Te Wārihi Taiapa has been a key person in our kumara journey ‘Mihia ka tika, e hika!’
Nā rau ringa tēnei hinonga i eke ai; Uawa MWWL, EIT Mahinga Kai Pouako me ngā tauira, ā, me ngā tohungatanga o Papa Warihi Taiapa. Kāti e rere tonu ana ngā mihi ki ngā kaiwhakatō, ngā hoa, ngā whanaunga tae noa ki Te Kura Māori o Mangatuna. I tēnei hinonga i kitea te tikanga o rātau mā, tērā ko te kotahitanga o te whanau ki te whakakakao, ki te mahitahi, ki te akotahi mō te oranga o te whānau, hapū me te iwi, nakawhiti ana!
Tūhuratia ngā taputapu tīpuna
Inā te nui o ngā akoranga i māturuturua. I mutunga iho neke atu i te 10,000 ngā tipu kūmara i whakatōkia, e 5 ngā tūmomo kūmara. Neke atu i te 60 ngā paukena karauna, e 6 ngā tūmomo parareka māori. Ko te whainga ia he pura mō te tau e heke mai ana, tuatahi, tuarua tūari ki te whānau/ marae, tuatoru hei kohi pūtea mō te tau ā houanga. Tōna 50 tangata i pā ringa mai ki te one, tekau ngā maara kūmara i pouta mai i te hinonga nei.
Pāpā Wally Tukukino 86 years old pictured with our purapura.
Banner image: Rumaki Kūmara
