My kāuta rules (MKR)

I te Rāhoroi te 20 o Whā i tū te hui-ā-whānau, My Kāuta Rules, i Te Whare o Te Waipounamu. I tīmata mātou ki te whakawhanaukataka, nā ētahi kemu tūhonohono i mōhio ai mātou ko wai i reira, ā, he aha te tino kai o ia takata.

Ā muri i kā kemu i hoake mātou ki te mahi whakarite kai. Mīharo katoa te mahi whakarite hūhi ahakoa he uaua te mahi, he reka te hūhi. He uaua hoki te whakarite Kopa iti o Kana (Spring rolls) heoi, he rawe te akoraka, ā, he reka hoki te kai. E ai kī ētahi, he kai pai kia rite ai i te kāika. Koina tētahi hua o te hui – nā te mahi i ēnei kai hauora ka mōhio kā tamariki ki te reka me te harikoa o te whakarite kai hauora. Namunamuā! I whakaritea hoki he huarākau e mātou. He toki ki te whakarite huarākau a Matua Grant rāua ko Matua Jason – nā rāua i whakarākei te huarākau kia pēnā ki tētahi kōura me tētahi motu. Ko te whakanakonako keke iti te mahi whakamutuka, ā, i kite mātou i te auahataka o kā tamariki. Me te wai kōrari!

Ko tā te ihu i te hui. Kātahi ka haere ētahi whānau ki te whutupōro. I ā rātou ētahi tohu reo Māori kia akiaki ai te tima o Waitaha! Rakona te taiwhaka i te reo Māori. Mei kore rātou hai mumu reo i a tātou.

On Saturday 20 August some KMK whānau met at Te Whare o Te Waipounamu. The purpose of this hui was to delight in the preparation and sharing of kai while using te reo Māori. After playing some games to get to know each other we got straight into the work. Some made sushi, others made raw spring rolls which again tested the skills of our budding chiefs (oops chefs). Both parents and children enjoyed the challenge and some were looking forward to honing their skills at home.

Hidden skills were also discovered as we witnessed the talents of Matua Grant and Matua Jason who lead the way with the fruit platter preparation, producing fruit arrangements that resembled a crayfish and an island. Kai reira! The talents of our tamariki were also seen in the decoration of their cupcakes – a special treat to go with the delicious healthy kai they prepared.

After a satisfying kai together, the whānau, armed with reo Māori banners, headed to the Canterbury rugby game. We hope the team enjoyed the reo Māori cheering and support from our champion tamariki.

Hākari at the Kotahi Mano Kāika version of My Kitchen Rules.

Hākari at the Kotahi Mano Kāika version of My Kitchen Rules.

Kura Reo Rakatahi reflection

E aku amorangi o Ngāi Tahu nāia ngā mihi. I ngā hararei kua taha ake i wehe mātou ko tētahi tira mai i Te Whare o Te Waipounamu i Ōtautahi ki Ōtākou Marae mō te Kura Reo Rakatahi te take. I te rā tuatahi o tēnei Kura Reo i āta wānangahia e mātou ngā tūpuna o tērā taiwhenua, ā, i wānanga hoki mātou i ngā waka me ngā kōrero pūrākau mō ērā waka. Mai i ēnei wānanga i whaiwhakaaro mātou mō ngā wāhi i noho, i ora, i mate ēnei tūpuna. Pēnā i a Tukiauau me Tarewai. Ngā wāhi hoki i tau ēnei waka tūpuna. Pēnā i a Tākitimu, Ārai-te-uru me te Waka-a-Raki. I te rā tuarua i waimarie mātou ki te tae-ā-tinana ki ngā wāhi i noho ēnei tūpuna. I haere tahi mātou ki ngā pā o Pukekura me te pā o Te Rakipipikao i reira kōrero ai ngā whakapapa o aua wāhi. Whai muri ake i haere mā runga pahi ki Te Whare tongarewa o Ōtākou, ki reira i noho me te whakarongo ki tā te kaitiaki taonga Māori i kōrero ai. I kīkī katoa tō mātou rangi ki ngā haerenga huhua, i muri ake o te whare taonga i haere ki tātahi ki te wāhi e kīia nei ko Ōtokia me te eke puke ki reira. Nā kua pau katoatia te hau o ngā rangatahi ka hoki mātou ki te Marae me te whakatā mō te pō.

