PIPIWAI’S PEOPLE YAKA Newsletter March 2009
PIPIWAI’S PEOPLE YAKASole Sponsor: RUATANGATA MOTORSIssue 29 30 March 2009 KUA TAE KI WA KI TE WHAKAWHETAI ATU KI TE IWI MO NGA MAHI NUI KUA PUTA MAI I ROTO O TO TATOU AWA AWA, KA WHAKAMIHARO KI TO TATOU IWI, MO TO TATOU AWHI IA TATOU TAMARIKI MEHEMEA HE PAI HE KINO RANEI, KA HAERE TONU A TATOU MAHI KI TE WHAKATIKA IA TATOU.I TENEI WA KUA INOI ATU KI TE IWI, MEHEMEA KEIA KOE ETAHI MATAURANGA HEI RAPU PUTEA MO TO TATOU MARAE TENA PEA KEI A KOUTOU ETAHI WHAKAARO E NGARO NEI I TE NUINGA. Kua puta te karere, kua mate mai a Ripekatitiparu kei roto o Tamaki, o te whanau a Hama raua ko Te Rai Hoterene. Ae te tuahine o Waa, Maraea, Maihi, Te Rau, Joe a ratou kua hinga inga tau kua pahure. Tuahine teina ra hoki o Tirita, Mania, Mere me ratou o te kanohi ora. A muri o te Tekau Ma Rua kua tau mai ki Tau Henare WHATS HAPPENING: Welcome Home Blo!!!! The only Mrs Glassey of Boothill had a mild stroke on Saturday ‘Please get well soon’ The community hui held at Tau Henare Marae regarding issues pertaining to our tamariki, attending Mangakahia Area School attracted a huge response from our community. A point was voiced by a parent/tupuna, ‘We are not listening to our children’ is it not true? Do, we always hear our tamariki’s plea for help or just to be heard? Our tamariki don’t have a voice in our community and this has also become apparent at Mangakahia Area School. The standard of applicants for Principal for Te Horo School was of the highest caliber. However the BOT, LSM and Staff Representative are unanimously certain in their final deliberation. ‘Here’s to a prosperous start to the future of our most treasured assets, our tamariki.’ Doctor Reti’s father is offering to come to Pipiwai to run a ‘Tai Chi’ class. If he could get 20 willing participants, this course is ‘ACC’ (Accident Compensation Commission) funded. The purpose for ‘Tai Chi’ is to keep our weary bodies supple. (The ‘Hoiho’ is looking like the order of the day) Te Komiti Wahine o Tau Henare is pleased to inform the community that the money you all endeavoured to raise is being implemented to purchase your first installment of utensils urgently required for Tau Henare Marae;Stainless/steel cutlery, stainless/steel water jugs, s/steel bowls for food preparation, and white stackable teacups. This is a start of better things to come. Te Komiti Wahine o Tau Henare, wish to convey our heartfelt thanks for the full community support. Noho ora mai! The Harrison crew and interested whanau are ‘hardout’ training for the twilight trophy’s first challenge on Wednesday, 1 April at 6pm, Touch Rugby. Female participants are always welcomed, ‘cmon girls RULE.’ The above may be deferred to another date, due to the death of a whanaunga being return to Tau Henare. Will keep you updated, your contact; Jacko. (09) 4371401 What are your thoughts on reasons for Wananga’s To date we have had these ideas forwarded;1. Weaving (suggestions included raffling of any finished pro2. Whakapapa3. Tamariki Issues Last Saturday Pipiwai seniors won. Pipiwai thoroughly deserved their win against a spirited Onerahi and the quiet subdued open minded Pipiwai supporters, (ha ha) showed their appreciation. Good one guy’s. JB’s had their sign up day and there were new faces but also the same moans about the tough training this coming season. It seems Pipiwai will be fielding strong junior rugby teams again. Waimarie played Dargaville in a pre-season game on Saturday, Waimarie winning 48-20 at Waimarie’s field. Our own Joseph, came away from the game with his jaw broken in three places.First competition game v’s Tomarata 11 April, 2pmSecond game v’s Dargaville Old Boys at Dargaville 18 April, 2pm Last week Te Horo hosted THMPPP Day, where school children participated in teamwork and problem solving exercises. In short the teams were given tasks which required serious thinking and working together to complete and some of them were funny to watch. There were no winners, just children who had a great time and learned some valuable lessons. Although our children were grouped with children from the other schools, they were awesome as hosts, pointing visitors to the closest toilet and refreshment spots as they were asked to do by their teachers. The parents who were fortunate to be there spoke highly of the day and of the school grounds that were well prepared for the occasion, especially the feature gardens dotted around the grounds. THMPPP stands for, Te Horo, Mangakahia, Purua, Pakotai, Poroti the names of the participating schools. A big acknowledgement to all who helped make the day successful. It was nice to see Crete and his team back at the school giving up their valuable time to give our tamariki sporting tasks and exercises and it was a pleasure actually seeing them fully enjoying themselves.
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