I am so glad that the iwi at Whaka are keeping Maoritanga strong. My mountain is Ngongotaha, Utuhina is my river, Pukeroa is my birthplace. My people are Te Iwi Pakeha, but I lived among the Māori of Rotorua all through my childhood and I love them! As an adult, I learned that I might be descended from a mighty Māori chief that visited England long ago, and stayed in my ancestor’s house. After he left, my ancestor was born and he was born with brown skin! It was blamed on a Roman throwback, but of course people talked… Mother and “father” both denied it, of course and his Lordship accepted the child as his own, but it is a bit of a coincidence… LOL… I have spoken with members of this chief’s whanau, and he would sow his seeds among the chief’s wives, wherever he went! He didn’t rape them, but he was quite charming.
Love you mum what a privilege to have you as the best teacher a son could ever have miss you mum
Nui te aroha kia koe e taku whaea. Love you forever my mate.
What a delight and a privilege to have these Maori arts and traditions shown and explained. Thank you.
Love listening to the story behind it all. Love the culture.
❤❤😢😢❤❤
Ataahua ❤️
I am so glad that the iwi at Whaka are keeping Maoritanga strong. My mountain is Ngongotaha, Utuhina is my river, Pukeroa is my birthplace. My people are Te Iwi Pakeha, but I lived among the Māori of Rotorua all through my childhood and I love them! As an adult, I learned that I might be descended from a mighty Māori chief that visited England long ago, and stayed in my ancestor’s house. After he left, my ancestor was born and he was born with brown skin! It was blamed on a Roman throwback, but of course people talked…
Mother and “father” both denied it, of course and his Lordship accepted the child as his own, but it is a bit of a coincidence…
LOL…
I have spoken with members of this chief’s whanau, and he would sow his seeds among the chief’s wives, wherever he went! He didn’t rape them, but he was quite charming.
Love you Nana xo Anahera
Randomly found this..now I'm so homesick for my whanau and the bath