It was a last minute decision to go to the Hui-ā-Iwi 2015. On Thursday 20 November we booked our tickets and the next day we flew out. We were glad that we made the flight.
On the morning of Friday 21 November, after throwing some clothes into a suitcase, the four of us, Tāua Amiria Whiterod, myself (Emma Whiterod) and the tamariki, Manawanui and Kiritiaho, boarded the plane bound for Dunedin. Another whanauka from Ōtaki, Alistair Murchie, had already landed in Te Waipounamu. [Read more…]