Ti Rakau

Mihi Recording

The Lighthouse

Some say a prison, dungeon or a house … yes a house … and whoever lives in this house … well … he is another kind. The story goes that one day the operator was sitting up in his enormous, broken down lighthouse when BOOM!! A colossal amount of water comes crashing into the lighthouse like a cyclone. Now at this point you would think that the operator would have been swept away and that was the end of that … well … that is infact what some believe … but no 64 years later what really happened was TERRIFYING!!

Marae Visit

As we are walking in we hear the kaikaranga being sung out, the karanga is what the kuia sing to welcome the manuhiri. It's all very peaceful as we make our way under the waharoa and into our seats outfront of the Turangawaewae Marae.

We take our seats with the men in front and the woman at the back and begin the powhiri. Firstly the kaikorero stands up and starts saying his mihi and then begins to welcome us to their Marae. After that Mr Pene stands up and says his own mihi and then thanks the people for welcoming us onto the Marae. Once Mr Pene had finished speaking he placed an envelope on the ground to act as a koha which is a gift in maori as a act of peace.

A koroua then came out and picked up the envelope