Welcome to Waitaha - Song of Waitaha, Whispers of Waitaha and Stories of Waitaha

Te tapu o te Ao kei a koe
Te tapu o te Ariki kei a koe
Te tapu o te Tamaiti kei a koe
The sacredness of the world is in you
The sacredness of nobility is in you
The sacredness of the child is in you.

…. It is spoken now as it has been in our distant past. We are always here in the Universe. For there were many water containers of many forms, of many nations. We follow Rongomaraeroa the Goddess of Peace. Waitaha is older than old.

Until now we have hidden our beginnings and all that followed, in the shadows. In this way we protected our knowledge in the silence of the schools of learning. Tuatara is the keeper of knowledge. We lead you past our ever vigilant caretaker and invite you to share the words and wisdom of our ancestors. For it has been decided it is time for our treasures to be brought into the World of Light. Haere mai, nau mai.

From the blog:

Waitaha taonga special release

Tena koe The stories of Waitaha linger and seem to float on the breeze like the long threads of spiderwebs that the Grandmothers speak about in Whispers of Waitaha p.77. Listen to hear the stories, look to see the patterns of the land that our beloved ancestors sought and lived by. They left the legacy of Peace for all who stand still long enough to sense, feel acknowledge and recognise it. It is time to pick up this precious taonga/gift of Peace, for ...

The hoop is complete.

It has been a dream of mine to see a double hulled waka making the return journey from Aotearoa back to Turtle Island/USA. I have had an avid interest in these magnificent vessels since the Hokule'a was launched in 1976. She sailed to Tahiti and back in her maiden voyage. The resurgence of celestial navigation for our peoples of the Pacific nations and here has been astounding and there have been many voyages between here and the islands over the ...