A grading well done people!!! Keep up the awesome standard that was delivered on
that day!!!<br><br>'Au Pai Maarire

Ka nui te mi'i ki aa koe e wai'o oou koorero ki
koonei. Kei te mi'i...kei te mi'i...<br>Kei te mi'i 'oki
ki aa koe e te manutiipurangi e rere 'aere mai ki
koonei 'ei taapiri oou w'akaaro rangatira ki aa aa'au,
ootiiraa ki aa maatou kaatoa i teenei waa...Nooreira nau
mai w'akatau mai kei waenganui i aa
maatou...<br><br>Thanks for your kind words and we look forward in
hearing from you a lot more!<br><br>naaku noa<br>Naa Tat

Kia Ora te poutokomanawa o Aotearoa. Kei te ora
tonu maatou ki konei, ahakoa ka pai ake mena kei reira
maatou ki to taha. Awesome to hear that you are having
an awesome time over there. Nga mihi nui ki a koe mo
to kaha ki te whakaatu, ki te koorero ranei e paa
ana ki teetahi o a matou rawe, ara, te mau rakau.

How's everybody!<br>Life over here is ATAA'UA!,
the people are awesome, anyway I hope someone's able
to help Puuhoro out with his a'ei...Koohao Tuu
Taua...??? Taranaki...??? Taamaki...??? Where are you
all.<br><br>Beautiful people and beautiful weather! It's all go over
here, just been interviewed on the radio about us and
our w'are, our weaponry and also us attending the
Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists camp here in
Vancouver. So I'm thinking of you and hope all is well until
next message...<br><br>See yar laater<br>Tat

Basically all of the commands! I can't remember
any of them! Maybe if I try and explain the actions
you might be able to name them. These paticular ones
had a set pattern. 1. Holding the taiaha out to the
front for the karakia. 2. holding it straight up and
down. 3. A slight slant to the right (the main starting
position we used). 4. The taiaha is swung around behind
the head held by one hand running paralel with the
shoulders but not touching, the other hand on the hips. 5.
It is then swung down to the left hip facing
forwards. 6. Swings back up behind the head sitting along
the shoulders with left hand outstretched. 7. The
taiaha is presented in front with the head facing left.
8. The arms cross swing the weapon in a defensive
move so the head is now facing right. 9. It is brought
back to the right hip facing forward. 10. Swings up
and is placed above the head facing forward. 11. The
weapon is presented to the front again but in the air
with the head facing left. 12. Weapon is brought down
to cross to the right with the head behing the
shoulder and facing to the sky. 13. It is swapped to the
left with the head facing the sky. 14. It is brought
up to a holding position on the right shoulder in
both hands with the head facing the ground. 15. A
strike to the right side, neck. 16. a defence swing to
the left and one on the right and the weapon swings
up in the right hand to end up sitting behind the
right bicep/shoulder with the head facing the ground.
17. Your whole body looks like a star jump with the
weapon facing diagonal up and right, in the right hand.
18. The taiaha is swung down to point at the ground
in front of you, the weapon still in the right hand.
19. The taiaha is brought up to your right ear and
your body in a deep squat. 20. It is is swung behind
your right shoulder, the head facing the sky. 21. Then
placed out in front of you, the weapon touchiung the
ground ..... the head facing the sky.<br><br>I hope you
guys can picture these ..... if not I'll try to go
into more detail.<br><br>PS ..... I've got a few more
to ask *S*<br><br>Thanks very much ..... and on
behalf of Brisbane .... thank them again for travelling
here and teaching us this toanga. Don't know if
they'll remember me, I was the lightest one who left
early! *LOL*<br><br>Thanks again! Puhoro.

Let us know what your stuck on and I'm sure we'll
be able to help you out Puhoro!<br><br>These fullas
don't come back till Monday so we won't get the full
details on how it all went till then, but at least you
enjoyed yourself at the waananga and hope you keep it up.
<br>P.S. if you get stuck try to get a hold of Merehine,
she'll be able to help yah as well<br><br>Maa te
waa!<br>Naa Tat

Dr. Peta Sharples and crew has run an awesome
weekend here for the people of Brisbane with a mix of
weapon and kapa haka training. The crew arrived Friday
night and got straight into it. It finishes today .....
unfortunately I couldn't attend today but have learned enough
to keep me happy for a while. I can't remember any
of the commands so might need some help from you
guys.<br><br>We learned a series of moves ..... about 18 ..... if
I explain the moves someone might be able to tell
me the commands. Thanks guys.<br><br>Puhoro

Teenaa koe, e te tuakana...<br><br>You have an
awesome trip and don't forget where you come from!!! Give
a massive KIA ORA to the w'aanau over there and
until next time...<br>Maa ngaa aatua 'ei manaaki i aa
koe, koutou koo toou w'aanau<br><br>Naa Maatou<br>X X
X

r u sure 7th August? it is now the 14th. If u r in Sydney I think there is a
training group there ...... not to sure who they r ..... I'm in
Brisbane.<br><br>let me know what's happening ok?!

