Tapu #3. Kupu: TANIWHA - denizen, monster, malign energy, resource management indicator and safety indicator

Tapu #2. Kupu: Whakatangata - Personification. This post is about how we relate to ngā atua (God)

Tapu #1. Kupu: TAPU - Sacred, prohibition, restriction, set apart, terms of engagement, safety framework, resource management framework

Lessons from Tangaroa #4. Kupu: TAI - tide, sea coast, down stream or toward the ocean

Lessons from Tangaroa #3. Kupu: KIWA - dark, black, the darkest blue and Pacific Ocean

Lessons from Tangaroa #2. Kupu: MOANA or HINEMOANA - ocean or uneven surface or roof of kūmara storage pit; personification of the moana

Lessons from Tangaroa #1. Kupu: TANGAROA - Atua of the Ocean

Dealing with grief #5. KUPU: WHAKAWĀTEA - to clear or clean self or a place. For the rest of the week we will revisit Pure Part 1 and Pure Part 2

Dealing with grief #4. KUPU - HEI - light scarf to cover head or neck. The point of this is to highlight that it’s not just muslims that wear/wore scarves or covered their heads.

Theme: Dealing with grief #3. Subject: Using Waiata, Haka and Ngeri to help with grief