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Kaihanga/Kaiwhakaako

Ruatau Perez (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi)

(Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi)

He waimarie ki te whakangungu i raro i a Papa Joe mo nga tau 10 tae noa ki tona matenga, kua noho a Ruatau hei tohunga mo Rongoaa me te whakahaere wananga/awheawhe i raro i Te Maurea i Aotearoa me te ao katoa mai i te tau 2000. I te tau 2000. ā, i muri mai i te whakangungu i raro i a Papa Joe, ka haere tonu a Ruatau ki te parakatihi me te whakapuaki i nga toi o a tatou tikanga whakaora tapu.

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"He honore te ako i raro i te maru o Papa i a ia e ora ana, me taku hoa a Hannah (Ngāpuhi) kei te arahi tonu matou e ia ma te wairua/wairua. Ko te raranga i nga miro i waenganui ia Papatūānuku me Ranginui, na te Whare Wananga Lore i arahi. Nga Atua/atua me o tatou ake Tūpuna/tupuna we are humbled to weave the ancient Māori philosophies into this modern ever changing world."

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After settling in Te Waipounamu, Ruatau and Hannah were led to start Te Arateatea Trust in 2019 and open a Whare Hauora in Ōtautahi.

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Kaiwhakaako

Esha (Waikato-Tainui, English, Welsh, Scandinavian)

(Waikato-Tainui, English, Welsh, Scandinavian)

No Tainui waka me nga tohunga toto, i whanau a Esha i Ōtautahi. He māmā, he kaiako, he kaiawhina, he kairomi inaianei, he kaitiaki a Esha i nga wa katoa, e kawe ana i tenei kaha ki nga ahuatanga katoa o ana mahi.

 

"I te mea ko ahau te tuakana o nga tamariki tokoono i whanau mai ki nga matua kapo e rua, kua whai waahi ahau ki te manaaki i roto i toku whanau mo te nuinga o toku ora. whanau. I karangahia ahau ki tenei mahi ki te whakaputa i nga mea kua rongoatia ki roto i aku ADN e aku tupuna me te whakakorikori. Ehara i te mea mo naianei engari mo aku tupuna a muri ake nei me era o te whaiora e mahi tahi ana ahau".

Hei DJ noho o te whare hauora hapori, me mihi ano koe ki a Esh mo nga whakahokinga mai o te 90s me nga raarangi waiata reo Māori e whakatakoto ana i te riipene i ia po o te Wenerei! 

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Kaiwhakaako

Nicole (Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Awara, Scottish, Irish, Italian) 

(Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Awara, Scottish, Irish, Italian) 

Ko nga matua e rua o Nicole i hono tonu ki te wairua, ahakoa he rereke nga ahuatanga. I tipu ake a Nicole i te taha o te whaea matakite me te papa pumau a Rātana, i tino mohio a Nicole ki nga ao kei tua atu i te tinana. Ko tana wheako tuatahi mo te whiwhi romiromi/mirimiri he rerekee, a, i mohio ia i tera wa, i tera wa, he nui noa atu tenei mahi i te 'mirimiri' noa.

He kaitoi mo nga makawe me te hanga-ake mo nga tau 30 neke atu, kua hono hohonu a Nicole ki ana kiritaki, a i enei ra, kua horahia tana koha maori o te mirimiri ki to tatou whare haumanu.

Ka kitea te aroha o Nicole ki te kaupapa i roto i ia taunekeneke, a, ka whakarapopototia e ia tana mahi (me nga kairomiromi katoa):"Te whakamahara i nga tangata ki te mana pono kei roto i a raatau me te pupuri waahi mo ratou e maumahara ana".

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Kaiwhakaako

Danielle

(Samoan, Pākehā-Irish, English)

I whanau mai i Ōtautahi, i ahu mai i Malie me Mulifanua i Hāmoa i te taha o tōna pāpā, he hononga Hainamana me Tiamana, ā, nō Ireland me Ingarangi ki te taha o tōna whaea Pākehā. I tutaki tuatahi a Danielle ki a Pāpā Hōhepa (Joe) Delamere i Ōtautahi i te tau 2003, he marama i muri mai i te whanautanga o tana tamaiti tuarua. I mahi a Pāpā Joe me ana hoia i runga i nga mama me nga peepi i te haerenga, a, mo Danielle he wheako oranga nui tenei i taapiri atu ki te whanau whanau me te whanau lotus me etahi atu tamariki, i timata te aroha ki te mirimiri me te romiromi. I timata a Danielle ki te ako i te Rongoā Māori i te tau 2010 mai i etahi o nga tauira o mua a Pāpā Joe, a, kua ako tonu ia mai i a Ruatau Perez mai i te tau 2019.

