Ka takatū te marae i pōwhiria a Whina Cooper ki tētahi hīkoi ka tārua nei i te hītori
Saturday, 9 November 2024
Ka takatū ngā marae puta noa i te whenua ki te pōhiri i ngā kaihīkoi i te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti i a ia e haere ana ki a Pōneke.
Ko te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti he whakatakoto i ngā tāruru, ngā hīkoi me ngā porotēhi, i tīmatataria ki Te Rerenga Wairua i te Mane Noema 11, i muri i te hui i Pōtahi Marae ki Te Kāo i te Rātapu.
E kawatau ana ko ngā kaiwhakarite ki te manomano o ngā tāngata kia whai wāhi ai i roto i ngā rā e iwa o te hīkoi, mā ngā hui whakaaraara puta noa i te motu.
Tata ki te 50 tau ki mua, i toroa e Te Kāmaka Marae te ringa atawhai, hei wāhi okioki, ki te Kahurangi Whina Cooper nōnā e kaiārahi ana i ngā kaiwhakatūtū i tētahi hīkoi 1000km te roa mai i Te Hiku o te Ika ki a Pōneke kia tohetohe ai mō ngā mōtika whenua.
Almost 50 years ago, Auckland’s Te Kāmaka Marae served as a pivotal resting place for Dame Whina Cooper as she led protesters on a 1000km march from the Far North to Wellington, fighting for Māori land rights.
Ināianei, ka whakaritea e te marae kia pōhiritia ngā manuhiri, Māori mai, tauiwi mai, i te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti e whai ana i ngā tapuwae o taua kuia ki ngā arawhata o te Whare Pāremata i te Noema 19, hei ātete i te Pire Matapono Tiriti.
Now the marae is preparing to host tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti, as the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (March for the Treaty of Waitangi) protest follows a similar path to the steps of Parliament on November 19, in opposition to the Treaty Principles Bill.
Read this story in English here.
Hei tā Mereana Hona, ko tā Te Kamaka Marae hēkeretari me te tumu hinonga hīkoi, e takatū ana te marae ki te manaaki i tētahi hunga e 350 ngā tāngata mō te pō i te Noema 12 - kia tae rā anō ki te whakamahi i te whare hākinakina i Hāto Petera ina matea ana.
Mereana Hona, Te Kamaka Marae secretary and hīkoi project lead, said the marae is preparing to accommodate and cater for about 350 people overnight on November 12 - even using the gym at Hāto Petera if needed.
Hei tāna he mahi “tino toritori” kia takatū ki te taiopenga engari i whakatutukia te mahi nā runga i te tautoko o te hapori.
She said preparing for the event has been “hectic” but they’ve managed, with good support from the community.
“He akoranga nui tēnei engari he mīharo - ehara i te mea hou mō mātou. He āhuatanga kua meatingia kē e mātou, inarā i te 1975 i a Kahurangi Whina Cooper e hīkoi ana i runga i te Arawhata Whanga o Tāmaki Makaurau.
“It's been a big learning curve but it’s awesome … It’s not new to us. We've done this quite a few times, especially in 1975 when Dame Whina Cooper did the march over the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
“I tae mai a ia me tāna ope ki Te Kāmaka Marae, ā, i moe ai i te pō i mua i tā rātou eke i te arawhata, nō reira kei te tino hīkaka mātou ki tā te [hīkoi] tae mai ki Te Kāmaka. He hanga tārua i te hītori.”
“It was Te Kāmaka Marae where she brought her people and they slept the night before embarking over the bridge, so we’re really excited about [the hīkoi] coming to Te Kāmaka. It’s sort of history repeating itself.”
Hei tā te tiamana o Te Kāmaka Marae, hei tā Tākuta Pouroto Ngaropo, he hōnore nui te whakamanuhiri i ngā mema o te hīkoi, inarā ka whakaarohia mō te whakareretanga o te marae e pā ana i tāna tautoko i te kaupapa.
