei awa i taea ai e ngā hapu ā rātou kawenga, tāngata, taonga te nekeneke mai i waho ki uta, mai i uta ki waho. I ngā tahataha hoki o aua awa ngā whenua mōmona mo te whakatō kai. Ka hua ana, makuru ana, matomato, māngaro ana te kai. Nā ēnei wai hoki i whakatau, i whakatapu te whare, ko Matatuahu i hangaia mō Hinehākirirangi, ki te uru o te awa. Ko Hinehākirirangi te tuahine o Pāoa, ā, he ruahine ki te whakatō kai, arā te kumara. Nāna hoki i mau mai i Hawaiiki i runga i te waka Horouta. Nā te rongo o Hinehākirirangi i te mātao, ka tono ki ana tungane kia hangaia he whare anō mōna ki Te Muriwai ka mahue tēnei o ana whare mō Matuatonga rāua ko Hamokiterangi. I karia he puna wai, ka ruia ki te waiū o Hamokiterangi, ā i mua ki te pari te tai ka kitea te nui o te pipi, ka puta te ingoa Heipipi mo tō rāua kainga. I heke mai te pā o Heipipi i ngā whakatipuranga o ngā tipuna, arā, a Hiharore te kuia o Ruapani. Hei kia tonu muri marama
Ngā Kaitiaki o
Te Maungārongo Kia orana whānau, Winter is well and truly here and so is the flu. My 82 year old mum has been bedridden for two weeks and it has really taken its toll on her. Keep an eye on our mamas and papas whānau, they are our taonga and need looking after especially when they are unwell. My niece shifted in with her nan to make sure the house was warm, kai was cooked and nan was left to rest with company being there for her for short periods of time when she was up to it. Operation Crest was out again during the first week of our tamariki being back at school. The focus of this operation is on speed past schools and buses picking up or dropping our kids off at school, seat belts and stop signs. I went out with the team a couple of days and was impressed with the good behavior of our drivers in our community. We are getting better at all of the above but we can't let it slip whānau. We gave out some gifts for those caught being good wearing seatbelts, helmets on bikes and using pedestrian crossings. The key to success will be the measure of how well we stick to these safety measures between each operation we run. It is great working alongside Tairāwhiti roads and Plunket and McDonalds supporting us with ice cream vouchers for our kids caught being good. Keeping our kids safe is important. Tairāwhiti Ngā Pirihimana are busy recruiting, we want to grow our policing numbers in Gisborne and Wairoa and want local. If you are interested in coming along to our next seminar evening please ring Carol Kitson on 06 8690200 or email her at Carol.kitson@police.govt.nz to register your interest. You can ask any questions you have and we will get back to you. We have an awesome region and we want to grow our own locally. We do need more Māori or Pacific male and females to join us. Until next time, be safe whānau Nā Inspector Sam Aberahama Area Commander: Tairāwhiti Police
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Pipiwharauroa Te Hokinga Mai
Ko Mātou Ngā Kanohi Ora o Tātou Tupuna We are the Living Legacy of our Ancestors Kanohi Ora 2019 is a group of Tūranganui ā Kiwa Iwi representatives from Ngāti Oneone, Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga ā Māhaki and Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and others with specialist expertise. Collectively the members are committed to seeing the return of ngā Taonga Tuku Iho, artefacts that were traded or gifted by local Iwi during the first peaceful encounter in Tūranganui ā Kiwa on 12 October 1769 with Cook, Tupaia and others when the Endeavour was becalmed off the coast of Whareongaonga. Since that time the taonga have resided in museums throughout the United Kingdom and the wider European continent. Many of us of Tūranganui ā Kiwa Iwi were brought up aware of the anguish felt by our parents, nannies and whānau as a result of Captain Cook and the Endeavour coming to our shores. Be it the Tūranganui ā Kiwa lives that were taken, Cook’s renaming of our whenua including Tūranganui ā Kiwa and Te Kuri ā Paoa and other constant reminders such as the Cook and Young Nick statues, the Endeavour replicas and the Cook Commemorations, we too feel their pain and anger. It was only in recent years that it has become widely known among our Iwi of the existence of the beautiful taonga traded that day in October that are held in international private collections and museums. Included are waka hoe, korowai, patu, tātua, kokowai, heru and much more. These precious items demonstrate the optimum levels of where our people were in the arts, engineering, learning institutions, transmission of knowledge and wellbeing, both spiritually and culturally, 250 years ago.
national and international institutions to help us put into place the correct tikanga and processes in the returning of taonga.
Mahi Toi: Arts as a means of expression and the
He whakamauri he tātai hono ngā taonga o ngā tupuna ki ngā Uri o tēnei wa. There is a compelling responsibility for our generation to reconnect to these taonga as they have, for so long, been overseas without knowing the aroha of their mokopuna. Kua tae mai te wa - The time to act is now. Kanohi Ora is preparing to bring home on loan to Tūranganui ā Kiwa, taonga from the Hancock, Pitt Rivers, Cambridge and British Museum to be displayed at Te Tairāwhiti Museum.
The wero, the challenge for us is that there is no putea or resources committed by Government or Council to acknowledge the ‘First Trade’ in our nation. However what Kanohi Ora does have is commitment, aroha and a sense that what we plan to do is tika, is right. All involved in the kaupapa; Tūranganui ā Kiwa, Poneke, Tamaki and the United Kingdom are doing what is right by our Tupuna. Ahakoa ko wai? What is planned is the beginning of the journey to bring our taonga home to their mokopuna mo ake tonu atu.
Foundations to this kaupapa are:
He tātua
In response to a request in 2010 to establish a Ngāi Tāmanuhiri Taonga database in preparation for a series of exhibitions as part of Toi Tāmanuhiri, Tūranga academics, Dame Anne and Amiria Salmond reached out to Ngāi Tāmanuhiri to share their learnings from research undertaken to write ‘Artefacts of Encounter - Cook’s voyages and colonial collecting and museum histories.’ Among the items they had found were a number of painted paddles held in museum collections in the United Kingdom and Europe. Ngāi Tāmanuhiri Iwi representative on the Tairāwhiti Museum Board, Steve Gibbs has been engaged in doctorial research into the origins of Māori Painting.
Whareongonga where the Endeavour became becalmed
Kotahitanga: The return of ngā Taonga Tuku Iho
is dependent on Tūranganui ā Kiwa Iwi, various New Zealand and United Kingdom Museums, the Ministry of Culture and Heritage and Te Puni Kōkiri working collaboratively.
Mātauranga: Whare Wānanga of Te Tairāwhiti are
the genus to these taonga, this is the time to honour, celebrate and share the learnings of ngā Whare Wānanga
Kanohi Ora members are Huia Pihema, Lisa Taylor, Jody Toroa, Steve Gibbs, Nick Tupara, Arapata Hakiwai, Karl Johnstone, Derek Lardelli, Eloise Wallace, Dr Julie Adams and Dame Anne and Amiria Salmond. This is the first of a series of regular contributions to Pīpīwharauroa – ‘He Kōrero Whakamarama’ to share the knowledge of our Tupuna and Taonga in 1769 To be continued next month
Whanaungatanga:
Iwi and Museums developing relationships in respect of their particular kaupapa and institutional knowledge required in the care and protection of taonga. Kanohi Ora recently secured a Global Internship for a Tūranganui ā Kiwa representative, Tapunga Nepe at the British Museum and have hosted both Dr Lissant Bolton (Keeper) and Dr Julie Adams (Curator) of the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collection, British Museum.
The Hoe Waka that were traded with, or gifted to, Tupaia and Cook’s crew in 1769 offer the oldest existing examples of what is now called Kowhaiwhai painting. Through his role as Kaihautū at Te Papa Tongarewa, Arapata Hakiwai is another whanaunga who continually nurtures the relationships with
desire that the return of the taonga will be the catalyst for further inspirational works.
