Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio sent a small rōpū to tautoko the unveiling of the Te Oi Manawa Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial. A beautiful ceremony, Kāti Māhaki were proud to witness the final resting place of the 270-kilogram kōhatu mauri pounamu that was specially chosen and extracted from a remote South Westland valley and gifted as an everlasting symbol of our aroha and to be a touchstone connecting visitors to the memorial, back to the whenua and those who have been before them. Nō reira, nei anō te mihi aroha ki a rātou kua hika i te rū whenua, haere, haere, haere atu rā. Moe mai rā i te rakimārie.

Whānau at the Christchurch Memorial.

Whānau at the Christchurch Memorial.