Te Kāmaka Marae chairperson Dr Pouroto Ngaropo said it was a privilege to host members of the hīkoi, considering the legacy of the marae in supporting the kaupapa.
“Ko te mea mātāmua ko te kotahitanga o ō tātou iwi katoa me te tū tahi o ngā tāngata i te whakapono kotahi, he tuapapa hira Te Tiriti o Waitangi,” ka kīia e Ngaropo.
“It's all about the unity of our nation and our people coming together in the common belief that Te Tiriti o Waitangi is an important foundation,” Ngaropo said.
“He nui te āwangawanga o te tokomaha i Aotearoa mō te pire e marohi nei kia whakauru ki pāremata, ā, he nui te mahi hei āta waihanga i aua arawhata ki te māramatanga.”
“A lot of New Zealanders are concerned about the proposed bill that will be introduced in parliament, and there's a lot of work to do in terms of trying to build those bridges of understanding.”
Hei whakatika i aua arawhata, ka kīia e Ngaropo, kua whakahaere te marae i ngā “awheawhe wetetāmi”, kia whakaako i te Māori me te tauiwi mō Te Tiriti me te hītori o Aotearoa.
In an effort to mend those bridges, Ngaropo said the marae had been running “decolonisation workshops”, educating Māori and non-Māori about Te Tiriti and the history of Aotearoa.
“Nō reira, e tautoko mārika ana mātou i te hīkoi, ā, kei konei mātou hei tuku i tētahi wāhi okioki, kia kai, kia uwhiuwhi, kia tūtaki, whakawhiti whakaaro, ā, kia whai tūhonotanga ki te tangata hou.”
“So we definitely support the hīkoi and we're there to provide the place for people to rest, have nourishment, shower, meet, engage and build relationships with new people.”
Hei tāna, i roto i ngā wiki tata kua pahure, i whakapeto ngoi ngā tūao ki Te Kāmaka kia whakatūturu he tika te nui o te kai, ngā moenga me ngā pera kia āhei te “noho kāinga, te noho hāneanea” mō te katoa.
He said, over the past few weeks, volunteers at Te Kāmaka had been busy making sure they had enough food, mattresses and pillows to make everyone “feel at home and comfortable”.
“Kua matea te kaha tautoko, nō roto i te umanga nei i te tuatahi, ā, me te tautoko ā-putea nā te kamupene Hāto Petera, nāna i tiaki i te whenua me ngā rawa,” ka kī a Ngaropo.
“We've had to get a lot of support, firstly from internally within the organisation and then funding from the Hāto Petera company which looks after the land and assets,” Ngaropo said.
“Ko ētahi o ō mātou tūao ka hoko atu i te kai hāngi, ko ētahi i tunu i ngā keke me ngā porowhita parāoa. Ka whakatū mātou i ngā hūhunu tōtiti, ā ka haramai ngā kaihoko kai e rima. Ko aua wharau hoko kai ka tuku i ngā āheinga kai maha tae noa ki te wā parakuihi.”
“Some of our volunteers are doing the hāngī, some are baking cakes and doughnuts. We’ve also got sausage sizzles and about five vendors coming. Those food stalls will be offering different food opportunities right up until breakfast time.”
Ka kīia e ia he āheinga tō te te hīkoi ki te hanga i te “whakakotahitanga, te aroha, te tiakitanga me te manaakitanga”.
He said the hīkoi is an opportunity to “create unity, love support and kindness”.
“[Ā] ko tā mātou mahi hei atawhai i te tangata kia haumaru ai te noho, kia āhei tā rātou haerenga puta noa i ngā rohe o Aotearoa, ā, meāke ngā rā kia tae atu ki a Pōneke.”
“[And] our job is to make sure people are looked after and safe so they can journey on to the other parts of New Zealand and eventually down to Wellington.”
I Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, hei tā te tiamana o Te Poho-o-Rāwiri Marae, hei tā Charlotte Gibson, kāhore a ia i te tino mōhio ki te nui o ngā manuhiri e kawatau ana mō te taenga mai o te hīkoi i te Tāite, Noema 14, engari ka wātea rātou ki te manaaki i ngā tāngata e hiahiatia ana.