Kia Ora Whanau, Ka Haere ahau Ki Poihakena te ra
o whitu Here-turi-koka, any training going on over
that way at all? Going over for a while to Sydney 7th
August got any info, any indigenious weapons groups
there?<EOM>

Just got back from a W'are Tuu Taua o Aotearoa
waananga held in Christchurch...and yes another peka to
add to the rest of our many branches around the
motu!!!<br>Hopefully they are coming to the national waananga in
September (ae...put it in your fullas diaries). Hopefully
we might hear from them pretty soon, once they join
the w'aanau on the internet!<br><br>It was an awesome
weekend and I didn't realise you could get paua in
winter...yummm.<br><br>Nooreira ki te 'au kainga o te waka o Maaui, kei te mi'i
atu ki aa koutou e tiiaki mai i aa maatou, aa toonaa
waa ka tuutaki ano, 'eoi ano, 'aere tonu ngaa mi'i,
'aere tonu ngaa w'aakaaro, 'aere tonu too taatou
waananga 'oki!!!<br><br>'Au Pai Marie<br>Naa Tat

Teenaa koe, Whakaritenga!<br><br>Tino 'ari koa ki
te paanui toou koorero nooreira, kia ka'a ki te
patapata te mii'ini o te paake'a!<br><br>You must be one
of our youngest members who've joined the club!!! If
you are needing any help in Maaori weaponry or
questions on Maaori weaponry I'm sure all these people will
be able to help you out one way or
another...<br><br>Good to read your koorero, I look forward in your next
message...Maa te waa, kaa tuutuu'i ano!<br><br>Kaitoa!<br>Naaku
noa<br>Naa Tat

I didn't get to train with Mita Mohe due to three
tangis and a prison training program dammit. Never mind
..... he invited me back for a 6 or 12 day training on
makoia one week after new years ... so anyone wanting to
go ..... hollar at me!<br><br>Cheers!

kia ora koutou hi mihi nui kia koutou ko au te
tamahine o merehine kia ora heartbeatofnz pehea ana kia
ora mou tona awhi ki ahau ae kei te mohio ana ahau ki
korero maori panui mai koutou!!!!!! <br>kia ora
whakaritenga!!***

E te W'aanau o te Maunga Tiitoohea, te Koro'eke e
tuu te poo, tuu te ao...KEI TE MI'I, KEI TE
MI'I...<br><br>'Arikoa te ngaakau ki te kiitea i aa koutou tuu e tuutuu
te puue'u ki runga i te paparewa i ngaa raa kua
paa'ure. E tiipatapata oo koutou kaupapa ki aa maatou, ka
mau te we'i, te mana, me te i'i o Taranaki W'aanui ki
te motu, nooreira 'aere tonu te w'akaaro, 'aere tonu
te kaupapa, 'aere tonu te ka'a oo toou taatou
Tuupuna i roto i aa koutou ootiiraa taatou kaatoa. Kia
iitaa, kia mau ki eeraa kaupapa, ngaa taonga 'ei tuuku
i'o, i tuku i'o, mo wai, maa wai...??? aaa kei aa
taatou teeraa!<br><br>Just came back from the Taranaki
Festival Regionals for Kapa'aka, Ko Matapi'i, <br>ko Aotea
Uutanganui and Te roopu ara Poutama ki Taranaki o Puukaaka
will be representing Taranaki at the National Aotearoa
Maaori Performing Arts Festival.<br><br>KA MAU TE
WEHI!!!

Nau mai 'aere mai...Whakaritenga, ki teenei
w'aanau, tuureiti au ki te w'akatau i aa koe eengaari
aanei te waa 'ei mi'i atu ki aa koe, meenaa ka w'ai waa
ki te too'aa mai ki aa maatou, ko wai koe, no w'ea
koe, me tuku mai...aa toonaa waa...<br><br>Welcome
Whakaritenga, hopefully we will see more of you, if you have a
koorero, paatai or anything to share to the rest of the
w'aanau, by all means write away...until
later...<br><br>'Au Pai Maarie!

Teenaa koutou,<br>Just letting you all know that
the Waananga is on at Hoani Waititi Marae, Glen Eden,
Tamaki Makaurau...W'akatau will be when you all get
here, and look forward in catching up with you
all!!!<br><br>Any paatai, queries, write away!<br><br>Mauri Ora!

