Tangatawairua and the Journey people of the world

Tu Tangata, Issue 17, 1 April 1984, Page 32

Tangatawairua and the Journey people of the world

As tangatawairua went about the work tasks of the whanau, he felt the wairua of the Sunriseman calling. That evening the journey was made to Puke-O-Te Rangimarie to sit quietly amongst the people who had travelled from lands beyond the shores of Aotearoa. As he sat Tangatawairua learn many things. He learnt that people in many lands used the gifts of the wairua in many strange ways. He learnt that Puke-O-Te Rangimarie had been cleansed of the tapu of the sacred rocks from Dreamtime, by a woman shedding blood in a spiritual birth. This peace-loving place was now free. A new vision to be born.

Tangatawairua told the gathering of the wairua he possessed. He told also of the significance of the Kohatutapu and the great blessed mountain of love that dominated the landscape. In the tale that he told Tangatawairua showed how a thread of aroha was being woven, a thread of aroha that would bond humanity together by the wairua of the heart. A woman rose to her feet stepped forward and handed Tangatawairua a gift. It was a pure clear crystal.

This is for you Tangatawairua, by the way of the vision. It comes from deep inside the earth from the Land of Turmoil. I believe you will unlock many mysteries from many destinies. He took the pure crystal in his hands, he felt the warmth, it throbbed with an unknown energy. Within the crystal was the vision. A key, a key to unlock the hearts and minds of men. Such was the power of this unknown gift from a strange land. He told the multitude of the vision. In his revelations he spoke of the way the energy reaches in to men from the mountains of power. He told of the crystal and the key to this power, he told of the byways that carry this mana and finally he revealed the true destiny of the gathering. That they, the Journey people of the World shall take a charter of LOVE-UNITY-and HARMONY be-

yond here and that in this charter as revealed by the crystal the message “BEHOLD the VISION-HOLD FAST the VISION”.

To each of the Journeypeople Tangatawairua gave a special gift. It was a black shiny stone. He bid each to remember the Mountain and the power it has. He told them of the wisdom of his tupuna. He reminded them that this rock was the message of that wisdom, “From the darkness comes all, by the way of the light”.

Great was the rejoicing by the journeypeople. Greatly did they show their love for mankind and motherearth.

The Sunriseman sang ancient songs from the land of Dreamtime. Songs were sung from the Land of the Great White Spirit. When the songs had finished, the Sunriseman stepped forth. He handed Tangatawairua the spirit of his ancestors that contained the very wisdom of life itself. From his head he took the band of mana and placed it on Tangatawairua. His words were simple “As brothers we are joined”. In the embrace of the hongi fell their tears of joy. In return Tangatawairua presented the Sunriseman with two simple gifts from the land of Te Rangimarie. He spoke to the Sunriseman, “Let the adornments of Tane and the bones of Papatuanuku tell the legend of the happening. Take these to the land of Dreamtime so they may know of the light of our sunrise. But to you my great brother of yesterdays secrets I give you this Tekoteko of my tupuna. I give to you what is part of me. If ever we are to speak to each other with water between us, then speak to the guardian spirit that lies between us. For in our mana are the corridors of our minds.

Bidding farewell Tangatawairua departed by the way of the night, leaving the Journeypeople of the world gathered; to “HOLD FAST THE VISION.”