In Gisborne, Te Poho-o-Rāwiri Marae chairperson Charlotte Gibson said she didn’t know how many manuhiri to expect when the hīkoi arrives on Thursday, November 14, but they were available for anyone who needed manaaki.
Ko Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa te pūtahitanga o ngā hunga hīkoi e rua, ka haramai tētahi mā SH2 mai i a Matawai, ka haramai tētahi mā SH35 mai i a Hicks Bay - ko ngā hunga e rua e kawatau ana kia pakari ake ai, kia rahi ake ai hoki i runga i aua haerenga.
Two hīkoi groups will converge in Gisborne, one via SH2 from Matawai, the other travelling SH35 from Hicks Bay - both expected to gather strength and numbers on the way.
Hei tā Gibson, “kāhore he mea nui” te tuku manaaki ki ngā kaihīkoi, ā, ko te marae he wāhi hui tahi mō ngā tāngata, he wāhi moe hoki i te pō, i mua i te wehe o te hīkoi ki Heretaunga.
Gibson said providing manaaki for the travellers will be “no big deal”, the marae will provide a place for whānau and manuhiri to catch up, and crash for the night, before the hīkoi leaves for Heretaunga/Hastings.
“Ko te mea nui, kei konei mātou mō ngā tāngata he kore mahere,” ka kī a ia.
“The important thing is, we’re here for those who don’t have a plan,” she said.
Ka tukuna e te marae te kai e hiahiatia ana e te tangata, ā, mā ngā tūao nō te hapū o Ngāti Oneone e takatū.
The marae will provide provisions, such as food, to anyone who needs it, and that was being prepared by volunteers from the hapū, Ngāti Oneone.
Ka kīia e Gibson, he whakareretanga whakaharahara tā Te Poho-o-Rāwiri Marae mō te manaakitanga. Ki reira i huitahi ai te kapa hōia C o Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mua i tā rātou wehenga ki Afrika ki te Raki.
Gibson said Te Poho-o-Rāwiri Marae had a legacy of manaakitanga. It was there that the Māori Battalion C Company gathered during the Second World War before heading to North Africa.
Ehara tēnei i te āheinga ki te tautoko i tēnei kaupapa noa iho, engari he āheinga ki te mau tonu ki taua whakareretanga, hei tā Gibson.
Not only would this be an opportunity to support the kaupapa, but also uphold that legacy, Gibson said.
E kawatau ana ko Te Hotu Manawa O Rangitāne O Manawatū Marae ki te pōhiri i te neke atu i te 100 tāngata mō te pō i Te Papaioea i te Noema 16,
In Palmerston North on November 16, Te Hotu Manawa O Rangitāne O Manawatū Marae is expecting to host at least 100 people overnight.
Hei tā Danielle Harris, te tumuaki o te marae, kua whakaritea e rātou mō nga wiki e rua kua hipa, me te nui o te mahi i pīkaungia e te hunga e 50-100 o ngā tūao.
Danielle Harris, chief executive of the marae, said preparations have been under way for a couple of weeks with the bulk of the work done by a group of 50-100 volunteers.
“E ngākau whiwhita ana mātou ki te whakatūturu i te haumaru me te ora pai o ngā tāngata i a rātou e haramai ana ki Te Papaioea.”
“We’re all very positive and just trying to ensure the safety and well-being of people while they're in Palmerston North,” Harris said.
“Ko tā mātou kōrero, ko tēnei he hīkoi mārire mō te rapu i te manatika me te whakahōnore i Te Tiriti.”
“Our message is that it's really all a peaceful protest about seeking justice and the honouring of the Treaty.”
Hei tāna, kei te rite te tāone nui ki te whakamanuhiri i te manomano o ngā tāngata, ā, ahakoa ko te nuinga o rātou i whakarite kē i tō rātou ake nohoanga, ka whakaritea he nohoanga anō i te tāone nui kia noho pai ai ētahi o ngā tāngata mo te pō, e tae rā anō ana ki ētahi atu marae.
