Mautauranga Maori & Karakia

 The importance of Karakia (and what tapu means)

         Karakia

Karakia Timatanga                                       

Kia Karakia tātou...

Tuia ki runga

Tuia ki raro

Tuia ki roto

Tuia ki waho

Ka rongo te pō

Ka rongo te ao

Haumi e, Hui e

Taiki e.

Karakia Whakamutunga

Kia karakia tātou…

Unuhia, unuhia.

Unuhia atu ki te uru tapu nui

Kia māmā, kia wātea

Te ngākau, te tinana, te hinengaro i te ara takatū

Kōia rā e Rongo whakairihia ake ki runga.

Haumi e

Hui e

Taiki e!

Starting Karakia

Let us Pray...

Unite from above

Unite from below

Unite from within

Unite from without

Listen to the night

Listen to the day

Come together

Affirm!

Finishing Karakia

Let us pray…

Withdraw, withdraw,

Disengage to a common state 

To clear, to free the heart, the body and the mind from the journey we have just been on. Let us be blessed with the halo of Rongo above us

Come together 

Affirm!

He Pou

Kia Karakia tātou

Pou hihiri

Pou rarama

Pou o te whakaaro

Pou o te tangata

Pou o te aroha

Te pou e here nei i a tātou

Mauri Ora ki a tātou

Haumi e, Hui e

Tāiki e.

Nā Terekaunuku Flavell (2016)