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Te reo Maori is a big part of who we are
Kia ora e nga kaipānui o Midweek. Hello readers of Midweek.
Leading into Māori Language Week, I took a moment to think about the effect Māori culture has had in my life.
For the record, I’m not Māori. Far from it in fact, being of South American descent. However, I have been a lover of the culture and language since I can remember.
Growing up amid a whanau relatively new to New Zealand and hearing a lot of Spanish being thrown around, te reo Māori still managed to catch my attention every time I heard it spoken or sung.
The earliest memories I have were the waiata’s we would sing in primary school, including those mixed with English, such as ‘One day a Taniwha’. Then came the time I saw the haka being performed by the All Blacks for the first time. It led me to want to play rugby. Like most children growing up, I had that dream of wanting to play for the All Blacks, but part of that dream was about embracing the experience of performing the haka.
Then there was college. To be honest, there aren’t too many good things I remember about college, but if I can point one out, it would definitely be when the new third-formers [Year 9] were taught the school’s haka.
When the time came to perform the haka as a school, mainly when we took on rival school’s rugby teams, all students performed it with extreme passion. It didn’t matter what background you had.
And then you have our national anthem, both sung in te reo Māori and English.
Like the haka, it is performed with passion, whether it’s an athlete or a fan in the crowd.
All of this made me
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realise that as Kiwis, te reo Māori is part of who we are.
New Zealander’s are a very diverse group with so many ethnicities, but most see Māori culture as a part of their lives. It’s being embraced more and more every day. Today, you’ll see businesses and organisations having a Māori translation to go with their name or title; te reo Māori is also being spoken more in general conversation.
Māori language commissioner Rawinia Higgins said eight in 10 New Zealanders saw te reo as part of their national identity. I couldn’t agree more.
I believe the Māori culture and language are not solely for a specific ethnic group, it’s for all Kiwis, and we need to embrace it more.
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Aratoi is back in business again
As of last Friday, Aratoi has reopened its doors to everyone. Just one week on from change in alert levels and the main streets of Masterton are becoming busy again, which spells good news for our museum.
Aratoi staff were excited to welcome visitors back over the weekend. It was great to see people come to explore our newest exhibition Drawn to the Light by the Wairarapa Camera Club, A Year and More of Magical Thinking – New work by Linda Tilyard and to enjoy, for the last time, our popular winter exhibition Pūkana: Te Karu o te Ika - Moments in Māori Performance.
Lisa Nelson, Autumnal [2021], colour photograph. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
The Pūkana exhibition has been extended and will now close on Sunday, September 19 to make way for an exhibition featuring stunning portraits from the Aratoi Collection.
With proper safety protocols in place, visitors are free to roam the gallery and reacquaint themselves with our art and exhibitions. Come and join us and experience the uplifting power of art!
Art can be a strong catalyst for shifting your mood, it provides opportunity for you to see things from a diff erent perspective, it can be inspiring and thoughtprovoking or can simply give your mind a chance to breathe and relax.
The arts also have a signifi cant contribution to make to our health and well-being. They enrich our everyday lives, connect our communities, help us describe and make sense of our world, and are a valuable resource in health and social care contexts.
Art and heritage institutions like Aratoi, have a key role in collecting and recording the memory of these unusual times for future generations, as has been done by museums, throughout all periods in our history.
So, take some time this week for your own wellbeing, come visit us and be mindful with art.
Aratoi is open Tue-Sun, 10am-4pm.
Martinborough Music Festival is making all the right sounds
Concert pianist Michael Houston. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Sue Teodoro
The Martinborough Music Festival is back on track.
New alert level 2 rules mean it has reorganised twice, but the event is now scheduled for late October.
Event organisers had a plan for a restricted event, but the new limit of 50 for indoor gatherings announced on Monday pushed them back to the drawing board.
Committee member Sharon Cuzens said they didn’t waste time setting a new date.
“A lot of fast work has gone on over the past few days,” she said.
The fi rst plan had been to go ahead on the original dates in mid-September, but the new number for indoor gatherings made that diffi cult.
The event is now planned to go ahead for the weekend of October 29 to 31.
“Depending on covid the schedule has been moved as a whole,” Cuzens said.
Headline performers concert pianist Michael Houston and violinist Wilma Smith and others have already confi rmed availability for the
new dates, with a few unconfi rmed. “There could be some Festival is back on track. small changes depending on musicians’ availability,” mean it has reorganised Cuzens said. twice, but the event is now Musicians expected to scheduled for late October. take part include Gillian Ansell and Zephyr Wills on a plan for a restricted viola, Andrew Joyce and event, but the new limit of Alexandra Partridge on 50 for indoor gatherings cello and Bridget Douglas announced on Monday on fl ute. pushed them back to the The weekend programme drawing board. includes pieces by Ravel, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Sharon Cuzens said they Schumann, Schubert, didn’t waste time setting a Mozart, Haydn and others. new date. Concerts are planned for the Friday, Saturday, and gone on over the past few Sunday. days,” she said. The event’s website has been updated to refl ect the to go ahead on the original new arrangements. dates in mid-September, People holding tickets but the new number for for the original September indoor gatherings made dates will be contacted that diffi cult. direct by i-ticket about the changes with no need for planned to go ahead for anyone to initiate contact. the weekend of October 29 Refunds will be available. to 31. Organisers have no further back-up plans at schedule has been moved this stage. In the event as a whole,” Cuzens said. of further level or rule changes, adaptations will be concert pianist Michael made as necessary. Houston and violinist More information Wilma Smith and others is at https://www. have already confi rmed martinborough availability for the musicfestival.co.nz/
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