Ngāi Tahu Te Matau a Maui
Matariki ki te Rangi Matatini ki te whenua.Ngarangiwhakaupoko ki te matamata o Te Poroporo, Ngā Whakatatare o te Rangi ki te matamata o Whangarā Ko Puruaute ki waenganui. E hī ake ana te Matau o te Ika a Māui. Tahu Tipua, Tahu Taniwha, Tahu Pōtiki e Tihe!
Rā whānau
Happy 70th Birthday to Mitarina Wekepiri (Ngāti Irakehu, Wairewa, Ōnuku, Tuahiwi, Koukourārata). Mitarina went to Te Waipounamu Girls’ and has fond memories of Principal Mrs Daniels (Wife of Monty Daniels Senior). She has studied Ngāi Tahu whakapapa and contributed to the story of World War One, Māori Pioneer William Harlow Wakefield.
Mitarina with her sisters and old girls’ of Te Waipounamu College.
Te Aute College kapa haka competition
Recently former students of Te Aute College returned to the college for a weekend of kapa haka and whakawhanaungatanga to acknowledge and celebrate the lives of former kaumātua of the College, Anaru Kingi Takurua and Sam Paenga. Te Waipounamu was one of four rohe to compete at the inaugural competition for the Takurua and Sam Paenga Trophies.
Anaru in the group’s early years, also stood in support of the kaupapa and the Takurua whānau who have been a big part of the life of the rōpū. The group did Ngāi Tahu proud in coming first equal in the Tira (choral) and second overall. Rangimarie Parata-Takurua, wife of Tauira Takurua said the main kaupapa was unity, whānau and the celebration of Māori education. Anthony Tipene-Matua also stated “he tika tonu kia whakanui ēnei momo taniwha, Rangatira, a Anaru Takurua, a Sam Paenga hoki. He taniwha hikuroa o te Tairawhiti. He tauira hoki i te Hāhi Mihinare. He kaitito, he ika ā whiro a Anaru ki te haka, ki te whaikōrero ki te Ao Māori. Mīharo ana te mātakitaki mai taua tangata e haka ana.”
Led and supported by the daughter of Pāpā Anaru, Ahi Kumeroa (Hukarere) and son Tauira (Ngārimu VC, Whare), the membership of this group included Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu staff and old boys of the college, including Julian Wilcox (Rotene, whare), Anthony Tipene-Matua, (Rotene, whare) and Maatakiwi Wakefield, Wairewa. Members of Christchurch based kapa haka rōpū Te Ahikaaroa who were tutored by Pāpā
Ahi Kumeroa Takurua and Mataakiwi Wakefield at Te Aute.
From left: Te Rangitaurewa, Te Rangikauia, Troy Kingi and Hineiwhakarata.
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