Te Whare o Rehua 2019
Who’s involved
Tūhoe Tuawhenua Trust: Taawi Te Kurapa (Tutor and Trustee), Brenda Tahi (Director and Trustee), Kaahui Te Rire (Project Manager), Puke Tīmoti (Tutor and Researcher).
From our pilot for this programme in 2018, with support from the J R McKenzie Trust and Te Mātāwai, we have taken Te Whare o Rehua to another stage of development in 2019. Te Whare o Rehua is designed to reconnect our younger people to the ngahere, through a range of means including the transfer of Mātauranga about the ngahere and the whenua to the next generations. For each programme we draw on the expertise of tohunga and kaipupuri korero – experts in their fields to lead out and impart our Mātauranga.
In April, we delivered two programmes. Te Oranga o te Ngahere was led by Taawi Te Kurapa, where the main focus was the ‘roar’, hunting and roughing it in the bush. Then Te Mauri o Te Ngahere was led by Puke Tīmoti, and covered the history of the land and people, eeling and te mauri o te kereru.
In July, Lenny Te Kaawa led Te Oranga o Te Whenua which focused on pig hunting and mana whenua. Then in October, Taawi took Te Oranga o Te Hōiho, which focused on how to work with a horse on the ground, with and without rope, and in saddle.
We have had some inspirational tutoring from our kaipupuri korero in these programmes in 2019. We have also had encouraging responses to these programmes from participants that have come from far and wide to join the locals in this learning.
We will continue to develop the content and resources for these programmes over time, with different themes suitable for different age groups and young people of different interests.
