275 Times July 2017
Mangere community news. In this month's issue, read more about: matariki, Mangere's history, La Coco, young leaders at Bader Intermediate, Ihumatao, Tigi's guitar and the Love Zero Waste Awards.
Mangere community news. In this month's issue, read more about: matariki, Mangere's history, La Coco, young leaders at Bader Intermediate, Ihumatao, Tigi's guitar and the Love Zero Waste Awards.
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EDITION #32<br />
JULY <strong>2017</strong><br />
<strong>275</strong><br />
Māngere’s<br />
times<br />
<strong>275</strong> times<br />
Our stories, our people, our Māngere<br />
Kōrero paki ō tatou, Tāngata ō tatou, Ngā Hau Māngere ō tatou<br />
NEW PLAN TO BREAK IHUMĀTAO DEADLOCK<br />
The SOUL (Save Our<br />
Unique Landscape)<br />
campaign has initiated<br />
a breakthrough move to<br />
secure the disputed land<br />
at Ihumātao, Māngere<br />
as public open space.<br />
This important heritage area<br />
is under threat from Fletcher<br />
Residential, a foreign-owned<br />
company that plans to erect 480<br />
private homes on the site.<br />
In a submission to the Māngere-<br />
Ōtāhuhu Long Term Plan last month,<br />
SOUL asked the Local Board to revive<br />
the former Manukau City Council’s<br />
‘Māngere Gateway Heritage Plan’<br />
and establish a multi-source fund to<br />
purchase the 32 hectares of farmland<br />
known as the Wallace Block/SHA62.<br />
A similar combined-funding deal has<br />
recently been proposed for the rebuild<br />
of the Christchurch Cathedral, and<br />
looks likely to end the 6-year deadlock<br />
over the fate of the historic church.<br />
Referring to the Cathedral deal,<br />
Māngere MP Aupito William Sio told<br />
<strong>275</strong> <strong>Times</strong>: “That’s really the ideal<br />
situation isn’t it. The Government,<br />
the Council and the locals agreeing<br />
Above: SOUL’s weekly pickets outside<br />
Fletcher’s HQ raise awareness about the<br />
company’s plans to destroy the unique<br />
open space beside Ōtuataua Stonefields.<br />
Right: Māngere MP Aupito William Sio<br />
addresses a SOUL rally at Ihumātao.<br />
to raise funds to purchase land that<br />
will be made available to the general<br />
public and remain protected, and<br />
then agreeing on what proportion<br />
each will raise.<br />
“That’s why [SOUL’s] submissions to<br />
the Auckland Council are important.<br />
Council must first recognise the cultural,<br />
historic, archaeological value of<br />
the SHA62 land and be prepared<br />
to work towards buying<br />
it, as the former Manukau<br />
City Council attempted to.<br />
“If Council can be convinced to<br />
acknowledge this and put some<br />
money aside, even if a small<br />
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Free!<br />
WHAT’S INSIDE:<br />
Tigi’s guitar: good news!<br />
A big thank you to the community for your support.<br />
With your help – raising awareness, contributing to fundraising events, and<br />
donating your art work, musical talents, time and food – together we’ve<br />
raised a total of $2,000 towards a replacement guitar for matua Tigilau Ness,<br />
so he can continue to create special songs for whānau in Māngere, across<br />
the Pacific and around the world.<br />
Left: Mangere East Community Centre presents Tigi with a donation towards a new guitar.<br />
P2: Māngere History P3: Bader’s Leaders P6: La Coco P7: Maramataka
PLAN TO BREAK IHUMĀTAO DEADLOCK<br />
>> cont. from page 1<br />
amount, we then have our starting<br />
point for serious negotiations<br />
with the Government.”<br />
SOUL’s submission called on<br />
the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local<br />
Board to hold urgent discussions<br />
with the Government, Auckland<br />
Council, Auckland Airport, and<br />
mana whenua, to put together<br />
a combined offer of purchase<br />
(estimated at up to $30 million)<br />
to Fletcher Residential, to acquire<br />
and safeguard the land.<br />
The Local Board was also asked<br />
to include an appropriate amount<br />
as a budget item in the Long<br />
Term Plan <strong>2017</strong> for this purpose.<br />