Professor Derek Lardelli (Te Tairāwhiti), Dr Julie Adams (British Museum) and Eloise Wallace (Tairāwhiti Museum) Ngā Hoe kōwhaiwhai
Pipiwharauroa Kōrero
Mere Pōhatu
Matariki MidWinter Thinking
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Ko Mātou Ngā Kanohi ora o ō Tātou Tūpuna I te taenga mai o Kuki ki konei, i te 12 o Whiringa a Nuku 1769, ka tukuna he taonga ki a ia. E ai ki ngā iwi, ki ngā māngai o Tūranganui a Kiwa nō ngā hapū o Ngāti Oneone, Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a Māhaki me Ngāi Tāmanuhiri ana me hoki mai aua taonga. E whakaae ana hoki rātou i te hui, ā ko ngā kaitautoko ko ngā tohunga ko Eloise Wallace, ko Tākuta Julie Adams, ko Kahurangi Anne me Amiria Salmond. Koira te te kii a te katoa me whakahoki mai aua taonga kei ngā whare taonga o tāwāhi, arā kei Ingarangi me ngā whenua rāwhaki o Ūropi. Ko te nuinga o mātou e rongo tonu ana i te pākaha o ngā mahi a Kuki i tana taenga mai ki konei, ā, i heke mai aua rongo i ō mātou mātua, i ō mātou tipuna. Otirā, kei konei tonu ngā whakamaumaharatanga ki taua wā. Ka tirotiro haere ki ngā maunga, ngā whanga, nāna i tapa Ahakoa kua tau kē ngā ingoa i ngā tupna i tau tuatahi mai ki konei. Āra ngā whakapakoko kei Titirangi, kei te taha moana e tūtū haere ana, ka hoki tonu ngā whakaaro ki te mamaetanga o ō tātou tūpuna. Nō nā tau kua mahue ake ka puta te rongo ki te iwi mo ngā taonga i riro, he patu, he hoe, he korowai, he tātua, arā atu, arā atu. Ko ētahi kei te pupuri tūmataitia. Ko te korero, kei runga noa atu te wāriu o ēnei taonga. I tēnei wā, e whaiwhai tonu mai ana a Kahurangi Anne me Amiria Salmond kia tohaina e Ngāi Tāmanuhiri a rātou kitenga kia tuhia ai ngā rangahau hei pupuri korero. Ko Steve Gibbs hoki te kairangahau ā Ngāi Tāmanuhiri kei runga i te poari o te whare taonga o te Tairāwhiti. E ai ki, ko te hoe i tukuna, i hoatu rānei, he taonga tino tawhito, ana he tauira ki te āhua e kiia nei e tātou he kōwhaiwhai. He whakamauri, he tātai hono ngā taonga a ngā tupuna ki ngā uri o tēnei wā. Kua tae mai te wā e tūhono ai ēnei taonga ki ēnei rēanga. E hiaroa e ngāro ana kua tae te wā kia rongo i te aroha o te
Matariki! We celebrate the cold and herald new beginnings. Generally we celebrate with kai. We look to the stars. It is actually very cathartic, cleansing, relieving to turn to the stars. You look upward and think, “Man what a world we live in. There is the universe and here is me.” It’s the time for resolution, action and consideration. Doing Matariki in the freezing cold deepens our resolutions. Matariki makes me feel Cosmic. Inspired. Determined. Then I hurry inside with all my animals and the whānau and make sure the fire is on and we all have good warming kai and a nice warm bed to sleep the cold nights away. I know that right here in my very own neighbourhood, lots of whānau, including very little mokopuna, don’t have the warmth of home and humans at this time of the year. That’s why I love that ordinary and local lady who collected warm pyjamas for all our little kids. That’s why I love Super Grans. That’s why I love Tuta and all the work they do at Ka Pai Kaiti. That’s why I love Katarina Porou and the Kaiti Markets. That’s why I love the people in this city and countryside who care about other people. The real Matariki in Tairāwhiti is the awareness that so many of us need to be helping, supporting and encouraging others to love, nurture and respect our little people. There are some of us who have resources, enough to share more. I want to talk about Super Grans again. They begin each day and each action with kindness. So do others. But I know this crowd. They think there has to be a bit more than kindness. They add teaching and learning. They work together. They spot what’s needed to make a difference. They engage and combine their minds, their skills, their resources with the minds of the people they are being kind to. A very simple formula.
mokopuna hei whakaohooho i te mauri, i te wairua o ngā taonga. Me whakahoki mai ki te kāinga ka tika. Kei te tukuna mai he taonga mo te rua tau mai i te 2019 ki te Whare Taonga o Tūranganui a Kiwa e Te Whare Pupuri taonga o Ingarangi me Kamureti arā Hancock, Pitt Rivers.
Ko te Tuapapa o te kaupapa: Kotahitanga: Kei a Tūranganui a Kiwa te mahi ki te
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More of us have to, we just have to be kind and practical to others in our community. We have to start asking at what point we should be doing stuff ourselves instead of wanting Government to do everything. I came across some writing about Retirement. My friend Michael Chamberlain, who comes from Gisborne and is an Actuary, a sort of maths fanatic, talks about what he thinks Governments should be doing and says everything else is the individual’s responsibility. I like the point he makes about information and education. In his report he wrote with his friend who is also called Michael I picked up quite a few good ideas. Some of which will build real and long term resilience in Tairāwhiti They reckon the government should be able to concentrate on doing things that only governments can do. There are five such roles they say: limiting or preventing poverty in old age; regulating disclosure and reporting; levelling the tax playing fields; obtaining and publishing high quality data and using those for information and education programmes. Everything else should be left to individuals and whānau. They talk about how all of us should have mathematical competence. Instead we try doing financial capability and literacy and budgets. The simple answer for all of us is learning how things add up and how much is needed to make things happen. I have shortened Michael’s report to just a few good points. I’ve summarised Super Grans’ actions and impacts and I’ve made light of Matariki. But I want to leave a lasting impression with you our Pīpīwharauroa readership about the real stuff. In Tairāwhiti kids are cold. Kids are hungry. Kids are sick. Kids are in households where the maths and the money don’t add up. In households where the adults are short changing the kids in every way. In sufficient numbers for lots more of us to be concerned. Be really concerned. Matariki, a time to reflect and plan to be better.
Mahi Toi: Ko ā mātou mahi toi he whakaaturanga
i te hihiko o te wairua mo te hokinga mai o ā mātou taonga.
Ko Te Wero: Kāre he pūtea, kāre he rawa e puta mai i te Kāwana me te Kaunihera. He kaupapa tēnei, ki te whakaaro ka taea, ka taea. Tata tonu ka whai pānga te motu, te ao. Āe koira te tūmanako, ko te whakahoki mai i ngā taonga ki a rātou mokopuna. Ā ngā marama e heke iho nei ka whakauruhia atu he korero ki te Pīpīwharauroa.
whakahoki mai i ngā taonga tuku iho, ā kei te mahi tahi hoki ngā Whare taonga o Ingarangi, Te Manatū Tikanga-a-Iwi me Te Puni Kōkiri.
Mātauranga: Kei te Whare Wānanga ō Te Tairāwhiti
te momo o ngā taonga nei. Kua tae mai te wā ki te whakanui, ki te whakahōnore ki te ako i te Whare Wānanga.
Whanaungatanga: Kei te kaha te Whare Taonga
me te Iwi ki te mahi tahi i runga i ngā kaupapa o te wā me te aro hoki ki te āhua tiaki manaaki taonga. I nā tonu nei ka riro mai he tūnga i tētahi Whare Taonga i Ingarangi mo Tapunga Nepe i runga anō i ngā tūhonohononga a Kanohi Ora. Arapata Hakiwai (Te Papa), Tapunga Nepe (Tairāwhiti), Karl Johnstone (MCH) and Brett Graham (Toihoukura)
Dr Hope Tupara and Dr Amiria Salmond
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Pipiwharauroa He Raumahara
He Manu Tipi, Kua Tau! Hoki mai rā ki te kāinga
He tamaiti tēnei i pakeke mai i te taha o tōna kuia me tōna koroua, arā a Rikihānara (Lexie) rāua ko Karena (Colin) Ria. He mokopuna i matenuitia, i pakeke mai i ngā rekereke me ngā panekoti ō tana kuia, koroua. He tangata, he whakaaronuitia e tōna whanau, arā e ōna karangatahi tuatahi, tuarua. E ai ki a rātou, ki te pā tētahi āhuatanga ki a rātou ka tahuri rātou ki tō rātou tungāne. Ki ō rātou whakaaro ko ia te Pou, te ūnga waka o te whanau. Nau mai hoki ki te wā kāinga Barry.
Ā, koiarā te whakapae a ētahi I tō mātou kuhuna atu i te kēti ka kite atu a Dreena i tētahi kararehe e tāwēwē mai ana i te rākau nati. He piiiki rākau. “He kau tēra?” Ka tata haere atu mātou, arā he piiiki poaka kē. Ei, ka ora mātou mo te wiki.
Barry Ria i Tūranga FM, "The Wiz" me Fred Maynard
I haere mātou ki Ōhiwa ki te pakarutanga o Horouta, ka huri ki Ōhope ki te marae o ngā Perehipitiriana. Whai muri mai ka haere mātou ki te Kahikatea ki te wāhi i nohia e Uetūpūke te wahine tuarua a Rongowhakaata ana i reira e tūtū ana ngā toenga o te whare te marae o Rongopopoia.
I haere ki te Kura o Manutuke. I haere ki te Kura o Tūranga Tāne. Kāre noa ia i noho roa ka haere ki te kutikuti haere.
I mahi hoki mātou i te taha o te roopu Ātaarangi engari ko te wāhanga tino mīharo ki ahau ko te haerenga ki te marae me te urupū o Rua Kēnana.
I kutikuti i te taha o a Robbie Cooper. E ai ki ngā tāngata mōhio ki a Barry, he toki a Barry mo te kuti, ahakoa āta haere noa engari ka rere te wuru hipi i a ia. Ka uru mai te whakaaro ki a ia mo te tangata tiaki, manaaki i a ia e pakeke haere ana i roto i ngā hēte kuti, arā ko tana matua koroua ko Rapihana Wyllie (Pong). E hia tau kē ia e kutikuti haere ana i te rohe o te Tairawhiti
Ia rā ka haere mātou ki ngā marae o te awa o Tauranga, te iwi o taku kaiako. Ko Piri Pari tōna marae, nō te whānau a Te Whiu Maraki rāua ko Rautipu. I haere mai taua koroua ki Pākohai i te taha o Rua Kenana i te iriiritangahia i te awa o Waipāoa e Eria Raukura. I aua tau he maha o Tūhoe i whakawhiti mai ki kōnei.
