We recently welcomed Te Kura Kaupapa Maaori o Hoani Waititi Marae back to Maangere Mountain Education Centre for their second visit—a full day conducted entirely in Te Reo Maaori.
Their haerenga included a guided walk up Te Pane o Mataaoho, transplanting one of our traditional crops—the hue (gourd)—into pots ready to grow and be planted in summer, and finished off with a waananga inside Taawhiao’s Cottage, located on our centre grounds.
It's wonderful to host roopuu like this who have made te reo Maaori a natural part of their everyday lives. They don't have to leave their language at the door when they step outside of their kura - and we get the chance to present the history of the whenua in the language of the whenua.
Tooku reo, tooku ohooho
Tooku reo, tooku maapihi maurea
Tooku reo, tooku whakakai marihi
