Te Blog o Tangata Marae

  Kia ora and welcome to Te Blog O Tangata Marae. My name is Max Williams. I am the second youngest of nine and a half children. Through my father I am fifth generation from Te Korowhiti Te Rangituataka and Edward Douglas.   I am honoured to be able to contribute korero for our whanau on many topics that may be of interest, or for anybody looking for some way to communicate with Tangata Marae. Please leave any comments, thoughts or ideas that you may have and let's see if we can get some discussion going.  No reira e te whanau, nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.

Karakia Karakia are prayers, chants or incantations. They can be said for many purposes and to different spiritual beings, although in modern times, they may have a Christian form. Karakia are prayers or chants used in many formal and informal daily rituals. There are karakia for all occasions, such as birth, death, sickness, warfare, waka building or the growing and harvesting of kai, and daily karakia that give thanks or ask for protection. Whether you pray to a specific god or just out to somewhere in the world, is up to you. Karakia can help with settling emotions when you’re upset or to set a positive tone for the day. Learning simple karakia and using them regularly can be a way to strengthen connections as a whānau and use te reo more often. Karakia may be part of daily ritual to bless whatever the new day brings or to give thanks for blessings received at the close of each day. Traditional use of karakia In ancient times, all people used some...

  Why our marae will always open in a crisis  by  Siena Yates  |  Mar 17, 2023  |  0    |  6   min read, E-Tangata In times of crisis and disaster, marae open their doors without question.  The reason for the unfailing response is manaakitanga, a word that carries far more meaning than simply hospitality. As Siena Yates writes here. When flooding overwhelmed Tāmaki Makaurau at the end of January, videos hit TikTok thick and fast to show the rising waters. On Instagram, lists were fired out on where to get help. Instantly, on those lists, as places of refuge and help, were our marae — ready, just as fast as social media, to respond in real time. Something stirred in me, as I kept seeing: “This marae is open.” “There’s an emergency centre at this marae.” “Send donations to this marae.” Pride? Yes. But worry, too, knowing the people of those marae would be working non-stop to help others, even though they were also in the thick of...