Te Hiku Waiata Part 2

Te Rarawa
The name Te Rarawa comes from an incident on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour. Te Ripo, a high-born woman, was killed by a war party from the Kaipara. An avenging party led by Ngāmotu pursued the warriors south to Kaipara Harbour. However, the fleeing party crossed the harbour to their pā at Okika. They performed incantations, making the waters of the harbour too rough to cross.
Frustrated, Ngāmotu's people raided a cemetery on the shores of the harbour, removing the remains of a deceased priest. They burnt the remains and threw the ashes into the harbour to calm the waters. They also ate part of the body. Toko, an old woman who witnessed these events, exclaimed, 'Kātahi anō te iwi kai rarawa!' (Who would have heard of such cannibalism?), and 'Te rarawakaiwhare!' (The people consume all!). Te Rarawa then became the tribal name.

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The old home stead awesome ❤❤❤ massive nga mihi ❤❤❤❤

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Kia ora tātou me ngā mihi maioha mō tēnei taonga!! Just leaving a transcript of some of nani Meremere's kōrero here because wow!! Nō te ao tawhito tōna reo ataahua!! We had to do a summary for one of our assignments and the obvious choice was our Te Rarawa waiata here but jingoes.. didn't know what I was signing up for hahaha 😆😅 my brain is still recovering from covid so that definitely wasn't easy but nō mātou kē te whiwhi, kei kōnei ēnei taonga ataahua. ❤ PS. Couldn't quite catch all the kupu. “Nā reira ka whakaaro te kaumatua nei, [ahakoa] tae ki tōna wā e whakatika ai tana tinana horekau he pekanga mā matou mā ngā uri [?] te tino āta whakatauira me ia koia tēnei ko te rangi ō tō tātou kāinga. E kore Te Rarawa e ohooho e whara raini i tēnei whakaaro o te kaumatua nei engari, ko mātou, ko ngā uri ko ngā tamariki ko ngā mokopuna mā mātou rātou e ako [?] mō tō mātou kāhoretanga atu e ora tonu ana te wawata, koia te waiata ‘Te Rarawa te Iwi’. Ko te mea hohonu kē ki a ia me kore e tatu a tōna wā i muri i a ia ēnei taonga katoa ngā whakatupuranga ake o roto o Te Rarawa. Nā reira ka hari ki a koutou e haere mai nei e mahi nei i tēnei mahi, he huarahi katoa wēnei hei ako hei whakatō i tēnei moemoeā āna, ā rātou mā ki roto i a mātou e ngā uri, e ngā mokopuna rawa atu e tupu ake nei.”

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Kia ora whanaunga. Na oku maatua ko Ramona raua Ko Peter Smith tenei hotaka i hanga. Mauri ora ki te kaidownloader lol. Churr

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E mara. Katahi ano ahau ko romgo enei waiata. Nga mihi kia koutou Matarahurahu. Taku aroha kia korua kua huri kanohi ki tua o te arai.