Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 21, 2018 16:14:33 GMT 12
NEW WHAREKURA OPENED AFTER 10 YEARS OF PLANNING
Dreamed of for a decade, joyful tears were shed as a new $2 million technology centre was opened and blessed at Te Pi'ipi'inga Kakano Mai Rangiatea in New Plymouth on Saturday.
Around 300 people gathered at the new wharekura for a pre-dawn blessing, principal Moana Kake-Tuffley said.
It was the first time any of the women involved, including Kake-Tuffley and project manager Kiri Wanoa, had been inside the two buildings.
Iwi tikanga dictates women are not allowed to enter the buildings until they were opened.
The design was inspired by the story of Rongo, God of Cultivated Food, taking shelter in the body of Papatūānuku, the earth mother.
The timbers of the ceilings in the two buildings reflected the tahu and heke of traditional whare and also the stem and veins of a leaf - representing the shelter the whare gives to the children within.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/100745768/new-wharekura-opened-after-10-years-of-planning
Dreamed of for a decade, joyful tears were shed as a new $2 million technology centre was opened and blessed at Te Pi'ipi'inga Kakano Mai Rangiatea in New Plymouth on Saturday.
Around 300 people gathered at the new wharekura for a pre-dawn blessing, principal Moana Kake-Tuffley said.
It was the first time any of the women involved, including Kake-Tuffley and project manager Kiri Wanoa, had been inside the two buildings.
Iwi tikanga dictates women are not allowed to enter the buildings until they were opened.
The design was inspired by the story of Rongo, God of Cultivated Food, taking shelter in the body of Papatūānuku, the earth mother.
The timbers of the ceilings in the two buildings reflected the tahu and heke of traditional whare and also the stem and veins of a leaf - representing the shelter the whare gives to the children within.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/100745768/new-wharekura-opened-after-10-years-of-planning
