MANA MARAE
OUR PRINCIPAL HOME
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PRINCIPAL HOME - MANA MARAE
PRINCIPAL HOME - MANA MARAE
A principal is home is place of belonging, connection and identity. The characteristics of a principal home are involvement, activity and guidance. This home will be welcoming, hospitable and a constant which provides shelter not just physically but spiritually and emotionally. It is the right place for serious discussions as well as positive communication that binds us together. It is always a whare of learning that operates collectively with a sense of purpose.
A marae would be called the principal home of our hapū because it is a magnet that draws our people together. Our future depends on the relationships we forge with eachother. It is at the marae that our tribal and whanau connections are reaffirmed. It is a place of aroha, rememberance, of mourning and of celebration. It is our hapū whare wānanga. Marae are the keepers of our traditions. They are the storehouse of our pakiwaitara. The whakairo are the embodiment of our tūpuna. Their facillities allow our expression of manaakitanga. The marae is the pātaka kōrero of our hapū and people.
As our whānau grows, there may at sometime be a call for Ngāti Te Aute to establish our own marae that would require the formation of the necessary bodies oversea such a project. But that decision would come down to the people.
For a marae to be called a principal home for its hapū I we would like to see whānau reconnecting with their language, culture and identity. Uri and families being visible at a variety of occasions being held at the marae. Intergenerational transmission of tikanga, kawa and stories of our people. Involement within the operations and or governance of the marae. Succession planning of kaikōrero, kaikaranga and māngai so our marae are represented with mana and intergrity. Acknowledgement and understanding of the efforts and vision of the past to help shape and guide our future.
A TRIBUTE TO MĀTAI WHETŪ MARAE
A TRIBUTE TO MĀTAI WHETŪ MARAE
"Ehara mo naianei engari mo nga tau maha kei te haere mai,
Meinga ma tenei Marae e kaupare atu te ponokore me te Wehi;
Kia puawai ra ano nga mahi katoa kia ataahua,
Ana hikoi ngatahi ki mua te Māori me te Pakeha"
"Not for now but for many coming years,
Let this Marae dispel all doubts and fears;
By transforming every effort into splendour,
As the Māori and Pākeha progress together"
"Not for now but for many coming years,
Let this Marae dispel all doubts and fears;
By transforming every effort into splendour,
As the Māori and Pākeha progress together"
This outstanding site, commanding panoramic views of the surrounding areas, was a former Pā of the early Tangata Whenua, Ngāti Huarere who occupied the whole of the Coromandel Peninsula and even to Tāmaki prior to the incursion of the tribes of Marutūāhu. The contemporary tribe, Ngāti Hako, claimed settlement south to Katikati.
This outstanding site, commanding panoramic views of the surrounding areas, was a former Pā of the early Tangata Whenua, Ngāti Huarere who occupied the whole of the Coromandel Peninsula and even to Tāmaki prior to the incursion of the tribes of Marutūāhu. The contemporary tribe, Ngāti Hako, claimed settlement south to Katikati.
The site was one of a chain of some Twenty Pā, built by Ngāti Huarere around the Thames Estuary, Ngati
The site was one of a chain of some Twenty Pā, built by Ngāti Huarere around the Thames Estuary, Ngati
Huarere were of Te Arawa descent. Tuhoro the son of Tamatekapua, the great Commander, disembarked at Moehau prior to the Canoe's final landing at Maketu.
Huarere were of Te Arawa descent. Tuhoro the son of Tamatekapua, the great Commander, disembarked at Moehau prior to the Canoe's final landing at Maketu.
His son Huarere was the eponymous Ancestor of that early tribe who during the enduring conflicts with
His son Huarere was the eponymous Ancestor of that early tribe who during the enduring conflicts with
Marutūāhu were destroyed and assimilated by the conquerors over the generations.
Marutūāhu were destroyed and assimilated by the conquerors over the generations.
The present pā, witnessed such great destruction and slaughter it later became abandoned because of the
The present pā, witnessed such great destruction and slaughter it later became abandoned because of the
great spilling of blood. Unlike other pā, Mātai Whetū was strategically positioned allowing unobstructive views of the gulf, the Waihou River reaches, and far across the Hauraki Plains to the West.
great spilling of blood. Unlike other pā, Mātai Whetū was strategically positioned allowing unobstructive views of the gulf, the Waihou River reaches, and far across the Hauraki Plains to the West.
On a clear night, the sky reveals a regular pattern of constellation movement as if one is enclosed in a dome of a planetarium. Venus or Kōpū as the morning star, is observed tracking along its normal pathway, Kōpūārahi, as it passes over the hillpoint of Maramarua to set as the evening star at Meremere, South of Its path is Turua, in the proximity of Centaurus and Matatoki glows further South in another cluster of stars!
On a clear night, the sky reveals a regular pattern of constellation movement as if one is enclosed in a dome of a planetarium. Venus or Kōpū as the morning star, is observed tracking along its normal pathway, Kōpūārahi, as it passes over the hillpoint of Maramarua to set as the evening star at Meremere, South of Its path is Turua, in the proximity of Centaurus and Matatoki glows further South in another cluster of stars!
To the North is Te Kupenga A Taramainuku glittering above the Gulf Islands, a girdle of small stars encircling the feet of Gemini, hence the name Mātai Whetū - the observation place of the stars.
To the North is Te Kupenga A Taramainuku glittering above the Gulf Islands, a girdle of small stars encircling the feet of Gemini, hence the name Mātai Whetū - the observation place of the stars.
Kainga Tahi - Final.mp4Occupied as once a Pā and Marae in one, was the early background of the Mātai Whetū Block of land on a hill at Kirikiri or the old Kōpū School site, which was closed on November 27, 1971. As a school, it educated the Māori youth of Kirikiri and the surrounding settlements from Thames, Totara, Kupata, Kōpū Matatoki, together with the Pakeha residents' children.
Before the early 1820's when the Totara Pā fell to Hongi Hika, it was one of the observation strongholds watching over the low lying settlements, mudflats and fishing supply centers on the banks of the Kirikiri and Warahoe streams, and over to the Pā and Marae on the opposite bank of the Waihou River. The abundance of fish, birds and sea food resources was always the bone of contention to envy and war from neighboring tribes.
It became the central tramping ground of Marutūāhu, Hauraki Chief's first son, Tamatepō, from whom descended the Ngāti Maru Tribe, which was also known as Ngāti Te Aute
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