WAIATA MAI CHALLENGE. 💖 Grab your guitar, your phone, your spoons and #WaiataMai. 💖 Film yourself singing along with Aunty Mabel to ‘Taku Mokopuna’ – and we’ll make you world famous in Aotearoa!. 💖 Tag your moko, your Māmā, your Koro, your Nanny & Aunty down the road. 💖 TE WERO. 1. Film yourself singing in tune AND in time with Aunty Mabel. 2. Make sure you sing the original kupu provided below. 3. Submit your video via this link https://bit.ly/submit-waiata-mai by 5pm Wednesday 29 April 2020. 💖 WE WILL. 1. Edit your videos into one beautiful waiata. 2. Release and celebrate it at 8pm from our Protect Our Whakapapa Facebook page on Saturday 2 May 2020. 💖 E mihi ana ki tō tātou kuia a Te Manawakore (Matilda) Leach nāna tēnei tāonga i tākoha ki a mātou. We chose this waiata because it’s simple, easily recognised by people of all ages and it focuses on the importance of whakapapa. . NGĀ KUPU. Te taonga o tōku ngākau. Ko taku mokopuna e. He mokopuna korikori. Hei aha hei aha rā. Ko te mea nui, ko te aroha. Kaua e patu taku mokopuna. Kia awhi awhi mai taku mokopuna korikori e. Ka toro mai ōna ringaringa. Ko taku mokopuna e. Hei awhi atu māku. Arohatia taku mokopuna e. Ko te mea nui, ko te aroha. Kaua e patu taku mokopuna. Kia awhi awhi mai taku mokopuna korikori e. The most precious thing to my heart. Is my little mokopuna. He’s a naughty little mokopuna. Hei aha hei aha rā. The greatest thing of all is your aroha. So please don’t hurt my little mokopuna. Just lovey, lovey, lovey with my naughty little mokopuna. Just lovey, lovey, lovey with my naughty little mokopuna. Kia awhi awhi mai taku mokopuna korikori e. #ProtectOurWhakapapa. #MāTeIwi. #MōTeIwi. #Rāhui20. #Manaaki20

Tēnā koutou e te iwi nui tonu. He whakaaro ō koutou hei wānanga mā mātou? Do you have any pātai or whakaaro for us to wānanga about on Te Kōkōmuka?

Kauhau Session 17 – Wed 22 April 2020. Leadership: The sacrifices of leadership. #KauhauSessions. #manaaki20. #ProtectOurWhakapapa. #Rāhui20

Kauhau Session 16 – Mon 20 April 2020. Leadership: Governance and Management. #KauhauSessions. #manaaki20. #ProtectOurWhakapapa. #Rahui20