Tamariki A Ihowa Issue 12

TAMARIKI A IHOWA Tamariki Me Te Taiohi Pukapuka MAORI POSTAL AOTEAROA

Issue 12, Whiringa-a-nuku 2019

Maori words used in this issue: Aroha – Love Heki – Egg Hepara – Shepherd Hiore – Tail Hipi – Sheep Hoa – Friend Hoiho – Horse Huka – Sugar Ihu – Nose Ihu Karaiti – Jesus Christ Ipu – Mug/Cup Iti – Little/Tiny Iwi – People Kai – Food Keke – Cake Kino – Bad Koko – Cocoa Korero – Talk Koro – Grandfather Kuia – Grandmother

CONTENTS Hoani Watches a Miracle ……………….… 3 Kitea nga Anuhe Taua …………….…..….. 6 Maze ……………………………………….……

7 I Mohio Koe? …………………….…………… 8 Colouring In/Dot to Dot …...…………….. 10 Taiohi Korero ……………………………….. 11 Movie Time ……………….……..…………… 12 Te Tunu Me Te Maraki ……………………. 13

Makariri – Cold Mama – Mother Manawa – Heart Mara – Garden Mate – Dead Miraka – Milk Mokamoka – Caterpillar

Naenae ………………………………………… 14

Naenae – Mosquito

Nau Mai Pani to MPA ..…………………….. 18

Paipera Tapu – Holy Bible Panana – Banana Papa – Father Pepepe – Butterfly/Moth Pinati Pata – Peanut Butter Ra – Sun Rangi – Sky Ratapu – Sunday Ripeka – Cross Taiohi – Youth/Teenager Tama – Son Tamaiti – Child Tamaiti Tane – Boy Tiakarete – Chocolate Toru – Three Upoko – Head Waewae – Feet Waha – Mouth Whakamiharo – Amazing Whanau – Family

Rapua nga Rereketanga Ono …………… 15 To My Precious Tamaiti …………………… 16

School Holiday Program …………… 19 Books of the Paipera Tapu included in this issue: Epeha – Ephesians Heremaia – Jeremiah Hoani – John Koriniti – Corinthians Nga Waiata – Psalms Pita – Peter Roma – Romans Ruka – Luke Colours: Kakariki – Green Parauri – Brown

Bible Versions Used: Paipera Tapu, The Message New International Version

PRODUCED BY: Maori Postal Aotearoa P O Box 10, Whanganui info.maoripostal@gmail.com www.maoripostal.co.nz

Hoani was excited! He loved visiting Kuia and Koro. Mama and Papa would be away for the weekend and he and Koro would have the whole farm to themselves! Koro would let Hoani feed the animals and ride in the tractor. They had all kinds of fun together!

Kuia and Koro would go to a really small church on Ratapu. There was only one other tamaiti tane there about the same age as Hoani, but the best bit was a little old lady who always had treats hiding in her big black purse for any tamaiti tane who could answer a question about the Paipera Tapu.

Hoani had such a wonderful weekend! For Ratapu lunch Kuia even let Hoani make ice-cream the old fashioned way, with her ancient ice-cream churn and lots of ice and cream from the farm cows and fruit from the freezer.

Koro had a nap on Ratapu afternoon. Hoani liked the way the ra shone through the window on his shiny old, bald upoko and sparkled in his silvery whiskers.

Hoani let him rest and went outside to see Kuia. There he found nga mokamoka in the mara, creeping about and eating up leaves. Kuia showed him a mokamoka which was turning into a chrysalis, wrapping itself up in sticky thread. Kuia explained that going inside the chrysalis was a special time in the life of a mokamoka. When it eventually came out of the chrysalis, it would be a pepepe.

Then they found another chrysalis all finished and hanging on a leaf! Kuia gave Hoani a jar in which to put the chrysalis and some leaves. Hoani thought it was amazing that a mokamoka, a chrysalis and a pepepe were one and the same creature! How could they all be the same when they looked so different?

The chrysalis looked like a dried up old autumn leaf with not a flicker of life in it. Hoani was sure it was really mate, but he didn’t want to disappoint Kuia by telling her so!

