Tuesday, December 6, 2011

AARON K PHOTOGRAPHY: The Next 10 Years...

AARON K PHOTOGRAPHY: The Next 10 Years...: This video has nothing to do with fashion or photography, but it succinctly conveys a very important message about environmental sustain...

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Friday Havoc i waenganui te Hīhiri o Tamaki herenga Tangata!

He aroha pouri, he aroha tohatoha haere mo ngā tamariki i tō o roto ngā tereina kei Maungawhau inapo.  Kua aukatingia te tereina, te waka i te taha o te whare herehere o Maungawhau.  Mo tetahi haora me te hawhe.  I haere mātou taku whānau e 3 ngā kotiro e2 7tau me 1 e9 tau, me aku iramutu 10 me te 15.  Aue taukiri, kiki rawa atu ngā tiriti o Tamaki.  Kaare au i te mohio pērā te ahuatanga.  I whakārohia e au ka haere ano, ka rangirua haere ko te mea, ngā haurangi ngā rangatahi pōrangi haere.  Kare te pai mo ngā tamariki ki te rangona ki ngā kangakanga.
Hangai ki tēnā te kangakanga o te nuinga, me te hamama o ngā tangata moutere o Tonga, te hamama o tā rātou waka i waenga nga tiriti, kaha rawa, te whakapau i taku hinengaro, etahi wā ka riri haere oku whakāro, i hiahia te hakahoki tōtika ki te kainga aue, kaha rawa ngā tangata i ngā tiriti.
Ko te raruraru, ko te rautaki waka a hāpori, pohara rawa.  E tautokohia au i ngā kōrerorero i pahu ake o ēnei wā, koretake rawa.  Pono marika.  Kare ngā waka e kati ki te rapu tangata.  Kua kīkī haere ngā pahi katoa.
Kotahi haora ki te haere ki te pito o ngā mahi kei te viaduct, engari mai taku tiriti o New North me Symonds Street te poto wā te tawhiti.  Heoi ko te mea e 3 ngā kotiro pakupaku, kaare pai mo rātou te haere ma raro. Kua haere ki runga te pahi.  Kei reira, ko te piri me te mano.
Na kei reira mo te 2 haora kē, i whakaaro aue hōhā au naianei kaare au te hiahia te whakanui naianei! Me hoki mātou ki te kainga.  Tino poto te wā.  Aue pohara rawa.  I hokona tētahi kai i Makitānara, kua haere ki Hape Road, kei reira i heke iho me haere ma raro ki Makitānara ki GreatNorth Road.  Kua hokia ki te kainga.






Pouri taku haerenga.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Kei kōnei te wā whakanuia i te Mana Whenua nei o Aotearoa mo te Ipu o te Ao

He ahuatanga hou he mea he pahi ana ā te wā pea?
Aua heoi ano, koira te mahi i tēnei wā e kau ake ki ngā maha toa, ko tētahi ko Sylvia Park ki te Rawhiti o Tamaki Makaurau, me tētahi ki te pūtahi o Tamaki Makaurau, ki Queen Street.  Rawe te ahuatanga mo mātou ngā Māori.  Engari, i whakapono atu au ki a tātou e kitea ki tētahi wahine pakeha te rongo ki te haruru o ngā toa, e timatahia i te haka ki te tiriti.  Nana i whakarohia he mekemeke kei te timata.  Engari nana e kitea wētahi ki te haere ki reira ki te hono kei te tautoko.
Na a muri tērā ka ohorere ki te ahuatanga o te haka, kua matakitaki.  Miharo.

Koinei ta mātou ahuatanga ahurei.  E hari ahau i te mohio i tamatahi i kōnei ki Tamaki Makaurau.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Ko taku Matamua te Rangatira

Mai taku hē i te whakarehita aku tamāhine ki te pūrei i te pā hutu paoro, kua mohio taku mātamua, kei te heke mai te kapo o Pango.  Aue mai te 3 karaka tae atu ki te 5 karaka ka tangi aia mo te haere ki Pakuranga Football Karapu mo te tutaki ai i te kapo o pango.

Na i kōnei kē au kei te tātari mo tā ratou hoki mai.  Aue e tumanokotia he wā maroke.  Hmmm wā roa.

Anei te wā o te mate o te ipu o te Ao.

