Te Pakitara Pikitia taha Moana o Te Tairāwhiti

Sea Walls Tairāwhiti Murals Walk

Ngā Pakitara Taha Moana Whakaaturanga Toi, kaitā /kaimahi toi mo ngā pikitia o taha moana i mauria mai ki ngā tiriti o Tūranganui.

I whakarewahia i te tau 2018, i te marama o Oketopa, mahi tahi ki a Pangea Seed Foundation. He taonga huna kei Tūranganui me Ūawa. Nā Kelly Spencer i whakahuihui ngā kaipeita toi o Aotearoa hei hanga toi tino ātaahua rawa atu mā ngā tae pīataata, pīrakorako katoa. Ko Papa Mau Piailug he tohunga kaiwhakatere waka o Micronesian, arā tētahi kei ngā pikitia me ētahi nō te moana, me ngā pakiwaitara Māori nō Tranganui a-Kiwa. Whakarongo ki ētahi atu i te Sea Walls Tairāwhiti link.

I Ūawa e rua ngā toroa kei te pakitara taha moana o te Tairāwhiti arā ko Tūngarangi me Hārongarangi e ai ki nā Ruakapanga nō Hawaii. He kōrero, tā tēna iwi, tā tēna iwi e pā ana ki te kumara me te taunga mai ki Aotearoa. He rite tonu ā ētahi. He tino kaingautia te kumara mo tana reka ahakoa rā ko ngā kai o Aotearoa nnui tonu te poroutini me ngā hua matomato, kāre he warowaihā.

He pūrākau mai i Te Aitanga a-Hauiti: I haere a Pourangahua ki Hawaii ki te inoi ki a Ruakapanga mo tana Toroa hei kawe mai i a ia me ētahi kūmara ki Aotearoa. Āhua whakatenetene a Ruakapanga nā tana tino matenui ki ana manu. Ko tāna ki a Porangahua, “Tau ana koe ki Ūawa, tukuna taku manu kia hoki mai i mua i te whiti o te rā”.  Katahi ka karakia a Ruakapanga hei ārahi haumaru mai a ana manu a Tiungarangi me Harongarangi ka ūtaina e Porangahua ngā kumara ki runga i a Hārongarangi ka piki ki runga i a Tiunga rangi me tana ki atu ki a Ruakapanga, kaua e māharahara. Ōtirā, ka pōreareahia ngā whakaaro o Pōrangahua, ka wareware ngā manu. Tū reiti te tuku  ngā manu ka rere ngā manu ki runga ake i te maunga Hikurangi ka piki ake te tipua a Tamaiwaho ka haehaetia aTiungarangi, waimarie tau atu ana ki Hawaiiki. I te kitenge o Ruakapanga i ana manu, ka whakatakariri ka tuku mai e ia ngā anuhe hei kai i ngā kūmara a Porangahua me tana iwi me Aotearoa.

Tata tonu ka taea te mātaki i te nuinga o ngā pikitia. Ko ētahi, me whakarite he wā. Ko te tuna ātaahua kei te māra a te hapori i te Tairāwhiti Environment Centre. Me haere i te wā tuwhera taua wāhi katahi ka hikoi ki waenga i ngā māra i Ūawa, Te Koha nui kei te whare kura o Ūawa ki te whakaaetia.

I te tau 2016 me te tau 2017 i whakatau whakaaro te Kaupapa Te Pakitara Whakaaturanga Taha Moana ki Ahuriri. I reira ka kite ate 50 pikitia. Ko te whakaahua o te tohora me tana punua kei mua. Nā Gay Young.