A Start

Kia ora,  This BLOG is the result of a desire by me and my cousin Mandy to spread the news about our land, our people and our hapu to our very own people.  For years we have been working in many different areas for our land, our people and our hapu, along with a core group of whanau.  We also hope that this BLOG site and our FACEBOOK page and EMAIL address will also aid in getting connected with the people of our hapu to share the news of what is happening and to get more people involved and get help.  CHECK out all the pages we have started with.......

We know our hapu is big, with many people who have many different skills and thoughts.  Over the past years our core numbers have dwindled my own parents have passed during our journey to build our marae.  Luckily we have had some people return from overseas and other parts of the country as they have discovered what we have known for some years - this place is beautiful, strength comes in numbers and givings is the greatest gift of all.

In particular we want to focus on the completion of our marae....at a marae meeting late last year I was awakened to other concerns people have about our own people, some of the difficulties that are being faced and it dawned on me that we needed a place and forum in which people could go to not only discuss concerns but also celebrate our hapu.  Traditionally, a marae would serve this purpose - as a place to go and meet and plan to address issues.

I got married in the gardens above the developing marae and we had the reception on the water-front with a pig on a spit and a bonfire on the beach.