KIA PIKI TE ORA!!!!
29th August 2014 - Hei Manaaki (wk3)How privileged we are to have such an awesome bunch of people gathered in one space. (Te Kai Makiha, Wikitoria Makiha, Nana Porter, Ester Proctor, Rena Parangi, Mere Simon, Kura Herbert, Peter Kitchen & myself).
Today we have Papa Te Kai who is using the rakau method of Te Atarangi to teach how to count to a million, use for teaching nga Tupou and other positional kupu (nei, na, ra)
Following a beautiful shared lunch of Pork bones, watercress, smoke tuna, home baked cookies, preserves - we feel so spoilt.
Our afternoon pūrakau focused on name of places with associated stories. Today was Parengarenga and the Kuaka - he manu rongonui o te raki.
Learnt some of the names of the different winds: Nga ingoa o nga hau:
He Mihi ki te Kuaka
| Ruia, ruia, Opea, opea, Tahia, tahia Kia hemo ake Ko te kaka "koakoa" Kia herea mai. Te kawai koroki "Kia tatata mai" I roto i tana pūkorokoro Whaikaro He kuaka He kuaka marangaranga Kotahi manu I tau ki te tahuna Tau atu Tau atu Kua tau mai | Spreading out, scattering, then gathering, reforming, becoming as one again Close to death from exhaustion the cry "koakoa" is the rope that binds them together. The flock's cry of "Keep close together" comes from inside throats searching for sanctuary. A godwit a hovering godwit, one single bird, has landed on the sand bank. It has settled over there and others are landing beside it. Now they have all landed here. |
(ref: http://folksong.org.nz/pataka.html)
awesome cant wait till fridays
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