Āraiteuru ki uta, Āraiteuru ki tai, Āraiteuru te waka e tau nei. Tīhei mauri ora!
From 4-7 October we held Manawa Hou ki Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki. Although Ranginui spent most of the time ensuring we knew how much he loved our beautiful hākui, Papatūānuku, our whānau made the most of it. On the first night we split into our groups and learned about the journeys of our tūpuna all the way from Hawaiki to Kaiapoi. Through sharing their stories: our two pōua (Graeme Pepper and Matapura Ellison) bought us back home and shared how our tūpuna settled around Te Tai o Āraiteuru. Each group did a wonderful job of retelling the stories and coming up with creative ways of recreating their kōrero through a visual timeline, waiata, whakaari (drama), stomping and games. [Read more…]