Teenaa koutou!!!<br>He Paanui...He Paanui...He
Paanui...<br>A W'aanau will be travelling to Canada to represent
Whare Tuu Taua o Aotearoa our Maaori Weaponry at the
Pacific Association Women Martial Artists (PAWMA)
conference held in Vancouver on the 7th Sept - 15th Sept
2001.<br><br>There will be 4 workshops over a period of 4 days and
the other 4 days will hopefully be sightseeing, and
sightseeing and more sightseeing.<br><br>If you want to know
more about this conference, there is a feature there
at:<br>www.pawma.org/<br>go down to Annual Training Camp and click on that,
then head to our teaching staff and wah
lah!!!<br><br>Happy reading peoples!<br>Surfs UP...

tena koutou.kia ora Tat,tino pai nga whaakaro mo
te mahi. Mau Rakau. I was fortunate enough to go
across to Poihakena with Tat for the mahi at the
Conference. I been doing Rakau since March and I must say I
Love kia ka waananga ki Tamaki. Looking forward to
meeting the whanau no te Motu engari we'll be your cooks
kei te pai,may get to mahi next time

Teenaa rawa koutou katoa, ngaa kai tauaatoko ki
weenei mahinga aapunga.<br><br>Anaa, he mihi tautoko
moou e Tat! Pono marika oou koorero mo te waananga o
Te Koohao Tuu Taua. Puare ana te whare ki a koutou
katoa e hiahia ana, e matekai ana ki te mau i eenei
mahinga tuupuna, noo reira, nau mai, haere mai, piki mai
e ngaa tini waka!<br><br>Whitianga hassled me enuf
to remember our password to this site! Awesome
photo's whaanau! Keep em rolling in.<br><br>Just wanna
tautoko Tat's paanui to Turumakina ... these monthly
waananga are open to anyone who wishes to learn in a Ngaa
Puhi environment. There's a secret warning in her
message too ... she's right about the venue not being
that important! We don't go to waananga to
sleep!!<br><br>So, the rules of the house (Te Koohao Tuu Taua) are
... there are only two types of people who attend,
those who jump, and those who cook! No visitors, just
supporters! No iwi vibes, just mahi! Our game is, there is no
such thing as this whare and that whare ... it's all
good!! And Te Koohao Tuu Taua supports all whare and the
mahi that's taught ... cos in the end whaanau, the
main thing is, that the mahi lives on!<br><br>If
you've got a digital camera bring it! So you can post
some new pix to this awesome wahanga.<br><br>It'll be
great to meet some of you fullas at the July waananga
... maa te waa, Mauri Ora ki te katoa.

Teenaa koe Turumakina...<br>E rua ngaa w'aakaaro
i teenei waa...<br>Ko te tuata'i NAU MAI, 'AERE
MAI... ki te waananga!!! 'ei tuutaki, 'ei 'ongi, 'ei
w'akaw'iti koorero.<br>Ko te tuarua...<br>Kaore ano kia
w'akarite te waa'i pai moo taatou eengaari aa toonaa waa ka
moo'io te kaatoa tew'ea marae e no'o ana taatou.<br>Ko
te utu: $20.00 (moo te waananga) <br>Meenaa ka taea
te taria mai 'e raakau, ka pai teera, eengaari kei
aa maatou eete'i.<br>Mai teeraa waananga, ka
w'akarite taatou oou 'ia'ia e paa ana te mau o te raakau 'e
taaonga i tuku i'o 'ei puuaawai!!!<br><br>Mauri
Ora!<br>Naaku noa<br>Naa Tat

Kiaora e hoa, mëna kei te pirangi mätou ko öku
hoa kia tae ai ki te hui kei Tamaki, kei te pai
tërä?? mena kei te whakaae mäu, hea aha te utu?<br>kei
te tino pïrangi ana mätou kei konei hei ako i tënei
taonga a ö tätou tüpuna, engari, käore te mohio mätou ko
wai ka taea te ako kia mätou?? mëna kei te mohio koe
i tetahi tangata kei te rohe o Tauranga Moana,
cher!! ka tino hari koa mätou!! Engari, mëna koe käore e
mohio tetahi tangata, pehea ou whakaaro e pa ana ki
tënei whakaaro...<br>kei te pirangi mätou ki te whakatü
ëtahi wänanga Mau Räkau kei konei, ki Tauranga Moana,
ia marama, ia marama pea? ä, ka taea e mätou te utu
i a koe i te köha, no te mea, he maha ngä tane ngä
wähine hoki kei te pirangi e ako mau räkau ki
konei.<br>Noreira e hoa, koinei te take o te tuhinga
nei.<br><br>kei te tumanako ahau ki te rongo i a koe
akuanei.<br><br>Kiaora...<br>Turumakina

Te Koohao Tuu Taua o Ngaa Puhi nui tonu, just to
let you know that the next waananga will be here in
Tamaki, July 27, 28, 29 (we're still working on the
venue, but don't sweat it, we don't sleep in
waananga...remember!!!???).<br>Anyway awesome to see some new photo's being
added in
the photo album Kia ora to you Puhoro, excellent
craftsmanship.<br>Don't forget peoples you too can include photo's,
messages, stories... anything that you would like to
taakoo'a to the Maaori Weaponry 2000 page.<br><br><br>Maa
te waa<br>'Au Pai Marie!