World Cup Fever, koira taku tamahine! Ae marika.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Te timatanga o te Ipu Whutu Paoro o te Ao 2011

Kia ora tātou katoa,
Kei te hikaka te rohe nei o Maungawhau.  Ka timata akuanei te wā o te Whutu Paoro.  Kua mutu au taku rō kura ki te kura takawaenga o Kowhai.  Kei reira te pito o te ao mo tēnei hakataetae o te ao.  Miharo te kura ra.  Ko te ingoa o te wāhanga Māori ki reira ko Pounamu.  Ko te kaiwhakahaere ko te Whaea Tere Tamarua.  Ka taea koe te kitea ki tā rātou wharangi i runga i te ipurangi.
Ka rawe taku wā ki reira, he kura tino ngaio, me pūmau rātou ki te kaupapa.  I waenga ngā wā mo matou o Ngapuhi he wā i whawhai tonu mo nga kereme o Waitangi.  mo te wā hoki mo te Iwi Tainui.  No reira he wā miharo mo mātou te Iwi Māori ki te whakakotahi ai, kia kitea ki tā matou tima o te ao ko te tima o "Pango".  Kua tae mai ngā tima, mo te tūwheratanga.  E noho ana etahi ki etahi taone o Aotearoa.  Ko te mea e hiahia ana rātou ki te kite i te whenua katoa.
E tūmanakotia a SBW kei te tākaro pai ana.  Me taku tino wawata kei te whiwhi i te ipu o te ao.  Kaare e au e tātari ne!

Friday, June 17, 2011

David Tua e te Parata tena koe

Ka maumaharatia i te waa tuatahi i rangona i te ingoa a Rawiri Tua.  I whakaarohia e te tuatahi, a, ko wai tenei tangata a Rawiri Tua. 

Engari e katakata ana ki ahau, ko te mea, aku karangarua i crack up rawa atu i te wa e pa tana ingoa, ko te mea, i taka e ia i te aroha mo ta matou tino hoa a Lindsay.  I taua wa, he tino FOB a Tavita, kaare e ia te korero he mita pera i a matou i korerohia i te reo tauiwi, rereke tana reo, rereke tana ahuatanga me te tino rerekee o tana tinana, buti me ki!  HE PURU.

Heoi he me hatakehi ka whakamaumahara ki Tavita penei ana.  Heoi ka rangona ki te whakaaro a Tavita i te irihia ana karapu.  Ka taea te whai whakaaro i a ia he huarahi pai i para.  He tangata pai, he tangata humarie, he tangata kaha ki te tana kaupapa.  He oranga nui rawa o roto, hei awhina i a ia i te kourouatanga.  Heoi ano ra he mihi nui ki a Tavita.

Mai taku whanau whanaunga o te Kura Tuarua o Otahuhu i te tau 1990. =)

Mahia te mahi, kua riro i te huhua

Kua piki haere, ka pakari harikoa ana aku tāmahine ka ako i te reo Māori, ka noho mauiui ana i tēnei wā ki te kainga.  Heoi ano, ko tēnei te wā Matariki, Matariki ahunga whanui.  Matariki rikiriki.  Heoi ano, kaare au ka kore e karo i ngā whakaaro o te ao nei.  Ka hanga e koe i tou ake mana, i tou ake ao.  I tapotapohia i nga pātene nei e kitea e au te moheni a taku tamahine, ko te ingoa Pet, he punua poti i runga nei, fluffy rawa, ataahua kei te kite, ka mārama i tana whiriwhiri i tēnei moheni.
Heoi e patai ki ahau, e tika haere tonu ana waku tamāhine, e tika tonu wana whiriwhiri ko te mea kore he tino rangatiratanga te pūtake?  Pērā o etahi atu kotiro, ta ratou ake kakahu e hanga noa, ka hiakai i te pangarau, i nga mātau i te ao?  Heoi ka kitea aianei ta raua raruraru ko te raruraru o te pouaka whakaata?
Ko te mea ko tēnei ao o te wā nei, ka taea koe te haere tere ana ka mahue i ngā hua, i nga kakara o te ra, o tēnei peka o te tau.  Ka amuamu haere a Ruaimoko, ka haere nga tima pa hutupaoro ki te hakataetae ipu o te ao, a ka ora tonu atu nga whanau Māori ka ora tonu te ao.

Kaare au ka whai whakaaro o te wa nei.  Heoi kia haneanea tou noho.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

He tai hou!

Pai kare, kua pā naianei ki tētahi paku korero o te ao tōrangapu.  Ae, pouri ake i te wā i tēnei wā, ka hinga ki ahau te pāti Māori, ko te mea, kua haere kē a Hone Harawira.  Ae tika tōna ahuatanga, ko tōna, kē te tangata pono ana ki tana ngakau.  E pai ki ahau tēna.  Heoi ano, nana, kua timata he nekehanga hou, akene pea, nana kua whiwhi ngā hoa hou, tēra pea ēra o Anette Sykes, Dayle Takitimu, me ērā atu tangata ka haere ki te Whanau a Apanui i ēnei ra ka tautokongia i te kaupapa a Papautanuku.