"I muri i taku rongonga i te mana o Rongoā Māori mo au me to matou whanau, i mahara ahau kua hoki mai au ki te kainga ki nga mea e whai kiko ana i roto i toku tinana, ki nga ahuatanga o te ahua kua mohiohia e au me te whakahohonu i oku hononga ki oku ake tupunga. He fofō a Nana Hāmoa, ā, he wāhanga tonu i hiahia ahau ki te torotoro haere i roto i ngā wāananga ki ngā mahi whakaora i tukuna e te hunga i whakatere i te Moana i roto i ngā whakatipuranga maha, i taea e au te mahi.

"Ko te mea i tino whakahihiri ahau mo tenei mahi ko te kite i nga mama e hono ana ki nga matauranga o roto, kua whakahoahohia na enei tikanga tuku iho no ratou, e awhina ana ki te whakawhanau me te whanautanga hei tikanga maori, me te tautoko i te mama ki te tu i o ratou ake mana i roto i to ratou haputanga. me tua atu, he ripple e rere ana i roto i nga whakapapa ki nga taha katoa, hei tautoko i te kaha teitei mo nga mama me nga peepi."

Ka mahi a Danielle hei 'Māmā Moana' wā-wā, e whakarato ana i ngā ratonga hapūtanga Rongoā Māori mō ngā hapū wahine, nā Ruatau Perez o Te Ara Teatea Trust i tohutohu. E toru nga tamariki a Danielle kua pakeke, me o ratou ake hononga whakapapa ki Ingarangi, ki Te Arawa me Ngā Puhi. I roto i nga tau 20 kua pahure ake nei kua mahi a Danielle ki te matauranga, me tana Tohu Paerua i te Matauranga, me te whakaoti i te rangahau kairangi mo te 'Pacific Peoples lived experience of traditional healing practices in Aotearoa NZ, with a focus on Rongoā Māori'. Ko Danielle hoki tetahi o nga Kaiwhakahaere o te poari o Le Va, he mangai mo te hapori o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i te roopu Whakahaere Whakamomori Whakamomori o Waitaha, he kaikorero mo nga reo kanorau o nga wheako ora huri noa i tetahi tepu.

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Kaiwhakaako

Danielle

(Samoan, Pākehā-Irish, English)

I whanau mai i Ōtautahi, i ahu mai i Malie me Mulifanua i Hāmoa i te taha o tōna pāpā, he hononga Hainamana me Tiamana, ā, nō Ireland me Ingarangi ki te taha o tōna whaea Pākehā. I tutaki tuatahi a Danielle ki a Pāpā Hōhepa (Joe) Delamere i Ōtautahi i te tau 2003, he marama i muri mai i te whanautanga o tana tamaiti tuarua. I mahi a Pāpā Joe me ana hoia i runga i nga mama me nga peepi i te haerenga, a, mo Danielle he wheako oranga nui tenei i taapiri atu ki te whanau whanau me te whanau lotus me etahi atu tamariki, i timata te aroha ki te mirimiri me te romiromi. I timata a Danielle ki te ako i te Rongoā Māori i te tau 2010 mai i etahi o nga tauira o mua a Pāpā Joe, a, kua ako tonu ia mai i a Ruatau Perez mai i te tau 2019.

"I muri i taku rongonga i te mana o Rongoā Māori mo au me to matou whanau, i mahara ahau kua hoki mai au ki te kainga ki nga mea e whai kiko ana i roto i toku tinana, ki nga ahuatanga o te ahua kua mohiohia e au me te whakahohonu i oku hononga ki oku ake tupunga. He fofō a Nana Hāmoa, ā, he wāhanga tonu i hiahia ahau ki te torotoro haere i roto i ngā wāananga ki ngā mahi whakaora i tukuna e te hunga i whakatere i te Moana i roto i ngā whakatipuranga maha, i taea e au te mahi.

"Ko te mea i tino whakahihiri ahau mo tenei mahi ko te kite i nga mama e hono ana ki nga matauranga o roto, kua whakahoahohia na enei tikanga tuku iho no ratou, e awhina ana ki te whakawhanau me te whanautanga hei tikanga maori, me te tautoko i te mama ki te tu i o ratou ake mana i roto i to ratou haputanga. me tua atu, he ripple e rere ana i roto i nga whakapapa ki nga taha katoa, hei tautoko i te kaha teitei mo nga mama me nga peepi."

