Ra Mere 17 Whiringa-a-nuku 2008
Christchurch to Motueka!
I drove to Motueka from Christchurch today along state highway 1, the east coast of the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Motueka is on the other side of Nelson, at the top of the South Island. It is an absolutely beautiful drive along the Pacific Ocean otherwise known as Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the great ocean of Kiwa the navigator / Atua
A quick pit-stop in Kaikoura - and a quick visit to the lookout - then a kai stop and then off again. I stopped in to visit my neice Chloe & her baby Asher for a brief moment in Blenheim - it was so hot up there!!
Then i took a slow drive along the coastline to Nelson & then on to Motueka - absolutely stunning features clothe the land and seascaspe!
I arrived in Motueka just after 6:30pm & met with Ngarangi at the local marae down the end of Pah Street
He was with his nephew & a couple others.
We grabbed a mattress & headed out to Riwaka (Riuwaka) to his whare about 10 minutes out of town
Nice litte whare!!
He korero, he korero ano
I learnt a new arapa:
Tenei hoki te manawa ka ue, Tenei hoki te manawa ka pore
Ko taku manawa ka hoake mohou, te manawanui-o-Rangi
Ko Houtina, Ko Houtaiki, te ripia
rei ana, whaka-hotu-nuku, whaka-hotu-rangi
He roki, he roki taketake, te manu huru, te moana i rohia i
Hoatu to kauhau taniwha ki uta!
hiki kakau, hiki kakau, ro, ti, takotako, te uranga mai ki uta e!
Ka mau turuturu te rangi e Rongo, ka mau ko Tama
Ka whakaputa ki te whai ao ki te ao marama, he ora!!
That was the second leg of my hikoi (journey)
- naaku noa -
- H24 -
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