Wānaka with Hana O’Regan
E te Pātaka Irika Kōrero i tae mai i ruka i te karaka o Kāi Tahu ki Horowhenua, ko mātou tēnei e whakamānawa atu nei. We were privileged to have Hana with us on the weekend of 16 November 2013. Hana shared Kāi Tahu pūrākau, waiata, whakataukī and reo, all of which lifted our spirits and left us yearning for more. The kai was plentiful, the whakawhanaukataka was awesome and mind, body and spirit were nurtured.
Our weekend finished with a visit to Mahara Gallery to view an exhibition by Mātene Te Putu Climie (Ngāti Raukawa/Ngāti Kapumanawhiti/Kāi Tahu/Muaupoko). Mātene has been involved in the arts since an early age. He began training in the Māori mediums from the age of 13 and at the age of 21 was given the opportunity to work with the master weavers and carvers of Toi Whakarākai at Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa in Ōtaki.
Mātene’s exhibition conveyed his close relationship with art from a survival instinct, made from a left-handed point-of-view and includes weaving, carving, painting and sketches. Mātene presented Hana with a pikau whakairo from his exhibition as a koha in appreciation of her taking the time to visit and share her knowledge with us. E te Puna Mātauraka, e Hana, tēnā anō koe.
Hana O’Regan rāua ko Matene Climie.
Robyn Cook, Meronea Carkeek, Donna Carkeek, Amiria Carkeek.
Maia Whiterod, Amiria Whiterod, Lisa Cook (background) me te pepe, Taimania.
Mariana Williams-Wilson, Ripeka Wilson me te pepe, Taimania.
Hukarere Scholarship
I te mutunga o te tau 2013 i wikitōria a Kaylah Stirling i te karahipi ‘Te Puāwaitanga’. He karahipi tēnei mā ngā taiohi o Aotearoa e eke panuku ana i ngā mahi a te kura tuatahi. Ko te whiwhinga ki a Kaylah he haere ki te Kura Kōtiro Māori o Hukarere. Ka utua katoatia tāna haere mō ngā tau e rima.
Ko te pāngarau me te reo Māori ngā pukenga matua a Kaylah. He kaha ia ki te pānui pukapuka pakimaero i ōna wā wātea me te tākaro netipāoro.
Me kore ake Te Kura o Ōtaki, Te Whānau o Te Korowai Whakamana kua kore a Kaylah e toa i tēnei karahipi, nā konā te whānau Stirling ki Ōtaki e mihi kau atu ana ki ngā pouako o Kaylah mō tēnei whiwhinga nui whakaharahara.
At the end of 2013 Kaylah Stirling won the Te Puāwaitanga scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to New Zealand youth who have academic excellence in their primary level school work and leadership potential. Kaylah has been accepted into Hukarere Māori Girls School, in Napier and her next five years of schooling there will be paid for by the scholarship.
Math and te reo Māori are Kaylah’s passion. She loves reading novels in her spare time and is an avid netball player. If it weren’t for Kaylah’s primary school and her teachers, this award would never have become a reality for Kaylah and her whānau; so thanks and praise from Kaylah and her whānau go to Ōtaki Primary and Te Korowai Whakamana for this blessing. Nā Amiria Stirling.
Kaylah Stirling in her Hukarere uniform.
Kura Reo Kāi Tahu 2014
Kāore i arikarika kā mihi ki a Kāti Huirapa ki Arowhenua mō kā tauwhirotaka kua utaina i ruka i a mātou i tae atu ki te Kura Reo. Ki a koutou kā wahawaha whiu haupā, nā koutou i raupī te hora a Tahu kia toka ai a Manawa, kia puta aiko pito. Anō te makue, anō te hūnene!
Anō nei te mihi ki te Kāhui Kaumātua i mirimiri i te tuara kia noho oraka kākau kā tauira. Ki a koutou, te puna waiora o Te Rangi, te kaipupuru i te mauri o te iwi, i te mana o te takata kei te mihi. Ko kā whakahaeretaka me kā akoraka he mea whākai i te hinekaro me te wairua.
Tēnā koutou kā kaihāpai i te kaupapa Kotahi Mano Kāika, e kore te aroha e warewaretia. Tae noa ki kā tauira katoa me kā mokopuna i hiki i te manawa o te takata, kei te mihi, kei te mihi, kei te mihi. Arohanui, nā Robyn, Gael, Emma, Kim, Kirsty me Te Whe.
Emma, Kirsty, Robyn, Kim, Te Whe and Gael outside Te Hapa o Niu Tireni.
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