I te tau 1991, ka uru te tūmanako ki a ia ki te ako i te reo, ka whakauru atu ki ngā akoranga i te marae o Pākohai. He akoranga reo i reira i raro i te maru o Tūranganui ā Kiwa. Ia rā ka haere a Barry, ana i reira ka kitea tana kaingakau, tana pono ki te kaupapa o tana reo. He tangata, uiui, he tangata hūmarie, hatakēhi hoki. Ki te kore i te aro ki a ia ka ui tonu ia kia mārama rā nō. Tata ki te toru tau tōna roopu e haere ana ki Pākohai ka haere mai a Minnie Westrupp, a Helen Wilson me tētahi atu anō kura māhita nō Rerekohu ki te whakamātautau i a rātou. Tau ana ki te marae o Pakohai, ko te tīmatanga ko te karanga. I muri mai ma rāua ko Karlo Terekia e whakatau. Ko te kii atu a te kaiako, ‘kei noho kōrua ka wharowharo’. Kore rawa rāua i wharowharo. Tino whakamihi, tino mīharo ana ki a rāua, ka tautokohia a rāua korero. Kāore he tauira ki tō rāua rite. Peipei ana te whakaako i a rāua nā te mea kāore i mutu ki reira.
Ko Ōmuriwaka te marae whai ake, ana nō Te Pairi tēnei marae. Nā tētahi kuia noho ai i Te Karaka, a Repe (Elizabeth Rakuraku) mātou i pōhiri ki te marae. I hoki ki te kāinga te pouarutangatia, ā kua kuia nei. Ko tana tāne he kānitaraki kutikuti tāna i konei. Paul Rakuraku tōna ingoa. He tohunga mo te whakairo, he tohunga mo te mau rākau, he tohunga mo te whaikōrero ka tapaina ko “Te Pairi tarapekepeke”. Kāre tēnei koroua e whakaae mā te wahine e hanga ōna kākahu. Ko Te Kani Te Ua tana tauira, ka whoatuna e ia tana whakakai taringa mo Te Kani i kitea e mauria ana e ia. Kātahi te marae tino ātaahua te tūnga. Kei runga hiwi, ka tiro huri noa he rākau māori katoa me te awa o Tauranga kei raro iho. Tino ātaahua. E ai ki tō mātou kaiako, nā te poupou o te whakaekenga ka pahū ngā pū, he tainamaiti rānei hei whakaatu ki te iwi kāinga he ope kei te whakaeke. Ā, ka tae atu mātou ki Te Ao Hou, te marae o Rua Kenana a Tuapō. I tūria te marae, i whakaahuatia, i
Mutu pai ā mātou kaupapa ka hoki mai mātou. Me mihi ahau ki taku kaiako ki a Kei. I muri i runga anō i ōna pūkenga ka whiwhi mahi i te reo Iriranga ō Tūranga F.M. Ko tana mahi i reira, he whakapaoho, he whakaputa korero ki te motu mō ngā hītori me ngā take e pā ana ki Tūranganui whānui. Tau tonu tana reo mō ngā korero katoa. Te ngāwari, te reka ki te taringa, ana kei te whakapaoho tonu i ētahi wā. Ko tētahi hoki ō ana mahi he whakaemi, penapena korero tuku iho mō ngā puringa, ana koira a ia he kaihopu, he kaikōrero, he kaitieki, he kaipupuri i ngā taonga tuku iho. Nō tēnei wā hoki ka tīmata te huri o ngā whakaaro o Barry ki te taha wairua, ka tīmata te whaiwhai haere i te Hāhi Ringatu. Ka koa te ngākau kua kitea e ia he huarahi hei whakamahi i tana reo. Ko te whakaaro he oranga wairua, he oranga tangata, he oranga reo. Ka rere ana mihi nui ki a Minnie Westrupp mō āna manaakitanga i a ia i Tūranga F.M. E kore hoki e wareware te rangatira a Fred Maynard me te katoa o ngā kaimahi o taua wā. Ko te wawata a tōna iwi kia noho mai ia hei whakakii i ngā paepae. Engari ko te tō ki Blemheim ko ana tamariki. I a ia i Blenheim, ko tana mahi, ko ngā tūmomo mahi katoa e pā ki ngā aka waina. He mahi mo ia wāhanga o te tau. Ko te pai o tana mahi ko te nuinga o ngā kaimahi nō te wā kāinga, arā ko Bill Clay, ko Rene, ko Mārj me Hēnare Beauchamp. I reira ka noho tata ki te taha moana ana ko tā rāua tama ko Moana me ōna hoa te kaiwhāngai i a rātou ki te kai moana. He toki tana tama a Moana ki te ruku. Ko Chance, tā rāua mokopuna he toki ki te mahi i waenga pārae, te tapahi peka waina. Nāna tonu i utu tana kura. He tino mōhio ki te penapena moni, ana he tangata matatau ki te whakatangitangi. Kei a ia tana Tohu Paetahi mō te Puoro. Ana kei Ōtepoti e mahi ana i te karaehe, mo ngā matapihi, tatau rānei. E ai ki ngā hoa o Barry, he tamaiti mātanga te tamaiti nei. Haere ai a Barry ki te kite i tana kaihana i a Beatrice i Ōtautahi ki te kite i a ia, atatū tonu kua rongo ia i a Barry e pātōtō ana i te pakitara, anā, he tīmatanga karakia, ka harikoa tana ngakau, ka tau tōna wairua, ka uru mai te haumaru ki tōna kāinga. Ka kite ana ia i a Barry, ka hoki mai ōna whakaaro ki te kāinga. Āe, tūturu ko ia te Pou. He pai ki a ia te tunu kai. I te hokinga mai i Blenheim i te māuiui, ka noho i te kāinga i pakeke mai ia i te taha o tana kuia me tana koroua, ana koira tana mahi he “tāne tiaki whare” arā anō te kupu pākehā a Ngaire mō tana tūranga engari kāre e taea te tuhi. Engari ka haere te wā ka āhua pai haere ka hoki ki te mahi i te Whare Kaumātua ō Kiri Te Kanawa. Kei reira katoa rātou e mahi ana. He kaiopeope tūroro a Ngaire, he kaiwhakapaipai, whaktikatika i waho te mahi a Barry rāua ko tā rāua tamāhine whāngai, ā nāna hoki te mokopuna ā Barry mā. Ko tana wawata kia whakauru atu tā rāua mokopuna ki ngā kura Māori.
I a ia i reira ka whakaritea he haerenga ki te rohe o Tūhoe engari tuatahi ka whakawātea ki a Sharon, te kaupapa me whaipānga ki Tūranganui. Katahi ka whakatakotoria e matou te mahere. Tuatahi: Ko Tuaranui o Kanawa, te wāhi i pakaru ai te waka o Horouta, tuarua : Te omanga o te wahine tuarua ā Rongowhakaata ki Kahikatea kei te awa o Waiotahe. Nā ēnei kaupapa ka whakaae mai a Sharon. E rima rā tā mātou haerenga, me taku mōhio hoki he hui Ātaarangi i tētahi o ō mātou marae arā i te Urewera. Ka tae atu mātou ki te marae ka mihimihi, ka kii mai taku whāea a Te Wai, ko te marae i tua ki a mātou. Pai ana ki ahau me aku tauira. Ko Dreena, ko Kay, ko Sally Hawea, ko Iwa Galloway, ko Helen Pōmana me Barry me ā mātou tamariki, a Shovy, a, Haami me Mau Angus. I noho mātou ki te marae o Rāhiri. I tapaina tēnei marae ki te tama a Puhi ki a Rāhiri. Nāna i “hari” te waka Mataatua ki Te Tii ka huri hei toka, engari ko te iwi i puta ko Ngā Puhi.
kōrerotia. Kāre noa i tawhiti atu arā ko te marae o Matahi. I konei te kura Mīhana tuatahi ō te awa. Tata atu mātou ki te urunga atu ki te Ngahere o Te Urewera, ko Whakarae. Kāre mātou ki whakauru atu ka hoki mai mātou ki tō mātou marae noho.
Ko tētahi o ana mahi he whakatikatika i te whare o tana kuia me tana koroua. Ahakoa kei te āhua māuiui tonu tōnā tinana, he tangata kāore e atatau. Me mahi, me mahi i ngā wā katoa. He tangata whakapaipai, he tangata whakapau kaha ki te huripoki i tana māra ia tau ahakoa kei whea ia e noho ana, ka whakatō kai. Ko tana mahi i nā tonu nei ko te Back left Heeni, Moana, Hoko, Keriana, Toria and Mere Front: Lexie and Colin Ria
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Left back - Whenua Patuwai, Paora Patuwai, Beatrice Brown Front: Ngaire and Barry Barry and his first wife Margaret
whakatō rau kakara, amiami ki ngā ipu. He pū ia ki te tunu kai, ā, koira hoki tana mahi whakatarunga.
Back left: Barry Brown, Moana, Barry Ria, Frank, Frances and Andre Front left: Lexie, Christine, Heeni, Toria and Ngaire
He tangata tino matenuitia a Barry e tōna whānau whānui. Ki a rātou ko Barry te poutokomanawa o te whānau, ā kei te tino harikoa te katoa kua hoki mai ia ki te kāinga. Pēra anō ahau Barry. Aku mihi nui ki a koe Barry me te wawata ka kaupare katoatia ngā taumahatanga me ngā whakawhiu kei tō tinana e te Wāhi Ngaro.
Whakanuia te Taunga Mai ō Kuki?
