Te Maru o te Tau Wānanga

Hautuku - Te Maru o te tau

This wānanga is a space where we can sit, share, and learn more about Puanga and its two ritenga [ceremonial] processes.

Conducted during the big moon phases, Ōturu - Oike of the last month of the year, this ceremony takes place during sunset and is the only evening ceremony of Ngā Pou o te Tau.

During the ceremony we will invoke our loved ones who have passed over last year to be placed on Te Whata nā Maru and sent to the whare Mirutai, Te Tatau-o-te-pō at Ruakipōuri. From here she then sends them to the great net of Taramainuku.

Assess your last year and rid yourself of any challenges or problems and reset.

- Ngāhuru Mā Rua
- Ōtuku - Oike
- Pou: Te Maru o te tau
- Ritenga: Hau Tuku
- Whetū of focus: Puanga
- Principal Atua: Maru

This wānanga ā-hapori aims to grow whānau capability within te Pā o Waiwhetū on te Tau a Puanga.

Workshops include:

- Tuahu creation 
- Manu Tukutuku 
- Rourou making 
- Eeeling 
- Karakia - Karanga 
- Waiata/Poi Karakia

The goal of this wānanga is nurturing mana motuhake, strengthening intergenerational mātauranga, ceremonial practices and seasonal planning led by whānau aligned to ngā ritenga o Puanga.

By attending this wānanga, participants will experience and learn:

• What is Puanga and the ritenga
• Karakia
• Waiata - Poi Karakia and celebratory waiata 
• Gathering practices in the Pā - Lead by Kura Tāiao and our kai gatherers in the Pā
• Pou Whenua [Hautapu and Matamata] [The significance of the Pou whenua]
• Whānau planning for the year