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Kei Kaikōura me Ōraka Aparima ngā rūnanga. Ko Sade rāua ko Thomas ngā mātua. I whānau mai te pēpi hou i te 19 Oketopa 2015. Ko Azayliah Grace Moana tōna ingoa. Ko Bronwyn (nō Tāmaki Makaurau) rātou ko Henare, ko Moana Gemmell, ko Carol, ko Wayne Bates (nō Ōtautahi) ngā tīpuna. Aroha nui ki a Leianne O’Brien mō āna mahi whakawhānau pēpi. Nā Moana Gemmell.
Baby Azayliah fast asleep.
Azayliah Grace Moana.
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Congratulations to all whānau who have had beautiful babies recently. Rawiri Weepu and Jenna Harcourt welcomed their new 9lb baby boy, Inaia Tangaroa Weepu on 12 December 2015 at 5.20am.
A big mihi to Koko Irai Weepu and Nanny Christina Weepu, Pōua (nui) Eli Tihou Weepu and Tāua (nui) Catherine Henrietta Te Whe Weepu, granddad Terrence John O’Donnell, and (the late) grand-mum Miriam O’Donnell, proud grandfather and grandmother Don Harcourt and Lesley Jones, (the late) great-grand father Richard Harcourt and (the late) great-grandmother Martha Harcourt and great-grandmother Shirley Jones, (the late) Arthur Jones. Congratulations to all the whānau.
Welcome to this world precious little taonga, Rhyde Tioti Francis Campbell, who was born five weeks early. Rhyde was born at Christchurch Women’s Hospital at 1.22am on 25 January 2016, weighing in at a tiny 5.3lb.
A huge mihi goes to his parents, Katene Campbell and Rebecca Blake. Congratulations to you both – we hope parenthood treats you well for many more years to come. A big mihi also to his Tāua Missy Campbell, (not camp mother anymore) Pōua Maurice Moka Kelvin and Nana Denise Prendagast. Congratulations also to the lucky Pouanui and Tauanui Stu and (the late) Lucy Campbell, great-granddad and great-grandma Francis and Jean Blake. Once again a huge congratulations to all the whānau.
A double congratulations on the safe arrival of Jaxson James Benbow weighing 5.9lb and Mace Rawiri Benbow weighing just 4.1lb. The twins were born on 21 December 2015 to proud parents, Emma Kitchin and Jahvis Benbow. We wish you all the best with your new twins. Congratulations also to nana and granddad Donna Doherty, Vince Doherty and (the late) Pōua Dave Mason (eel) and granddad and grandmum James and Allison Kitchin – all the best with your two beautiful babies.
Baby Inaia.
Little Rhyde.
The beautiful twins.
Makaawhio news
Kāi Tahu whānui, tēnā koutou katoa. Nei rā te mihi o te tau hou ki a koutou katoa.
Nei rā hoki te mihi poroporoaki ki kā tini aituā kua hika mai, kua hika atu. Ki a rātou katoa kua hīkoi atu ki te taha o kā mātua tīpuna ki tua o te ārai, haere, haere, haere atu rā. Moe mai koutou i te rakimārie. Rātou ki a rātou, tātou anō ki a tātou.
Tēnā anō tātou katoa, we have been blessed with excellent weather here on Poutini and with just enough rain to ensure the water tanks don’t get empty and lots of sunshine and heat.
The end of 2015 was filled with celebrations and sadness. Our annual hākari kaumātua, Xmas pool party and wharemahi break-up brought out the young, older and all those in between. A combination of good kai, laughter and a few good yarns made for excellent whanaukataka.
Poutini Kāi Tahu joined health board staff, to tautoko the blessing of the site in Māwhera where our new hospital is to be built over the coming years.
The celebration though was tinged with sadness when we lost two whānau members. E kore kā mihi poroporoaki e mutu. Haere, haere, haere atu rā, moe mai kōrua i te rakimārie.
Just as 2015 was busy, 2016 has proven to be even more full on as you will see in the stories that follow.
Fun at the pool party.
Makaawhio Waitangi Day festival
This year, to acknowledge Waitangi Day, we opened our marae on 6 February, and welcomed locals and visitors to be a part of our festival event.
A day of learning and discussion – about 80 manuhiri enjoyed listening to some of the Māori history of the area, as told in our whare tipuna Kaipō, followed by a delicious hāngī cooked by the traditional Makaawhio method using waitai (white stones) off nearby Māori Beach.
After kai, the manuhiri explored some of the history of the Treaty as it relates to Te Tai o Poutini, while the children enjoyed a full day of art and craft, making poi, heru, tā moko and painting stones as a lasting keepsake of the day.
A huge thanks to our crew who worked so hard to manaaki and showcase our marae to our manuhiri.
Kai time for our guests.
Māhaki girls, Charlotte Jamieson and Rohatai Fernandez are proud of their painted tā moko.
Makaawhio picnic and sports day
Back from Mahitahi, whānau gathered out at Woodstock Domain on 8 February for our annual picnic and sports day. A bit of friendly competition, topped off with kai and whanaukataka saw another enjoyable day with more than the 60 whānau.
