Our contingent of Paenuku, Paerangi, Leadership Academy, Kaimahi and Whanau arriving at Matua Hekenukumai Busby's kainga
Paenuku within Matua Hec's Te Kapehu Whetu
Greeting our Hawaiian whanau
Our kaihoe getting ready for the inaugural launch
Matua Hekenukumai Busby naming the waka "Whakaruru Te Hau"
Our Paenuku & Paerangi getting ready to haka powhiri the waka into the water
Whakaruru Te Hau enters the water for the first time with her eyes and her name
Our Kaihoe and Kaihautu Chappy Harrison on the first pass during the inaugural launch of Whakaruru Te Hau.
Making sure she is safe and secure for her voyage to Whangarei Terenga Paraoa
Bringing Whakaruru Te Hau to Whangarei Terenga Paraoa the weight of responsibility dawned on all of us.
Activity
Can’t express what a beautiful day it was yesterday from the outstanding beauty of Doubtless Bay to the humility of the Hawaiian crew of Hokule’a and the akonga of 8 Hawaiian charter schools to the Karakia and launch of Whakaruru Te Hau by our tohunga Hekenukumai Busby and his amazing kaihoe, to the first pass in our waka by Te Kāpehu Whetū akonga and pouako, to the glorious singing of our Paenuku babies to the youthfulness of our Paerangi rangatahi, to the long journey home with our new baby Whakaruru Te Hau under cover of darkness from Te Rarawa, thru Ngati Kahu out into the hinterlands of Ngapuhi, the heartlands of Ngaihine, past Ngati Hau to Te Parawhau on Hihiaua the banks of Hatea under Parihaka, Ruarangi and Manaia in Whangarei Terenga Paraoa …..what a day
Details
- 25 Apr 2015
- Hikoi, Waka
- Te Taitokerau Tārai Waka, Hekenukumai Busby
- Waka, Celestial Navigation
