Tēnā tātou katoa,
He tika hoki kia mihi atu ki a rātou kua wehe atu ki te pō, rātou katoa kua kapo i te rika kaha o aituā, ā, rātou hoki i mate i kā pakaka nui o te ao, te tini me te mano o Kāi Tātou te iwi Māori i hikahika rā i kā motu kē o te ao, e poua mā, e tāua mā, haere atu rā, haere atu rā, moe mai rā i te manaakitaka o ō koutou atua. Nō reira, waiho rātou ki a rātou, ko tātou ki a tātou, tēnā anō tātou katoa.
Ko kā marae he wāhi mō kā akoraka hai hohou i te uarataka o te whakatikatika i a koe anō. Ko kā tikaka tuku iho pēnei i te manaaki, kā karakia, me kā kawa, he āhuataka kāre i tupu noa iho. Pēnei anō i te waihaka mataora, me tino whakaaro, me whakatakoto he tikaka mahi, me whakatikatika i te tuatahi. Mauri ora ki a tātou.
Ko te ono, pua kōwhai ki uta, inaka ki tai.
Hua kakī anau – swan eggs
The swans are still laying, meaning more trips out onto Kaitōrete to collect some hua kakī anau. Therefore more one-egg omelettes and scrambled eggs for breakfast. The kids love it, especially when the car gets a little dirty.
Metua and Te Kaio Cranwell, and Mihiroa Pauling gathering some swan eggs from a nest on Kaitōrete.
Just a little bit of mud after another swan egg expedition.
Manawa Hou
Mark-James Bain (16) and Bradley MacPherson (16), from the Kipa whānau recently attended the inaugural Manawa Hou rakatahi hui at Te Rau Aroha Marae in Bluff. Around twenty rakatahi from Year 11 – Year 13 were mentored by Kāi Tahu tuākana who are mostly in their 20’s. Everyone stayed on Te Rau Aroha Marae and over the course of four days there were hīkoi to Waihōpai, Jericho at Takitimu Ranges, Te Ana Au, Hokonui and Tuturau, learning the history of the area from kaumātua Aunty Jane Davis and Tā Tipene O’Regan along with experts like Dean Whaanga. They also learnt waiata, haka and did awesome outdoor activities like waka ama.
Manawa Hou rōpū outside Te Rau Aroha Marae, Bluff.
See https://www.facebook.com/ManawaHou?fref=ts for more photos.
Make sure your rakatahi have the opportunity to attend next year’s Manawa Hou hui and register early with our Rūnaka office.
Youth and Disasters Conference in Sendai, Japan
Bradley McPherson was nominated by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to attend the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Conference on Youth and Disasters in Christchurch last year.
Since then Bradley has been networking with other youth in Christchurch interested in post – disaster recovery and basically learning from what happened. Bradley helped out at Rehua Marae and in the community after the 22 February earthquake.
The whānau were proud that Bradley could share what he learned from this at the UNESCO conference along with youth from Southeast Asia and Pacific countries who’ve lived through major natural disasters. As a result of all of that learning Bradley and four other youth from Christchurch won scholarships to attend the UNESCO Youth and Disasters conference in Sendai, Japan on 21 – 25 August.
Bradley says it was an awesome learning experience and he would like to acknowledge the support from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu who initially nominated him to attend the UNESCO hui at Rehua.
Rica Handayani and Bradley McPherson at the UNESCO hui in Japan.
He mihi – Tayla-Rose and Paige Ahlbrandt
Congratulations to Tayla-Rose and Paige Ahlbrandt who are members of the All Star Pride Leopardz team, which took first place at the Rock ‘n Cheer National Cheerleading Championships in Auckland on 24 June.
Tayla-Rose and Paige Ahlbrandt.
Tayla-Rose and Paige are the great mokopuna of Janice Wakefield and David John Wehipeihana. We wish them luck in their upcoming competition – the Australasian Majors! Go girls!