Sunday, 29 May 2011
“Te Awhiowhio ki te rangi.”
The swirling of the winds to the heavens.
This week’s whakatāuki is explained by Jane De Feu no Ngāti Tama, Te Ati Awa
As kupu Māori become more commonplace their deeper meanings and concepts can get lost in translation. Maraea Rakuraku checks out whether that is the case for a café in Lower Hutt operating on koha.
Jane De Feu gives Justine Murray a comprehensive tour of Whakatū Marae where both physical and metaphorical aspects contribute to the makeup of the pā. The effects of raupatu (confiscation) are still felt today in the everyday practicalities of the complex.
Jane De Feu, chairperson of the Whakatū Marae committee.
Wharetipuna Kakati and the Wharekai Mauri Ora.
Maisey Rika, JJ Rika and Tama Waipara were part of the line-up at Pao! Pao! Pao!, the annual Māori music festival. Justine Murray catches up with them on the eve of their performance where they sing a classic that memorialises a well-known event involving Wairaka, the daughter Toroa, captain of the Mataatua waka.
Waiata featured:
Stand Slow, Omaio and Piki Mai performed by Maisey Rika, JJ Rika and Tama Waipara and recorded at Radio New Zealand Studios on 20 May 2011; Cruise performed by Tama Waipara from the album Sir Plus and the Requirements (2009).