I taua pō tonu i ngahau te haere me te mahi whakaari, ko ngā kōrero i ako mātou i tērā rangi te kaupapa mō ngā whakaari.

I te rā whakamutunga i te mura mai i a Tama-nui-te-rā me ōna hihi. Ko ngā haerenga mō tēnei rā ko te wahapū o te awa Taiari me te Nohoaka-a-Tukiauau. I te taenga ki te wahapū o te Taiari i tākaro te nuinga o mātou i te kēmu Pā Ariki mō te roanga o tā mātou nohonga ki reira. Ko te wāhi whakamutunga mō tēnei hīkoi ko te Nohoanga-a-Tukiauau me te auē hoki i te taenga atu. He ātaahua te wāhi rā, ko ngā mahi i reira ko te hīkoi ki te wāhi i tū ai te Pā o Tukiauau, ko Whakaraupuka, me te whakatō tipu kia tere ake te whakarauoratanga o te wāhi raupō kia piki te ora o tō tātou hākui ko Papatūānuku. I mutu ki reira i mihia ngā mihi ki te kaitiaki o te whenua, i tuku taonga, i hoki ki te Marae.

Te huhua hoki o ngā wheako me ngā akoranga i tango mātou katoa mai i tēnei kura reo nō mātou ngā rangatahi te whiwhi ki ēnei taonga, ēnei kōrero pūrākau mai i ngā tūpuna rangatira o tātou. Kāore te puna o mihi e maemae ki a koutou o Kotahi Mano Kāika, tau ana. Nā Tamahou Thoms.

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Kura Reo Rakatahi ki Ōtākou

This last school holidays 52 rakatahi from across the Ngāi Tahu takiwā including Kaikōura, Te Tai Poutini, Waitaha, and Murihiku joined with rakatahi from Ōtākou to forge new friendships, strengthen existing bonds, connect to our whenua and environment, connect to our history and ancestral stories and learn together under the kaupapa of te reo. Aimed at all levels, the rakatahi participants included some of our first generation KMK kids who are fluent or native speakers of te reo – the first time Kāi Tahu has had a youth generation of te reo speakers in over 100 years!

These young leaders studied some of our tuhinga tawhito, traditional narratives left by our tīpuna in the 19th century. They had the opportunity to trace the footsteps of some of our eponymous tīpuna from Kāti Māmoe and Kāi Tahu across the Otago Peninsula, down into the Taieri river and across to Te Whakaraupuka – the pā of Tukiauau at Te Nohoaka o Tukiauau/Sinclair Wetlands. A rakatahi leadership team led and facilitated many of the learning sessions, supported by a team of pou reo. The learning was embedded through story-telling, creating performances and waiata. There were some x-factor performances. E te iwi, Ngāi Tahu certainly has got talent. Check out our KMK facebook site to see some of these future leaders in action.

Kura Reo Rakatahi Ōtākou rōpū.

Kura Reo Rakatahi Ōtākou rōpū.

Puna Pūtea o KMK

KMK funding is available for all registered Ngāi Tahu individuals, whānau and cluster groups who are wanting to develop their Māori language. The next funding round closes on 24 February, 2017. For application forms or more information, check out our website: www.kmk.maori.nz

If you have any questions or require further information about the Kā Manukura o te Reo, Whānau Reo or Kāika Reo funds – please contact:

Darren Solomon (Project Advisor)
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
15 Show Place, Christchurch
Phone: 0800 KAITAHU
Email: [email protected]

For further information about the Papakāika Reo Fund – please contact:
Victoria Campbell (Project Advisor)
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
PO Box 799 Dunedin
Phone: 0800 KAITAHU
Email: [email protected]

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