No reira, kaare he hē, ki a ia.  Kua huri oku whakaaro ki ēra tangata ka noho i roto i te whare paremata o ēnei wā, ka aha ratou?

Kua mohio kē a Papa Pita, aha ranei, tana taumata ikeike i te whakatau whakarite ngā ahuatanga o ngai Māori heoi ano, ki ahau, nana i moetahi ki a Hone Ki.  Tū atu i tērā, e pai te huarahi e2 ki a ahau.  Ko te mea, ka taea tatou ka inehia i te mahi o ratou o roto i te Pāti Māori ne ha?  Heoi ano, mai te huarahi a Hone Harawira, ka taea tatou naianaei te kite atu ki te Pāti Māori me aha ratou.  Kore.  Ko te mahi rātou e mahi ki te whakaae ke ki ngā whakaaro o ngā tāngata ringa raiti (matau).

No reira, e tino hihiri oku whakaro ka huri hokia ki a Hone Harawira.  Kaare au i whakaaro e pai tana mahi. Ko te mea, i waenga te pahūtanga o tana ahuatanga kua moumou te wā ki te whare paremata.  Heoi, a tona wā, kua huhua e ia i ngā mahi pai.  Te mahi kaha ana i ngā kaupapa Māori, arā, ngā porotihi ki te Whanau a Apanui, me whakakupengia ana pūkenga ki ngā kaupapa o Ngai Māori.  Ko tērā ki ahau he mahi rangatira.  Ka waihongia ia i tana mahi i te kainga, i tona whanau.  Heoi he utu mo tēnā.  Heoi koia he rangatira, pērā o te wā o mua, na koia naianei ka whakaarahi i a tātou mo te wā e heke mai.

No reira, e ngā morehu waiho i ngā tangata mangere ki te whare paremata.  Kite atu ki ngā kaimahi pono.  Jones kimihia he mahi pono ana!
Tau ke... mauri ora whanau.

Kia tū pato e ngai Māori, ka tae i te wā o Mahuika o roto te Hotoke

Kua matou ta ngai Maori e mohio  te pūrakau a Mahuika, te Whaea a Maui.  Heoi ano ra, ko te wā o te hotoke ka heke mai ki runga a tātou, kua haere atu tā tatou whakaaro o te haumarutanga e pa ana ki te ahi.  Ka haere te ata whakaaro o te aitua o te torona atu ki ngā taputapu o te whare.

Ko te oranga te mea mutunga o roto i te makariri.  Ā ka tae mai te wā makariri, mo ētahi o tātou i waenga te wā pohara o tātou ka whakahokia ki ngā whenua māori ka oranga pai haere, engari mo ētahi o tātou e pohara haere, ko te makariri te me tuatahi ki a tātou, ka waiho te haumarutanga ki te taha.  Ko tā tatou whanau te mea nui.  Nā, horekau kai, horekau hihiri mo te whare, a ko te mahanatanga te mea nui i tēnei wā.  Heoi, ano, aroha ki ngā whanau e hokia ki te whenua, kia tū pato.  Kia whakarite ou koutou taputapu i waenga ngā hararei, ngā ipu penehīne, ka whakarite anaianei!

Mauri ora Whanau!

E tika ana te korero

Kua hinga kē a Chris Finlayson?  woh kua pa ki tētahi kohimuhimu nana kua tukuna tētahi pūtea ki te whanau Fay, aue te aroha ki te puhi Annabelle.  Ko tana waiata ko "te huarahi tika" he waiata pai, mo ngai tauiwi.  Engari mo ētahi kaare te pai, kaare he waiata kei runga noa atu.  Ko te ahua pērā o ngā waiata mo te whakaponno.

Heoi ano, kei a koe te whakaaro naianei, he aha ou whakaaro ka hinga a Chris Finlayson mo te pūtea he kua haere moumou taima kē.... ae whakaatu mai te huarahi tika e Tā Finlayson, aue taukiri e....

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

He momo manu korero nga kupu o te kainga

Kia takahia wanahia nei taku ara-tewha, he manakanaka tonu nei te mamae. Nā, takahia takahia I te pū o te kōpīpī. Engari nei i te ngaringari o te raro, Nā kōpīpī te whakahē. Na, mō te ngerongero ka tū I te wehi o te mate, a ngerongero ka tau I te wehi o te ora..

Arotahi

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