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At first the atua disagreed and divided until they found alignment. We are fine as things are." No - we need to escape this darkness and flood ourselves with light." Lets separate our parents and be free of this Let the light in I shall use my Totara family to separate them."

This prkau offers that very scenario using familiar patterns of behaviour but with characters who have been wiped from our collective memory. A reintroduction to our ancestors. And although in a state of restriction and some of the characters are nothing like who or what you want to resonate with, t...

Huaki Pouri was the dwelling of Tane and came about from the conversation the atua had about changing their existence in Noho-tatapu. Those atua who thought and believed in change, who wanted to open up the darkness", alongside Tane and including Tumatauenga, assembled as a collective pushing to flood the darkness with light.

Ko Twhirimaatea tnei, te atua o ng hau. Nna hoki Te Whnau Titi. Twhiri was angry with his brothers for separating their parents and raged war on them with the strong forces of the wind. He attacked Tangaroa by throwing sea-life onto land. He attacked Tne by ripping apart forests and trees. This krer...

Ko Tangaroa tnei, te atua o ng moana. Nna ng tamariki o te moana. Matua nui tnei o Te Tini o Ponaturi. He is calming and healing. Tangaroa blanketed his mother in the rage of Ruaumoko. From the oldest of his children, Ikatere, comes all the sea creatures, and depicted here in his hands is Ururoa, the shark.

Ko Tmatauenga te atua o te pakanga and weaponry. Tu was upset with the lack of support his brothers provided during the rage and war with Twhiri he decided to harvest from all of their (his brothers) wealth. The space in front of a wharenui, the marae tea is the domain of Tu and most weapons are a symbol of him. Tu is the strategist.

Tiwaiwaka the bringer of knowledge. In the first attempt by Mataora and Niwareka to leave Rarohenga Tiwaiwaka warned them of the journey being perilous at that time as the atua were at war. Tiwaiwaka shared when would be the better period to journey being during the time of great peace and summer months. Tiwaiwaka the knowledge bearer.

Ko Tne-Mahuta, ko Tne-nui-a-rangi tnei. Lord of the forest, lord of its creatures, lord of Te Tini o Hakuturi. Mighty Tne-mahuta, messenger of knowledge, who separated the family from confinement, from the restriction of darkness. The wise and strategic leader.

Haumietiketike holds firm control over the forest floor. Noone passes freely through this domain as Haumia blankets control, hiding all pathways and Hau. Nor will the passages of man and his battle companies find easy access.

Tiwaiwaka the bringer of knowledge. In the first attempt by Mataora and Niwareka to leave Rarohenga Tiwaiwaka warned them of the journey being perilous at that time as the atua were at war. Tiwaiwaka shared when would be the better period to journey being during the time of great peace and summer months. Tiwaiwaka the knowledge bearer.

Many atua went on the quest to create those who shall inherit custodianship of the natural world. They wanted to create humans. The atua tried and failed. On and on they searched for the ira-tangata but each attempt brought about other beings. Birds, lizards, fish and a whole range of animals that w...

Ko Whiro Te Tipua tnei, te tuaono o ng atua. Ko Whiro te atua o ng ngrara me te matua a tna whnau, Te Tini o Poto. Nna katoa te wehi, te whakawehi, te mataku, te whakamataku, te weriweri me te whakaweriweri. Whiro can consume your mind, your voice/words, your emotions and can create fear. Whiro will...

Ko Rongomatne tnei ko Rongo-marae-roa tra. Here stands Rongo the bringer of wellbeing, healing, peace and listening. Here draped around him are his 2 cloaks, T-pore-nuku and T-pore-rangi which are seen in practice at Marae-roa in the front and the back. All symbols and practices of manaaki and caregiving.

Ko Te Kwatawata tnei. Te Kwatawata is the gate-keeper of Poutererangi, the last island one must arrive at before heading to Rarohenga. Te Kwatawata alone closed the door to the physical; shall they never pass that path again. Te Kwatawata who protects the safe haven from the chaos, protector of the path to absolute commitment

Ko Uepoto tnei. Nna te Hintore i kite, i whai. Nna te Whai-Ao i whai. Uepoto was the one whos curiosity overwhelmed him. So strong was his desire to pursue potential, to find something more than the norm. Nna na taina i t, i kume, ki te Hinaatore. There with him are his brothers Te Maamaru and Peketua, who together overcame the threats, curses and wehi of Whiro. Na rua te Ao i whiwhi.

Uru the mtmua who glows in the western sky from under Te Kahutuanui a Rangi, the giant cloak of Rangi. The glow is the Purapura-whetu, the children of Uru. Uru who severed the umbilical connection to the whnau. Uru who remained recluse in the security of self. Ever seeing ever observing. Uru of wise counsel.

Te Aoturoa, Te Paerangi and Thekeroa were the first three island nations on the path to Rarohenga. Thekeroa was the largest battle against Whiro in the long descent of banishment. When we go to Rarohenga we are destined for that long descent via Thekeroa. When Mataora pursued his wife Niwareka, it w...

The rage Ruaumoko had took the gift of Te Ahi komau and fed it oxygen until it raged and thus Ru turned a gift of comfort into a weapon of hatred. That weapon became the volcanic fire, the volcanic eruption that he caused to explode and spew out upon the earth's surface au, au, au e ha This was the ...

Ko Paia te Rangi, Paia-tau tnei. Nna a Te Rangi-tramarama me Torotoro-ihi, the fire sticks i tiki i a Ranginui, hei hika i Te Ahi-kmau manaaki for the baby. Nna an a Whiro-nui and Te Awhi-oo-rangi i tiki hei poro hei tapahi i o rtou mtua. Paia te helper, the waha karakia, the brother tautoko, the supporter of Tne.

Mataora was a paramount chief of the physical world. He fell in love and married the beautiful Niwareka, a princess from the spiritual realm. Their story is one of love but also of his jealousy and abuse of her. Of his regret and his pursuit of her to the spirit world. It is a story of his changing ...

Tane te wnanga - the whakapapa of knowledge is held in this journey. It represents you as a learner. What is the overarching purpose What are the things that act as barriers, what supports you Io wanted human beings to come into existence to ensure the world that they created would be cared for. All...

Ko Ruaumoko te ptiki o ng tamariki a Rangi rua ko Papa. Ka noho tonu ia ki te kpu o tna Mma. The rage and anger of Ruaumoko transpires in earthquakes and volcanic activity. Ruaumoko was not consulted in the separation of Rangi and Papa, thus exploded in anger and rage causing lava to flow and scar h...