Iwa Galloway, Lil Porter and Aunt from Ngā Puhi, Kay Robin, Dreena Hawea, Helen Pomana, Shivonne Taitapanui, Mau Angus Hawea, and Barry Ria at Piri Pari
Nā Tina Ngata (Hei whai ake i te marama kua mahue ake) E ki, e ki! - I te taenga mai, whā tekau haora, ka tīmata tā rātou whānako, tāhae, kōhuru rite ana mahi i ētahi atu moutere. Ehara ki konei nake engari ki ngā whenua katoa i taungia e ia. Arā ngā tāngata i pūhia mo te kore noa iho e āna heramana. Tau ana mai rātou, ka tau mai ngā mate paipai, te raweke, me te koeretanga. Anō ehara i konei anake engari ki ngā moutere katoa. Ka aroha kē tā rātou mahi. Tino kino mo ngā reanga whai ake. Ko ētahi atu moutere o Te Moananui a Kiwa pā kaha ki a rātou ngā mahi weriweri, ā engari ka rekoatatia ēnai mahi, ka mau tonu hei whakaatu ki hunga i pā mamae ō rātou whānau i te mahi a Kuki me ana heramana. Ā, tēna me āta titiro anō tātou ka pātai,” E whai tikanga ana tātou ki te whakanui i te taunga mai o Kuki?” Hei herenga korero, ka hoki anō ki ngā iwi taketake o ngā hapori ka rongo tonu ana i ngā whakawhiu a te “Discovery Doctrine”. Ehara ko ngā pēhi noa o mai rā nō, engari ko te āhuatanga nohia o ō rātou whenua e iwi kē. Ā, pēra anō hoki te kaha murua o ngā rawa o ō rātou whenua. Ahakoa rā, i te “kiteatangatia” o Amerika e Christopher Columbus-engari nā te mātāpono i whakatakotongia e Ingarani ka tautokongia tā rātou kaupapa ka whai mana hei ture i Amerika. Nā taua mātāpono kāre rānei i tīmata ai te kāhaki tamariki a ngā tāngata taketake o taua whenua, ā i tēnei wā tonu kei te whawhai tonu rātou mo ngā rawa me te kaha tūkinotia o ō rātou tikanga. Engari ki te tautoko, ki te whakanui tātou i te ūnga mai o Kuki ka noho kōnehunehu tonu tō tātou mana motuhake i pae tawhiti.
Discovery Doctrine Nā Tina Ngata Continued from last month
Indeed - the fateful first 48 hours of Cooks time in Tūranganui a Kiwa, which featured theft, kidnapping, and murder, are roughly representative of his modus operandi around the Pacific in general. In addition to those that he and his crew shot and killed, Cook also knowingly brought infected men with him and allowed them to sexually transmit their diseases throughout indigenous communities – which had devastating consequences for multiple generations. For many, other indigenous relations across Te Moananui a Kiwa, Cook’s exploits represent one more hurtful, destructive page in history where indigenous people are the unfortunate footnote in the story of European imperial expansion. Some of them are very much still trying to wrestle their own identity from the aftermath of Cook’s “discovery” (if Poverty Bay is not difficult enough consider being called the Cook Islands) – let alone pursue a platform for their experiences of encountering him. In providing a platform for Cook to be celebrated, we cannot absolve ourselves of the impacts this will have upon those who are also a part of Cook’s story. And finally, for the broader indigenous community, the issue of the Discovery Doctrine continues to plague them. Not only through the domination of history – but also through continued occupation of indigenous lands by settler governments, and the reiteration of corporate imperial expansion – which relies upon the doctrine in the same way, to claim and exploit the resources held within indigenous territories. Even though it was Christopher Columbus who was famously credited with “discovering” the USA – it was in fact England’s recognition of the
Te Whare me te Kōhatu ō Rua Kenana. Nā tauira o te tau1991
doctrine that was famously cited by the US Court of Law in removing the sovereign rights of First Nations peoples – and in fact it was acknowledged that the Discovery Doctrine formed the basis for US law. The doctrine has subsequently played a direct and indirect role in the theft of first nations lands, the theft of first nations children, and more recently, it has played a role in the sale of indigenous assets to corporate interests. Indeed, every year, still, indigenous nations stand before the United Nations and cite the continued use of the Discovery Doctrine by member state nations to pave the way for corporations to abuse our rights, and alienate our lands and resources. The very curious, and human, condition of exceptionalism, exhibits as a tendency to think that we are the exception in the case – that racism is something that happens in other families, that other nations have experienced colonisation so much worse than us, and in fact that our experience is negligible in comparison. Yet – the discovery doctrine has underpinned legislation which has stolen much of our land, and displaced generations of our children, has robbed us of our language and forced the vast majority of us off our ancestral lands, into the cities, and away from each other. In failing to call out the Discovery Doctrine for its contemporary role in our own oppression, and that of our brothers and sisters, we perpetuate a power relationship that continues to set us back in the struggle for full sovereignty in our own lands. Importantly, in the case of the Cook commemorations – if we are not willing to consider the role of discovery narratives in maintaining a system of domination over ourselves and other indigenous peoples, then the vision of mana motuhake will remain a distant mirage.
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Women’s Health League to Celebrate 80 Years
TE ROOPU O TE ORA – KIWA HIWA RA, KIA HIWA RA IN HONOUR OF PASSING – AND CREATING A PATHWAY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME This month we continue with our article leading up to Tūranganui ā Kiwa hosting 80 Years of the Women’s Health League at the Emerald Hotel in September 2017. Seventy guests will be coming from Rotorua and five local members will be recognised for their contribution to the League with life memberships. The Puha and Te Karaka Women’s Health League branches were the first to be formed in Te Tairāwhiti in 1948. The original Puha Health League committee were Tahu Te Pairi as president, Nohopani Tuhi as secretary, Hamo Tu as vice president and Puti Brown as treasurer. Committee members were Mere Kingi, Ponuka Paraone, Ereti Willams, Tere Tu, Mabel Rutene, Te Akau Kiwha, Keita Paraone, Urumoata Stirling and Waioeka Paraone. Every year from its inception the members planted trees handy to the Marae. In 1957 the 20th Women’s Health League Conference was hosted by Te Tairāwhiti and delegates were led on to Tapuhikitia Marae by Major H R Vercoe to be welcomed in front of Te Whare Aroha by Te Kani Te Ua, Pitau Brown, Iwi Ruru and Nehi Tu. Other local branches had actively fundraised to improve sanitation, water supplies and dining accommodation on their Marae and Manutuke members had painted their wharenui and the Church for the occasion. Previously known as Tangata Rite, the Te Karaka Women’s Health league was formed on 19 September 1948 and members celebrated its first birthday at the home of Mrs Whiiti Jones, better known as Nana Polly. Business meetings were held every March at which time reports were received and read out from each branch and births and deaths over the previous 12 months recorded. However, over the last few years, the business meetings have been combined with the birthday competitions in September to save travel and other costs. The competitions provide members with the opportunity to get together to demonstrate their skills and crafts. There are two sections, the European section with knitting, crochet, embroidery, preserves, sewing and variety items and a Māori section with korowai, kete, piupiu,
Wairemana Turei and Daphne Reedy
Very proud as first place winners of the Te Kani Te Ua Trophy are, from left: Daphne Brown - secretary of Tairāwhiti, Pansy Nepia, Mere Nepia and Lena Peka
whakairo, tāniko and variety items. Most of the meetings were held at the old National Party rooms, Te Karaka Fire Brigade, the Scout Hall and members’ homes. They still have the piupiu brought back from Rotorua in the 1950s. Over the years, they have made 40 piupiu and bodices for the cultural group at the local college and primary school under the tutelage of Emily Shuster QSM, they are still in use. The members have actively fundraised and bought pillows, embroidered pillow cases, sheets, mattresses, tea towels, sheets, steamers and dishes for the kitchen and a rotary clothes line for the Marae and carpeted the Wharenui. Other community projects include but not limited to a Xmas dinner for the Golden Oldies, visiting patients in hospital and completing three of the four tukutuku panels in the Chapel at Gisborne Hospital. Their funds currently come from the League’s Central Committee and through the sale of local raffles. In 1974 the Te Karaka Branch hosted the 37th Birthday Conference of the League at Tākipu Marae with delegates coming from Horohoro, Rotorua, Otaramarae, Mourea, Rotoiti, Kokohīnau, Manutuke, Ngāti Hika, Pūha and Tāmanuhiri. In commemoration of the event a Kōwhai tree was planted on the Marae by the National President, Mrs Huhana Eru and Lena Brown who was at that time the longest serving member of the Te Karaka League. Highlight of the evening programme was the performance by Te Karaka Primary School Māori Cultural Group wearing their new costumes made for them by League members.