Ka mahi a Danielle hei 'Māmā Moana' wā-wā, e whakarato ana i ngā ratonga hapūtanga Rongoā Māori mō ngā hapū wahine, nā Ruatau Perez o Te Ara Teatea Trust i tohutohu. E toru nga tamariki a Danielle kua pakeke, me o ratou ake hononga whakapapa ki Ingarangi, ki Te Arawa me Ngā Puhi. I roto i nga tau 20 kua pahure ake nei kua mahi a Danielle ki te matauranga, me tana Tohu Paerua i te Matauranga, me te whakaoti i te rangahau kairangi mo te 'Pacific Peoples lived experience of traditional healing practices in Aotearoa NZ, with a focus on Rongoā Māori'. Ko Danielle hoki tetahi o nga Kaiwhakahaere o te poari o Le Va, he mangai mo te hapori o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i te roopu Whakahaere Whakamomori Whakamomori o Waitaha, he kaikorero mo nga reo kanorau o nga wheako ora huri noa i tetahi tepu.

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Kaiwhakaako

Tania

(Ngapuhi - Te Rarawa, Pasifica and  European)

"Nga mihi nui ki te Hapori o nga hau e wha. It is with great respect to sit and work along side nga Kairomi, and Kaimahi within the Te Ara Teatea Hapori. It is a privilege to share skills and matauranga with Whaiora who land on ko taku teepu, he tuku i te whanaungatanga tauutuutu (ako) ki te whakaako me te ako Ma te mahi i roto i te waahi o te whare hauora ka taea e au te tipu haere tonu, e tautoko ana i nga tini potai e mau nei ahau hei wahine, hei wahine, hei whaea, hei kuia, i roto hoki i te Ao. ECE / Kaiako, me Kairomi He waimarie ki te whai waahi ki te tuku me te whiwhi ki te arahi mai i o tatou tupuna me to wairua e taea ai e te mirimiri/ romiromi te mahi mo koe me o whanau."

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Kaiwhakaako

Tania

(Ngapuhi - Te Rarawa, Pasifica and  European)

"Nga mihi nui ki te Hapori o nga hau e wha. It is with great respect to sit and work along side nga Kairomi, and Kaimahi within the Te Ara Teatea Hapori. It is a privilege to share skills and matauranga with Whaiora who land on ko taku teepu, he tuku i te whanaungatanga tauutuutu (ako) ki te whakaako me te ako Ma te mahi i roto i te waahi o te whare hauora ka taea e au te tipu haere tonu, e tautoko ana i nga tini potai e mau nei ahau hei wahine, hei wahine, hei whaea, hei kuia, i roto hoki i te Ao. ECE / Kaiako, me Kairomi He waimarie ki te whai waahi ki te tuku me te whiwhi ki te arahi mai i o tatou tupuna me to wairua e taea ai e te mirimiri/ romiromi te mahi mo koe me o whanau."

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Kaiwhakaako

Tania

(Ngapuhi - Te Rarawa, Pasifica and  European)

"Nga mihi nui ki te Hapori o nga hau e wha. It is with great respect to sit and work along side nga Kairomi, and Kaimahi within the Te Ara Teatea Hapori. It is a privilege to share skills and matauranga with Whaiora who land on ko taku teepu, he tuku i te whanaungatanga tauutuutu (ako) ki te whakaako me te ako Ma te mahi i roto i te waahi o te whare hauora ka taea e au te tipu haere tonu, e tautoko ana i nga tini potai e mau nei ahau hei wahine, hei wahine, hei whaea, hei kuia, i roto hoki i te Ao. ECE / Kaiako, me Kairomi He waimarie ki te whai waahi ki te tuku me te whiwhi ki te arahi mai i o tatou tupuna me to wairua e taea ai e te mirimiri/ romiromi te mahi mo koe me o whanau."

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Kaiwhakaako

Rahera

(Rangitāne o Wairau, Te Āti Awa, NgātiKuia, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Te Ātihaunui-a Pāpārangi, English,Irish, Scandinavian and German)

I te taha o toku Mama he uri ahau no nga iwi ki Te Tau Ihu o te Waka, he uri no Te Whanganui a Tara, no Taranaki, no Whanganui hoki. Kei Rangitāne o Wairau, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō me Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi ōku whakapapa. Nō Kōtirana me Ingarani hoki ētehi tūpuna o tēnei taha. Ko Love, ko Macdonald, ko Scott, ko Jones nga ingoa.

 

I te taha o toku Papa ka hoki atu oku hononga whanau ki Ingarangi, Airana, Scandinavia me Tiamana ka hoki ano ki Iharaira. Ko o matou hononga whanau ki a Giller, Clarke, Grey, Isaacs, Alsweiler me etahi atu.

