Miramar & Maupuia | Matariki 2023

Our Matariki evening for the hapori Te Motu Kairangi at the Miramar & Maupuia Community Centre involved old school style kōrero and pūrakau about origins of the world of light and knowing and of the stars. We sat on the floor. Questions were asked and minds were filled. We learnt a karakia from Kura Moeahu (Ngā Ruahine, Te Āti Awa, Taranaki –Tuturu, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Toa). Thank you to Nate Rowe (Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou and Rongowhaakata) who shared with us the kōrero and karakia.

We wrote our moemoeā, our reflections and thoughts on pieces of paper and dropped them in the ahi to send our dreams to Hiwa-i-te-rangi. Then had a kai and a cuppa. The night ended with some waiata and the guitar was passed around.