Winton Walker and Celia Te Paihau
Jocelyn Hillman and her husband Graham became Health League members in 1973 through her grandmother Mere Nepia. She held the President/ Secretary/Treasurer position for the Manutuke Branch from 1995-2012 and the president of the Tairāwhiti District League from 1994-2012. Graham held the Treasurer position for the Tairāwhiti District from 1982 and was Secretary/Treasurer for Manutuke from 1985-1994. Pansy Nepia was the President of Manutuke and also held the Presidency for Tairāwhiti District Council for years until she retired in 1990. Hawea Nepia held the Presidency for both the Manutuke League and Tairāwhiti from 1990 – 2012. Other members over the years from Manutuke and Ngāi Tāmanuhiri include George Nepia, Hiki Nepia, Ruby Haenga, Lexy Ria, Bella Harrison, Emily Ria, Colleen Hawkins, Mere Nepia, Kimi Whatuira, Lovey Morgan, Wharengiao Pohatu, Rangi Mua, Wairakau
In 2012 there were only four of the original Te Karaka members left with young mothers, some of their men and a few Pākehā helping to make up the membership. The Te Karaka Branch currently has 26 active and supportive members including women, men and juniors. They gratefully acknowledge Tūranga Health for the use of a van for a trip to Rotorua and to take the local kaumātua to town to do their shopping every fortnight. The Manutuke Branch was founded by Mere and Mark Nepia with members coming from the four Marae within Manutuke. Office holders were Mate Ratapu as president, Kaa Taiapa as secretary and Mere Nepia as treasurer with the committee members coming from the marae in Manutuke. One of their more successful ventures in the earlier days was the construction of bus shelters in the village. Lena Peka nee Nepia recalled the first assignment her father gave her when she was only 14 years which was to read their branch’s Annual Report at Tunohopu Marae, Ōhinemutu. She is very proud of the trophies her branch has won over the years and was privileged to meet Nurse Cameron whom she greatly admired along with many others she met at various conferences.
Included in the photo are Girlie Bartlett, Queenie Ruru, Liz Collier, Poppy Johnstone and Tata Jones
Tangi Boynton and Mere Boynton outside the old Waikohu Tavern, Rangatira
One of the items made at the competitions
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Womens health League
Waipara, Lena farmer, Polly Pohatu, Sarah Munroe, Bessie Paratene, Kath Morgan, Moana Nepia, Jody Toroa, Hine Kemp, Violet Nepia, Rata Pohatu, Lovey Pohoiwi, Zoe Winitana, Rose Riki, Pauline Stone, Hiki Pohatu, Rosalie Ngatoroa, Josie Toroa and many more.
Charlotte Hītaua
The Manutuke League members undertook a variety of craftwork including harakeke, shellwork, crochet and knitting that were displayed at conferences and for which they received many awards. In 1973 the Manutuke Branch actually won 17 trophies as well as the new Te Kani Te Ua Trophy (Te Wharewānanga) for a pīngao hat. In 1990 Jocelyn, Lena and Graham undertook a survey of the transport availability for The Manutuke branch of the Women's Health League was more than successful kaumātua from Manutuke and Muriwai. With with its entries in the Māori handicrafts competitions at the League's annual birthday conference held in Rotorua. September 1973. the support of COGs they secured a 12 seater Above: with trophies are, from left: Lena Peka - secretary, Mere Nepia van to provide much needed transport for treasurer, Pansy Nepia - President and Jane Waihi - convener. kaumātua from both areas. For many years she, Lena and George Noanoa were the drivers. In 1993 due to dwindling numbers the Manutuke and Ngāi Tāmanuhiri Leagues combined under the umbrella of Manutuke – Muriwai. By 2012 Pūha, Te Karaka, Manutuke and Whānau Hōu were the only branches operating within the Tairāwhiti District Council under the umbrella of the Central Committee Rotorua. Now only Pūha and Te Karaka are active. Because they are in close proximity, they work in harmony with their tribal and marae committees and local schools. Unfortunately due to health issues Manutuke went into recess but, having kept in touch, some members are planning to re-establish themselves. We look forward to hearing more stories from the 80th Celebrations that we plan to share with our readers.
Whakanuia te 80 tau Ngā Wāhine o te Hauora (mai i te marama kua mahue ake) Ko ngā peka tuatahi o Te Roopu Hauora ki Te Tairāwhiti ko Pūha me Te Karaka i te tau 1948. Ko te komiti tuturu o taua wā, ko Tahu Te Pairi te Perehitini, ko Nohopani Tuhi te hekeritari, ko Hamo Tū te tūranga tuarua o te Perehitini, ko Puti Brown te kai pupuri pūtea. Ko ngā mema ko Mere Kingi,Ponuka Paraone, Ereti Williams, Tere Tū, Mabel Rutene, Te Akau Kiwha, Keita Paraone, Urumoata Stirling me Waioeka Paraone.
Teresa Brown and Lena Brown
Ia tau mai i te tīmatanga ka eumakitia he rākau hei whakamaumahara ana he pai hoki ki te marae hei marumaru. I te tau 1957, ka riro nā te wā kāinga, Te Tairāwhiti e whakahaere te huinga nui ki te marae o Tapuihikitia. I reira katoa ngā tāngata rongo o te rohe. Ko ētahi o ngā peka o Te Tairāwhiti i huri ki te āwhina ki te whakatikatika i ngā āhuatanga katoa o te marae I kaha hoki ētahi atu peka ki te hamuhamu pūtea hei whakatikatika i ō rātou marae. I mua i mōhiotia ko ‘Tangata Rite’, i whakanuia te tau tuatahi o te Te Karaka Women’s Health League i te whare o Nan Polly. I te tau 2012, e whā noa o ngā tāngata o te tīmataga i te ora.Ko te nuinga o ngā hui i whakahaeretia i te Teihana Whakaputa Ahi. I whakahokia mai ngā Piupiu i Rotorua, ā, kei te maua tonu i ēnei rā. I ngā tau kua hipa, i hangaia anō he Piupiu, he pare mo ngā kapa haka. Ka tukuna he kawa urunga, he tauera, he hīti ki ngā marae me ngā kura. Nā rātou hoki i hanga ngā papa tukutuku mo te whare karakia i te hōhipera. 1974, te tau 37th, ka whakahaeretia he huinga whakanui i taua rā. Ka muia anō te rohe e te mahi a te tangata nō ngā tōpito o te motu. Hei whakamaumahaeatanga, i whakatōngia he kowhai engari ko te wāhanga whakahirahira, i whakangahautia rātou e te kura o Te Karaka. E rua tekau ma ono ngā mema kei te mahi tonu i te mahi. Ko te peka o Manutuke, nā Mere rāua ko Mark Nepia, ā ko ngā mem anō ngā marae e whā o te rohe. Ko Mate Ratapu te Perihitini, ko Kaa Taiapa te hekeretari, ko Mere Nepia te kaipupuri pūtea.
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E te mōrehu, te kuika ā te mano Te kurupine o te manawa Te wahine i heke mai i ngā kāwai rangatira Te Pou o te hāhi. Takahia atu rā te ara ā Hinetuakirikiri Kia rātou e pōhiri mai nā Ō tamariki me tō hoa rangatira. Haere atu, whakatā. I mahia e koe ngā mahi Ō muri. Ō mua Ā whānau, a hapū, Moe mai i roto i ngā ringaringa o tō Atua Ka tangi, ka haku te manawa Mā mātou koe e whai atu
Tangi Boynton, Charlotte Hitaua, Gladys Ruru and Moana Haami
E maumahara ana ki te tūnga o ngā wharau tatari waka, pahi. I taua wā he pīki mahi. Ka kitea tonu te ingoa Nepia i ngā pukapuka, i taka mai i ngā reanga tae noa mai ki ēnei wā. He maha ngā whakaaturanga a ngā roopu ka huihui tahi ana. He whakataetae hoki te mahi a ngā roopu mai ia marae mai ia takiwā. He hanga kākahu, he hanga momo taonga mai i te harakeke, he tāniko, he whatuwhatu, he netineti rānei. Āe, koira te wāhanga pai rawa atu, ko te whakataetae. Ka titiro ki ngā taonga ātaahua i hangaia ka aromatawaia, ana ka tohu i te toa. I te tau 1990 ka whiwhi waka kawe ngā kaumātua o Manutuke me Muriwai hei kawe haere i a rātou ki ngā huihui o te rohe. Ko Lena rāua ko George ngā kaitaraiwa mo te hiaroa. Tae noa ki te tau 1993, ka iti haere ngā mema, ka tūhono a Muriwai me Manutuke. I te tau 2012, ko Puha, ko Te Karaka, ko Manutuke me Whānau Hou anake ngā peka i te haere tonu i te taha o Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti i raro i te maru o Te Komiti Matua i Rotorua. Kei te mahitahi ināianei ki te taha o ngā kura, marae me te iwi.
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Reo Wānanga 6pm Friday 4 August to 12 noon Sunday 6 August 2017
Ko te Oranga o te Iwi, Kei Tutu, Kei Poroporo, The prosperity of Tāmanuhiri is in our whenua, moana and whānau
Ngā Kōrero o Te Wā Photogrammetry workshop Ten of us had the privilege to participate in a photogrammetry workshop facilitated by Brinker Ferguson, PhD candidate, University of California Santa Cruz late last week. Brinker has been a part of a project called CyArk which was founded in 2003 to ensure heritage sites are available to future generations, while making them uniquely accessible today. As a non-profit organization, CyArk, operates internationally with the mission of using new technologies to create a free, 3D online library of the world's cultural heritage sites before they are lost to natural disasters, destroyed by human aggression or ravaged by the passage of time. There is a TED talk about this which can be seen on https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_kacyra_ancient_ wonders_captured_in_3d One of the founding directors of CyArk, Ben Kacyra, explains on this TED how to use photographic technology to ensure our sacred places and spaces are captured digitally for prosperity purposes. I participated in the three day workshop promoted by Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust held at Whakatō Marae,
Manutuke. It was a great opportunity to learn firsthand from Brinker, a specialist in the use of Agisoft Photoscan and the process involved with digitizing carvings. With those present we collectively drew on the individual skills of each other. We were lucky to have real photographers in our midst, a builder, artists and a google IT whiz. Together we played to our strengths and managed in small groups to learn how to undertake 3D imaging. I want to thank and acknowledge the Chair of Whakatō Marae, Carol Morgan for attending the first day of the workshop and giving approval for us to photograph Whakatō Marae as a part of our learning process. We all formally confirmed as workshop participants the intellectual property of the Whakatō Marae Trustee. Intellectual property is a body of knowledge that needs to be understood as a part of digital imaging. Brinker gave us all certificates at the end of our workshop and whilst I don’t consider myself an ‘overnight expert’ I think I have a base knowledge that can improve with practice. Wiremu Ruru created a website for workshop participants with the idea that we can get together at some point and collaborate on Marae projects.
