tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80732563215439651832011-07-09T04:34:34.323+12:00CHDnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073256321543965183.post-47385141358375979022009-09-11T08:20:00.005+12:002009-09-11T09:04:51.172+12:00The winds blew this day<br />From the northern skies hell bent<br />(Ki Raro, the old people would say)<br />A harbinger of inclement weather<br />Well known, as the furies of Tawhirimatea<br />released, unabated, unrepentant.<br /><br />The maunga Pae Rehua stood naked <br />Head exposed, nay, scalped let it be known<br />Was by Ranginui's tears drenched,<br />Kehua of ghostly shroud<br />Sleet sheets across the hills<br />To Kohuruanaki range.<br /><br />Te Rerenga o Nga Wairua<br />As if by an unknown hand<br />Exposed briefly the hutukawa tree<br />Ecstatic branches wave undaunted, indignat,<br />Roots clinging to the rock, as if so 'cemented'.<br /><br />The whirling clouds moved in mistfully<br />Descending, cloaking all, from those here present<br />The waharoa, extension of the wharepaku<br />Through Tuki's ancient map despoiled,<br />Gazed out on a canvas gessoed white,<br />Lighthouse too brushed out clean.<br /><br />The incantation intones<br />A house in priestly robes<br />Embellished with crescent moon, a star<br />Timeless symbols of the night<br />Knows not the time to pray<br />The twilight of the day<br />When the wairua hold sway<br />The clouds remained, the winds unchanged.<br /><br />The ribbon, cut as some pagan practice,<br />Flutters aimlessy in the breeze,<br />blue to the ground.<br />As the kotuku bird without its feathers<br />But the Ngati Kuri tuturu<br />Know only too well the kirehe that bark<br />The kuri ever silent, sense the wairua presence<br />Whose signs from Hawaiki<br />To them were all too clear.<br />This day they stayed away.<br /><br />For those who spoke with split tongue<br />Can never walk their talk<br />Who say this land's in doubt<br />Know not the ara wairua<br />For it resides not with them.<br /><br />Hawaiki imposed its will at last<br />In the cloud, winds, and rain<br />All souls departed to Te Hapua<br />Te Reo Mihi Marae, to shelter<br />To feast on the jingle of apples<br />Of the false god DOC<br />For the glitter lies here.<br /><br />Written by ©2009 Dr BC Gregory.<br />Published in Northland Age 24, April 2009.<br /><br />PS. Te Rerenga Wairua was never closed, so why the opening?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8073256321543965183-4738514135837597902?l=drbrucegregory.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CHDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073256321543965183.post-7080837989964679972008-02-29T10:01:00.007+13:002010-08-13T09:17:09.972+12:00Ka tumai ki runga ra<br />Te Marae atea Wairua<br />Te Maunga Pae Rehua<br />Ka hurihia oku kanohi<br />Ki Te RangI Tuhaha<br />Karanga atu au<br />Ki Te Ao Marama<br />Te atatu e hora ra<br />I runga i te tai pari ra<br />Ka tangi taku ngakau<br />Te mamae roto ra<br />Nga roimata i patere atu ra<br />Maringi mai ki te tai Rehua<br />Te hononga o Te Tai tamawahine<br />Me Te Tai tamatane<br />I rere atu raro ra<br />Tae atu ki Manawatawhi whenua<br />ka patai Tawhirimatea ki te ao<br />Kei whea nga toa o nehera<br />I noho i te iwi kaitiaki<br />Te Marae atea Wairua<br />Kei konei o nga Tama toa<br />Tatari mai i te tangi<br />O te putatara pupu ana ra<br />Ka hoki mai te reo irirangi<br />O te purerehua<br />Awhiowhio kei runga ra<br />Kei konei o nga Wahine toa<br />Whagaetia te wai u<br />O nga tupuna<br />Ki nga tama toa iti noa<br />Whawhai tonu ratou<br />Mo o tatou wairuatanga<br />Kei runga te marae atea wairua<br />Te maunga Pae Rehua<br /><br />Written by ©2007 Dr BC Gregory.<br />29th, September 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8073256321543965183-708083798996467997?l=drbrucegregory.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CHDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073256321543965183.post-54641663366741116502008-02-28T11:25:00.013+13:002008-03-02T14:48:26.365+13:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1052YhWzIuE/R8oGti_Vb3I/AAAAAAAAAPk/AbOEwQIfQAU/s1600-h/09-06_Move.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172954501544767346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1052YhWzIuE/R8oGti_Vb3I/AAAAAAAAAPk/AbOEwQIfQAU/s400/09-06_Move.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1052YhWzIuE/R8XxsgPsUAI/AAAAAAAAAPE/3Q0CCe6y8Rc/s1600-h/tpw.jpg"></a><br /><div><div><div><span style="color:#3366ff;"><br /></span><br />The dawn arrived suspiciously</div><div>Light dispelling the night to life</div><div>For this turning of the first sod</div><div>Where "Nga Uri" stood firm their ground</div><div>The lead kaumatua did not transgress</div><div>When served his trespass notice</div><div>The atmosphere strangely quiet</div><div>He walked away.