The proposed multi-source<br />
purchase offer would be considered<br />
a revival of the former Manukau<br />
City Council’s uncompleted<br />
project to establish and protect<br />
the landscape as the Māngere<br />
Gateway Heritage Area.<br />
The proposal noted that the<br />
Gateway Heritage project was<br />
“developed in full consultation with<br />
local communities including mana<br />
whenua.” And as the inheritor of<br />
the project, the Local Board takes<br />
on the duties of its “protector<br />
and champion.” Chair Lemauga<br />
Lydia Sosene stresses the need to<br />
“protect and preserve” the land.<br />
The submission also noted that the<br />
Manukau City Council shareholding<br />
in Auckland Airport was retained<br />
when many other Local Bodies sold.<br />
These shares, which are now<br />
controlled by Auckland Council,<br />
generate approximately $10 million<br />
per year. SOUL proposes that –<br />
combined with other funds – “this<br />
revenue source be allocated for the<br />
purchase of the Wallace Block and<br />
the ongoing development of the<br />
Māngere Heritage Gateway Area.”<br />
The Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local<br />
Board received SOUL’s submission<br />
and reiterated its long-standing<br />
opposition to the SHA62<br />
housing plan at Ihumātao.<br />
Lawyer Louis Te Kani and SOUL’s<br />
Pania Newton, defend SOUL’s injunction<br />
move in the Māori Land Court.<br />
IHUMĀTAO: WAITANGI TRIBUNAL<br />
While awaiting a Waitangi Tribunal<br />
hearing on the Ihumātao dispute, SOUL<br />
has applied for an interim injunction<br />
to halt Fletcher’s development plans.<br />
The injunction centres on the legality<br />
of Fletcher buying confiscated land.<br />
On 26 June, Fletcher and the<br />
Auckland Council asked the Māori<br />
Land Court in Whangarei to “strike<br />
down” SOUL’s injunction before it<br />
even had a chance to be heard.<br />
A strong SOUL contingent supported<br />
lawyer Louis Te Kani who argued for<br />
the right for the injunction to proceed.<br />
The judge reserved his decision.<br />
History<br />
under our feet<br />
THE GREAT NZ WAR<br />
IN MĀNGERE<br />
By Farrell Cleary<br />
Historian Vincent O’Malley<br />
brought our little-known<br />
history to life when he<br />
spoke to an audience of<br />
150 at Māngere Bridge<br />
Primary School recently.<br />
In conversation with<br />
archaeologist Dave<br />
Veart, Vincent provided<br />
a fresh and enlightening<br />
perspective on the invasion<br />
of the Waikato by British<br />
troops in <strong>July</strong>, 1863.<br />
To an attentive audience<br />
– many of whom are<br />
involved in the campaign<br />
to save confiscated<br />
land at Ihumātao from<br />
development by Fletcher<br />
Residential – Vincent<br />
explained the background<br />
to the confiscations that<br />
followed the invasion.<br />
Setting out one thesis of his<br />
new book “The Great War for<br />
New Zealand 1863–2000”,<br />
Vincent explained that the<br />
Waikato War was started<br />
by Governor George<br />
Grey and a settler<br />
government led<br />
by speculators<br />
hungry for<br />
Māori land.<br />
“WHY HAVEN’T WE<br />
LEARNED ABOUT<br />
THIS BEFORE?”<br />
The<br />
government<br />
lied<br />
about a socalled<br />
Māori plan<br />
to attack Auckland<br />
and used that lie as<br />
false justification for the<br />
invasion and subsequent<br />
confiscation of huge<br />
swathes of land from<br />
Māngere to Maungatautari.<br />
Vincent showed that the<br />
Proclamation justifying the<br />
invasion was not issued<br />
until after the troops had<br />
moved onto Māori land<br />
in South Auckland.<br />
The invasion destroyed a<br />
dynamic Māori economy<br />
which supplied the growing<br />
colony of Auckland.<br />
Māori grew wheat at<br />
places like Ihumātao and<br />
Rangiaowhia. St James’<br />
Church in Māngere Bridge<br />
was built by Pōtatau, the<br />
first Māori King, whose<br />
protection of the infant<br />
colony was rewarded<br />
by conquest and ruin.<br />
It has only been in the last<br />
