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MATARIKI MAORI NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS 2008 |
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Written by Tuhorouta
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
M.......Maintaing our Traditions
A........A Maori New Year.
T........Time with Friends and Family
A........Always Evolving
R.......Rejuvenate the Wairua (Spirit)
I.........Interaction with other Cultures
K.......Keeping true to our Heritage
I.........Inventive initiatives to keep our children and people going forward
WHERE: Kingston Butter Factory
Milky Way
Kingston
WHEN: Saturday the 7th June 2008
POWHIRI: 8.00AM
START: 9.00AM
FINISH: 5.00PM
PRICE: $10.00
‘Haeremai e te iwi ki tenei ra whakahirahira kia tatou te iwi Maori.
Mauria mai o koutou Maunga o koutou awa o koutou iwi ki te hapai ki te
tautoko ranei te ‘Tau Hou' o te iwi Maori'.
"Welcome everyone to this prestigious day of the Maori.
"Bring your mountains...your rivers...your people and their history to this "The Maori New Year".
Welcome one and all to The Matariki Maori New Year Celebrations 2008 to
be celebrated at the fantastic Kingston Butter Factory. There will be
stalls with a whole host of products for sale as well as the
traditional Maori Hangi food and other delicacies for your purchasing
pleasure.
There will be ‘Great Music' from local and international artists' and
various kapahaka (Maori Concert Parties) celebrating and entertaining
you on this day.
And a whole lot more. We don't want to spoil the surprise so come one come all.
Where else would you get a whole host of entertainment for such a small entry price.
Naumai,Haeremai,Tahuti Mai
Welcome one and all !
"Ko Matariki te whetu e arataki e
A tutuki noa kit e mutunga
Puritia nga tohutohu a te wa
Kia manawanui kia Rangimarie"
"Matariki will guide you
From time to eternity
Maintain the gospel teachings
Take hold of opportunities presented
Be patient
Be calm."
Na Tuini NGAWAI
Nanny Tuini had it right in 1962 when she wrote her famous song
‘Matariki' made famous by her roopu "Te Hokowhitu a Tumatauenga" of
Tokomaru Bay, Te Whanau-a-Ruataupare, a famous sub-tribe of Ngatiporou.
This surely denotes how much emphasis our people had placed on Matariki
or the Maori New Year Celebrations or Te Tau Hou- "The New Year".
The Maori would plant crops after the first moon of Matariki in June
and kohikohi-collect kaimoana and other staple foods in preparation for
the upcoming winter months.
Matariki was a time for the sharing of food, stories (purakau) and
history (whakapapa) amongst the family and extended families. A time to
catch up on all the korero (small talk) and important things happening
in the family and tribal circles. A time to farewell our dead and
welcome the new born.
It was our holistic cycle of life which kept us wholesome healthy and balanced.
For instance whanau living in Taranaki would head home to the Coast to
rekindle and replenish their well-being amongst whanau and friends and
this would happen every year, and has been for hundreds of years in "Te
Ao Maori"-"the Maori world.
Nowadays things are moving so fast that we are not taking more time-out
to be amongst our loved ones. Work and people demand so much of our
time that we do not take any opportunities for ourselves and our own
well being and that of our families.
We are governed by the clock more and more and the bosses and the
managers of huge companies are only concerned about making more money
for the shareholders.
Our tamariki (children) living in Australia do not know a lot of our
traditions...the parents are too busy or they themselves do not know
either.
Hey, that's not a problem! We can all only get better form here on in.
Look inside the words of Nanny Tuini the master composer from the East
Coast whose heart was with all Maori to maintain the gospel teachings
and to hold steadfast to our traditions.
Kia kaha ra! Be Strong.
Written by Tuhorouta
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