</div><br /><div><br />The pou wairua arrived</div><div>Carried with dignity to the site</div><div>Probitiatory karakia incantates</div><div>The first sod of soil turned fresh<br />"Nga Uri" the holes dug deep</div><div>"Te wairua hono ki te tupapaku"</div><div>Placed pointing to Te Rangi</div><div>Face directed to Papa whenua</div><div>Te Wairua to Hawaiiki Blessed</div><div>Beyond the lone pohutukawa.</div><br /><div><br />The greenstone taonga</div><div>"Nga Roimata tangi o Kiwa"</div><div>Placed at Te Pou Wairua' feet</div><div>Completed the union with grace </div><div>Anchor to Te Waka, Maui and the fish</div><div>Te Mauri had been set</div><div>On maunga Pae Rehua</div><div>Te Marae Atea Wairua</div><div>Consummated inviolate.</div><br /><div><br />"Nga Uri o Nga Hapu"</div><div>The insignificant fear, the brace,</div><div>Stood proud for Ngati Kuri, Te Iwi Maori</div><div>This is no burial place for the dead</div><div>No unholy site to insult</div><div>With cars, buses, wharepaku</div><div>This is a holy place of pilgrimage</div><div>Carrying with it no bad thoughts or deeds.</div><br /><br /><div>(To be continued)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Written by ©2007 Dr BC Gregory.</div><div>25, September 2007.</div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8073256321543965183-5464166336674111650?l=drbrucegregory.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CHDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073256321543965183.post-16775952900987869782008-02-26T23:39:00.011+13:002010-08-13T09:16:35.654+12:00The Wairua flows free<br />Before the putresence of the dead<br />Departing Urupa of all the land<br />On feet so light they float<br />Kehua prints by feelings seen<br />Joining the Ara Wairua<br />Passing by Te Oneroa a Tohe<br />heard in the murmur of the sea breezes<br />Above the bubbling gossip<br />Of tumbling waves.<br /><br />Glimpsed as misty forms<br />Outlined white contoured transparencies<br />Oft times stange feeling within<br />Moving along at a pace<br />That glides free like thoughts unseen<br />Distance where here is there<br />And everywhere nowhere.<br /><br />Reaching Haumi hill to pause<br />Where the wreath twisted grasses<br />Form still on this barren place<br />To look back wistfully<br />At an Earth -bound world -<br />Crowded nearby by ignorant beings<br />Obstructs the tranquility of leaving -<br />The Wairua bids farewell.<br /><br />Climbing down to the Aka vine<br />Root to the lone pohutukawa tree<br />On the rocky outcrop below<br />(Claimed to ever be in bloom)<br />Before their final release<br />Through the hole in the rock<br />To the opening Tatau Pounamu<br />And relams beyond the ocean's tears<br />Rarohenga, way to Hawaiiki<br /><br />Written by ©2007 Dr BC Gregory.<br />13, September 2007<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8073256321543965183-1677595290098786978?l=drbrucegregory.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CHDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073256321543965183.post-51988775068119568532008-02-26T14:33:00.005+13:002008-02-29T10:19:39.076+13:00<span style="font-family:georgia;">E tū ana ahau i konei hei whakaoti i taua taura, kotahi i roto i te tokomaha, ki te whakapuaki i ngā whakaaro e hoki atu ana ki te tau 1840. Kua eke te waka ki te au moana i raro i te Pire nei, otirā, e kore ngā āwangawanga kua puta i ngā mema i te Āpitihana e ngaro ahakoa tahia tonutia atu ki raro i te whāriki. …me whakarerekē te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi kia mau ai te wairua o te whakawā tika, koia tērā te pūtake o tēnei kaupapa me ōna wehenga katoa. Kāore kē tātou e kaha ki te kī he tāngata tātou nō te Karauna o Ingarangi, ki te kore e paingia te Tiriti o Waitangi. …kāore mātou e kaha ki te tīpoka i tētahi wāhanga o te tiriti, me te whakaparahako ki tētahi. Kua huakina [e te Pire] tētahi kaupapa tino nui ki ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa – te whakaeanga o ngā nawe e pā ana ki te Tiriti o Waitangi. Kei tēnei Kāwanatanga te manawanui kāore i kitea i ō mua Kāwanatanga, kāore kē rātou i kaha ki te wherawhera i ngā take nei, mai i te whakatūranga o tō tātou whenua i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi i te tau 1840.<br /><br />[New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, Volume 460, p. 2709, and Volume 464, p.5650. Debate concerned the Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Bill, which extended the jurisdiction of the Waitangi Tribunal back to 1840.]<br /><br />Dr Bruce Gregory<br />MEMA PĀREMATA MŌ TE TAI TOKERAU<br /></span><a href="http://www.tiritiowaitangi.govt.nz/quotes/1980.php"><span style="font-family:georgia;">http://www.tiritiowaitangi.govt.nz/quotes/1980.php</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8073256321543965183-5198877506811956853?l=drbrucegregory.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CHDnoreply@blogger.com