When Mama and Papa came to pick him up, Hoani was really tired, but very happy! “Next time I’ll take you swimming in the river!” yelled Koro as they drove away waving. Hoani fell asleep on the way home holding the jar with his chrysalis inside. He was dreaming of owning his own tractor one day.

The next day Hoani watched with his Mama as the chrysalis began to wriggle and split.

They took the leaves out of the jar and put them in their mara. Then they sat and watched for ages while the pepepe wriggled and squirmed and pulled its wet, crumpled wings out of that ugly little parauri package. The pepepe waited a long time on the leaves until its wings were all dry and could open up. Then Hoani watched as the pepepe spread its wings out wide. He saw all the lovely colours in the wings as the pepepe flew into the rangi for the first time.

Hoani thought it was amazing! Like watching a miracle! He thought how much fun it would be to be a pepepe. Much more fun than creeping about like a mokamoka and eating leaves! Hoani saved the dried up chrysalis. It was ugly, but it was kind of interesting. He put it in his special box with an old bird’s nest and his special stone collection.

Did you know that you can become a new creature too? You may not grow wings and learn to fly, but Ihowa can give you a new life.

Do you sometimes do things that make you feel bad inside? Maybe you were mean to someone at school or told a lie to your parents. Ihowa calls those bad things sin. But Ihowa, who aroha us, doesn’t want us to sin.

He wants us to be like Him – loving, kind and good.

Just as a mokamoka becomes a more beautiful pepepe, Ihowa can help you become more like Him. Ihowa sent His only tama, Ihu Karaiti, to earth to be a human, just like us, except that Ihu Karaiti never sinned. He chose to die on a ripeka for us so He could take the punishment for our sin. Then, e toru days after He died, Ihowa raised Him back to life.

Do you want to have a clean, new life? We have all disobeyed Ihowa.

The Paipera Tapu calls this sin. Sin separates us from Ihowa and brings punishment from Ihowa. Roma 3:23, Roma 6:23 Ihowa sent Ihu Karaiti as the perfect solution to our sin problem – to rescue us from the punishment we deserve. It’s something we could never do on our own. Ihu Karaiti saves us. Hoani 3:16, Epeha 2:8-9 You can pray to Ihowa and tell Him you are sorry for your sin. Thank Him for sending Ihu Karaiti to be punished for your sin so you don’t have to be. Tell Him you have decided you want to live for Him and aroha Him with all your manawa, mind and soul.

Paipera Tapu says “if anyone is in Karaiti, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Koriniti 5:17). Ihowa will change you on the inside to make you a new, glorious creature – just like a mokamoka changes into a pepepe.

When you receive Ihu as your Lord and Saviour, you are still a tamaiti of your parents but you will also be a part of the whanau of Ihowa.

Tena ko te hunga I manako ki a ia, i tukua mai e ia ki a ratou nga tikanga e meinga ai ratou hei tamariki ma te Atua kit e hunga hoki e whakapono ana ki tona ingoa. Hoani 1:12 To whoever did want Him, who believed He was who He claimed and would do what He said, He made to be children of God. John 1:12

Kitea nga anuhe taua

Help the hungry mokamoka get to the yummy kakariki breakfast.

Nga pepepe taste with their waewae.

A pepepe doesn’t have a ihu. They smell with their antennae!

The wings of a pepepe have colours and patterns that blend in with their natural surroundings to protect them from predators.

Pepepe wings have iti scales which make up the pretty pattern we see.

Nga pepepe are makariri blooded.

The dark colours on their wings help them absorb the heat from the ra.

Some nga pepepe can see ultraviolet light.

Some scales on pepepe wings reflect light that is invisible to humans. The pepepe use these ultraviolet patterns to recognise each other.

The waha of a pepepe is like a drinking straw.

This is because a pepepe only eats liquid kai like nectar from flowers or fruit. The waha, called a proboscis, stays rolled up until its time to eat.

