On Sunday 22 May, members of both Ōraka Aparima Rūnaka and Waihōpai Rūnaka assembled at Takutai o te Tītī Marae, Ōraka to ceremoniously welcome back ‘He taoka Pou Whenua’ to Murihiku.

The ‘Pou Whenua’ originally belonged to a tipuna who at the time (around 1840s) was chief at Oue. His name was Huruhuru, not to be confused with the tipuna known as Te Huruhuru (originally from Kaiapoi and lived in South Canterbury). [Read more…]