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| Mereana Taki Jan. 26, 2010 |
Kahalaopuna, the story of a great tragedy when a young Princess married her first Love who grew jealous of her when she befriended a local boy and eventually he killed her hiding her body in a cave so her Guardian the Owl could not find her and revive her. The young boy knew something was amiss and watched over her carefully. Her husband killed her a final time and this time she was sent into the deep Ocean where sharks ate her remains.
Owl could not find her and the young man knew, finally that she would not be able to be revived. His grief was so deep, the Sky heard him and from their tears a Rainbow spanned down to him and the young Princess was able to meet with him each day. Sky and Rainbow punished her husband by ordering him to lay down across the Mountain ranges in Oahu and face upwards towards the Atua, who were the Princesses' parents, for his shame. This he would bare for all eternity. One day the young Man joined the Princess on that Rainbow where they still live to this day. - as told by Mereana Taki
The Hawai'ians are our tuakana, our 'Elder' blood siblings.
"It is a major challenge for our Peoples in the South Pacific when so many of our Sacred Kin around the world want to come here to Aotearoa New Zealand to 'learn our ways' and find Kinship with us without realizing we have our own protocols; rituals and, ceremonies of respect still very much active and alive. So many have walked amongst us from the Cosmic Turtle, who at first believed they had everything in tact only to realize so much damage has been enacted upon them, so much Historical memory and practices has been distorted, erased and been left to each one to rebuild and restore, revitalize and re-centre as a daily practice. What we have realized is we are not lost. We remain in the continuous Homeland of our Ancients and we don't pretend we have any answers to anything, although we know who we are and how we stand tall in our Heart and our Soul. This will always be so." - Mereana Taki April 3, 2012
"We indigenous peeps Australia gondawonda got one like that Mmmm noosa the Coloured ocha many colours woman colours travel far for paint.... the rainbow serpent head got cut off mmmmm that's how that man princess left here she sing to rainbow when he come down some some cut his head dam rat Mmmmm. Sounds like dream connection dot dots u no." - Theresa K. Campbell April 3, 2012
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| from Mereana Taki March 10, 2010 |
Whangaia te manu o te ngahere ki te miro.
Whangaia te tamaiti ki te matauranga, nona te Ao!
Feed the bird of the forest the miro berry and he will own the forest.
Feed the child knowledge and he will own the world!
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