Tūāhu. By Maakarita Paku Apr 2017 Gifts from our Grandmothers and Grandfathers Nā Maakarita Paku Nō Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Muriwhenua, Lakota Oyate Tūāhu ki te kainga When the trees begin to shed their leaves and the evening breezes we have...
The Weaving of Veranoa Hetet. By Veranoa Hetet Mar 2015 Kia ora Ko Veranoa Hetet toku ingoa. No Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Maniapoto me Te Atiawa ahau. My name is Veranoa Hetet. I am from the Iwi of Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Maniapoto and TeAtiawa. Veranoa Hetet in her...
The Sacred Space of Birth. By Amy Towle May 2015 Over the course of my career as a midwife I have come to recognise that the space in which a woman births in is an absolute key to the ‘success’ or outcome of her birth. By space I am referring to many aspects, not...
Te Ira Tāne. By Maakarita Paku Nov 2016 Born on the first day of Spring 21 years ago the first name of our second born ‘te ira tāne’ (male born son) Te Ihiroa came to me in a dream 2 months after his arrival. The tradition of naming our little boy was our own way of...
Papatūānuku. By Home Birth Aotearoa Sep 2014 He raupapa toru o ngā wāhine toa Papatūānuku Ko tōku tinana, ko ōku kikokiko, ko ōku uaua, ko ōku wheua ngohe, he toka, he one, he paru, he kōhatu, he kirikiri, arā, ngā mea mārō katoa. Ko ōku kōiwi, he rākau mātātoka, he...
