Paepae Wānanga

The purpose of our paepae wānanga is to build capacity, connection and relationships on Taranaki Iwi paepae with the focus on kaikarakia, kaikaranga, kaikōrero and kaiwaiata.

Wānanga 1: 23 June

2019 Te Niho o Te Atiawa

At this wānanga a spokesperson from each marae pā gave a history of their marae. Dennis NgawharePuniho, Ruakere Hond - Te Paepae, Maata Wharehoka - Te Niho o Te Atiawa, Rawiri Mahutonga - Toroānui, Leanne Horo - Te Potaka and Wiremu EdwardsOrimupiko all gave insightful histrical accounts and we were able to consider how some of the marae tikanga and kawa have developed over the years.

We then spent much of this wānanga on ‘He Tangi mō Te Whetū Moeahu’ a waiata composed by Kahui Kararehe for one of Parihaka’s great leaders. This waiata draws on a lot of Taranaki reo and kīwaha and Ruakere was able to explain the waiata in depth.