Ngati Porou - Te Rā Pare - Thursday 28 August

Te Rā Hina - Monday 25 August

He kotiro ataahua tēnei, no Ngati Porou a ia. I just love these little ones, they are all so talented. More at the bottom of the blog, a little Korean boy, a Scottish lass, a Dutch baby and a Malaysian girl. All beautiful babes.

Te Rā Apa – 20 August *Week 9 - # 20

We were asked to embed a You Tube video. I have done quite a few in previous posts, so this isn't new to me. I was going to choose another lovely little one singing, and there are quite a few. However, it must be the time, or this 'wet, wet, wet weather' which led me to choose the All Blacks doing 'Kapa o Pango.' This haka was revived by Derek Lardelli, and led by Rico Gear, both of whom are Ngati Porou.
We were also asked how this site could help our patrons. I think that this could be used as another resource especially in research, and it could also be found that some people (myself included) are more visually inclined. How did I put my video on my post? (1) Go to the You Tube site and after having chosen the type of video that I wanted to watch, (2) by putting it in the 'search bar.' I then played it. The 'embed code' came up on the right of the video. (3) I copied the code. (4) Went back to my post, then 'pasted' the code in the panel where I'm writing at this moment. (5) Just under this I wrote my message. Publish post. Done. Hope this helps anyone who needs it.

Te Rā Hina - Monday 28 July

Ko Ngāti Porou te Iwi
Ko Hikurangi te Maunga
Ko Waiapu te Awa
Ko Tokomaru Bay te Papa whenua.
Ko Mere Knight te Ingoa.
For those who didn’t know Aunty Mere Knight, she was involved in the Health and Community Sectors for over 50years. Her dedication and commitment to developing and supporting community, health and school groups was unsurpassed. She was very well known throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, as well as being a very dedicated member of the Anglican Church. Evidence of Aunty Mere(s) skills in Raranga (weaving) is demonstrated by her many Tāniko and Tukutuku works which are widely displayed within organisations, marae andcommunity halls. Right up until the time she passed, she gave guidance in Tikanga and Mātauranga Maaori, and worked for Te Roopu Taurima o Manukau.

Tangi tonu, tangi tonu mo koutou; Maringi mai ngā roimata; Tukua ngā hūpē kia heke
Kei te heke tonu; Ngā roimata aroha e maringi mai nei; E tangi hotuhotu ana ahau.

I will miss your lovely smile, your kind words and your love of being Ngāti Porou.
Kōkā Mere, singing Paikea will never be quite the same.

Te Rā Horoi - Saturday 12 July

Shopping and a movie with Lulu.
Woohooo!