As poignant as a waiata
flying across thin air,
you fill my hollowed bones
with our kawa atawhai words.
When I see your face,
your traces of grace,
I am instantly home again,
in hearty sense of place.
The power of a vintage photograph,
your eldress Kahu smile, all in it.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.10.12~
Here’s Dame Whina Cooper, creator of one of the original formats of the reality TV star template for Maori-Kiwis as a highly unlikely action hero. In this photo Dame Whina is walking with her mokopuna (grandchild) on a dusty metal road. She wrote a nation’s narrative with her feet, realigning New Zealand’s future direction to remain within New Zealand’s founding document between Maori and Queen Victoria and The Crown in this 1975 photograph. (more…)
Oh navigator, Am-Kiwi Maori father,
New York, Hawaii, Ngati Mutunga, Yale scholar,
Swedish Order of the North Starman, our peak of Maunga Loa.
Your mind a swirling ocean of te aute, Colenso thoughts.
Rare exotic-novel man abroad. Medicine man of culture back home.
Those forbearing formidable, Polynesian Vikings of The Sunrise
always whispering wisdom of life's tupuna flows in the veins.
–Ode to Te Rangi Hīroa, Sir Peter Buck, Kiwi hero.
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Photos: Margaret Wilson and Sir Peter Buck. Sources: & National Libary & Puke Ariki & Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, reference number: 1/2-078259-F, circa 1930.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 1.9.12~
The most elegant television broadcasted in New Zealand today was Syliva Earle and Mark Solomon‘s interview in Rarotonga with foreign correspondent, Ngahuia Wade.
The Oceanscape framework plan to protect the Pacific Ocean is widely supported by all Pacific nations at the Pacific Island Forum in Rarotonga, an event that officially opens tomorrow. New Zealand has yet to consider supporting the plan.
Yesterday I featured a link to a story of the Kermadec Islands, and how the ocean has always been a living textbook of learning for our children and teenagers in New Zealand and also the South Pacific’s children. There is the longstanding tradition of Education being directly linked to nature’s resources, providence and preservation for future generations.
In Wade’s story, Sylvia’s kinship with the ocean is remarkable. It exudes from her countenance and ethos. She is connected in spirit to the earth and sea. Mark also shares of how his Iwi of Ngai Tahu (a Maori tribe of New Zealand) has designated an area of coast in the South Island of New Zealand, specifically to be set aside as a marine reserve haven.
In watching Earle, Solomon and Wade in Rarotonga, the peace oceanside that resides on their kanohi as they share, you can’t help think, life was always meant to be like that. Peaceful with appreciation of nature and the environment.
Love the story. Scotty Morrison presents the three in a blended interview on ocean governance given in American English and Te Reo Rangatira (the timeless language of Chiefs of New Zealand and the South Pacific). More of today’s Maori news can also be read at Te Karere.
[Thanks Ngahuia]. Sylvia is such a living treasure too. Adorable.
Why aren’t more Americans old school gracious, like Sylvia Earle?! Her perspectives of the Ocean as our friend, so precious. :)
My homework (and for everyone in the South Pacific too) is to read the framework.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 28.8.12~
Ti Tonics celebrates entrepreneurialship with Kiwi food exports. Poutama Trust of Wellington, has big plans to launch an international Māori exports initiative. Ti Tonics is a Māori-made product from one of 18 companies that will come under the Trust’s new brand, Indigenous New Zealand. Now you too can experience what we have here in New Zealand all around the world. Way groovy! Like titanium strength superfoods brightening up the healthier lives and futures of the people of Te Ao (the world). I can see Japan really going for these. American footballers too, who do the haka before each game could dig Ti Tonics new range, as well. Hawaii and Texas, definitely!
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aoteraoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 31.7.12~
The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key says he owes it to the Waitangi Tribunal to consider its recommendation to hold off on the Government’s plan to partially sell state-owned assets until a claim over rights to water is resolved.
Broadcasting legend, Mr Peter Williams and Corin Dann serve the interview with the PM.
MP Hekia Parata also speaks for the PM’s government in Te Reo Rangatira (The Language of Chiefs) on the issue as well.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 31.7.12~
Kiwi celebrity, broadcaster and all round good guy, Scotty Morrison, hit Whangarei City this week to report live from the Kapa Haka Nationals for high school Kiwi kids.
The Te Karere News Teams live-cross reporting was dynamic, colorful, vibrant, authentic and lively culture of New Zealand on show.
Our young people really are on another level of absolutely amazing discipline in New Zealand when you watch them perform in kapa haka. So underrated, yet they know how absolutely manawatu mauri amazing they are. The awareness is written in the blueprint of their DNA. It is often ignited through the art of the Kiwi artform of haka and kapa haka (the wider performing arts genre of Maori culture’s distinctive form and expression).
