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.
The whare and our kaiāwhina ready to go. From left, Diana Panapa-Coulston, Rachael Forsyth, Julianna Zweis and Bronwyn Te Koeti.
Fun at the pool party.