Next week Matai Smith, our Reo Project Manager has organised the third wānanga where we are developing Ngāi Tāmanuhiri’s Rautaki mo te reo Māori. The first was at the beginning of the year in January when our weavers got together and formed the Te Muriwai Weavers and the second was held in May. We will two guest speakers at our wānanga, Jeremy McLeod (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa te au ki te Tonga, Rangitane) and Dr Rangi Matamua (Ngāi Tuhoe). Jeremy will share some of his insights with the development of a Rautaki Reo mo Ngāti Kahungunu and Dr Rangi Matamua will deliver a kōrero about Matariki. At wānanga nine, whetu crafted by members of the Te Muriwai Weavers will be auctioned immediately after the presentation of Dr Matamua. Both Dr Matamua’s kōrero and the auction will be live stream broadcast on the You Tube channel of Ngāi Tāmanuhiri at 2pm on Saturday 5 August 2017. At 10am Sunday 6 August a summary of the wānanga will be live stream broadcast as well. This is being done to ensure our people can tune in to the mahi that is underway. It is important that our people everywhere can feel like they are a part of our rautaki. The development of videos that focus on Ngāi Tāmanuhiri kiwaha is to also be a feature of next week’s hui.
Pipiwharauroa Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust
Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust
E te tini e te mano, rarau mai ki ngā pitopito kōrero o te Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust mo te marama o Hōngongoi. Amongst several other kaupapa a high priority for Rongowhakaata is setting in concrete the detail surrounding our official opening of Ko Rongowhakaata – The Story of Light and Shadow exhibition to be opened at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington on Friday 29 September 2017. A number of positive initiatives are being undertaken by the whānau to ensure we, as an Iwi, are primed to showcase to the nation and the world who we are as a people - our creativity, innovation and resilience – and the depth of our passion as Ngā Uri o Rongowhakaata. For Rongowhakaata it is important that our Iwi is brought to life within Te Papa for the duration of our exhibition; that our tipuna who are represented in various taonga are cared for by us in the appropriate manner that depicts our cultural heritage in accordance with our tikanga. Kia tū rangatira ai a Rongowhakaata
Te Rautaki Reo o Rongowhakaata Mā te reo ka Rongo Mā te reo ka Whakaata
Wānanga Karanga He mihi ki te wānanga Rongowhakaata Iwi.
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Kei ngā uri o Rongowhakaata e matihere nei i te reo o ō tātou tīpuna, tēnei te mihi maioha ki a koutou i tae atu ki tā tātou wānanga karanga tuatahi ki Manutūkē Marae i te 7 ki te 8 o Hūrae hei ākonga, hei pūkorero, hei ringa hāpai rānei. Nā koutou i whai kaha ki te pīkau i ngā manako o ō tātou tīpuna kia ora nui ai tēnei taonga. Heoi anō rā, e tika ana kia mihi ake ki ēnei mātanga karanga a Aroha Yates-Smith koutou ko Ruth Smith ko Thelma Karaitiana-Bell hoki. Nō koutou te whakaaro nui kia tākoha mai i ngā whakaakoranga, i ngā tikanga, i ngā kōrero tuku iho anō hoki kia tautōhito ai mātou ki ngā āhuatanga o te karanga. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou.
Ko Rongowhakaata Exhibition Opening:
"The Story of Light and Shadow" at Te Papa Tongarewa - Wellington Thursday 28 September 2017 * Depart Tairāwhiti to Wellington
Our first Rongowhakaata Karanga Wānanga held 7-8 July at Manutūkē Marae was a resounding success due to several factors: the expertise, wisdom and generosity of our esteemed facilitators Aroha YatesSmith, Ruth Smith and Thelma Karaitiana-Bell; the number of potential kaikaranga of all ages and experience, who travelled near and far despite extreme weather and road conditions, to add to Rongowhakaata puna roimata, who pushed their own personal boundaries and limitations and grew in confidence and mana; the calming presence of our kāhui kaumatua who allowed learning to occur in a safe environment; the support and inclusion of our staunch young men matatau i te reo me ona tikanga; and the manaakitanga demonstrated by our generous ringawera.
Ten participants gained 3D archive skills to potentially provide quality scientific imaging of taonga with a key focus on the safeguarding of our tupuna wharenui.
The next karanga wānanga will be held at Whakatō Marae on 25–26 August 2017 and promises to be as exciting and rewarding as the first. If you missed the first wānanga kaua e māharahara, you are still welcome to attend this upcoming wānanga.
Kia koutou ngā tauira, kia mau ki ōu akoranga hōu, kia kaha ki te tohatoha ērā akoranga, kia ū ki te kaupapa hei whakaputunga ā mātou taonga.
Language Survey Hei ngā rā tata e hara mai nei ana, ka tukuna he tiro whānui mo ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki te reo o Rongowhakaata, kia puawai ngā wawata me ngā hiahia o ngā uri o Rongowhakaata. Ko te nuinga o ēnei mahi ma runga roro hiko, oti rā, he wāhanga tonu mo te uiuitanga-a-tinana. Mehemea e kaingākau ana koe kia whai wāhi ki tēnei momo uiuitanga, tono mai ki a Sammy-Jo Matete nō te tari o Rongowhakaata. He tono tēnei ki ngā pākeke me ngā uri katoa o Rongowhaata kia tautokohia tēnei kaupapa, hei whai pakari tō tātou reo rangatira. As part of Te Rautaki Reo o Rongowhakaata, Rongowhakaata’s reo strategy, a language survey will shortly be undertaken to identify the ambitions and needs of the Rongowhakaata people for te reo Māori. As part of the survey, which will include an online questionnaire, one-on-one interviews will occur to identify, among others, terms, phrases specific to Rongowhakaata. Anyone, especially but not restricted to pakeke, who is interested in participating in the one-on-one interviews, please contact Sammy-Jo Matete at Rongowhakaata Trust.
Rongowhakaata Trust Office
Ph: 068628086 Ph: 0800 766 469 Email: trust@rongowhakaata.Iwi.nz Physical Address: 78 Whakatō Road, Manutuke Gisborne Postal Address: CMB 24 Manutuke, Gisborne 4053 Ko tā mātou, kia whakatō i te kākano e nui ai te aroha mō te reo, no reira e mihi ana. Tēnā koutou katoa e hāpai nei i te kaupapa. Nā Bub Te Kurapa (Chairperson, Te Rautaki Reo o Rongowhakaata)
Photogrammetry Workshop
Friday 29 Sept 2017 * Offical Opening at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington (Rongowhakaata to welcome manuhiri)
Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust recently hosted a threeday Photogrammetry Workshop at Whakatō Marae delivered by Brinker Ferguson, from the University of California “Digital Heritage”.
Saturday 30 September 2017 * Depart Wellington to Tairāwhiti
Me mihi ka tika kia Brinker Ferguson mō tōna kaha ki te whakatū tenei wananga kia whakapakari etahi o ngā ahikaa e noho ana i te kāenga, nō mātou te waimarie, te hōnore nui nā reira tēnā rawa atu koe Brinker.
For more detailed information please contact Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust offices on (06) 862 8086 or email trust@rongowhakaata.iwi.nz
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The ability to view an entire wharenui inside and out in 3D will ensure our taonga are accurately recorded, treasured and preserved for future generations. Over the three intense days of measuring, calculating angles and enhancing their photography skills the participants formed a commitment together to practice and utilise their skills to build and share their knowledge to work on projects that will benefit our Iwi.
Release of Trust Deed Review Report As you will be aware, Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust (RIT) conducted an independent review of our Trust Deed, as required by clause 18 of the Trust Deed. Firstly a desktop review of our Trust Deed, structures and processes, plus an Iwi wide survey was conducted which engaged with current trustees and management and officers of other RIT entities, marae, kaumāutua and Taura Here groups in an attempt to seek feedback – not only on the Trust Deed but also on the operations of RIT and related legal entities. In mid-May, following that process, recommendations were submitted for consideration by RIT. At the hui-ā-Iwi at Te Pāhou Marae on 20 May 2017, the Reviewer gave a general overview of the key themes that arose during the review process. An RIT workshop on 10 June 2017 to work through the recommendations and make some preliminary decisions about the next steps was held in Wellington. It was also confirmed that RIT had resolved to send the McCaw Lewis report to the Iwi following that workshop and provide the Iwi with an update as to their thinking on the recommendations and proposed next steps. This is to ensure openness and transparency with our Iwi members. We are now in a position to send the Reviewer’s Report to the Iwi and an outline of the proposed next steps. A copy of the Reviewer’s Report can be obtained from the Trust Office. The report will not be placed on our website or social media and we ask that it be kept within our Iwi.