 

Ko Rachael Alamein Giller toku ingoa.

 

I whanau mai, i whakatipua mai ki Murihiku, i noho ai ona tipuna tauiwi mai i te waenganui o te rau tau 1800 I kitea ano e Rachael te ao rongoa Maori i a ia e rapu ana i nga whakautu kaore i kitea e ia i roto i nga pukapuka, i runga ipurangi ranei. E mau ana i te ingoa o tana Nana Rachael (Reipora), he matakite, kua hono tonu a Rachael me tona whanau ki Te Ao Wairua, a, ka kawea mai e ia tenei ki ana mahi hei kaiwhakangungu. Whai muri i tana haerenga ki tana Waananga tuatahi i te tau 2020, i timata ia ki te haere ki nga whare haumanu a-hapori ki te whakapakari ake i ana whakangungu, me tana kii he ahua maori te uru ki roto. Na te Waananga me te hapori o Te Ara Teatea i kaha ki te awhina i a ia ki te mohio ki nga huanga, te kaha me nga tuupuna i mahi tahi ai ia mai i te wa o te kotiro, ehara i te mea hei pehi.

 

“Kei te pirangi au ki te kite i te mirimiri me te romiromi kia rite ki te ahua o te 'whaiaro' penei i te haere ki te whare takaro, te kai kai hauora ranei. Ka kite ahau i te tino kaha o nga tangata katoa engari e mohio ana ahau na roto i aku ake wheako ka paheke te kare-a-roto, te wairua, te hinengaro me te tinana ki te kite i o ratau ake kaha, ki te whakawhirinaki ranei ki a ia ano me o ratou tupuna. Mena ka taea e au te awhi i a raatau ma te mahi hei hongere tera pea me whakakorehia e raatau nga aukati, katahi ahau ka mahi."

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Kaiwhakaako

Tania

(Ngapuhi - Te Rarawa, Pasifica and  European)

"Nga mihi nui ki te Hapori o nga hau e wha. It is with great respect to sit and work along side nga Kairomi, and Kaimahi within the Te Ara Teatea Hapori. It is a privilege to share skills and matauranga with Whaiora who land on ko taku teepu, he tuku i te whanaungatanga tauutuutu (ako) ki te whakaako me te ako Ma te mahi i roto i te waahi o te whare hauora ka taea e au te tipu haere tonu, e tautoko ana i nga tini potai e mau nei ahau hei wahine, hei wahine, hei whaea, hei kuia, i roto hoki i te Ao. ECE / Kaiako, me Kairomi He waimarie ki te whai waahi ki te tuku me te whiwhi ki te arahi mai i o tatou tupuna me to wairua e taea ai e te mirimiri/ romiromi te mahi mo koe me o whanau."

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Kaiwhakaako

Danielle

(Samoan, Pākehā-Irish, English)

I whanau mai i Ōtautahi, i ahu mai i Malie me Mulifanua i Hāmoa i te taha o tōna pāpā, he hononga Hainamana me Tiamana, ā, nō Ireland me Ingarangi ki te taha o tōna whaea Pākehā. I tutaki tuatahi a Danielle ki a Pāpā Hōhepa (Joe) Delamere i Ōtautahi i te tau 2003, he marama i muri mai i te whanautanga o tana tamaiti tuarua. I mahi a Pāpā Joe me ana hoia i runga i nga mama me nga peepi i te haerenga, a, mo Danielle he wheako oranga nui tenei i taapiri atu ki te whanau whanau me te whanau lotus me etahi atu tamariki, i timata te aroha ki te mirimiri me te romiromi. I timata a Danielle ki te ako i te Rongoā Māori i te tau 2010 mai i etahi o nga tauira o mua a Pāpā Joe, a, kua ako tonu ia mai i a Ruatau Perez mai i te tau 2019.

"I muri i taku rongonga i te mana o Rongoā Māori mo au me to matou whanau, i mahara ahau kua hoki mai au ki te kainga ki nga mea e whai kiko ana i roto i toku tinana, ki nga ahuatanga o te ahua kua mohiohia e au me te whakahohonu i oku hononga ki oku ake tupunga. He fofō a Nana Hāmoa, ā, he wāhanga tonu i hiahia ahau ki te torotoro haere i roto i ngā wāananga ki ngā mahi whakaora i tukuna e te hunga i whakatere i te Moana i roto i ngā whakatipuranga maha, i taea e au te mahi.

