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Cultural Identity & Connectivity
This report provides a summary of the various activities undertaken by Identity Language and Culture as part of 2020/2021 Annual Plan and the strategic priorities contained within Te Ara Poutama. Guiding Principle derived from Te Ara Poutama; Our culture is a priority Ngāti Awatanga – our culture and language: our responsibilities and commitment to uphold and protect our language and culture which derive from our shared ancestry as the corner stone of our unique identity.
CAPTURING TE REO O NGĀTI AWA - KAUMĀTUA INTERVIEWS
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A number of Kaumātua interviews were undertaken to capture a rātau maumaharatanga. In their interviews the Kaumātua not only share their lives but the tikanga they practised or witnessed and kōrero on te reo. Interviews can be viewed at TRONA by appointment.
RANGATAHI SUMMIT 23 - 26 APRIL 2021 - ‘KŌHAO RAU, RANGATAHI RAU’
During level 4 lockdown 2021, Ngāti Awa Rangatahi reached out to each other, kōrerorero led to their aspirations for the future as rangatahi and uri of Ngāti Awa.
Those of our rangatahi, especially who live away from te rohe (Ahi teretere) o Ngāti Awa, desired an opportunity to wānanga and a dedicated handful organised ‘Kōhao Rau, Rangatahi Rau’ was a Ngāti Awa rangatahi led kaupapa, Rangatahi Summit. Mā te Rangatahi, mō te Rangatahi.
DEVELOPING NEW RESOURCES THAT OBSERVE OUR TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, AND PLACES OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE - NGĀ PUAROA HORONUKU
Three pakipūmeka/reo Māori video clips were launched during te wiki o te reo (14 – 20 September 2020) showing some of our places of special significance hei rauemi kia tautoko ai, whakarauora ai Te Reo Māori i waenganui i a Ngāti Awa.
Series one on wāhi tapu i te rohe o Ngāti Awa ‘NGĀ PUAROA HORONUKU SERIES 1’
Esteemed Kaumātua and orator Te Kei Merito eloquently discusses various tīpuna, the arrival of the Mataatua to Whakatāne and several places of significance. Statistics of Ngā Puaroa Horonuku after launching the pakipūmeka
Ngā Puaroa Horonuku Part 1
Ngā Puaroa Horonuku Part 2
Ngā Puaroa Horonuku Part 3
RE-ESTABLISHING OUR TRADITIONAL FOOD GATHERING PRACTISES AND KAITIAKITANGA - MANU KUIA WĀNANGA.
Gathering manu kuia aka titi is something that Ngāti Awa has practised mai rā anō. The annual harvest was halted some years ago by the Department of Conservation and then revitalised in 2012 with the support of the Department, various Kaumātua, Iwi members and a pūkenga from Rakiura.
Tu O’Brien in forefront leading the manu kuia preparation (hūhuti) at Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae. November 2020.
GROWING YOUNG NGĀTI AWA LEADERS, TAIOHI MOANA
The aim of this programme is to grow young Ngāti Awa leaders in the marine environment and in turn support whānau, hapū, Iwi and kaitiakitanga and the regeneration of our cultural and customary food-gathering practices.
Rangatahi surveying marine species. December 2020.
BUILDING OUR CULTURAL CAPACITY Karanga/Whaikōrero Wānanga held on 22 May 2021 at Matata
I hia kē ngā tangata i uru mai ki tēnei wānanga karanga, whaikōrero. Nō ngā pito katoa o te motu ngā kaitono. Ko te pūtake, ko ngā tikanga, te whakatakoto me te waihanga o te kōrero, me ētahi o ngā ahuatanga. Ko te reo Māori i kawe te wānanga. Our karanga and whaikōrero wānanga are experiencing record numbers with 92 registering to attend. Many of those who attended came from out of rohe. 20
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TE TAWERA TE PATUWAI TE PAHIPOTO TE KAHUPAKE HŪNAONGA NGĀTI RANGATAUA NGĀTI PUKEKO TE HOKOWHITU A TU NGĀTI HIKAKINO NGĀTI HAMUA NGAI TE RANGIHOUHIRI NGAI TAMAWERA NGAI TAMAPARE NGAI TAMAOKI NGAI TAIWHAKAEA HOKOPU NGA MAIHI
Commemorating important events in Ngāti Awa History - Te Tiriti o Waitangi kei Ngāti Awa, i te 16 o Pīpiri 2021 in collaboration with Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
I tu tēnei whakamaumaharatanga i te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. Ko ngā kaikōrero ko: Tā Hirini Moko Mead, ko Tiāti Layne Harvey, ko Tākuta Te Kei Merito, ko tētahi rangātira nō Te Pāti Māori; ko Rāwiri Waititi, ko Tākuta Kura Paul-Burke me ngā rangatahi kaikōrero, anā ko Te Ipo Umuhuri nō te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ōrini ki Ngāti Awa rāua ko Parekohai Baker nō te Haikura o Whakatāne.
For the second year in a row, we collaborated with Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi to hold our annual commemoration of Te Tiriti o Waitangi mini lectures on the 16 June 2021. Our guest speakers including rangatahi speakers talked on a range of topics who, how and when the Treaty Sheet was brought to Whakatāne. He nui ngā kōrero i puta mai: • Ngāti Awa me Te Tiriti o
Waitangi, i roto i ēnei 180 tau kua pāhure nei. • Te kōrero maumaharatanga mo
Eruera Manuera; • Te ahuatanga o te hainatanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi i Whakatāne me te tangata, nānā i kawe mai, me ki ko James Ferdarb; • Te Wairua o Te Tiriti o Waitangi; • What does a Tiriti Centric
Aotearoa look like? • Te Toka Tūmoana; • Kia tū rangatahi ahau ināianei me he tū rangātira apopo
Te Mātahi o te Tau - The Māori New Year 2021, 2 July 2021
RE-CONNECTING TO OUR PLACES OF CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE – MATARIKI 2021
This year Matariki i te timatatanga o te tau Māori, a celebration took place on Te Moana nui a Toi, during a haerenga to one of places of cultural and spiritual significance. Kōrero about our māramataka me ngā kāhui whetū o Matariki was shared and farewelling our loved ones who have gone on were some of the activities that took place.
