Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 24, 2019 17:07:18 GMT 12
PUKEKAWA KARAKIA USHERS AUCKLAND MATARIKI
Auckland Matariki celebrations have opened with this year's hosts Waikato Tainui highlighting its connection to the city.
About 200 people including King Tuheitia and Auckland mayor Phil Goff gathered in the Auckland Domain for dawn karakia at Pukekawa, the small hill where Potatau Te Wherowhero had a cottage before he became the first Māori king.
That's why King Tawhiao, in the depths of war and raupatu, compared himself to a star who would rise again.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjIwMDY/Pukekawa-karakia-ushers-Auckland-matariki
Auckland Matariki celebrations have opened with this year's hosts Waikato Tainui highlighting its connection to the city.
About 200 people including King Tuheitia and Auckland mayor Phil Goff gathered in the Auckland Domain for dawn karakia at Pukekawa, the small hill where Potatau Te Wherowhero had a cottage before he became the first Māori king.
That's why King Tawhiao, in the depths of war and raupatu, compared himself to a star who would rise again.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjIwMDY/Pukekawa-karakia-ushers-Auckland-matariki