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TOIKaumätuahonoured byTe Waka ToiWairukuruku MaereFive kaumätua’s generosity andtalent was acknowledged atthe recent Te Waka Toi awardsceremony.The 2010 Te Waka Toi awardscommemorated:• the international success ofDame Kiri Te Kanawa (NgätiManiapoto, Ngäti Porou) withTe Tohu Aroha mö Te ArikinuiDame Te Atairangikaahu;• the creative innovation ofTairoa Royal (Te Arawa, NgätiRaukawa, Kai Tahu) with TeTohu Toi Kë;• the promotion of Te Reo Mäoriby Te Onehou Phillis (NgätiAwa) with Te Tohu Aroha möNgoi Kumeroa Pewhairangi:‘Whakarongo, Titiro, Körero’;• the huge commitment offive kaumätua, who throughtheir generosity and talent,enrich the artistic traditions ofcommunities, with Ngä Tohu aTa Kingi Ihaka:• Jossie Kaa (Ruawaipu, NgätiPorou),• Kihi Ngatai (Ngäi Te Rangi,Ngäti Ranginui),• Wairukuruku Maere (NgätiNaho, Ngäti Mahuta oTainui, Waikato, NgätiPoporo, Ngäti Kahungunu),Te Waka Toi awards recipients, Front row, left to right: Vera Morgan, Wiremu Kaa, Jossie Kaa, Te Onehou Phillis, Wairukuruku Maere.Back row, left to right: Taiaroa Royal, Taryn Beri, Kihi Ngatai, Reuben Friend. (Absent: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa)• Vera Morgan (TeMähurehure),• Wiremu Kaa (Ruawaipu,Ngäti Porou).• Two emerging Mäori artistswith the award of NgäKarahipi a Te Waka Toi –scholarships to assist withfurther study:• Talented young arts curatorand visual artist ReubenFriend from Waikato,• Gifted tä moko practitionerTaryn Beri from Wellington.38TE PUNI KÖKIRI | KÖKIRI | MAHURU – WHIRINGA Ä NUKU 2010

TOIKapiti Island’s Kaitiaki o Kapiti Trust has announced that writerNuki Takao is Kapiti Island’s resident writer this year.The residency is funded by Te Waka Toi / Creative New Zealandand hosted by Kaitiaki o Kapiti Trust, offers a grant and allowsan up-and-coming Mäori writer to live and work on thenorthern end of Kapiti island for eight weeks.Nuki Takao (Ngäti Rärua – Turangapeke, Te Äti Awa – Otaraua,Ngäi Tühoe - Tamakaimoana) says living on Kapiti will be like‘moving back through the mists of time’.Nuki TakaoKapiti Island’sresident writer‘To reside on Kapiti, on the island that stands apart from thisworld, will be more than a dream come true,’ says Nuki. ‘Totread in the undisturbed footsteps of the old ones, to spendtime with the ahi kä, with those few who have held unbrokenthe thread down through the generations, will be an honour.’During her residency Nuki will work on a children’s book, inMäori and English, which she hopes to develop into a series.She says the story will be an ‘historical, mythical, magicalstory based around Kapiti Island, its environs and its people. Ahero’s tale with a child at its heart.’Te Kura o RitanaSECONDARY SCHOOL KAPA HAKA NATIONALSThe recent secondary school kapa haka nationals held in Rotorua was an impressive and strong competition.The place getters are:First: Te Kura o Ritana (Lytton High School) - GisborneSecond: Raukura (Rotorua Boys and Girls High Schools) – RotoruaThird: Te Piringa Tahi – Palmerston NorthTE PUNI KÖKIRI | KÖKIRI | MAHURU – WHIRINGA Ä NUKU 201039

TOIKapiti Island’s Kaitiaki o Kapiti Trust has announced that writerNuki Takao is Kapiti Island’s resident writer this year.The residency is funded by <strong>Te</strong> Waka Toi / Creative New Zealandand hosted by Kaitiaki o Kapiti Trust, offers a grant and allowsan up-and-coming Mäori writer to live and work on thenorthern end of Kapiti island for eight weeks.Nuki Takao (Ngäti Rärua – Turangapeke, <strong>Te</strong> Äti Awa – Otaraua,Ngäi Tühoe - Tamakaimoana) says living on Kapiti will be like‘moving back through the mists of time’.Nuki TakaoKapiti Island’sresident writer‘To reside on Kapiti, on the island that stands apart from thisworld, will be more than a dream come true,’ says Nuki. ‘Totread in the undisturbed footsteps of the old ones, to spendtime with the ahi kä, with those few who have held unbrokenthe thread down through the generations, will be an honour.’During her residency Nuki will work on a children’s book, inMäori and English, which she hopes to develop into a series.She says the story will be an ‘historical, mythical, magicalstory based around Kapiti Island, its environs and its people. Ahero’s tale with a child at its heart.’<strong>Te</strong> Kura o RitanaSECONDARY SCHOOL KAPA HAKA NATIONALSThe recent secondary school kapa haka nationals held in Rotorua was an impressive and strong competition.The place getters are:First: <strong>Te</strong> Kura o Ritana (Lytton High School) - GisborneSecond: Raukura (Rotorua Boys and Girls High Schools) – RotoruaThird: <strong>Te</strong> Piringa Tahi – Palmerston NorthTE PUNI KÖKIRI | KÖKIRI | MAHURU – WHIRINGA Ä NUKU <strong>20</strong>1039

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