Whānau who gathered together for our annual picnic and sports day.
Tamariki visit the marae
Recently, we had our first opportunity to bring in the local Kidsfirst pre-school group. It was a wonderful learning opportunity for staff, children, parents and caregivers. We offer well organised visits and have access to awesome teaching resources which are significant to our rohe.
Having fun at the marae.
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Billy and Dawn Reeves would like to announce the birth of their beautiful moko, Kenzie Dawn Marama on 17 November 2015.
Baby Kenzie.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Laken Wairau, who has been offered a full basketball scholarship to Indiana University, Bloomington in the United States.
Laken is the daughter of Mason and Tracey Wairau, the mokopuna of Peter (Peg) and Joy Wairau (née Karaitiana), the great mokopuna of Wiremu Kingi and Selina Karaitiana.
Ko Ngāi Tahu rātou ko Rongomaiwahine, ko Tapuika, ko Waitaha ōna iwi. Ko Takitimu, ko Kurahaupō, ko Te Arawa ōna waka.
Laken departed Christchurch for Indiana University on Boxing Day. Her first opportunity to get on the court was just two days after she arrived, and it was a game against Yale University.
Laken finished her year 13 studies at Christchurch Girls’ High School last year and has achieved virtually all accolades that a NZ Junior basketball representative could. She has won a national secondary schools title, played and toured China in 2014 with the NZ Junior Tall Ferns, played three years with the Canterbury Wildcats WBC team, played all levels of Canterbury Junior representative teams winning U19 and U13 national titles, runners up to a U15 national title and played four seasons for the University of Canterbury Women’s Premier team. She also won the UC Women’s Best Defensive Award this season and helped the side to their eighth title in 10 seasons.
Laken worked hard preparing for her US college opportunities training with the Mainland Eagles and Canterbury Wildcats Academy.
She is a high achiever academically and has completed three years of study in te reo Māori with the University of Canterbury Star programme. She graduated with a diploma in languages (te reo Māori) in December 2015.
Laken will study towards a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (BSK), Exercise Science Major at Indiana University. Her career interests are in sports medicine and sports psychology.
Laken hopes to make her whānau proud while she is in America.
Congratulations to Matteo Pohomare Koroheke Brennan, 14, who had an excellent year in 2015 with sporting, academic and personal achievements.
Matteo, (Ngāi Tahu – Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Te Arawa) is a student at St Bede’s College in Christchurch and teina to Maui Brennan.
Matteo, is the bass player in the St Bede’s, seven member Jazz band, which received a bronze award at last year’s Jazz Quest. He also played in the winning team that won the U14 Mainland Football Championship.
Academically, Matteo received excellence in English, languages, religious education, social studies, the arts; and he was first in his year group for music, Spanish and te reo Māori.
Well done Matteo, your whānau are proud of you and all of your achievements to date.
Matteo Pohomare Koroheke Brennan.
Fun at whānau day
My great-moko, Ihaka Hirama and my moko, Furn Kiriau enjoying the indoor pool at Jelly Park at the
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu whānau day held on Sunday 31 January. Nā Liz Maaka.
Tamariki day – gathering resources for mōkihi wānanga
Mōkihi or mogi were an essential means of transport for early Māori travelling the waterways of Te Waipounamu. Our oral traditions tell us that mōkihi, constructed from raupō and kōrari (plant materials known for their buoyant properties), have been used on our waterways for centuries, and rock art drawings in archaeological sites near the Ōpihi River confirm this.
Under the guidence of Joe Wakefield and David Perenara-O’Connell, teachers and students from the College of Education, along with Taumutu whānau harvested raupō in anticipation of the wānanga mōkihi in a couple of month’s time.
There were three activities – harvesting mōkihi, making wharerau at the beach and making small waka to be floated down Waikekewai. There was lots of laughter, impressive creativity and a bubbling buzz of competitiveness. Another legendary tamariki day at Taumutu.
Keanu Turner, Morehu Merito, Metua Cranwell and Chris Astall.
Taumutu whānau with the students and staff from the college of education.
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Nine year surprise – Haanira-Reiha was born on 18 January 2016.
She is the beautiful daughter of Wai-iti Moka and Andre Bedggood and a little sister to Te Manawanui and Te Kerei Junior. Nā Nani Pērā-Moka.
Baby Haanira-Reiha.
Rā whānau
Happy birthday to all those celebrating a birthday this month.
Kiani Tipa mokopuna of Judy and Darkie Tipa celebrated a birthday on 4 February. Happy birthday my moko from Tāua and Koro (Maria and Sam) Love you xx. Thanks Maria. Also, happy seventh birthday to Kace Palmer Kean.
Kiani (centre) with his brother, Kaya and sister, Jury.
Kace.
Waiariki Parata-Taiapa and Jaime Tutbury of Karitāne, welcomed their healthy boy Kawiti Parata-Taiapa on 29 December. What a wonderful New Year’s gift.
Waiariki, Jaime and their gorgeous pēpi, Kawiti.