A pepepe wasn’t always a pepepe. Every pepepe starts out as a tiny heki that hatches into a makomako. The makomako grows and grows until its time to build a hardened shell around its body called a chrysalis. While the makomako sleeps inside the chrysalis, its body changes and grows new parts. When it comes out, it has become a pepepe. WHAKAMIHARO!!

Being hard on myself comes easily, as I tend to focus on the kino things that have happened and my imperfections.

When I compare myself to others, I forget about the way Ihowa sees me. Ihowa sees me as “perfect” the way He made me, and I need to remember that.

This really hit me when my half brother Hohepa was born with only e toru fingers on his right hand. I was sad and scared for him, because I know how mean people can be and didn’t want him to be made fun of.

Nga Waiata 139:14 says “Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe; he mea whakawehi, he mea whakamiharo toku hanganga.“ “I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.”

This verse reminds me that we are whakamiharo the way Ihowa made us, even if the world doesn’t think so. When we think we are dumb or not good enough or not pretty enough or not strong enough, we have to remember that Ihowa made us in His image.

Ihowa aroha you. It doesn’t matter what anyone else tells you. You are the best YOU there can be because that is the way Ihowa made you.

When your self confidence is low, think of Nga Waiata 139:14 to help you remember how special you are because Ihowa made you.

Ihowa is whakamiharo and He has so much aroha for you - more than we can ever imagine.

~ Allison Fisher, 14 years

The story of what happens when one boy’s walk of faith crosses paths with one man’s search for meaning – the resulting journey touches the lives of everyone around them.

Tyler Doherty is an extraordinary eight year old tamaiti tane.

Surrounded by a loving whanau and community, and armed with the courage of his faith, he faces his daily battle against cancer with bravery and grace.

To Tyler, Ihowa is a friend, a teacher and the ultimate pen pal. Tyler’s prayers take the form of letters, which he writes and mails on a daily basis.

The letters find their way into the hands of Brady McDaniels, a postman standing at a crossroads in his life. At first, he is confused and conflicted over what to do with the letters. But reading the letters inspires him to seek a better life for himself and his own tama, who he lost through his alcohol addiction.

TE TUNU ME TE MARAKI Cooking with Maraki

Chocolate Banana Mug Cake

1 panana

¼ cup 1 heki pinati pata

2 t huka 3 T koko

KEKE IPU ¼ cup tiakarete

This balancing toy is always a favourite. Challenge your hoa to races and see who can keep the naenae balanced while hopping, skipping and jumping. Finding it tricky to keep your naenae balanced? Try a longer hiore! The longer the hiore, the easier it will be to keep balanced.

RAPUA NGA REREKETANGA ONO

FIND SIX DIFFERENCES

NAU MAI PANI TO MPA Pani was born on 1st of September 2019.

Soon after birth his mama died meaning Pani was left as an orphan, so he became a part of our whanau here at MPA. His favourite thing to do is hang out with the hoiho, as well as drink miraka.

Did you know Ihu Karaiti is referred to as being the good hepara?

Hoani 10:11-18 One of the reasons why Ihu Karaiti is referred to as being the good hepara is due to the motive of the hepara. He does not go after the lost hipi to punish it for going astray, but he goes after it in aroha to rescue it. His motive is to find the hipi and restore it to its proper place in the flock.

So, it is with Ihu Karaiti. He doesn't go after iwi so that He can punish them for their sins.

He pursues them in order that He might prove His aroha for them and that they might be restored to a right relationship with Ihowa. His motive is to deliver them from punishment - not to punish them.

Contact - Gareth Cross 022 410 4039

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Nā, ka kawea mai ki a ia ētahi tamariki nonohi, kia pā ai ia ki a rātou; otirā, ka rīria e ngā ākonga te hunga nāna i kawe mai. Nō te kitenga ia o Ihu, ka riri, ka mea ki a rātou, “Tukua ngā tamaraki nonohi kia haere mai ki ahau, kaua hoki rātou e āraia atu; nō ngā pēnei hoki te rangatiratanga o te Atua. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te kāhore e rite te tango a tētahi i te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki tā te tamaiti nohinohi, e kore ia e tomo ki roto.”

Makā 10:13-15