30 years that research by<br />
Vincent and other historians<br />
has laid the foundations<br />
for Waitangi Tribunal and<br />
government acceptance<br />
that the war was a war<br />
of invasion and that the<br />
confiscations were theft.<br />
Vincent reports that the<br />
response to his book<br />
has been powerful<br />
and positive.<br />
One Waikato farmer,<br />
a descendant<br />
of a recipient of<br />
land confiscated<br />
from Māori, asked<br />
him, “Why haven’t<br />
we learned about<br />
this before?”<br />
Stephanie Tawha, principal<br />
of Māngere Bridge School,<br />
gave a warm mihi to<br />
Vincent and Dave, and<br />
led a spirited waiata to<br />
close the evening.<br />
Vincent’s important<br />
book is available from<br />
book shops and at<br />
Auckland Libraries.<br />
Above: Historian and author<br />
Vincent O’Malley (left) and<br />
archaeologist Dave Veart reveal<br />
the history of Māngere.<br />
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COMMUNITY<br />
CHALLENGES<br />
POKIE BARS<br />
Grace’s Place in Māngere East and<br />
the Opal Lounge in Papatoetoe<br />
have lost their tavern licences.<br />
Unless they appeal, both businesses<br />
will have to close within the next<br />
few months, and under Auckland<br />
Council’s Gambling Policy, if<br />
they close, their pokie machines<br />
can’t be relocated elsewhere.<br />
These victories are the result of<br />
“years of hard work by the community<br />
to challenge the number<br />
and location of bottle stores<br />
and bars in Māngere-Ōtāhuhu”,<br />
says Grant Hewison, who has<br />
supported the community’s work.<br />
“[The wins] didn’t come easily,” he<br />
says. “At times the process has been<br />
brutal on the objectors. But the<br />
community’s concerns have been<br />
vindicated by these two decisions.”<br />
Grant also acknowledged the<br />
efforts of the Auckland Council<br />
Alcohol Inspector, support from the<br />
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board and<br />
“excellent decisions of the Auckland<br />
District Licensing Committee (DLC)”.<br />
The DLC turned down the licence<br />
applications because it found the<br />
premises were not used mainly<br />
for providing alcohol and other<br />
refreshments – as required under<br />
the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act.<br />
In both cases, the DLC found that<br />
the main activity was gambling.<br />
Glenn McCutcheon and Selwyn<br />
Lilly represented the community<br />
objectors at the hearing. Expressing<br />
her concern about the harm caused<br />
by alcohol and gambling, Glenn<br />
said: “If I could help one family in<br />
Māngere, I would be happy.”<br />
Following the decision, Glenn has<br />
asked Auckland Council to take a<br />
hard look at all similar businesses in<br />
South Auckland. She believes that<br />
many other so-called taverns are<br />
also used mainly for gambling.<br />
Fighting for the community:<br />
Grant Hewison & Glenn McCutcheon.<br />
Wellington Trip INSPIRES Young leaders<br />
Six young leaders from Sir<br />
Douglas Bader Intermediate<br />
flew to Wellington earlier<br />
this year to visit Parliament<br />
Buildings and Te Papa.<br />
The trip was part of growing the<br />
students’ understanding of leadership<br />
and how they can use their position<br />
as school leaders to support other<br />
students and contribute positively<br />
to the wider community.<br />
“Recognising and nurturing<br />
leadership abilities in our<br />
children is vital to ensuring they<br />
reach their full potential in life”,<br />
says principal Scott Symes.<br />
At Parliament, the group discussed<br />
democracy and how parliament<br />
works. In the debating chamber<br />
they saw where laws are made.<br />
The girls were shocked to learn<br />
that only a small percentage of<br />
New Zealand’s MPs are women.<br />
They students then visited Te Papa<br />
to explore the Gallipoli: Scale of War<br />
exhibition, where they read about<br />
acts of bravery and the cost of war.<br />
They learned that some leaders<br />
are elected, while others are born<br />
