Kia ui mai rā‘Kai hea te ahi hai tāmahana i taku tinana?’Māhaku tēneiE hoe tō waka i a Mahaanui, Kia ū rānō ki WhakaroaTauraka waka o Te UruaoMe ahu atu koe ki te riu o te nawe o te iwiHikahika tākata, ko te haepapatakaKa piki ki te tihi o Tuhiraki, Tērā TūwhakarōriaKā puna hauaitū, puna …
Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki ki Taumutu Following the wreckage of Te Waka o Aoraki (the canoe of Aoraki) that became the South Island, Rakinui (Sky Father) sent a number of his mokopuna from the heavens to transform the waka into land that would sustain human life. Among these demi-gods were Tūterakihaunoa whose job was to carve …
Ka rere taku manu mai i tōna kohaka ki Kaitara Huri atu e taku manu ki Te Kūhakawariwari, tae atu ki Marokura A, rere tonu e taku manu ki te Pae Mauka o Waipuna ka roha, ka tiu e taku manu ki te pā harakeke o Tutakakahikura ki Pōhatu Kōinei te whāriki tipuna o Koukourārata …
Ko Te Poho o Tamatea te Mauka Ko Whakaraupō te Moana Ko Te Rāpaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa te Marae Ko Ngāti Wheke te Hapū Ko Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe me Waitaha hoki te iwi. Centuries before Columbus voyaged to the Americas, Tamatea-Pokai-Whenua was exploring Aotearoa. On his trip back north from Murihiku, he stopped off …
Ko Ōteauheke te mauka Ko Awaiti te awa Ko Kai Tarewa te hapū Ko Kai Tahu te iwi Ko Takitimu te waka Ko Karaweko te tupuna whare Ko Ōnuku te marae Tena koutou katoa Ōnuku Rūnanga is the modern day representative of the hapū Ngāi Tarewa and Ngāti Irakēhu at Ōnuku, on the shores of …
Maka ra ki Tawhiti ki ngā Whenua hou Ki ngā maunganunui Ki Horomangaraia Ki Te Tuahiwi o Te Rangiora Tuahiwi The name of our marae is Tuahiwi. Tuahiwi takes its name from the ridge that runs from the Kaiapoi township through to Rangiora. That ridge is where the Tuahiwi roadway now runs and our people …
