“Me whai mōhio te whakapapa me ngā kōrero tuku iho, hei tū māia, hei mārama, hei whāngai ki ngā uri kei te heke mai nei, hei rongomau, mō āke tonu atu.”
(“You must seek your genealogy and historical stories to enhance personal confidence, understanding, and your ability to nurture our future generations, allowing forever, inner peace, to rule.”)
Members of Rapua te Hikurangi are a collective of whānau who descend from Nanny Hinewai Lorraine Thomas and Grandfather Leonard Norman Hansen.
From these two ancestors, we share Māori geneology from Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga (of Ngāti Hapahapai hapū o Ngāti Huia ki Poroutāwhao), Waitaha, Ngāti Mamoe, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kurī, and Ngāti Tama, as well as Pākehā genealogy consisting of Norweigan, Australian, Scottish, and English.
Rapua te Hikurangi enables members to realise their genealogical identity through research, whakapapa, and historical stories.
We are providing our future generations with the motivation to continue the legacy left behind by their forefathers, Māori and Pākehā.
“He tangata momoe, he tangata māngere, e kore e whiwhi ki te taonga.”
“A sleepy-headed, lazy fellow will never possess riches.”
We consider this to be a source of knowledge for our people to call on should they ever need it.
Hūtia te rito o te harakeke, kei hea te kōmako e kō?
Ko te whakapapa te rito o te tangata.
If you pluck out the centre shoot of the flax, where will the bellbird sing?
One's ancestry is the source of all identity.
To instill a strong sense of identity through whakapapa knowledge for all of our whānau.
“E kore e piri te uku ki te rino.” (“Clay does not stick to iron.”)
This whakataukī from Taranaki implies that clay will not stick to iron and will fall to the ground. The iron in this case are the ways of the Pākehā. It therefore encourages Māori to adhere to their own tikanga because eventually the ways of the Pākehā will fail them.
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