from adversity – such as Captain<br />
Peter Buck, who led his soldiers<br />
to many victories even when the<br />
odds were stacked against them.<br />
With the changing curriculum,<br />
Mr Symes believes students need<br />
authentic life experiences to truly<br />
grasp important concepts.<br />
“Classrooms are great places to<br />
learn, but getting out into the<br />
community, talking to people,<br />
and seeing and feeling the things<br />
going on around them is truly<br />
engaging for our students”, he says.<br />
Back home, the students met<br />
with Māngere MP Aupito William<br />
Sio, who provided further insights<br />
into leadership and service to the<br />
community. They identified some of<br />
the key issues facing young people<br />
in Māngere, and sought advice<br />
from Mr Sio on finding solutions.<br />
These issues include the need to<br />
develop respect for the environment,<br />
and to ensure that Māngere<br />
nurtures its great young talent by<br />
providing initiatives that young<br />
people can get actively involved in.<br />
The young leaders have presented to<br />
a number of schools and community<br />
groups as they continue to share the<br />
learnings from this great experience.<br />
Above: Bader Intermediate’s young leaders<br />
explore Parliament Buildings in Wellington<br />
(Back row, left to right): Sam Sau, Taliata<br />
Baice, Lexus Ah Wong & Martha Peo.<br />
(Front): Crystal Fineaso & Zac Ieremia.<br />
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Helen Tau’au Filisi<br />
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY<br />
Helen is a prolific local author<br />
and artist who has selfpublished<br />
11 books since 2015.<br />
She’s also a committed educator.<br />
For Samoan Language Week,<br />
Helen exhibited her work at the<br />
Māngere Arts Centre, and held<br />
workshops for local schools –<br />
gifting each school with a book.<br />
<strong>275</strong> <strong>Times</strong> spoke to her<br />
after the launch of her latest<br />
project: ‘Fale Samoa’.<br />
When did you decide to become<br />
an author, artist and educator?<br />
I went to Robertson Road<br />
School, Māngere Intermediate<br />
and Ngā Tapuwae College (now<br />
Southern Cross Campus).<br />
At primary school I loved painting<br />
and drawing. In high school I<br />
discovered that I enjoyed creative<br />
writing too. Plus, I loved to<br />
learn. It was something that my<br />
parents instilled in me: doing<br />
the best that I could to succeed<br />
in my education. No excuses.<br />
After I left university, I went into<br />
teaching. But I knew that there<br />
had to be more, and in 2015 I was<br />
inspired by another teacher to<br />
become a writer and illustrator.<br />
What motivated you to selfpublish<br />
books with Samoan/<br />
Pasifika themes?<br />
In the 1990s, while I was teaching<br />
English at a high school in Ōtara,<br />
I realised that there were very<br />
few stories about our experiences<br />
as Pacific peoples living in New<br />
Zealand. So I started writing,<br />
producing and directing plays for<br />
South Auckland high schools.<br />
My plays were informed by<br />
the ancient stories of Samoa.<br />
I’d learned about these stories<br />
in 1989, while researching for<br />
my first Masters degree.<br />
I also started incorporating what<br />
I’d learned into bilingual (English/<br />
Samoan) picture books. (My<br />
husband, Tofilau Fritz Filisi, is the<br />
fluent Samoan speaker in our family,<br />
so he does the translations.)<br />
This was particularly important<br />
for passing on the stories to our<br />
children and the next generations.<br />
What would you say to anyone<br />
wanting to follow a similar path?<br />
I’d encourage anyone interested<br />
in pursuing a dream in any field<br />
to learn the skills of the craft.<br />
Getting lots of experience in your<br />
chosen field will also help you<br />
learn what needs to be done to<br />
succeed. For example, teaching<br />
creative writing helped me<br />
understand themes, settings, and<br />
characterisation. It also encouraged<br />
