#karakia

[kaiwhatu]

I have reason to believe I made some sort of connection with Ranginui today. Either that or it was pure coincidence, but I like to have faith of divine intervention, even if it was something small.

Some context, it was scheduled to rain today. Very, very heavily. I do not like the rain (it sends me into a panic for reasons I wish to not discuss), so I wanted to go outside and have a smoke before it started raining too heavily.

And it started raining.

Not pouring down, a harsh sprinkle, if anything. I decided to softly sing the one karakia I know word for word, which just so happens to be a karakia to stave off rain... and it worked.

It stopped raining while I was outside and resumed shortly after I went back inside.

Some may think im crazy, or delusional, but I feel as if this was more than a coincidence.

Ngā mihi nui, Ranginui. Thank you for listening to my karakia.

[janbanarker]

[fghbricate]

Kia ora everyone.

I’ve talked about moving to Wellington New Zealand here and I’m compelled to talk about my new country in the wake of the attack this afternoon.

My heart is hurt. This was extremism, this was terrorism, this was white nationalism, eurocentricism, islamophobia, and racism. This was a disgusting and inhuman act of violence.

And yes, we know this was the ever growing right-wing extremism, we know this was premeditated, and we know this was an Internet-borne phenomena. Your criticisms and comments in this respect are valid. But please, they are early.

The attacker chose New Zealand over his home country of Australia because it is a supposed safe and quiet haven. We’re a small country - chickens, sheep, and lost alpaca can make the national news for a week at a time. So THIS is devastating. It reaches where we are safe and takes that away. We are hurt, we are confused, we are jumping at our own dogs barking. We are scared for our whānau. The religious expression of our Muslim hoa has become a daring act today. Our country is forever changed - I will not wake up to the same place tomorrow.

Your concern and compassion are welcome, but please be gentle. The discussion will come, but it is for not tonight. Aroha and ka kite.

—

Kia hora te marino

Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana

Hei huarahi mā tātou i te rangi nei

Aroha atu, aroha mai

Tātou i a tātou katoa

Hui e! Tāika e!

[affableanthropologist]

At my te reo class today, we learned a new karakia. This one was created by Scotty Morrison (of Māori Made Easy fame), and is presented as a 'culturally safe' karakia. It doesn't refer to specific divinities or beliefs. Kai Tahu posted it on their YouTube channel- here it is!

[basersocialmedia-blog]

#moko March...beginning with a #karakia #dunedinnz more on #dunedintv later

[sparrowhawkkarearea]

Banning Karakia in schools? A cultural can o' worms, or beat-up?

Banning Karakia in schools? A cultural can o’ worms, or beat-up?

My eye was drawn to a catchy headline thrown to me by my Facebook feed the other week. The headline read:

Karakia could fall foul of ban on Bible teaching in state schools

Upon clicking, I discovered AUT Professor Paul Moon had asserted  that: “Banning religious practices in schools, may inevitably extend to removing karakia from schools as well”. This piece was followed up by a report on Te…

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[javariscrittenton-blog]

The following karakia was one which a Tohunga would repeat during the tua or tohi, a cleansing and dedication ceremony, while standing in the water. All these karakia are very archaic, and it is beyond one's power to translate them into English, as so many of the words are obsolete, and the meaning not now known. It would be wrong to attempt a word for word translation, but I will give some idea of what this karakia meant. It was said so that the child might be endowed with health, courage, and strength, so that he would catch the enemy, be able to climb mountains, to fight and to hold the enemy, to kill the enemy, to storm a fortified pa, to rise and kill the enemy, to fight in a field of battle where many men are killed, to be brave and to be able to hold and use a stone patu (short weapon), to be able to use and wield the taiaha (long-handled weapon), to be able to go up great mountains, to climb proud trees, the great proud trees of the forest, to brave the great high waves of the ocean, and overcome the dangers of the sea. Then, as though addressing the infant, To work and get yourself food, to make a large house for yourself, to make a war canoe, to be hospitable and call visitors to your marae, to make fishing nets for yourself, to trawl for fish, to surround yourself with plenty of work. Such is the general meaning of the following karakia, KO TE TUA, MO TE TANE, tua or tohi repeated over a male child. Tohi ki te wai no Tu; Whano koe. Tangaengae. Ki te hopu tangata Tangaengae. Ki te piki maunga, Tangaengae. Me homai, tangaengae, Mo te tama nei. Whano koe. Tangaengae. Kia riri, ai, Tangaengae. Kia niwha ai, Tangaengae. Ki te patu tangata, Tangaengae. Ki te tomo pa, Tangaengae. Ki te patu whakaara, Tangaengae. Ki te tu parekura. Tangaengae. Kia riri ai Tangaengae. Kia toa ai, Tangaengae. Ki te mau patu Kowhatu, Tangaengae. Ki te mau taiaha Tangaengae Me ho mai, Tangaengae. Hei whakatupu Tangaengae, Mo te tama nei. Whano koe. Tangaengae. Ki nga maunga nunui, Tangaengae. Ki nga rakau whakahihi, Tangaengae. Ki nga rakau whakahihi o te wao. Tangaengae. Me ho mai Tangaengae. Hei whakatupu tangaengae, Mo te tama nei. Whano koe, Tangaengae. Ki nga ngaru teitei, o te moana, Tangaengae. Kia turakina i tai, Tangaengae. Me ho mai tangaengae, Hei whakatupu tangaengae, Mo te Tama nei. Whano koe, Tangaengae. Ki te mahi kai, mau. Tangaengae. Ki te hanga whare nui, mou Tangaengae. Ki te hanga waka taua, Tangaengae. Ki te Karanga pahi, Tangaengae. Ki te whakatupu kupenga, mau, Tangaengae. Ki te hi ika mau, Tangaengae. Ki te hao mahi, mau, Tangaengae. Me homai tangaengae Hei whakatupu tangaengae Mo te tama nei. E ahua mai ra Te toro, i a kiharoa, Hei kawe rawa, i a au, Ki te one, i Rangaunu, Kei te rerenga, ki te Po; Ko wai au ka kite, Karakia kia ora ai, kia toa ai, kia kaha ai.

makereti papakura, the old-time maori (chapter iii: children, p. 128-32)