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Ka Heke nga
Roimata
Thursday
30th August
It
is with deep sadness that I write of the passing of another one of our
morehu kuia, Nanny Apikara Rarere (nee Campbell). Her mother was Kahukiwi
Oneone Nohinohi.
Nan was an integral part of Radio Kahungunu as one of
the main morning announcers, a position she held for many years. In 2005 she
was presented with an award for her significant contributions to Maori radio
in Rotorua. I was privileged to have worked with her on the breakfast show
on Radio Kahungunu and Nan will be surely missed by her whanau, friends and
all those listeners who tuned into her show every weekday morning.
"Nā reira moe mai rā e te
hākui. Whakatā mai rā i roto i ngā ringaringa o te Atua. Kua mahue i a koe o
iwi. Ka noho mokemoke te whānau o te Whakaki i to rirohanga atu. Haere,
haere, haere atu ra e kui!"
Te Panekiretanga
Saturday 11thAugust
 Me
kī rā, ka āta poipoia mātau e ō mātau tīpuna a Raina rāua ko Te Huki
Solomon. Hēoi rā, he uri anō hoki nō te whānau Nohinohi, nā reira ka
whai pānga atu ai ki roto o Ngāti Hinepua, Ngāti Hine me Ngāi Te Ipu.
Ko te reo kia tika, ko te reo kia rere, ko te reo kia Māori!
On the
11th August, whānau and the fourth intake of students of Te
Panekiretanga o Te Reo were welcomed onto Te Ara o Tāwhaki at EIT Hawke's
Bay in Taradale.
Te
Panekiretanga o Te Reo or The Institute of Excellence in Māori was
established within Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and
is tutored in two
parts, te reo tutored by Timoti Karetu, and tikanga led by Te Wharehuia
Milroy and Pou Temara. You can only attend the course by invitation
and it’s one year with wānanga held once a month at EIT Hawkes Bay in
Napier.
On that day also,
about 60 students including whanaunga Mātai Smith and I graduated from Te
Panekiretanga o Te Reo. After the formalities, manuhiri were welcomed by
graduates into the whare kai and entertained during the hākari.
In conclusion, Ngāti
Kahungunu should be privileged to host such a prestigious event as this and
I was fortunate to be one of its students.
Who is this Person?
Kia
ora whanau
Whilst perusing through
Issue 35 of Te Karaka, the magazine bought out by Ngai Tahu profiling Ngai
Tahu whanau and issues, I happened to come across this handsome young fella
on one of the pages and I thought…gee he must be from Whakaki. This person
was used to profile the University of Canterbury and as I stared at his face
98% of me said…I’m sure this is Paihau Solomon’s son Brendan. Now of course
I need confirmation because after doing some extensive research, nobody can
tell me who or when the photo was taken. I do know that both Brendan and his
older brother Corey WERE indeed down here in Christchurch studying at Uni
but that’s about all I know folks. So now I leave it in the hands of our
Whakaki whanau to answer the question…Is this Paihau’s son Brendan? Please e
mail me at
[email protected] if you have the answer. PS: Sorry the photo’s a bit
dark, it was taken on my phone ok!
Kirituna Korero Online
Don’t forget that you can
get your monthly dose of Kirituna Korero on-line at
www.geocities.com/lorrainepeak/ or google Whakaki or
google Kirituna Korero. This is the Whakaki website set up by our cousin
Lorraine Solomon (nee Peakman). She has a lot of awesome stuff on there
including whakapapa, subtribes, photos and a whole lot more. Thank you to
Lorraine for her continued support of our newsletter and make sure you check
out her website whanau!
OE Update
Kia ora
koutou
Just a
message from us in the UK. We have just completed 2 months in England,
Scotland and Wales and are about to leave for France for another 2
months. Our journey here has taken us from Land's End in England to John
O' Groats at the most northerly tip of Scotland. The weather in Scotland
was atrocious, from howling gale force winds to torrential rain day
after day. Needless to say, we made the most of a bad situation and
decided to enjoy this country, come hell or high
water! Scotland's fantastic scenery, from rugged mountains to pristine
lochs and seaside fishing villages is known throughout the world. Our
time on the Island of Skye will always be etched in our memories of
white washed stone houses dotted along the coastline and windswept
moors. The ruins of old crofters stone houses amid the bracken was a sad
sight. Next week we will catch the ferry to France, looking
forward to that, plus 2 All Black games to watch! Yeah
Well
that's it for now.
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Kia
ora to all our Whakaki whanau all over the world. I bring you this month’s
edition about 2 hours before the All Blacks are to kick off their World Cup
campaign against Italy. Man I hope they don’t lose like France did!