me to write about things that were<br />
important to me and my culture.<br />
I’d especially encourage our youth to<br />
keep trying if you know that you have<br />
a talent and have been encouraged<br />
to pursue it. Success stories are<br />
about never giving up and pursuing<br />
those goals till you reach them.<br />
What have you done since<br />
achieving your goal?<br />
One of the values my parents<br />
taught me was about giving<br />
back to the community, so I<br />
often gift books to individuals<br />
or to schools where I speak.<br />
I also recently ran some free<br />
workshops for schools – not<br />
only to share my stories, but<br />
also to inspire students to go for<br />
their dreams – especially in the<br />
arts, storytelling and writing.<br />
It’s important that children see<br />
a variety of role models in our<br />
community to encourage them<br />
to strive for whatever they want<br />
to do when they become adults.<br />
And they need to know that<br />
the time to prepare is now!<br />
Helen’s books are sold at SAAB<br />
Sei Oriana, next to the ‘Fale o<br />
Samoa’ – corner Bader Drive<br />
and Mascot Ave, Māngere.<br />
Find out more about her work at<br />
www.helentauaufilisi.com<br />
or get in touch by email:<br />
helentauaufilisi@gmail.com<br />
whānau<br />
4 whānau<br />
Whānau4whānau, a<br />
parent-designed support<br />
programme is up and<br />
running at the Māngere<br />
East Community Centre.<br />
The group is for parents who<br />
have completed a parenting<br />
programme, and who now<br />
want to reach out and support<br />
each other to practice and<br />
build on their new skills.<br />
Parents already attending are<br />
enthusiastic about the programme:<br />
“I really like that it’s parents<br />
leading. And parents are planning<br />
how and who we get to come<br />
and tell us or show us about<br />
things we want to know – as<br />
well as working out what we<br />
can do ourselves”, says one.<br />
“Everyone supports one<br />
another in their progress and<br />
development – based on learning<br />
and life skills for them and their<br />
children”, explains another.<br />
Together, the group will explore<br />
opportunities in the community to:<br />
• y undertake further education<br />
– e.g. in te reo Māori,<br />
gagana Samoa, health<br />
and safety, korowai and<br />
tāniko, bee keeping, etc.<br />
• y develop skills to get into<br />
paid work – e.g. bridging<br />
courses, writing a CV, and<br />
practising job interviews.<br />
• y improve health and wellbeing<br />
for themselves and their whānau<br />
– e.g. cooking healthy meals,<br />
zumba, mindfulness, mirimiri<br />
and romiromi, mentoring other<br />
parents, or starting a garden.<br />
• y strengthen their relationships<br />
with their children and<br />
whānau whānui.<br />
Parents interested in joining<br />
Whānau4Whānau can contact<br />
Maia on 09 <strong>275</strong> 6161.
Mangere shines at Zero Waste Awards<br />
“There’s so much happening in Māngere!” That was the feeling expressed by many at Auckland’s<br />
first Love Zero Waste Awards, which were held in June at the Metro Theatre, Māngere East.<br />
By Justine Skilling<br />
Talking Rubbish, ME Family Services<br />
Funded by Auckland Council and organised<br />
and hosted by The Auckland Guardianship<br />
Group, the Love Zero Waste Awards<br />
recognise the work of organisations,<br />
businesses and individuals who<br />
are reducing waste and diverting<br />
it away from landfills in our<br />
city, or showing leadership<br />
and innovation in the<br />
zero-waste sector.<br />
A whopping nine<br />
nominations from Māngere<br />
were received, including:<br />
• yMāngere Old School<br />
Teaching Gardens<br />
(picture 5) – for<br />
using community<br />
waste as a resource<br />
in the gardens, and<br />
teaching others to do<br />
the same at home.<br />
• yPapatūānuku Kōkiri<br />
Marae (picture 6) –<br />
for collecting waste<br />
fish heads and frames<br />
from boat clubs and<br />
redistributing them to locals.<br />
• yDenise Balmain of ‘Divert’<br />
(picture 3) – for upcycling waste<br />