Events coming up: Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust board meeting Fri 18 Aug 2017 at Te Kuri ā Tuatai Marae Rongowhakaata Hui-a-Iwi Sat 19 Aug 2017 at Te Kuri ā Tuatai Marae Karanga Wānanga Fri 25 Aug to Sat 26 Aug 2017 at Whakatō Marae
Māori in the First World War
100 YEARS AGO: LA BASSEVILLE PART 5 CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH Nā DR MONTY SOUTAR
JULY 1917 WITH THE FIRST FRENCH ARMY July heralded what was to be a short summer. The heat was pleasant, not dry like in New Zealand, but rather a kind of damp heat. While the men appreciated the warmer temperatures they had already resigned themselves to spending a second winter in France and were not relishing the idea of the cold that would follow. After a brief but well-earned rest around Merris village, just north of the big French town of Vieux Berquin, the Pioneers joined the Third Infantry Brigade, a company of Engineers and a company of the Divisional Train and marched 7 miles (11 kms) to Eecke. The group were to assist a French Brigade to build and screen gun positions, bury cables and lay roads in the area to the north-west of the city of Ypres. The New Zealanders were part of General Haig’s promise of 7,000 men to aid the French in the build-up to the next push in the North. General Godley met the men along the roadside at Eecke (3 July) and explained to the officers and N.C.O.s that of all the units in the great British army New Zealand had been selected for this honour. Apparently, he told them, some of the French troops were tired following the heavy fighting at Champagne. In actuality, General Nivelle’s offensive on the Aine had collapsed and with it the French Army. Also Russia, swept by revolution in March, was now an unknown quantity. The next day, after a trip by motor lorries well into Belgian territory, the New Zealanders reached their camps at Eykhock, Hoogstade and Coppernolle Hock just north of Woesten. The Pioneers, after being split up by company, found their accommodation in the French camps and settled in. Some of the Maori lads found themselves sharing bell tents with the French ‘soldats’. They thought their new companions were both very polite and generous. “I find them very kind to us,” wrote Sergeant Brooking, “and [they] seem to appreciate our work.” Although they spoke little English, the Maori understood when the Frenchmen offered them ‘vin rouge’ (red wine) and cigars. “Everyone has a French cobber,” wrote Sergeant Tawhai Tamepo. Talk about the attempts at the French lingo. ‘Apprenez moi le Francais, s’ill vous plait’ [‘Please teach me French’] accompanied by a gentle sway of the hands used to brighten our French ‘cobbers’ with smiles.” No work was done the next day and the Maori soldiers seized the opportunity to study ‘le Francais’. During the afternoon they played a French rugby side and “it was a run over for the Maoris.” A match played against the Welsh Guards a few days later again saw the Maori team victors by 31 to 6, a game in which the captain of the team, Lieutenant Jack Hall, was hailed for his deadly tackling. Hall had been an Auckland, North Island and Maori representative player before the war.
The Pioneers had the opportunity to mix socially with their French counterparts in the evenings. On one occasion, for example, Sergeants Tamepo and Remana Paenga of Whangara accepted an invitation from a French senior N.C.O., Sergeant Damide, to attend tea. They went together to the 401 Regiment’s sergeants mess where the English-speaking Damide introduced them to a dozen of his fellow senior N.C.O.s. “One could not wish for a better meal,” wrote Tamepo, “as there were everything one could wish for followed by French beer and cigars. Most of them had the French decoration Croix de Guerre.”
The Pioneers were employed in this area for a little over a week. “Although we worked hard it was like a holiday to us,” recalled Lance-Corporal Percy Fromm. General Anthoine, who was in charge of the First French Army, inspected the Battalion at the end of their stay. He was very pleased with the work done and as a tangible demonstration of his satisfaction promised the French Croix de Guerre to those who had been wounded in the Woesten sector. For the Pioneers these were 22 year-old Private Toi Karini of Tolaga Bay, who had been wounded in the leg by shell fire while out at work, 31 year-old Private Puia Tamehana of Ruatoki, who severely injured his hand and 28 year-old Private Charles Richards of Lumsden (a Tasmanian by birth), who had received an accidental gunshot wound to the thigh. One man from D Company had been killed during the period―24 year-old Private Charlie Wood of Wairoa, but the awards did not include the dead. PRIVATE TOI KARINI, CROIX DE GUERRE (FRENCH) “In the course of an interview with a Gisborne Times reporter after the war, Private Karini stated that the medal had been awarded for work at Ypres . . . . Then he was removed to a hospital in England and was invalided home.” Photo ref: Auckland Weekly News 1917?
The New Zealanders were “incontestably unsurpassed” when it came to digging. By the time they left the Woesten sector the Pioneers had dug 900 yards of travel trenches, buried 8,600 yards (7864 meters) of cable, excavated 18 dug-outs, carried numerous aerial torpedoes to the trench-mortar forward positions, dug and camouflaged eight heavy gun positions, and built several stations for wireless and telephones. They were sorry to depart and their French counterparts were just as disappointed to see them go.
RETURN TO PLOEGSTEERT WOOD SECTOR On 14 July, the Pioneers and the other N.Z. units marched 14 ½ miles (23 kms) back to Eecke and
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camped for the night, before shifting a further six miles (9.6 kms) via Caestre and Strazeele to the N.Z. Division area at Viuex Berquin. Here they moved into their previous billets around Merris. This was a chance to rest without the usual parades. Another move was made on 19 July, when the Battalion marched back to De Seule and took over their old jobs ―Divisional tramways in Ploegsteert Wood (B Coy), riveting and repairing the duck-walks in Anton’s Avenue (A Coy), Ultra Lane now renamed Vancouver Avenue (D Coy) and Ultimo Avenue (C Coy). 100 men per company were taken out to work each morning at 2 a.m. and returned at 10 a.m. “At present we are having a half-pie spell,” wrote LanceCorporal Fromm, “as we only go out to work every other day, but have already had a few casualties, but only one out of our company―Johnny Ruha of Te Karaka―being killed.” 40 year-old Te Miere Te Ua of Ohiwa and 21 year-old Pera Hina of Wanganui were two other privates killed the same day as Ruha (21 July). Each man received his pay so that the eggs and chips’ shops as well as the estaminets at Nieppe were virtually sold out. In the downtime there was the chance, if one could secure a leave pass, to visit the Divisional theatre where concerts were put on for the troops’ entertainment. Such opportunities allowed soldiers to catch up with men in other units from their own towns and communities. “I discovered that the conductor of the orchestra was an old friend from Whangarei (H. Lange),” recounted Fromm, “and that Stuart Nelson was one of the star items. Outside the theatre I ran into quite a host of Gisbornites.” On 23 July, the Battalion received its orders to relocate to the old 4th Australian Pioneers camp at Leeuwert Farm. The reason for the move was to locate the Pioneers closer to their jobs thereby limiting their use of the train. The danger of moving them by train from the terminus through Ploegsteert Wood was deemed greater than the jobs were worth. That night, Private Bill Maopo’s company was awoken by shells landing right in the midst of their camp. He got away wearing only a shirt and a pair of socks. Worse they had to move in the dark “through a paddock full of growing Californian thistles, up to our knees in height.” The camp at Leeuwert Farm was better sited, although a 15 minute-walk to their jobs. The work sites were outside the radius of the enemy’s gas shells and there were none of the British guns in the immediate vicinity, making the sites less likely to be a target for enemy shelling. Two platoons from each company worked daily on the trenches, tramlines and other jobs. The R.S.M. took the other two platoons through drills. He also put all the N.C.O.’s through their paces for two hours each day.
PLOEGSTEERT WOOD Members of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion laying a road in Messines, Belgium, 1917, shortly after the advance of 7-9 June.
Ref: 1/2-012772-G, ATL
Continued next month
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Ko tēnei kōrero e pā ana ki te pukapuka rongonui nei, ara Ngā Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship. Kei te whakamāoritia ngā kōrero, ā, ko Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou kei te whakahaere i te kaupapa nei, i raro anō o te mana i tukua mai e ngā mōrehu o C Company o Ngā Taonga a Ngā Tama Toa Trust. Nā Wiremu and Jossie Kaa i whakamāori tēnei wāhanga.
