Te Kāhui o Ngā Hau e Wha

[Music] [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] hey [Music] in 2018 medstar intermediate hosted the first cultural festival for the upper art schools in honor of the late matua willie wilson who passed away in august 2009 woolly was a big part of the maori culture in apaha talk several schools and was hugely involved in previous about cultural festivals our festival is now a fitting tribute to his mana and the legacy he has left behind each year the festival is hosted by a different school this year upper heart school is our host [Music] let the language be right let the language flow let the language be maori the small tear teal was originally written as a children's song book by hinrieta maxwell a leader and serial maori advocate of ngati poro he talks about a child playing with a spinning top taking on a journey through the land adapted for a cluster the journey begins as you climb up the mountain ranges of demutaka to glance down to the hot river flying below calling into the meeting place of urumai to the ancestral house of kahukuda the son of rongomai traveling through the valley past the sweet smelling scene of karetoo plants they're bound along the riverbanks over yonder cluster of schools meet together it is our cluster brought together from the four winds [Music] as mantas appears from sight the land remains [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] [Music] hey sansa where are we going to the special place in of heart where anyone can come oh exciting is this the place this is and this is where anyone can come even me i orongo my mother officially opened in 1976 and became the senior place for maori to meet the slaves of poles which support the inside walls are carved in memory of ancestors even my ancestors of my tribes [Music] is known to symbolize the multi-tribal nature of the urban marae [Music] did you know that there's a pole in this model for everyone i cannot [Music] my 10th of july 1945 until 25th of december 2019. known to many as papa moahi he is a long time cassidian at mai and komatua in these roles he supported the upper community muahi was the third of eleven children and the oldest son he was born and raised in rue toriya on the east coast more he's character values or ahua from the richness of growing up in a big whanau gave him as well as many others a strong footing in life it enabled him to stand tall and walk the life of a proud ngati prado rangatira we all know the legacy of colonization in that area history the urbanization of maori to places outside their whenua separated from whanau this movement was to become the next chapter in his life he was around 15 and likes many other young maori men throughout the motu they were gathered up with the promise of trade and city life mohi traveled to upper heart transform army camp with an opportunity to train as a carpenter a promise of one year free boarding however within the two years of their apprenticeship all those young men had to find their own accommodation work was plentiful one of these dogs was the winery or master gym which still stands strong today mohi's connection to upper heart was seated in those early days at the army camp more he became a master of many things and he lived a full rewarding life he had a strong passion of his love for playing rugby while some will remember his skills and talent on the rugby field it was represented at a national level for india maori rugby that drawn back for the passion of all things maori and to live as he has been formed a proud humble ngati purodangatira always putting the emphasis on putting people first [Music] his desire was for his people to stay connected to the values and teachings that are part of living to almighty takumanu is a ngati peru anthem a waiter papa mohi love [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] okay [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] so [Music] me [Music] your [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] wilson we honor you and celebrate the great money you have planted in a hotel [Music] god [Applause] [Music] yes [Applause] [Music] yes oh [Applause] [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i [Music] am [Music] wilson lisa webster or tekura or birchville ifakahoki mai te paanui etito 2019. te taku who passed away in 2019. this part was passed on to the next host school for use by the leader for future upper hut schools kappahaka festivals [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] hey [Music] oh [Music] okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] ah [Applause] [Music] hey [Music] you

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Published: Wed Nov 18 2020