fabrics into beautiful products<br />
that she sells at local markets.<br />
• yTeau Aiturau, Māngere Bikefit (picture 2) – for<br />
teaching people to fix bikes and rescuing hundreds<br />
of bikes from landfill to give back to the community.<br />
• yMāngere East Community Centre (picture<br />
8) – for showing leadership in reducing<br />
waste at their community events.<br />
• yNgā Iwi School (picture 1) for creating and using<br />
gardens and recycling/composting systems, and<br />
for showing leadership in working with other<br />
schools in the area to share their learning.<br />
• yTalking Rubbish (picture 10) for leading waste<br />
education and support in Māngere/Ōtāhuhu.<br />
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• yFriends of the Farm (picture 9) for leading waste education<br />
and waste reduction initiatives in Māngere Bridge.<br />
Local winners<br />
Reverend Ifalame Teisi (picture 4) from Taulanga<br />
U Trust, Pacific Vision Aotearoa was the overall winner of<br />
the Te Uru O Te Rangi – Lone Ranger Award, for sharing<br />
the waste reduction kaupapa everywhere he goes!<br />
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10<br />
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A special recognition award went to<br />
the family of Māngere waste and<br />
gardening champion Angela<br />
McLean (picture 7), who sadly<br />
passed away last month.<br />
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Angela had a long<br />
association with both<br />
Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae<br />
and Talking Rubbish, ME<br />
Family Services, and her<br />
passion for reducing<br />
waste and getting<br />
people into growing<br />
their own healthy food<br />
has inspired many<br />
in our community.<br />
Congratulations to all<br />
of the Māngere award<br />
nominees and winners<br />
from our community!<br />
With Auckland moving<br />
towards being a zero-waste<br />
city by 2040, there are some<br />
great opportunities out there<br />
for our community to draw on<br />
our resourcefulness and<br />
find ways to turn our<br />
waste into treasure.<br />
Talking Rubbish would<br />
love to hear from<br />
you if you have an<br />
idea and need support<br />
to make it happen.<br />
Get in touch with me on 022<br />
102 8195 or justine@mefsc.org.nz<br />
Who knows, we might see you at<br />
next year’s Love Zero Waste Awards!<br />
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Watching La Coco’s<br />
performance at the<br />
Vodafone Pacific<br />
Music Awards last<br />
month, I was in tears.<br />
I couldn’t stop telling<br />
her parents how good<br />
she was. We were all so proud.<br />
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An opportunity for you to come meet our staff, explore our facilities,<br />
and talk to staff about why we believe Bader Intermediate is the right<br />
school for your child. Enrolment packs will be available on the night.<br />
There will be a free BBQ, so don’t worry about dinner,<br />
just come on down and say Hi, check us out and make an<br />
informed decision about the next steps for your child.<br />
By Shirl’e Fruean<br />
Her given name is Latoia Virginia Sasa-Tepania, but<br />
her granddad nicknamed her ‘Coco’ when she was just<br />
a week old – “because she looked more Samoan than<br />
Māori”, her mum says with a chuckle. That’s how she<br />
came up with the stage name ‘La Coco’.<br />
Her love of music was evident from a very young age.<br />
At three years old, she was already singing in church<br />
services, and since then there’s been no turning back<br />
from pursuing her dreams.<br />
Luckily, the Māngere singer is also passionate about<br />
learning. To make the most of her natural talents, she<br />
studied both music and performing arts after leaving<br />
school – as well as earning a Bachelor of Education.<br />
I remember meeting La Coco at a hip-hop gig on Ponsonby<br />
Road in 2010. Her bubbly personality was the first thing I<br />
noticed, but after hearing her sing, I fell in love with her<br />
beautiful, soulful voice.<br />
