Congratulations
George Kiely (son of Glenis Kiriau, moko of Liz Maaka) for making the 2012 U13 Canterbury Touch team. The team had a very successful trip to Nelson over show weekend and came home winners of the tournament. In fact the Canterbury teams all did exceptionally well, there was only one grade Canterbury didn’t win. Well done George on your great efforts, we are really proud of you.
George Kiely with his teammates (last in the line).
Te Atakura and Hui-ā-Iwi 2012
Ara Wairewa e
Taku pane ki uta
Aku waewae ki tai
Taku kāika ki Ōtawiri
E tau nei
Tēnei a Mako
Tēnei a Irakehu
Ka tarawewehi o Wairewa e
Hao nui!
Me mihi ka tika ki ērā rōpū e tū ki te atamira o Te Atakura i tēnei tau, otirā ki ngā kaiwhakahaere hoki. Ko te whakaaro ia kia tūhono tēnei o ngā kaupapa ki tērā o te Hui-ā- Iwi, kei whea mai. Ka whai wāhi ngā kapa nō marae kē ki roto i ngā mahi a Te Atakura, ā, ko Tahu Pōtiki tērā ka rongo i te haumāuiui i te mutunga iho. Ki ngā kaihaka, koutou i haka i te haka a Tāne Rore, taikoroheke mai, taipakeke mai, taitamariki mai ka hītaratara te kiri i te mataki atu, i te wana o ngā mahi a Rēhia.
Wairewa congratulates all those groups who performed at Te Atakura this year, but particularly congratulates the hosts of Hui-ā-Iwi, Ngāti Moki and those who put this hui together for a wonderful, wonderful event. It was great to have an occasion to come together and celebrate being Kāi Tahu. Te Atakura as part of this event, meant we saw other marae from different parts of the rohe and didn’t they just blow us all away.
Wairewa are super proud of all of our tamariki and rangatahi who perform with our kapa haka, and a big thanks to Tāua Mu, Nanny Doe and not forgetting of course Tāua Tarlin for being the ope tāua keeping us calm and collected. Ka kore e mutu ngā mihi. We had a lot of new performers this year and it was great to see new whānau and their tamariki coming back to the marae and wanting to perform with us.
Looking forward to it all again at the next Hui-ā-Iwi.
New executive committee for Wairewa
The following members were elected at the annual general meeting held at the marae on 31 October:
Theo Bunker, Anthony Smith, Iaean Cranwell, Paul Skipper, John Boyles, Charlie Zimmerman, Maire Kipa, Robin Wybrow and Riki Nicholas.
These members met again on 21 November to elect their office holders. The results of that being:
Theo Bunker – chairperson
John Boyles – secretary
Maire Kipa – treasurer.
Rūnanga meetings
Meeting dates for 2013 were also set 3 February, 7 April, 9 June, 4 August, 6 October and 1 December.
Office manager resignation
I put my resignation as office manager to the executive on 22 November, finishing up on 11 January 2013 but have been talked into staying on until 31 January. I have been in the office for just over 10 years and have enjoyed meeting lots of lovely people, seeing how the many different committees work together and all the networking that goes on.
Working with the other Pātaka o Rākaihautū Rūnanga at Armagh Street then at 79 Hereford Street was fantastic as we could bounce ideas off each other and had some good laughs. Once the earthquakes hit us though things were never quite the same. However, one must move on and that is what I am doing. I wish the rūnanga all the best for the future. No doubt I will still be seeing many of you round.
Nā
Liz Maaka.