Rā whānau
Happy birthday to all those celebrating a birthday this month.
Kiani Tipa mokopuna of Judy and Darkie Tipa celebrated a birthday on 4 February. Happy birthday my moko from Tāua and Koro (Maria and Sam) Love you xx. Thanks Maria. Also, happy seventh birthday to Kace Palmer Kean.
Kiani (centre) with his brother, Kaya and sister, Jury.
Darkie Tipa.
Kace.
Marriage celebrations
On Saturday 14 November, Darien Clarke (mokopuna of Sonny and Taina Clarke (née Tipa) and Liam McGrath were married at Highden Manor Estate in Awahuri.
It was an absolutely beautiful day and the lovely couple were surrounded by their whānau and friends.
The newlyweds on their special day.
Also being celebrated this year was Sonny and Taina’s 60th wedding anniversary.
The couple were married on 22 December 1955.
Their whānau and friends wish them well for many more years, and their mokopuna Darien and Liam many happy years of married life together.
Sonny and Taina with their mokopuna, Shay Tahana.
Wānanga notice
Ka rewa te kohu i a Poutaiki
Tau ana te āio o Uenuku
Ki te Wairutuatai
Taku āhuru mōwai e
Tātai whetū ki te rangi mau tonu, mau tonu
Tātai tangata ki te whenua ngaro noa, ngaro noa
E tangi ana te ngākau ki a rātau, nā rātau mā tēnei huanui i para
Mei kore ake rātau kua kore tātau i tēnei rā
Tauārai o te pō ki a rātau, tītoko o te ao mārama ki a tātau
Kei ngā uri o ngā hapū o Moeraki
Nāia te reo karanga o te kāinga ki a kautau
Kia auraki mai kia hoki mai ki te poho o Uenuku, wānanga ai i ngā take whakahirahira o te wā
The mist lifts from above Poutaiki
As calmness descends,
Upon Te Wairutuatai
Our sheltered haven
The starry hosts of heaven abide there for ever, immutable
The hosts of men upon this earth pass away into oblivion
The heart yearns for those for those who have paved the way for us
Without them we today would not exist
As the curtain closes for one generation it opens for another
To all descendants of the hapū of Moeraki
Hear the call to return home to participate is discussions chartering the future
For successive generations.
Tēnā koutou e te whānau o Moeraki. At a recent rūnanga meeting, whānau discussed the history of our rūnanga and how it has evolved over its 20 year history. An in-depth discussion was held considering future possibilities, with a decision to wānanga whānau aspirations for the future of Te Rūnanga o Moeraki.
All whānau who whakapapa to Te Rūnanga o Moeraki are cordially invited to attend a wānanga beginning at 1pm Saturday 5 March, concluding at 1pm Sunday, 6 March at Moeraki Marae.
