What is in store for the younger two children? We as a family have a lot to be proud of. Attached is a picture taken of the four grandchildren, taken last year at a family gathering in New Zealand. Nä Heather Hume
Ōraka Aparima Rūnaka Cultural Mapping Hīkoi In early March I was fortunate enough to be included in the Cultural Mapping hīkoi through Central Otago, into the mountains. The hīkoi started on the Mataau River and tracked up through the Millars Flat area and into the Lakes district including Whakatipu and Wänaka. This trip added to the recollections told to Herries Beatie, Edward Shortland and others. While many retold the memories of the old ones, it was an amazing feeling to literally walk the same trails as our tūpuna from our Kāti Mämoe, Kāti Wairaki and Waitaha whakapapa, and to see the physical evidence of their relationship with the hinterland. Our whānau are fortunate enough to still have the undisturbed connection to our traditional practice of tītī harvest, finding pounamu in a mountain stream and silcrete flake knives on inland sites. It gave me a deeper appreciation of who we are. The feeling of whakawhanaukataka within our rōpū was amazing. We were together listening to our histories, imagining the future and enjoying the present in each others company. These conversations were lead by experienced and learned minds such as Trevor Howse, David Higgins, Rewi Anglem, James Daniels and our own Janey Davis assisted by Brian Allingham and Russel Beck, and all recorded by Takarei Norton. He mihi whakamoemiti ki kä rakatira, kä kaitautoko, kä rikawera (Arowhenua) me kä whānau katoa a tērä hikoi.
Girl Guiding Centenary
I participated in the Australian Centenary Event that celebrated 100 years of Girl Guiding in Australia. It went from 3–9 January at an agricultural college in Geelong, Melbourne. About 2500 Girl Guides and leaders attended from all over the world, including Fiji, Dubai, Cambodia, UK, Taiwan, Argentina, Thailand, Korea, Japan and Canada. My highlights where going to Phillip Island and watching the penguins, going to Victoria’s first water theme park, Adventure Park, meeting Alan Fletcher (Dr Karl Kennedy) from “Neighbours”, going to the National Sports Museum and having a visit to Flemington Raceway. It was a great experience that I will remember forever. Nä Jessica Quinn
Nä Ron Bull (jnr)
Taurahere Röpü The plan was to fly eight kākāriki that have been reared at Peacock Springs Wildlife Park, near Christchurch Airport, up to Rotorua under escort by both a DOC caretaker and kaumātua Charlie Crofts. From there they were to be flown by helicopter to Tühua to a pöwhiri involving Ngāiterangi and the Tühua Trust as hosts and members of Ngāi Tahu ki Tauranga Moana and DOC personnel as manuhiri. Manuhiri were to travel by motor launch to arrive in time to take possession of ngä käkäriki prior to the pöwhiri.
Ngāi Tahu ki Tauranga Moana Special Event for Ngāi Tahu ki Tauranga Moana An event of special significance for Tauranga Moana, the North Island and the whole of New Zealand took place on 21 December last. Ngāi Tahu ki Tauranga was accorded the honour of escorting to their new home out on Tühua (Mayor Island) some of the critically threatened species of the orange fronted käkäriki.
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