Thursday, December 20, 2007
MoA Hui 2007
So we had a bit of a hui at Waihao just before Hui-a-Tau, at Arowhenua this year. This was a fantastic opportunity for those interested in the kaupapa of MoA to get together and find out about what it could be and who each other were.
We were a small number, but as it was said over the course of the hui, He iti, ahakoa he Pounamu.
After a warm welcome from the ahi ka of the Marae we had a bit of a hikoi to the river and an old kaik site, guided by the knowledgable Mahi and Hinerangi.
Back at the Marae we got to work on the first of our Mokihi, as shown by Mahi. A second one was made in short time with the left over Raupo, and in the end we had two fine looking waka ready to sail. Pity we never got to test them.
We did get to try our hands at some Mau Rakau, as shown by Rangimarie, and I think we did pretty well....
A 'friendly' game of pictionary was the last thing on the day's agenda, giving people to shoe off their creative and lateral thinking skills.
Breakfast was a feast cooked up by the boys, and a last clean up and farewell saw the end of a great hui.
Thanks to the Waihao Marae and our organisers, Rangi and Tiaki.
Thanks to all who came, it was choice!
Look out for more info in the future about MoA and its activities.
We were a small number, but as it was said over the course of the hui, He iti, ahakoa he Pounamu.
After a warm welcome from the ahi ka of the Marae we had a bit of a hikoi to the river and an old kaik site, guided by the knowledgable Mahi and Hinerangi.
Back at the Marae we got to work on the first of our Mokihi, as shown by Mahi. A second one was made in short time with the left over Raupo, and in the end we had two fine looking waka ready to sail. Pity we never got to test them.
We did get to try our hands at some Mau Rakau, as shown by Rangimarie, and I think we did pretty well....
A 'friendly' game of pictionary was the last thing on the day's agenda, giving people to shoe off their creative and lateral thinking skills.
Breakfast was a feast cooked up by the boys, and a last clean up and farewell saw the end of a great hui.
Thanks to the Waihao Marae and our organisers, Rangi and Tiaki.
Thanks to all who came, it was choice!
Look out for more info in the future about MoA and its activities.
Nga Mihi
Kiaora Koutou, He mihi mahana ki te whanau whanui i tenei wa, i te tau hou!
This is the Blog for Mokopuna o Aoraki, started up by Rangimarie Mules and Tiaki Latham-Coates.
This is a group run by Kai Tahu youth, for Kai Tahu youth, and has many aims, but mainly to facilitate Kai Tahutaka within the Kai Tahu Rakatahi and create links and ties that bind us all together for now and the future. It is about empowering ourselves by supporting each other and realising our common goals. It is about understanding who we are in the sense of No hea and No wai? It is about using the opportunities and skills we have as a group and as Kai Tahu and taking them forward into our lives and communities.....
At least this is what I think it is.
It may be many things for many people, but I know that it can only live through us.
Therefore, this is the challange we have set ourselves, to carry on with this mahi of whakawhanaukataka.
Like they say on Maori TV, like they said for the Ngai Tahu Exhibition, Mo Matou!
This is the Blog for Mokopuna o Aoraki, started up by Rangimarie Mules and Tiaki Latham-Coates.
This is a group run by Kai Tahu youth, for Kai Tahu youth, and has many aims, but mainly to facilitate Kai Tahutaka within the Kai Tahu Rakatahi and create links and ties that bind us all together for now and the future. It is about empowering ourselves by supporting each other and realising our common goals. It is about understanding who we are in the sense of No hea and No wai? It is about using the opportunities and skills we have as a group and as Kai Tahu and taking them forward into our lives and communities.....
At least this is what I think it is.
It may be many things for many people, but I know that it can only live through us.
Therefore, this is the challange we have set ourselves, to carry on with this mahi of whakawhanaukataka.
Like they say on Maori TV, like they said for the Ngai Tahu Exhibition, Mo Matou!
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