Last Saturday, the Marist Sisters were given a farewell in Waitaruke where they have been teachers and guides for the local people since 1928. After Mass at 10am they were called on to the marae, nä Pä Henare i arahi. Several Mercy Sisters came for the occasion, supported by some of the local priests, Marist Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Catholic Maori’
Many lament the death of Morvin Simon
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Maori leaders have paid tribute to Whanganui kaumatua Morvin Te Anatipa Simon, an exceptional composer, choirmaster, kapa haka leader, academic and historian. Simon died in Wellington hospital on 14 May after a long period of ill health. E te uri o Hinengakau, e te reo reka o te awa tupua, e te matua Morvin, kei te Read more
Video from Hui Aranga in Upper Hutt
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014The Hui Aranga, the annual Maori Catholic gathering, took place in in Upper Hutt near Wellington this year. The Hui Aranga celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and involves kapa haka and sports competitions as well as a religious procession. The chairperson of a Palmerston North Maori Catholic club, Rawiri Tinirau, says many non-religious Read more
Hui Aranga 2013. The Easter Māori Catholic Hui 2013
Friday, April 26th, 2013
The Hui Aranga 2013 took place at Hawera using the TSB Hub sports centre and the Hawera High School College. These proved ample space for the 1300 participants who came from Opononi in the North, Tauranga in the East and Whanganui, Manawatu and Wellington in the South. In all about 12 Clubs participated. The host Read more
Morvin Simon’s contribution to Kapa Haka acknowledged at Symposium
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
At the first national symposium celebrating haka excellence, Whanganui River kaumatua Morvin Simon, along with another prominent figure in the arts, Dr Ngapo Wehi of Ngai Tuhoe and Te Whakatohea, were acknowledged for their outstanding involvement in kapa haka. Both men were presented with honorary bachelor degrees in Maori performing arts. Whakatane-based Maori tertiary institution Read more
New principal of Hato Petera confident about future
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012The new principal of Hato Petera College is confident that bringing the school into the 21st century will help improve its Education Review Office reports. ERO says Hato Petera, on Auckland’s North Shore, needs a curriculum that better aligns to its students’ career paths, and improved student assessment. The school’s head, John Mathews, says the Read more
Positive ERO report for Hato Petera – but more needed for sustainability
Friday, September 7th, 2012
Hato Petera College in Auckland has received a genreally positive report from Education Review Office But ERO notes that the college still needs help in and out of the classroom if it is to have a sustainable. Hato Petera has gone through significant changes including a new principal and board of trustees chairman and with Read more
Maori students at St John’s College making good leaders
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Maori students at St John’s College in Hastings are consistently rising to the challenge of leadership. Although they make up only 20 per cent of the school roll, in the last ten years half of the head boys at St John’s have been Maori. St John’s Principal, Neal Swindells, says one of the several factors that Read more
Ohakune Kuia becomes member of the NZ order of merit
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
Ohakune kuia Vera Whakaaronui Wilson has been made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to Maori, music and the Ohakune community in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Vera says she will receive the NZOM on behalf of her late brothers and sister, Rihari and Matiu Mareikura, and older sister Joan Read more
Hui Aranga 2012
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Hundreds of people attended the Hui Aranga which took place this year at the Opononi Area School, on Northland’s Hokianga Harbour. The spiritual director for Te Waiora Catholic group in Palmerston North, Danny Karatia-Goddard, says many of the kapa haka compositions had a Tai Tokerau theme. He says Northland is well known among Katorika (Catholics) Read more