Our roopu is growing each week, although we have the same wonderful faces (Wikitoria Makiha, Kura Herbert, Melissa Kukutai, Peter Kitchen, Rena Parangi, Te Kai Makiha, Kylie Simeon, Mere Simon & myself). We welcomed back our Papa Joe & Viv Body who have been in Oz visiting whanau. Today we also open our doors to a young German boy who is visiting NZ for a year, he is interested in rongoa and the spirtual side of natural medicine - nau mai haere mai, Nico Brandstaetter. Today Ngā Wā was our practical lesson with Te Ataarangi and the rakau method of learning - good fun
"Kii pai te Whare tenei ra" - fully house today
Everyone working through sentences for the time
Everyone shares their sentences
Basic sentences of telling time in Maori
Ngā Wā
Our rakau clock - "hands on" learning made easy
Practicing with partners - collaborative learning
A shared lunch created by the wonderful "Cary" (Carolyn Saulo) -we are very blessed to have this amazing lady spoil us with her beautiful kai: Pumpkin & spinich soup, hot fry bread as well as a number of other awesome creations from our participants - everyone brings a little something so it ends up like an wicked banquet
Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi
With your basket and my basket the people will live
Following lunch - we were fortunate to share a Purakau session with Papa Joe & Whaea Vivianne on the wonderful Rongoa - tātarāmoa
tātarāmoa
Papa Joe Body with our Rongoa
Papa Joe - enjoying sharing
Lots of uses including: insomnia, easy child birth, STI's etc
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