TE HUI WHAKAHŌNORE (Continued from last month) Ko Ngati Oneone me ōnā hapu tata ki te pa o Te Poho o Rawiri, e manaaki ana i nga manuhiri ka tau mai ki Tūranga mo te haere atu I te ra o mua mai o te hui, i whakatuwheratia e ki te hui. Ki mua, mai i te taha maui ki te taha matau: Barbara Kerekere (he Grant i mua i tōna marenatanga), Kohi Boyd (he Poutu). Te Kāwana Tianara, e Tā Cyril Newall, nga whare A muri, te taha maui o Kerekere: Lorna Ngata (he Metekingi). Ko Apa Te Kani te tangata kei muri e titiro whaka-tematau ana; ko te whakamaharatanga o te rau tau: ko Ruakapanga, te tuakana a Hiki, e rua atu i a ia, kei tana taha maui (e mau neketai ana). Ko tēnei tokorua i tae tahi rāua ki te whawhai i rāwāhi; ko Apa i te Maori Battalion, a ko Hiki i Hapani. wharenui i Uawa, a, ko Hinematikotai ki Tokomaru Bay, te wharekai rahi rawa atu o Te Tairāwhiti. Ka tae katoa mai nga rōpu kapa haka, nga Homeguards, I Whakarua Pāka, ko te huarahi ki te Pavillion i I tukuna ano ētahi tohu toa ki nga Lt-Col Bertrand, me nga tamariki kura ki nga marae o Ruatorea. Ko metaratia. E rima nga tēneti wharekai i whakatūria Baker, me Bennett, ki a Maj Royal, Capt Porter, Lt Matire Ruru, me tana tungāne, a Wi Kingi i tohua hei hei whāngai i nga manuhiri, a he puni motuhake Tikao-Barrett, me WO Martin McRae. kanohi mo Te Karaka District High School. i whakatūria i te pāka mo te Rōpu Hoia tiakikāinga me ētahi o nga hoia. Ka whakamataku mai nga tohu Anei nga hokinga mahara o Raihānia, ‘I te tukunga Ki taku whakaaro, i tohua māua no te mea marangai ki te whakararuraru i tēnei hui. Engari, i o ēnei tohu, ka puta te ihi, te wana o tēnei ko māua nga mokopuna a Henare Ruru. I te tomonga mai o te rōpu 1000 o nga tamariki kura tūahua. Ka puta te mīharo ki a rātau i hoki mai haere a-pahi atu matau, ka makere atu ki te ki te pāka, ka whakamahea mai te rangi. Ka hui nei i te whawhai, a ko matau he homeguard noa Hiruharama Native School a, moe atu ki nga atu hoki nga rōpu pakeke, ka tukuna e rātau tētahi iho.’ I waenga tonu o nga whakawhiwhinga nei ruma whakaako ... I tutaki atu ki ētahi atu pōwhiri tino nui whakaharahara ki te ope whakaeke ka puta te kahukura, ano nei e tāwhana ana ki tamariki, engari kaore e tino ata tau no te mea o Te Kāwanatanga. Ko te tukunga tuatahitanga tēnei runga i te atamira. Ki te Maori he tohu tēnei no he tauhou māua ki enei momo āhuatunga. He o te waiata a Ngata, a ka mīharotia e te iwi. E rima nga momo whakahirahira o te ao wairua, e tohu whānau piri to māua kāinga tipu, a ki a māua, nga haora i whakapaua ki te mahi whakangahau. Ko ana he kaupapa tiketike tēnei. he ao kē noa atu te Coast. Ngata tonu ki te whakamōhio atu ko wai nga rōpu, ko wai nga kaikōrero, me te whakamārama i nga Nuku atu i te 7000 nga tāngata i tae mai ki tēnei Toru rau nga kaiwhakangahau o te rohe o Tūranga mahi whakangahau, me te ārahi haere hoki i nga hui, mai i te Taitokerau, atu ki Te Waipounamu. ake. 60 nga motoka i takohatia mai e nga tangata o Tērā e maha kē atu, heoi na te marangai. I te whakahaere o tēnei wāhanga o te hui. Tūranga, a 600 karena hinu i whakapaua hei kawe mutunga o te hui whakawhiwhinga nei, ko Ngata haere i a rātau. Ko Nolan Raihania, 16 ōnā tau, tētahi o nga hoia e takatū tonu ana ki nga whakariterite hokinga tiakikāinga i mauria mai i te puni i Wharekahika ki te mo nga manuhiri ki o rātau kāinga. E koa ana tōna Na te tereina me ōnā kareti-moe, i mau mai te rōpu pāka. I tua atu o nga whakatūtū hoia, he āwhina ano ngākau ki te kawenga a tana iwi i tēnei hui: o te Kāwanatanga, e 90 te tokomaha: nga minita o te ta rātau mahi i te pāka. Karauna, nga Mema Pāremata, nga upoko o nga Rōpu Kaore i ārikarika te ātaahua o te hikinga nui o Tūmatauenga, nga upoko o nga tari Kāwanatanga, a Ngati Porou me nga iwi na rātau i kawe He whakataetae i whakahaeretia mo nga waiatanga mema o te Tari Whakaahua, me nga mema o tēnei hui. Ehara i nga hōnore anake i utaina a-ringa, a ka toa ko Te Hokowhitu o Tokomaru nga nūpepa, me te kaiwhakahua, a John Pascoe, ua ki te Maori Battalion, me te whakawhiwhinga Bay. Ko te paraihe he pēne rongonui mai i tohua ki tēnei tūnga. I tua atu ko nga kaiwhakahua o te Victoria Cross i whakanuia, engari na te Heretaunga, ka haere ake ki to marae ki te purei mai i te Marine Cpl o Amerika i tae ake ki Ruatorea ki pāmamae ki te hinganga o Apirana i te pōti i mo tētahi kanikani. Ko te pēne tēnei a Arama te tango whakaāhua o te hui. kaha kē atu ai te tū o te ringa. Puriri i wehe atu ki tāwāhi i te tau o muri mai.
No muri mai i nga whakangahau, ka kai, a ka tīmata te whakahaere i te tukunga o te hōnore nui nei. Na te Pihopa o Aotearoa, a Fred Bennett, me tētahi o nga minita o te Hāhi Ringatu, i whakahaere tētahi karakia tino whakahirahira. Poto noa iho te kōrero a Te Pirimia, kātahi ka pānuitia te kupu whakatapu mo tēnei hōnore nui. Kātahi ka tukuna te Victoria Cross e Te Kawana Tianara ki a Hamuera rāua ko Maraea Ngarimu. E whāngaitia ana nga tamariki kura e nga māhita, e Miss Hiwi Haig (taha maui) me Mrs Mephan (taha matau). Kaore nga tamariki i hui noa atu kia mohio ai i te tikanga nui o tēnei kaupapa, engari ano na te karahipi o Ngarimu, me ta rātou takohatanga i te taraka whāngai i nga hoia, Te Rau Aroha.
Na ēnei kaupapa e rua i hiki te wairua ki te taumata o te haka kaioraora. Ka hoki ake aku mahara ki te wa o te peruperu a Tūwharetoa i Waitangi i 1934. Koinei te wa i kitea atu ai te tū o te mana whakaihiihi o te rangatira i to rātau arahitanga atu i a Korokī ki te marae, i kitea ai hoki nga āhuatunga katoa o te whakawehi i te whakaekenga atu o Tainui ki Waitangi. He maha aku kitenga i a Ngati Tūwharetoa e haka ana i te peruperu, mai i 1901, engari ko tēnei rawa te taumata. Kātahi ano au ka kite i a Ngati Porou e pēnei rawa te ihiihi o tana tū, mai i te kawanga o Porourangi whare i te tau 1888.
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V Club member Thomas Mokomoko serves up to 32 lunch time meals for paying Tūranga Health staff every Wednesday. He and fellow club member Rachelle Gardner are supported in the healthy food initiative by Vanessa Lowndes Centre kaiāwhina like Kendy Riki
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Mmmm...something smells delicious! Thomas Mokomoko cooks up a nutritious lunch as part of the V Club healthy food initiative. Vanessa Lowndes Centre kaiāwhina Kendy Riki looks on. Image: Kevin Weatherly.
Recipe for independence THE aroma of bacon hock and vegetable soup mingles with the heady scent of baking bread as Thomas Mokomoko tends his steaming saucepans. “I like to use whatever is in season,” says Thomas of the meals he creates. “You have to work out what’s fresh and make sure you don't go over budget.” It has been six months since Thomas and fellow Vanessa Lowndes Centre (VLC) user Rachelle Gardner founded the V Club healthy food initiative. Every Wednesday the pair plan, shop for, and prepare $5 lunches for up to 32 staffers at VLC umbrella organisation, Tūranga Health. VLC kaiāwhina Christine Nepia (employment) and Kendy Riki (living with diabetes) say there is more to the club than providing healthy meals. The idea was to use the commercial kitchen at VLC to teach healthy eating habits to Thomas,
who admits that an affection for burgers and pies wasn't doing his diabetes any good. At the same time the V Club could help the formerly-reserved Rachelle develop skills and build confidence. We started small, says Thomas who, with some cooking and food hygiene training already under his belt, takes most responsibility for menu planning and shopping. “Our plan was just to start making a few healthy sandwiches for staff but it built up and up from there.” Vanessa Lowndes manager Laura Biddle says the V Club is just one solution for helping guide a person towards independent living, and the results have been beyond their expectations. “We knew it would help but we can't believe how much. In terms of coming out of her shell and taking charge of her life, Rachelle has just blossomed”. And as well as feeling physically better, Thomas' confidence has developed to the point that,
rather than being a worker in the kitchen, he is running the show. “What was a way of managing his diabetes has turned into a potential career path.” Tūranga Health chief executive Reweti Ropiha says the organisation's flexibility meant it could look across its programmes and find so-utions to help build resilience and independence. Meanwhile, Thomas has also recently joined Tūranga Health's health and fitness programme, Eke Tū, meaning his diabetes now faces the dual threat of a healthy diet plus regular exercise. “I’m really impressed by how both he and Rachelle have taken the bull by the horns,” says Reweti (a regular lunch time customer despite being refused a discount by legendary “tight bugger” Thomas). “They have taken charge of this project so all I can do is stand back and applaud their awesome efforts.” www.redpathcommunications.com
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