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Ka mihi ki a tātou katoa te hiku o te ika te puku o te whenua te pane o te motu te moana o Raukawa

Me roko ki te ikoa ko te Waipounamu he motu tino ataahua, tumeke puroto kā mauka e maha rawa rā, tirohaka mō te ao katoa. Ko Aoraki te mauka ariki Te ihu o te Waka, te taurapa te Tai Poutini e tītaha rā Kaikōura ki Aoraki, ko Waitaha

Nau mai tauti mai ki Te Pā o Rākaihautū

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Kari Moana Kururangi
Ngāi Tahu
BA, LLB, B.Ed Immersion, Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori

Ko Aoraki te maunga
Ko Waitaki te awa
Ko Takitimu te waka
Ko Ngāi Tahu, ko Kāti Māmoe,
Ko Rapuwai, ko Waitaha ngā iwi
Ko Kāti Huirapa te hapū
Ko Kari Moana Kururangi ahau

Tātou katoa ngā pononga o Te Pā o Rākaihautū, e kore rawa te puna whakamihi e mimiti noa. Ko Hākui Kari ahau. I live with my husband Komene and our baby girl Waimārima, who is three and a half years old. I was born and bred in Te Umu Kaha (Temuka), but have called Ōtautahi (Christchurch) my home for the better part of the last 12 years. I love kapa haka, spending time with my whānau and being a māmā, and am passionate about learning, te reo Māori me ōna tikanga. I am so incredibly humbled and privileged to be a part of this journey, and I look forward to getting to know all of our pononga! Having dreamed the dream for so long, it is a really emotional experience to finally see that dream become a reality!

“Tū ki te ao, tau ana”

Terina Te Karu
Muaūpoko, Rangitāne me Ngāti Kahungunu

B.Ed Immersion, B. Visual Communications,  Dip Mātauranga Māori

Ko Terina Te Karu tōku ingoa, he uri ahau nō Muaūpoko, Rangitāne me Ngāti Kahungunu. Nei āku mihi me tāku hokinga ki Ōtautahi te whenua me ngā tāngata e kaha poipoi, āwhina i tāku tipu e au e rangatahi ana. Ko tāku wawata ka āwhi hoki au i ngā tamariki kia whai i te ara takatū o Mōhio, nāna ko Mātau, ka puta ai ko Mārama tihei mauri ora. 

Aroha Mules

Ngāi Tahu me Te Ātiawa
B.Ed, Dip Māori Art and Design

E rere ana te manu raukura o te Toroa mai Āraiteuru waka ki Āraiteuru taniwha                                      

Kia ora e te whānau o Te Pā o Rākaihautū

He uri tēnei nō kā mauka tūpuna ō Aoraki rāua ko Taranaki. Ko Taumutu rātou ko Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki, ko Ōtākou kā Papatipu Rūnaka, ekari i tupu ake au i te Hokianga-nui-ā-Kupe. Ko Ellison me Taiaroa kā ikoa whānau. Kia ora, my name is Aroha Mules and I am fortunate to have been given an opportunity to be a part of the whānau at Te Pā o Rākaihautū. Some of the things I enjoy learning and teaching are kā honoka/whakapapa, raraka, te taiao and Te Reo Māori. This is such an exciting journey to be a part of and I can’t wait for us to begin.