She said the city was prepared to host thousands and, while most people had organised their own accommodation, arrangements were being made for people to stay overnight in the city including at other marae.
“Ko te mea matua ko te tuku manaakitanga noa iho, koia tērā he mea māori noa ki te Māori mēnā he taiopenga nui ka tū mai nei. Mā mātou te kai e whakarite nō reira i hokona e mātou tērā, ka takatū matou i tērā hoki, engari he tokomaha o ngā tāngata i whakatū i tō rātou ringa kia atawhai i tērā,” ka kīia e Harris.
“It's about just offering manaakitanga, which is something Māori do anyway if we have a big event. The food is being prepared by us so we obviously purchase it and prepare it but a lot of people are putting their hands up to offer to help with that,” Harris said.
“He tauira mīharo tēnei o te mahi tahi a te hapori kia tautoko mārika i tētahi kaupapa. Ko tō mātou he hunga tūao kāhore nō Rangitāne anake, engari nō te hapori whānui, e mahi ana i nga mahi rerekē.
“It's a great example of the community working together to support a kaupapa. We've got a group of volunteers, not just from Rangitāne but the community in general, doing different tasks.
‘Ko ētahi e whakahaere ana i ngā waka, ko ētahi e takatū ana i te kai, ko ētahi atu i atawhai i ngā kaumātua me te tautoko i ngā Wātene Māori, mā rātou he tūranga nui i roto i te whakahaere i ngā waka.
“There'll be some involved in traffic management, preparation of kai, and others looking after the kaumātua and supporting the Māori wardens who have a big role in terms of traffic management.”
Ka kī a Harris he maha ngā ringa e whai wāhi ana ki te mahi i mua i te hīkoi, engari ko te take matua ko te tautoko i Te Tiriti me te mautohe i te Pire Matapono Tiriti.
Harris said there was a lot of hands involved in anticipation of the hīkoi but it was all done to support Te Tiriti and to protest the Treaty Principles Bill.
“Koia tērā he tauira anō o ngā iwi me ngā tangata Tiriti e mahi tahi ana kia ātete i te mahi a te kāwanatanga.”
“It's just another example of iwi-dom and tangata Tiriti coming together to call out a lot of actions of the government.”
I roto i tētahi wā tārua-i-te-hītori anō, ka whakamanuhiri a Takapūwāhia Marae i te hunga Hīkoi mō te Tiriti mō ngā pō e rua, i mua mai o te haerenga whakamutunga ki te Whare Pāremata i te Tūrei, Noema 19.
In another history repeats moment, Takapūwāhia Marae in Porirua will host the Hīkoi for mō te Tiriti movement for two nights, ahead of the final push to Parliament Grounds on Tuesday, November 19.
I tau mai te hīkoi mō te whenua i te 1975 ki Takapūwāhia Marae noki, ā, ki reira te Kahurangi Whina i akiaki ai i te Māori kia whawhai tonu mō te pūpuri i tō rātou ake whenua, he karere i karangatia e ia ki ia marae i peka mai ai rātou.
The 1975 Land March also stopped at Takapūwāhia Marae, where Dame Whina encouraged Māori to keep fighting for the retention of their land, something she did at every marae they stopped at.
I wehe ngā kaihīkoi e 50 i Te Hapua i Te Hiku o te Ika i te Hepetema 14, 1975, mō te hikoi e 1000km te roa ki a Pōneke - e 5000 o ngā kaihīkoi i tae mai ki te Pāremata ki te tuku i tētahi petihana e 60,000 ngā waitohu ki te Pirimia a Bill Rowling.
Fifty marchers left Te Hāpua in the Far North on September 14, 1975, for the 1000km walk to Wellington - 5000 marchers arrived at Parliament to present a petition signed by 60,000 people to Prime Minister Bill Rowling.
– This story was translated by Stuff kaiwhakamāori Joel Maxwell.
This is a Public Interest Journalism-funded translation through NZ On Air