Teenaa koorua,<br>I teenei waa kei te mi'i atu ki
aa koe Turumakina, koorua ko Ruasprrwh, ngaa 'autira
i 'au mai ki roto i teenei w'aanau oo maatou, nau
mai, 'aere mai w'akatau mai.<br>Ka puuea i aa koorua
'ei uurunga teenei akuroa o taatou...nooreira kei te
'ari me te koakoa tenei mi'i ki aa koorua...teenaa
koorua, teenaa koorua, teenaa koorua...kaati
raa...<br><br>Welcome to the w'aanau, I suppose this is one way of
connecting us all around the world from HOME,<br>including
our own w'aanau here in Aotearoa.<br>If you have any
koorero to share, paanui to give out to anyone bring it
on! <br><br>Mauri Ora!<br><br>Naaku noa<br>Naa Tat

Ko Mataatua räua ko Takitimu öku waka, Ko Toroa
räua ko Tamatea-Pokaiwhenua ngä Ariki, Ko Pütauaki
räua ko Mauao ngä Maunga whakahirahira, Ko
Ohinemateroa töku awa, ara, Ko Whakatane te ingoa hou o taua
awa, ko Tauranga te moana, Ko Ngati awa rätou ko Tuhoe
ko Ngati Hokopu ko Ngaiterangi öku iwi, ko Patuwai
rätou ko Ngä Pötiki öku hapü, Ko Toroa räua ko
Tamapahore öku Whare tupuna, Ko Päroa töku Türangawaewae,
engari, Ko Waitao töku kainga inaianei kei Tauranga
Moana, Ko Harawira töku ingoa whänau ki te taha o toku
whaea, ä, ko Merritt te ingoa whanau ki te taha o töku
Päpa, Ko Turumakina Duleyz töku ingoa.<br>Ka nui te
mihi kia koutou ngä kai whakahaere o tenei wahanga,
kia koutou ngä taua o Tumatauenga, whakaoratia tenei
taonga tino miharo, tenei taonga tuku iho, tena koutou
katoa.<br><br>Noreira koutou, anei taku mihi haruru kia koutou,
noreira, tena koutou,tena koutou,tena ra tatou katoa,.

I've just put in 2 photo's for you all to have a
look at...<br><br>To all those that could not attend
the Waananga at Kookohuia Marae...here is a small
gift from those that did attend to those that
didn't...Read 'em and weep...<br>P.S. We were all thinking of
you at the time of the photo!<br>P.S.S.
NNNOOOTTT!<br><br>See you at the next Waananga...<br><br>Naaku
noa<br>Naa Tat

Teenaa koe, emerre1...<br>Mi'i atu ki aa koe,
'aere mai ki te to'a mai oou w'eeako kei waengaanui i
aa maatou, piki mai, kake mai 'ei wai'o oou w'akaaro
ki koonei...noo reira w'akapiri mai, w'akataa, 'ei
w'akatau!<br><br>Welcome to our w'aanau (family), hope you can introduce
yourself to everyone else, and they to you...If you have
any queries about what this w'aanau is all about, me
paatai mai (ask away), hopefully SOMEONE will be able to
share their thoughts to your
questions...(pea)<br><br>Look forward in hearing from you...

Kei te mi'i atu ki aa koe Merehine, nau mai 'aere
mai kei waengaanui i aa maatou, a'akoa roaroa te waa
kaaore ano ki aa kite toou ingoa, kei te mi'i, 'aere
mai...w'akatau!<br><br>Welcome aboard this waka, please feel free to share a
little bit about yourself, and why you've joined this
w'aanau...<br><br>Heoi ano, pai ki te tuutu'i i aa koe ano...<br><br>'Au
Pai Marie!<br>Naa Tat

Ngaa mi'i ki aa koe, nau mai 'aere mai kei
waengaanui i aa maatou...<br><br>Hope you can introduce
yourself to everybody, and any koorero you have to share
would be awesome.<br><br>Nooreira w'akatau mai eee, i
raro i teenei maru, piki mai, kake mai...aa toonaa waa
ka puuaawai oou 'ua mo teenei w'are...Teenaa ano raa
koe!

Kei te pai e hoa, e kaikanohi ana ahau ki nga
pikitia o te whare pikitia o te paewhakaata, pae tukutuku
nei hoki. A muri ki tenei, ka whakaharatau matou ko
Pepe ma i te rakau i te paekiri o toku whare i te
waenga i te hau makariri. Heoi ano, kore rawa a tatou
tupuna i te mataku o te hau makariri, te pera koia matou
rite :-)