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PACIFIC AND MĀORI VOYAGING HERITAGE CELEBRATED FOR TUIA 250
New Zealand’s Pacific and Māori voyaging heritage is acknowledged and celebrated today as waka of the Tuia 250 voyage flotilla arrive in Tūranga / Gisborne.
“Today we celebrate Tangata Whenua, the first people of Aotearoa, and the triumphs of the voyaging tradition that brought our ancestors here from Polynesia 1000 years ago,” Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti Kelvin Davis said.
“Today is an historic opportunity for the whole of New Zealand to celebrate the navigational feats of Paikea, Ikaroa-a-Rauru, Horouta, Tereanini and Takitimu,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.....
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pacific-and-m%C4%81ori-voyaging-heritage-celebrated-tuia-250
EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AHEAD OF TUIA 250 IN GISBORNE
Preparations in Gisborne are ramping up ahead of the Tuia 250 commemorations, as the East Coast region confronts its fraught colonial history.
It has taken 15 years to get off the ground but it will kick off tomorrow in Gisborne, with over 10,000 people expected to converge upon the city for the commemoration.
On 8 October, the tall ships will arrive on shores, and join the waka to make up the flotilla, which will travel around the rest of the country together.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/400279/emotions-run-high-ahead-of-tuia-250-in-gisborne
JACINDA ARDERN CALLS ON NEW ZEALANDERS TO 'TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORY MUCH MORE OPENLY' DURING TUIA 250
The Prime Minister said New Zealand should continue to learn and tell the full story of the country's colonial past, even after the commemorations have ended.
"We are a young country and I think, actually, sometimes, we lose sight of that because there is so much wisdom and knowledge in the Māori culture that we, sometimes, I think, forget actually, our encounters, they weren’t so long ago," she said......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/jacinda-ardern-calls-new-zealanders-talk-our-history-much-more-openly-during-tuia-250-festivities
New Zealand’s Pacific and Māori voyaging heritage is acknowledged and celebrated today as waka of the Tuia 250 voyage flotilla arrive in Tūranga / Gisborne.
“Today we celebrate Tangata Whenua, the first people of Aotearoa, and the triumphs of the voyaging tradition that brought our ancestors here from Polynesia 1000 years ago,” Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti Kelvin Davis said.
“Today is an historic opportunity for the whole of New Zealand to celebrate the navigational feats of Paikea, Ikaroa-a-Rauru, Horouta, Tereanini and Takitimu,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.....
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pacific-and-m%C4%81ori-voyaging-heritage-celebrated-tuia-250
EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AHEAD OF TUIA 250 IN GISBORNE
Preparations in Gisborne are ramping up ahead of the Tuia 250 commemorations, as the East Coast region confronts its fraught colonial history.
It has taken 15 years to get off the ground but it will kick off tomorrow in Gisborne, with over 10,000 people expected to converge upon the city for the commemoration.
On 8 October, the tall ships will arrive on shores, and join the waka to make up the flotilla, which will travel around the rest of the country together.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/400279/emotions-run-high-ahead-of-tuia-250-in-gisborne
JACINDA ARDERN CALLS ON NEW ZEALANDERS TO 'TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORY MUCH MORE OPENLY' DURING TUIA 250
The Prime Minister said New Zealand should continue to learn and tell the full story of the country's colonial past, even after the commemorations have ended.
"We are a young country and I think, actually, sometimes, we lose sight of that because there is so much wisdom and knowledge in the Māori culture that we, sometimes, I think, forget actually, our encounters, they weren’t so long ago," she said......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/jacinda-ardern-calls-new-zealanders-talk-our-history-much-more-openly-during-tuia-250-festivities