On the way to Ngati Raukawa with Dad today, Kia mau te Wehi!

Tangi

This Picture was taken at my Koro Waho's Tangi. Tangi means to weep, also means sorrow, Tangi is a Maori funeral. To Maori, Tangi is everything to do with the living.

Gate Pa

In 1864 Gate Pa suffered the heaviest artillery bonbardament used by British forces any where in the world at that time. Legendary battle at Gate Pa where 300 maori men and woman took on the might of the British forces.

Parihaka 1881

On November the 5th 1881 the children of Parihaka held hands and sang songs, while the police rode there horses with guns upon there village in Taranaki. Parihaka was a symbol of protest against the confiscation of Maori land. Te Whiti O Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi were the primary Rangatira. Today we remember them.

Maisey Rika

Watch this Stunning Video clip, starring New Zealand's Maori Songstress Maisey Rika

Poroporo plant (photo taken from Auckland.west.co.nz)

For all those of you that are born on the 18th of November, your plant is the Poroporo.
Like all people we have our strengths and our weaknesses.

I have learnt a karakia that I say to myself, whenever I am feeling sad and low.

"I bring the gift of willpower and resourcefulness experiencing a deep healing as you plumb to the depths through me you fall safely into the arms of the all embracing mother finding peace in the exquisite power of her love"

Ponaturi

Ponaturi are the ancient sea fairies that live beneath Tongaroa at the bottom of the ocean