Listening to her sing, it’s hard to believe that she has<br />
achalasia, a rare disorder of the aesophagus that affects<br />
her ability to do simple things like eat and drink. The<br />
condition is tough to deal with, but<br />
she gets through with the support<br />
of close family and friends, her<br />
faith, and her focus on her music.<br />
The results speak for themselves:<br />
at this year’s Pacific Music Awards,<br />
La Coco was nominated for Best<br />
Pacific Artist, Best Gospel Artist<br />
and Best Produced Album.<br />
It was a massive achievement.<br />
“To have even performed<br />
on the stage in my first<br />
year – with all my music<br />
family – was an answered<br />
prayer”, she says. “There’s<br />
nothing I wanted to do<br />
more than to perform<br />
my testimony piece,<br />
with the man upstairs<br />
at the centre of it all.”<br />
If you want to hear<br />
this talented artist for<br />
yourself, you’ll find her<br />
first EP (Love and Other<br />
Things), on iTunes<br />
and Google Play.<br />
She is currently working<br />
on a video for ‘Enough’,<br />
her next single from the<br />
forthcoming EP Love and<br />
Other Things Part 2.<br />
La Coco performs at the <strong>2017</strong> Vodafone Pacific Music Awards<br />
in Manukau. (Photo: James Ensing-Trussell / Topic)
MARAMATAKA<br />
Te Rua Hongongoi (<strong>July</strong>)<br />
By Ayla Hoeta<br />
The moon is shining high<br />
and bright in Māngere<br />
as we celebrate Matariki.<br />
This is traditionally a<br />
time for planning out the<br />
year ahead and preparing<br />
for Aponga (August).<br />
Our tohu from the sky show<br />
the beautiful Matariki and its<br />
seven sister stars. We also<br />
see Whakaahu Rangi and<br />
Whakaahu Kerekere (Castor<br />
& Pollux). These two stars are<br />
signs of spring (more on that<br />
in next month’s column).<br />
The matariki stars are:<br />
• y Puanga – Rigel in Orion<br />
• y Tautoru – Orion’s Belt<br />
• y Takurua – Sirius<br />
• y Putara – Betelgeuse<br />
• y Taumata kuku – Aldebaran<br />
• y Matariki – The Pleiades<br />
This month’s key dates are:<br />
High Energy days<br />
8 <strong>July</strong> Te Rakaunui<br />
(Highest energy day)<br />
9 <strong>July</strong> Rakau<br />
matohi<br />
Fishing days<br />
15 <strong>July</strong> Tangaroa a Mua<br />
16 <strong>July</strong> Tangaroa a Roto<br />
17 <strong>July</strong> Tangaroa Kiokio<br />
Planting days<br />
4 <strong>July</strong> Mawharu<br />
18 <strong>July</strong> Otane<br />
planting day and give<br />
back to the forest<br />
29 <strong>July</strong> Tamatea a Io<br />
30 <strong>July</strong> Tamatea Kai Ariki<br />
Reciprocity/give back<br />
and reflecting days<br />
5 <strong>July</strong> Atua<br />
11 <strong>July</strong> Oike<br />
12 & 13 <strong>July</strong> Korekore te<br />
Whiahia and Korekore te Rawea<br />
PICTURES: Celebrating Matariki<br />
at Māngere East Hall on June 24<br />
Top Right: Haumia with his<br />
manu aute (kite). Above: Applying<br />
temporary ta moko. Right: Fiveyear-old<br />
Makayla Mihaere-Marshall<br />
performing with Te Kura Māori o<br />
Ngā Tapuwae’s kapahaka group.<br />
How to use your<br />
MARAMATAKA:<br />
1. Cut out the two circles.<br />
2. Place the small circle inside the<br />
large one and put a pin through<br />
the middle of both.<br />
3. Set the month. (Each month<br />
starts on Rakaunui, which<br />
falls a day before the full<br />
moon (West Coast) or on<br />
the full moon (East Coast).<br />
4. In <strong>July</strong>, the full moon<br />
is on the 9th, so rotate<br />
the small dial until<br />
the number ‘8’ lines<br />
up with ‘Rakaunui’<br />
on the big dial.<br />
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– 11:30am. Have fun with science and grow your own geodes.<br />
Beneath the sea – Wednesday 12 <strong>July</strong>, 2:30 – 4pm. Help make<br />
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Join Hari to find out more about worms, compost and how to<br />
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aucklandcouncil.govt.nz<br />
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