Kia orana tatou Katoatoa In less than 3 days we welcome our Cook Island vaka Marumaru Atua to Auckland THE BIGGEST POLYNESIAN CITY IN THE WORLD This is a historical and exciting Event and we invite EVERYONE and all COOK ISLANDERS to join and make this celebration the most MEMORABLE. Aere mai to Okahu Bay in Orakei before 9am on Sunday the 7th December. A welcome powhiri for the 6 vakas - from Aotearoa, the Cook Islands, Hawaii, Samoa/Tonga and Fiji - will be performed by Ngati Whatua at Okahu Bay at 9am. After the vakas have landed, all crew members will be escorted by Ngati Whatua across Tamaki Drive to Okahu Domain for the Wero and official welcome ceremonies and tamataora. Some key notes; 1.Person(s) Groups wanting to perform or join in the performing teams contact te nga taunga ia Maki Karati mob 022 378 2298 and John Kiria 021 0237 2246. 2. Tamaki Drive at Okahu Bay will be closed for the best part of this ceremony so get to Orakei before 7am - suggested parking; Reihana St, Paora St, and Apihai St all within walking distance to the welcome ceremony area. Reihana St is accessible from Kepa Rd and Coates Ave. Use your Navsat or Mobile Phone Apps. 3. There will be kaikai so PLEASE bring COOKED FOOD - roast chicken, cooked pork, poke, mayonaise, chop seuy, ika mata. Contact Kimiora Vogel 022 363 4056, Anana Tangatakere 027 635 8630, and Apii Tuaeu 021 166 9941 before 7am and they will take care of all food arrangements. NOTE food will be served direct to table, no cooking facilities will be made available at Okahu Domain. 4. Can you help with some rauti?? We need over 90 ei Rauti to aka ei all the crew from the vakas. To all Cook Islands Groups attending please can you all provide 15 ei rauti each. Otherwise please call Aunty Vaine Areora on 0288 500 0836. Finally come and have fun with the team on Sunday. Wear your pareu shirts, your hats, your loud Cook Is singlets your maro and your eis - be a loud and proud Cook Islander - lets honor our vaka tumutoa and our nga vaine toa through the exciting culture we Cook Islanders are world renowned for - fun time people The Mua Voyagers - 4 vakas from the Cook Islands (Marumaru Atua), Fiji (Uto Ni Yalo), Samoa/Tonga (Gaualofa) and Aotearoa (Haunui) voyaging canoes returning from the recent International Union of Conservation and Nature, IUCN World Parks Congress in Australia where they delivered a united voice of concern regarding issues facing our pacific islands in particular our ocean and environment. Meeting the MUA Voyagers in Auckland are vaka Hokulea and Hikinalia who are on the second leg of Malama Honua World Wide Voyage. For further media enquiries please contact Albert Numanga; albert.numanga@gmail, phone 021 0469701 and Donna Tamaariki,Ngati Whatua 027 2847401 [email protected]. PHOTO Credit: Climate Change Cook Islands - MUA fleet at the Australian National Maritime Museum
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:44:42 +0000
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