"Ko te mea i tino whakahihiri ahau mo tenei mahi ko te kite i nga mama e hono ana ki nga matauranga o roto, kua whakahoahohia na enei tikanga tuku iho no ratou, e awhina ana ki te whakawhanau me te whanautanga hei tikanga maori, me te tautoko i te mama ki te tu i o ratou ake mana i roto i to ratou haputanga. me tua atu, he ripple e rere ana i roto i nga whakapapa ki nga taha katoa, hei tautoko i te kaha teitei mo nga mama me nga peepi."

Ka mahi a Danielle hei 'Māmā Moana' wā-wā, e whakarato ana i ngā ratonga hapūtanga Rongoā Māori mō ngā hapū wahine, nā Ruatau Perez o Te Ara Teatea Trust i tohutohu. E toru nga tamariki a Danielle kua pakeke, me o ratou ake hononga whakapapa ki Ingarangi, ki Te Arawa me Ngā Puhi. I roto i nga tau 20 kua pahure ake nei kua mahi a Danielle ki te matauranga, me tana Tohu Paerua i te Matauranga, me te whakaoti i te rangahau kairangi mo te 'Pacific Peoples lived experience of traditional healing practices in Aotearoa NZ, with a focus on Rongoā Māori'. Ko Danielle hoki tetahi o nga Kaiwhakahaere o te poari o Le Va, he mangai mo te hapori o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i te roopu Whakahaere Whakamomori Whakamomori o Waitaha, he kaikorero mo nga reo kanorau o nga wheako ora huri noa i tetahi tepu.

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Kaiwhakaako

Danielle

(Samoan, Pākehā-Irish, English)

I whanau mai i Ōtautahi, i ahu mai i Malie me Mulifanua i Hāmoa i te taha o tōna pāpā, he hononga Hainamana me Tiamana, ā, nō Ireland me Ingarangi ki te taha o tōna whaea Pākehā. I tutaki tuatahi a Danielle ki a Pāpā Hōhepa (Joe) Delamere i Ōtautahi i te tau 2003, he marama i muri mai i te whanautanga o tana tamaiti tuarua. I mahi a Pāpā Joe me ana hoia i runga i nga mama me nga peepi i te haerenga, a, mo Danielle he wheako oranga nui tenei i taapiri atu ki te whanau whanau me te whanau lotus me etahi atu tamariki, i timata te aroha ki te mirimiri me te romiromi. I timata a Danielle ki te ako i te Rongoā Māori i te tau 2010 mai i etahi o nga tauira o mua a Pāpā Joe, a, kua ako tonu ia mai i a Ruatau Perez mai i te tau 2019.

"I muri i taku rongonga i te mana o Rongoā Māori mo au me to matou whanau, i mahara ahau kua hoki mai au ki te kainga ki nga mea e whai kiko ana i roto i toku tinana, ki nga ahuatanga o te ahua kua mohiohia e au me te whakahohonu i oku hononga ki oku ake tupunga. He fofō a Nana Hāmoa, ā, he wāhanga tonu i hiahia ahau ki te torotoro haere i roto i ngā wāananga ki ngā mahi whakaora i tukuna e te hunga i whakatere i te Moana i roto i ngā whakatipuranga maha, i taea e au te mahi.

"Ko te mea i tino whakahihiri ahau mo tenei mahi ko te kite i nga mama e hono ana ki nga matauranga o roto, kua whakahoahohia na enei tikanga tuku iho no ratou, e awhina ana ki te whakawhanau me te whanautanga hei tikanga maori, me te tautoko i te mama ki te tu i o ratou ake mana i roto i to ratou haputanga. me tua atu, he ripple e rere ana i roto i nga whakapapa ki nga taha katoa, hei tautoko i te kaha teitei mo nga mama me nga peepi."

Ka mahi a Danielle hei 'Māmā Moana' wā-wā, e whakarato ana i ngā ratonga hapūtanga Rongoā Māori mō ngā hapū wahine, nā Ruatau Perez o Te Ara Teatea Trust i tohutohu. E toru nga tamariki a Danielle kua pakeke, me o ratou ake hononga whakapapa ki Ingarangi, ki Te Arawa me Ngā Puhi. I roto i nga tau 20 kua pahure ake nei kua mahi a Danielle ki te matauranga, me tana Tohu Paerua i te Matauranga, me te whakaoti i te rangahau kairangi mo te 'Pacific Peoples lived experience of traditional healing practices in Aotearoa NZ, with a focus on Rongoā Māori'. Ko Danielle hoki tetahi o nga Kaiwhakahaere o te poari o Le Va, he mangai mo te hapori o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i te roopu Whakahaere Whakamomori Whakamomori o Waitaha, he kaikorero mo nga reo kanorau o nga wheako ora huri noa i tetahi tepu.

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