Visit remembered

Tu Tangata, Issue 13, 1 August 1983, Page 35

Visit remembered

For many people, being welcomed onto a marae is a very moving occasion as the following poems show. They were written by a member of a senior citizens group from Lyttelton which visited Awahou marae, Rotorua. The meeting house a place of beauty carvings and weavings all, traditionals folklore told us forever to recall. The meal given with delight was very good to eat, beautifully cooked and tasty too it really was a treat. We thank you again, we pakeha from southern parts, and hope someday we’ll welcome you, with kinship in our hearts. Haere ra, haere ra, haere ra.

A memory The fearsome challenge was clear and loud, the warrior small but fierce and proud, his men behind him in rows all ready, as he gestured in menace, their weapons steady. an awesome display, it moved each heart, so well did that warrior play his part. Our friendship approved, a haka then, followed by orations from the older men. We know not what was spoken there, but deep in our hearts the words were clear. Doris Beaumont for the Golden Oldies of Lyttelton.

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