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An earlier story that Scotty had covered off prior in Maori news, featured one of our Kiwi Kaumatua (an elder of New Zealand) Amster Reedy who spoke of the opening of Kiwi House in London. Right on! :)
About this humble and calmly confident man: Born in 1943 Amster’s real name is New Amsterdam Reedy – he and his 17 siblings were all named after places in WWII or people from their iwi that fought in it. (Fancy that?!). That sense of history and respect for his ancestors has seen Amster forge a varied and successful career as a Maori Tikanga consultant. (more…)
In amazing IT apps, advancement news, Sophie Tauwehe Tamaki and Paul Breslin have just walked on TV, promoting the hika lite (illumniation) language app tool for mobile phones.
The best thing. It’s free. Wow! What a useful App to all friends of New Zealand’s future direction and flows.
[Thank you].
All right, that was my Hika Elliot gets immortalized in a very cool living, life-giving way that will outlive us all - tribute nod today. :)
[Photo caption: Hika Elliot of the All Blacks performs the Haka before the International Test Match between the New Zealand All Blacks and Ireland at Eden Park on June 9, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. Photo by Phil Walter for Getty Images via Yahoo Sports].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 26.7.12~
Watching Breakfast television in New Zealand this weekend a few books were promo-ed on the show. One was Owen Glenn‘s rags-to-riches biographical life story, titled Making a Difference. Blogger and book critic Graeme Beattie‘s review of the book can be read here. Glenn is also the owner of The Warriors rugby league club in New Zealand. His work in India is vital in West Bengali.
Also on Breakfast was Stacey Morrison talking about a new book that is pivotal to New Zealand’s future. Her husband wrote the book. For people who would like to learn the Maori language and teach their children the language, Scotty Morrison‘s brand new book titled The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori: The User-friendly Guide for All New Zealanders is an essential Kiwi book we all must own a copy of.
Together, Stacey and Scotty’s combined contributions to enrich New Zealand culture as broadcasters is a massive legacy they have consistently given to instill a strength of spirit and Maori culture into the fabric of New Zealand’s ever-changing society. I love what they do. I get it. There are no words to explain what they have given over the years. They always give in fun ways, so you never know you’re really conscious you’re learning from them when they are on the air as entertainers and broadcasters. Thank you.
About the book. Fishpond book website writes:
“The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori is an up-to-date, versatile and highly relevant resource and guide for utilizing Maori language in everyday life. Whether you’re a novice or emergent speaker of te reo Maori, or a complete beginner, you’ll learn useful phrases for: The home, the marae, the workplace, and social settings etiquette. The book also gives advice about appropriate observations of time in correct address for the days, months, seasons and weather. Key phrases are taught for mathematical discourse in Maori too.
For the person who is on the go, The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori offers instructional knowledge for travel and directions, playing sports, having fun, and so much more!
The phrasebook also covers dialects, grammar and pronunciation; answers to key questions you’ll use the most in life; outlines favorite idioms and slang used every day in New Zealand society’s Maori conscious world; shares the wisdom of the ancients through proverbs and speeches; and provides information on the ever-changing history of te reo Maori – an active, evolving, living, satisfying and vibrant culture that’s on the rise.
The useful vocabulary lists are a big hit and are offered for each book section to make reading easy. The tone of the book is written in a user-friendly manner with everyday New Zealanders in mind. With a focus on modern-day language, The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori is the guide that no home should be without.
About the Author: Scotty Morrison (Ngati Whakaue) is the well-known presenter of the Maori current affairs programme Te Karere. He holds a Diploma of Teaching, Bachelor of Education and a Masters degree (Education) from Waikato University.
Scotty is also the Director of Maori Student and Community Engagement at Auckland’s Unitec Institute of Technology Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka, where he promotes te reo Maori through awareness, administration and specialised courses.
Tumeke!
[Note: Must get both books].
Rawdon Christie of TVNZ interviews Stacey on integrating Maori into daily life. I think of how important Sir Apirana Ngata‘s books were to New Zealand society back in the day. This book has the ability to be just as profound to NZ culture and to the world that loves Indigenous Peoples knowledge too. How practical, valuable and useful. Rock on.
LIFE’S SUNRISE FLOWS IN THE VEINS: TE RANGIHIROA – SIR PETER BUCK
–Ode to Te Rangi Hīroa, Sir Peter Buck, Kiwi hero.
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Photos: Margaret Wilson and Sir Peter Buck. Sources: & National Libary & Puke Ariki & Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, reference number: 1/2-078259-F, circa 1930.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 1.9.12~
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