I te Rāmere 29-Rātapu 31 Iwa i tū te wānaka Kia Kūrapa ki Awarua. He wānaka kia ako ai te reo me ōna tikaka. Ko Kare Tipa rātou ko Paulette Tamati-Elliffe, ko Darren Solomon ko Victoria Campbell ko Thomas Aerepo Morgan kā kaiako. Tokomaha kā akoka me ō rātou whānau i haere ki te wānaka nei. I noho mātou i Te Rau Aroha marae. Nō mātou te whiwhi, i te Pōmere i kōrero a Bubba Thomson. Nāna i whakamōhio mai ko wai kā mareikura o te whare, ā, i whai honoka ētahi o kā akoka ki te whare me kā kōrero o nehe. Tēnā rawa atu koe Bubba.
I te Rāhoroi i muri i kā akoraka i haere mātou ki te tirohia te whenua. Te ātaahua hoki o te whenua. Kātahi nā te reka o te kai hoki. Nāia te whakamiha ki a Sharon rāua ko Jacqui. Tēnā kōrua e whakatake riaka ana kia ora tonu ai te tari o te ora.
He wānaka tēnei mō kā whānau, nō reira, i tūhonohono ai kā tamariki ki kā tamariki kā mātua ki kā mātua. He mihi hoki tēnei ki kā pōua me kā taua – mei kore koutou hai tohutohu i a mātou. Ko Tawini rāua ko Kelly-Ann kā kaitiaki tamariki. Kāore i tua atu i a kōrua. I te harikoa kā tamariki, ā, i taea kā mātua te haere ki te ako. He mihi hoki tēnei ki a Alison me te kura o Bluff. I haere mātou i kora ki te ako, ia tau ia tau i tautoko rātou i a mātou kia ora ai tō tātou reo me ōna tikaka. Wananei.
Kia Kūrapa ki Awarua was well attended with over 50 whānau members. It was awesome to start the wānaka off with a kōrero from Bubba about the whare. This made everyone feel welcome and enthusiastic about learning more.
We spent Saturday at Bluff School learning followed by a tiki tour around Bluff. The weather was stunning as was the vista. A big thanks to Tawini and Kelly-Ann for running the tamariki programme, and also, to Sharon and Jacqui, for running the kitchen.
After the last class on Sunday morning we headed back to the marae before departing for our respective homes. KMK advocates for intergenerational language transmission so it was fabulous to have a range of whānau members in attendance. Well done for taking time to learn and be involved. Kia kaha, kia manawa tītī.
Kai te kōrero a Bubba.
