Te tonamana poitarawhiti tuatahi 2017

I te 21 o Pipiri 2017 i whakahaere te tonamana Poitarawhiti e whā ngā roopu poitarawhiti i haere, ko Ahi kaa, ko Kora, ko Ngarehu, ko Mura ana kei roto au i te roopu o Kora, ko te māmā o Ariyelle āra ko whaea La-toya tō mātou kaiwhakaako, e 10 o te roopu Kora ko au, Ariyelle, Mezmerize, Mereana, Alexie, Tiahorangi, Merania, Ruihia me ngā tama e rua, pai rawa tō mātou mahi engari kāore mātou i toa i ngā kemu whakamutunga e rua, atu i tērā he rawe rawa te rā, i whakataetae kia Cannons Creek, ki Ngāti Toa, ki Windley, ki Corrina me ētahi atu kura.

Rā kaumatua

i te 29 o Pipiri 2017 i whakatu te rā kaumatua, i haere mai te nuiga o ngā kaumatua, whaimuri i te pōwhiri i kai ngā kaumatua, i kai hoki ngā tamariki, i te wā i oti te wā kai iti i haere ki ngā whānau, kei roto au ia Te pihinga, nōreira i haere ki taku whānau i mahi ki te taha o ōku kaumatua, i te taha o ōku kaumatua i hanga ngā momo hopi, ngā mahi toi, i kanikani, i tango whakaahua me ngā momo whakarakei hoki, pai rawa ngā mahi katoa, i te wā i oti a pou mua ki te taha o ngā kaumatua i mahi kapa haka ki ngā tangata e kai hangi ana, i te wā i oti o mātou waiata, otira ō mātou haka i noho ki te kai ki te taha o ērā atu, ngata ana tōku hiahia, nōreira i puta au ki waho ki te taha o ōku hoa kia tākaro haere ki waho, i te wā i haere a Mihirangi ko māua ko Te ohomairangi putiputi anake i tākaro māua i te he aha te odds mō te toinga o te rā, i te wā i tangi te pere i hoki ki te akomanga i mahi, kātahi i karakia i te mutunga rā i hoki au ki te kainga ki te taha i tōku kuia, i haere ki te toa hokomaha hoko rare ai whaimuri i haere ki Footlocker.

Te haerenga ki Battle hill me Takapuwahia marae

I te 28 o Pipiri 2017 i haere a pou mua ki Battle hilll, ki Takapuwahia marae hoki, i te tuatahi i haere tātou ki te karakia pērā i ia atu ata, ka rua i haere tātou ki te pou i whakarite mō te haerenga, i karanga a whaea Glenys i ngā roopu, i roto au i te roopu a Te heke Tātaramoa, i te taha au o tētahi o oku tino hoa ,ā, Mereana, i te wā i oti a whaea i te karanga rēhita i haere ki te eke pahi kia haere ki Takapuwahia marae, i te wā i tae tātou ki te marae i haere ngā tangata nō Ngati Toa ki roto i te whare kia pōwhiri atu ki te toinga, i pōwhiri tātou kātahi i haere tātou ki te kai i roto i te wharekai i oti te katoa i whiua ngā rāpihi ki te rāpihi i haere ki te tini kākaahu kia rite mō te haere ki Battle hill, i tini kākaahu i haere ki te pahi kia haere ki Pauatahanui, whaimuri i te wā roa i tae tātou ki Battle hill i kai nui tātou, whaimuri i tēnā i haere i taku roopu ki te titiro i te ngāhere ki ngā rākau, i te rauna tuarua i haere ki te whāngai tōtiti ki ngā tuna, nui rawa ngā tuna i kora momona hoki te nuinga o ngā tuna, i te pā haere  ngā tama i ngā tuna momona i pā hoki ko au i te wā i oti i te whāngai tuna i haere ki te aromatawai wai mō te wā roa, i waenganui i haere maua ko Mereana ki te wharepaku kaore e taea ana a a Mereana ki te puta i ngā wharepaku, engari i te mutunga i puta ia, i hoki maua ki te roopu, 5 miniti e toi ana noreira i tere whakaoti i ngā mahi i roto i ngā pukapuka, i hui te katoa ki te papa i te wā i oti i te hui i hoki tātou ki te kura kia hoki ki te kainga.