Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Ko te tukanga o te whangai pei te toa o te rangi!

Ae ra kua rongo nga karere pa ana ki te ripoata a Morgan Saxton he kaitopatopa o te Waipounamu. I mate a Saxton i tera tau. Heoi tana Mama e whawhai ano tonu ki te kooti pa ana ki te tahaetanga o te pounamu o te wariu $300 mano tara.

Heoi ko te angira e whawhai tonu o te Mama mo te due process pa ana ki te "whangai". Ko tera he tino nui kaupapa pa ana ki te tikanga. He tino kaupapa tena, e tika ana tana mama.

He aha ou whakaaro:

Monday, July 27, 2009

Temepara kua whakatopito ki te Rarauhe Hiriwa


Kia hiwa ra Kia hiwa ra!

Te poutokomana o te kapa Mystix kua piataata mai te tima toa o te motu te kapa rarauhe hiriwa.

Ae toku hoa Temepara Hori. Ka rawe. I whakaaro kaore a Bubby kua topito mo ana raruraru i mua, heoi te ahuatanga a Ruth Aiken te kaiako o te kapa hiriwa e rangimarie ana mo tana tuakana o te puku o te kooti.


Oku whakaaro mo tenei huri he kaupapa e tau ana i muri mai te hinga o te kapa ANZ ki nga wahine o Ahiteria me kapa o te ao. Nga korero pa ana ki te hoki mai a Bubby he tino relief ki nga tangata whenua e mohio ana tana tere, tana pukenga rawe rawa atu, me te tohungatanga i runga te kooti.


Kua piki te timata rarauhe hiriwa i te tau 1996, he tino tohunga mo te 2003 World Championships ana kei reira he anahera mo te tima ra he tino wahine toa mo nga intercepts me huri rauna te piro ki te taha o te tima aotearoa, me te 2006 Commonwealth Games.


I muri mai nga raruraru ki a Sione Famuina te kapa Cowboys o Ahitereiria i te tau 2006.


Heoi he mihi miharo ki a Bubby!


Saturday, July 25, 2009

Titiro mai ki toku taonga - toku tuakana mai te akomanga kotahi rau - Takiura


It wasn’t until Tania Stanley was a young teenager that she saw her first kapa haka (traditional Maori performing arts) and got curious about her culture.
Decades later, she’s deeply tied to her ancestors and heritage and helping to revive Pouwaru, or Maori Weaponry, indigenous art that had been almost lost since the early 19th century due to colonization. She’s been studying the art for 11 years and is the only highly ranked women in Te Whare Tuu Taua o Aotearoa — The National School of Ancient Maori Weaponry of New Zealand.
She is able to teach from the first level right up to the seventh, and has classes in Maori and mainstream schools as well as adult classes. Tania sees the art as one way to help build youths’ confidence and to perserve their own cultures.
The Divas crew caught up with her at a marae based in West Auckland,where we were dazzled by her passion, dedication, energy and eloquence not to mention her display of her prowess in Pouwhitu (the seventh grade of the art). From the Interview
“We have a lot that we need to teach and if we don’t pass it down to our younger generation, we could lose a lot of our knowledge.”
“I believe that every iwi [Maori people/tribe] must have, did have, women fighters…whether it been in a subtle way, whether it been a strong way, whether it had been with weapons, without weapons.”
“Are we just going to play Maori one day and something else the next, or are we going to live what we believe in?”
“What you see here, we also do in our homes, and for us to have that freedom to do that is another step to helping our next generation. If it’s not going to happen at home, it’s not going to happen…”
“We have to remember that the moment we pick up a weapon, we better know how to use it. You sort of have to remember that it’s not a show thing, it’s not entertainment or anything like that or to make a flash.”
“Mana is like…all their teachings, all the knowledge that I’ve got from here is on the line.”


Monday, July 13, 2009

Tiki Hunia kia hoki mai


I tino aroha rāua kia rāua ano. Koinei te whakatau a te matua kēkē o te hoa wahine o te tangata no Aotearoa i mate i Hamēka i tēra wiki.
I kōhurutia a Tiki Hūnia, rua tekau mā whitu tau te pakeke, i Hamēka, whai muri i te patuna o tana hoa wahine, a Nickie Jean Hūnia, ki te māhunga.
Hei tā Brian Stapleton, te matua kēkē a Nickie-Jean nō Te Puke, he tangata aroha a Tiki Hūnia, ahakoa te pikiwhara. Kei te tūmeke tonu a Stapleton, me te maha o ngā whānau, ki te matehanga o Hūnia, a, me te patai atu he aha ai i pā tēnei aitua kino ki runga i tētahi tangata tino nui te aroha. Hei tā te matua kēkē, i whakaaro a Hunia mo te oranga o tana hoa wahine, koirā i tarapeke ia ki te awhi i tana hoa wahine,a, koira te aroha tino nui i waenga i ngā tokorua.
I pūhia a Tiki Hūnia e tētahi nanakia, e hiahia ana ki te whānako i te wāea pūkoro a Hūnia. Kei te rangahautia tonutia e ngā pirihimana o Hāmēka, i te kōhurutanga a Hūnia.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Tamihere te tangata "he wa tutuki te pouri"


Ko Tamihere te Rangatira o enei wa mo nga tangata e noho ana ki Tamaki Makaurau. Te tangata e kaha mo nga taake pakeha he tangata tika me pono mo nga korero pakeha.