Also, Jade Hohaia and Zaccheus Te Uri Karaka welcomed Tīahomāia Te Uri Karaka on 11 December 2015 at 9.40am weighing 8.3 lbs. The birth journey of Tīahomāia (seeking to adhere to a uniquely Māori journey) has been captured and documented by Te Puna Oranga Māori Health and will be a part of the first national hapū wānanga curriculum to help promote baby health and wellbeing along with healthy whānau development New Zealand wide.
Jade and Zaccheus with Tīahomāia.
Te Taitimu Camp 2016
On 13 January, myself and four rangatahi – Liam Ellison, Te Anahera Parata, Te Anihana Anderson and Whaipono Herewini, started our trip up to Te Taitimu Camp, held at Camp David near Hastings.
The pōwhiri and the rangatahi on the Mōhaka River featured on the news. And you will be able to see it later in the year on a new TV series that Nigel Latta is making, as he was doing a story on Zack and Georgina Makaare.
The first day everyone went off to Waipukurau pools. It took four big buses to get everyone there. Water safety is a big part of these camps so they learn how to stay afloat and stay alive.
They also had Ōtāne and Hastings Fire Service teaching Firewise, ki-o-rahi going on in the gym and other fun stuff to fill in the day. The second day was at Waimorama Beach.
Workshops included surfing, surf life-saving, sustainable thinking and beyond, and more ki-o-rahi. We had a BBQ tea at the beach and Te Ururoa Flavell from the Māori Party came to have a talk with the tamariki and have dinner with us. We got back to camp around 9pm that night so there were some very tired tamariki when we finally got to bed.
Day three was based at camp with workshops on E Tū Whānau and the NZ Police. After lunch it was time to work on skits for that night’s entertainment. The theme was around water safety and was presented by Te Hāmua Nikora, a very funny man. He used to host Homai te Paki Paki. Then we watched the slide show of the camp (you can watch this on Te Taitimu Trust Facebook page or on YouTube).
The last day of camp was clean-up, prize-giving and the poroporoaki. Our last night in Hawkes Bay was spent at Pukehou Marae with the Hawaiian crew and TTT whānau. The next day we started our journey back home, stopping in Wellington and Cheviot to break-up the drive.
This year, I was in the kitchen instead of being a group mentor (I’ve earned my stripes apparently) and Liam Ellison and Te Anahera Parata have joined the new rangatahi leadership team. This will involve them going to Hawkes Bay a couple of times a year for wānanga with the futures group. We will also try and get them to the World Indigenous Youth Summit in June. All in all this was another great, well run camp. Nā, Aroha Ellison
Te Hāmua Nikora, Liam Ellison and Rob Hewitt at the camp.
The Ōtepoti crew at Te Tai Timu Trust’s school holiday programme in Hastings. From left, Dan Wallwork, Aroha Ellison, Sam Feeney, Whaipono Herewini, Tom McFarlane, Liam Ellison, Te Anihana Anderson, Chanel Phillips. Front, Te Anahera Parata.
Nigel Latta with Liam Ellison.
Te Kōawa Tūroa o Takitimu
This culturally significant site is available to whānau for hire all year round. It is an outstanding venue and has the facilities to sleep 20+ people. It is situated in the beautiful Jericho valley approximately 40kms from
Te Anau.
There are excellent opportunities for biking, walking, hunting and fishing in the local area. So if you and a few of your whānau or friends would like to stay there, please contact us here at the office for further details.
Pictured here are Naera and Mahana Wirihana-Cole, the mokopuna of Dene Cole and Dene’s wife, Sally. This picture was taken on the coastal loop track at Balancing Rock.
Kaumātua Christmas lunch
2 December, rolled around and it was an extremely hot day for the kaumātua lunch at Te Rau Aroha Marae. The wharekai was full with excitement and chatter. The meal was wonderful as was the entertainment by Bluff Schools’ senior kapa haka rōpū and the tamariki from Te Rourou Whakatipuranga Early Childhood Centre.
Some of our tamariki and their kaiako performing at the lunch.
The kapa haka group treating the kaumātua to a performance.
BMX success
Over the Auckland Anniversary weekend, twins Jamie and Ashley Williams competed in two significant BMX racing events – the Auckland Championship and the 2016 Oceania Continental Championships – the only International event to be held in NZ in 2016.
Both Jamie and Ashley achieved podium positions in each event continuing an excellent run of form leading into the NZ National Championships at Easter.
Jamie – Auckland Champion 16 Boys
Ashley – 3rd place Auckland Champs 15-16 Girls.
Jamie – 2nd place Oceania Continental Championships
Ashley – 3rd place Oceania Continental Championships.
These results follow on from success with the New Zealand Senior BMX team where they earned their selection as the number two riders in their age group across the country.
Both Jamie and Ashley also won their 16 year age groups at the Nerang International BMX race meeting held at Surfers Paradise over the New Year period.
They continue to seek success at the highest levels in the sport and will travel to Australia in March to compete in the final round of the Australian National Series and the Australian Pre-Nationals race meeting.
Thank you for your support Ngāi Tahu.
Jamie and Ashley with their latest competition prizes.