Hutihuti e! Ka tau e
Hutihuti e! Ka tau e
Tipatipa kia pae ngā pukepuke
Tuputupu e Nuku
Whitiwhiti e Rangi
Ka hua e Rongo
Ka nui e Rongo ē – auē
E tupu ē.

We are looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 October for our third Karioi wānanga in the current series taking place from June 2022 through to May 2023.

This wānanga is part of our mahi to reconnect whānau to whenua through growing indigenous crops using tikanga-led practices.

Over the course of the two days, we will continue to expand our knowledge of mauri with Che Wilson, explore the whakapapa of soil including doing some soil analysis with Nick Roskrudge, and planting taewa and other crops guided by Glen Skipper and our Kono Team. Time will be spent together on the marae, at Te Puna o Riuwaka, and in the māra.

Our facilitators for the August wānanga will be:

Che Wilson, Strategic and Cultural Advisor
Nick Roskruge, Associate Professor in Horticulture, Massey University
Glen Skipper, Specialist Māra Advisor
Erina Wehi-Barton, Tikanga-led Taiao Practitioner
Rōpata Taylor, Tumu Manaaki Tāngata, Wakatū
Kerensa Johnston, Tumu Whakarae, Wakatū

This wānanga will be noho marae at Te Āwhina on Tuesday 18 October 2022.

Please RSVP to Garry.Almond@wakatu.org by Wednesday 12 October. When confirming your attendance with Garry, please advise if you will be staying overnight at Te Āwhina marae on Monday night, and if you have any allergies. You can also reach Garry on +64 21 489 572.

Health, safety and wellbeing

Please do not attend the wānanga if you are unwell or if you have felt unwell in the 48 hours before the hui. If you start to feel unwell during the wānanga, please let Garry or one of the Manaaki team know as soon as possible.

The protocols - frequent hand-washing, and coughing and sneezing etiquette will apply throughout the wānanga. When you arrive at Te Āwhina marae, please go to the wharekai to sign-in and register your attendance. As part of your registration, we will have a brief wellness questionnaire managed by one of our team.

Te Māra o Puanga Kairau is a very short walk from the marae. We will walk to the site as group, and we ask that you remain vigilant for any potential hazards as you will be crossing a rural road to get to the site.

What to wear/bring

Please bring a sleeping bag and a towel, along with your your usual toiletries if you are staying at the marae on Monday night.

We will be working in the māra, so please bring gardening clothes that you can change into and wet weather gear in case of wet weather.

Recording and Photography

To help us with notetaking, we will be recording some sessions. We may also have a photographer join us during the wānanga.

Please note our tikanga – photography is not permitted inside of the wharenui at Te Āwhina Marae without prior permission.

Programme

Tuesday 18 October 2022
Venue: Te Āwhina Marae and Te Puna o Riuwaka

8.45am - Registration opens at the wharekai

9.00am - Pōwhiri / Mihi Whakatau

9.30am - Kai whakanoa

9.50am - Welcome back, recap and outline purpose of wānanga

10.00am - Wāhanga 1: Trip to Puna with Che Wilson

1.15pm - Tina

2.15pm - Wāhanga 2: Soils and taewa with Nick Roskruge (at the mara)

5.00pm - Wāhanga 3: Preparing the māra for planting with Glen Skipper

6.15pm - Kai o te pō

Karakia whakamutunga

Wednesday 19 October 2022
Venue: Te Āwhina Marae and Te Māra o Puanga Kairau

6.45am - Karakia o te ata, whakapai te wharenui

8.00am - Parakuihi

9.00am - Outline of the day, whānau reflection & warm up

9.30am - Wāhanga #4: Taewa and other crop planting

1.30pm - Kai o te rā

2.15pm - Kōrero whakamutunga

2.30pm - Karakia whakamutunga

Series 3 - Wānanga dates

We are excited to grow this project further this year, bringing our whānau together to share and learn valuable mātauranga and helping us as whānau move towards more sustainable practices in our businesses. It is an exciting opportunity for us to learn together.

Wānanga dates

Please click the link above for the dates of future Karioi wānanga in Season 3. We hope by providing the dates early, it will enable more of our whānau to attend.

If you have any questions before the wānanga, please contact Garry by email at garry.almond@wakatu.org or phone 021489572.

Karioi - Wānanga 3