Ko ia te tangata i haere patua nga rori o te Pakeha, i haere ki te whare Miere i noho ana tonu i runga te poari o Waipareira, heoi he aha tana kaha mo te Nui ake Kaunihera a Tamaki Herenga Waka? He tangata kua riro nga wa patu me nga wa hinga heoi ka tu tonu tenei kaitorangapu. I kiia Tamihere ko Tau Henare me te Maori Kawana komiti whaiti i rongo ki nga roopu ka hiahia te tino rangatiratanga i tenei wa.

Engari i kiia a Tamihere ko te hui mo te rongo kaore mo te hua o te Iwi Maori. Ko te ture kei te kawanatanga me whakaatu ana.

Kua kokiri he submission a Tamihere ki te Komiti Whaiti no te Whanau Waipareira ki Hoani Waititi Marae ki Waitakere a tenei Ramere.

Pureta rewharewha poaka ka whanake tonu, tekau ma tahi i te intensive care


Tekau mā tahi ngā tāngata mai Aotearoa kei te whāomaoma o te Hōhipera, nā te rewharewha poaka......
Tekau mā tahi ngā tāngata mai Aotearoa kei te whāomaoma o te Hōhipera, nā te rewharewha poaka.
Kei te piki hāere te nama o ngā tāngata e mau ana i te rewharewha poaka, i te Rāhina kotahi mano rima tekau mā iwa ngā tāngata, i tēnei wā kotahi mano, kotahi rau iwa tekau mā rima ngā tāngata.
Kei te pikitiahia e te manatū hauora, he pehea te hohnu o te rewharewha poaka nei.
Hei tā takuta Fran McGrath, he rahi tonu ngā mea kāre rātou i te mohio mo te ngāngara nei, heoi ano ko tāna e mōhio ana, ko ngā tāngata ka tere mau i te rewharewha poaka, ngā tāngata kei a rātou ētahi tu āhua māuiuitanga.
Hei tā te minita a John Key kei te ngarengare atu te kāwanatanga kia tīkina he rongoa hou hei patu i te rewharewha poaka mo ngā kaimahi mōrearea.
I tēnei wā e toru ngā tangata kua hinga mai i te rewharewha poaka.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Te whakatotahitanga o oku Iwi


He pai rawa atu apiha mohio i rongo te whakakotahitanga o oku iwi. He mahi miharo he nui hatepe mo nga Iwi e whakaatu. Ko nga Iwi Ngati Whatua, Tainui me Nga Puhi i hui i tera wiki ite Atamira. Ana, i muri nga korero o te hui Atamira me ki a Pauline Kingi he pai kounga ki te whakakotahitanga o nga iwi i mua nga huinga o te kawana.


Hitori

Ko te mea nui ki ahau te mea hohonutanga ki nga iwi e whakakotahi. Heoi ano nga rongonui pakanga ara Hika me Ngati Whatua ko te pakanga a Te Ika a Ranganui ki Mangawhai tetehi pakanga. Te pakanga o Nga Puhi me Tainui waka ko te pakanga o te pu na 1810 ki 1830 nga tau.


Heoi ano, te taimahatanga o tenei korero he ahua pouri. Heoi e mohio ana tenei mahi naianei he pai nekehanga ki mua. Ko au he uri o nga Iwi katoa. Te aha ranei ko Te Arawa. Heoi e pai nga Iwi katoa e kitea ki mua.


I te mutunga he pai whakaaro i mua te taetae mai o te kapa o te Ao 2011. Mahia te mahi.

Kaawhia moana, Kaawhia kai, Kaawhia tangata.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Te mutunga o te kokoti tuatahi


Ko te mea nui o te rangi i te mutunga o te kokoti ko te mea whakanuia o te rangi, te ahua te wairua e rere ana pa ana ki te whakaatu atu o nga pia o te wananga o Takiura. Heoi ano, ko te mea pouri o te rangi inanahi ko te mata o te riri o tetehi pia kaore i whakatuturu te kaupapa e kau ana.


Heoi ano, he tino ahua pouri tēnei tāke i whakaatu ana. He tino pouri tohu ki runga ki toku kanohi i tangi ana i mua te kura. Heoi ko tēra te ahua o te wairua e kawea. Na reira he aha te hua o tēnei mata? Pai te kaha, kua whakaae ki tēnei ahua, te nuinga o te akomanga kao, whakahe heoi ano te kaha a tēnei tangata ka amuamu tonu, ko tēnei he tino Ngā Puhi ahua, aha ranei ngā maha tini o te whakaatu atu tana kaha kei te amuamu tonu ko te mea ahua miharo ki ahau, ko tērā ahua koretake kao, kaore ki ahau, ko tērā te ahua o te tangata tuturu ki tana ngakau, ki ahau ko tērā te mea hua ataahua, ko te kaha, aha rānei te tangata te kaupapa, karekau te rangimarietanga. Ki ahau ko tērā te mea nui o te tikanga Maori. Te KAHA. He mea kaha e pau ana ēnei wa i roto i te ao torangapu.