YOUNGER READERS' SECTION

Te Ao Hou, November 1973, Page 53

YOUNGER READERS' SECTION We are pleased to publish these accounts of the Tuhoe Festival, sent in by pupils of Tawera School. Ngā Whakataetae I whakatūtia ngā whakataetae i Tāneatua. E ono ngā tīma i haka. Ngā mahi hai mahi mā rātou he hīmene, he whakauru, he whakaputa, he pao, he poi, he waiata-ā-ringa me te haka. I te tuatahi ko Kawerau, ka piki mai ko Ruātoki, ko Mātaatua, ko Tāwera, ko Kawerau Tuarua me Tūrangi. Ka wini i a Kawerau Tuarua te hīmene, me te pao. Ka wini i a Ruātoki me Kawerau Tuarua te poi, ka wini i a Mātaatua te haka, te whakauru, me te whakaputa. Kātahi ka piki mai a Tāwera, ko Kawerau me Tūrangi. Ka wini i a Tūrangi te waiata-ā-ringa. Ngā Wikitoria — Ngā Honore I roto i te pō o te Rā Tapu ka tukuna e John Rangihau rāua ko Ira ngā kapu ki ngā tima i wini. Ka riro i a Ruātoki ngā kapu mō te netipōro me te whutupōro. I a Tūrangi te kapu mō te waiata-ā-ringa. I a Mātaatua rāua ko Kawerau ētahi me Tāwera. Ka mutu te tukuna o ngā kapu, ka mahia mai e ngā tīma ā rātau waiata-ā-ringa me ā rātau haka. Ka mutu ēnā ka kanikani ngā tamariki. Netipōro He netipōro i Ruatoki e whakatūhia ana. Ko Ruātoki me Tūrangi ngā mea tuatahi ki te purei. I purei katoa rātau ki a rātau anō, ki ēthai o ngā tīma. Te mutunga ka purei ngā mea i wini katoa i a rātau ā rātau tākaro ki ēthai o ngā tīma. Te mutunga ka wini i a Ruātoki ngā takaro katoa. Te kapu mō te netipōro he tohu maharatanga mo Kuia. Georgina Rēwiti. I mate tēnei kōtiro i te tau tuatahi ā te hui ā Tūhoe i Mātaatua, kei Rotorua. I tahuritia The Cultural Competitions were held at Taneatua. Six teams competed. Each team had to perform a hymn, entry and exit, a waiata, poi, action song and haka. The first team was Kawerau, then Ruatoki, Mataatua, Tawera, Kawerau 2, and Turangi No. 2 Kawerau won the hymn section and waiata. Ruatoki and Kawerau were equal in the poi, Mataatua won the haka and entry and exit. Turangi wont the action song trophy. Henrietta Vercoe The Victories and Honours On Sunday night John Rangihau and Ira presented the cups to the winners. Ruatoki took the cups for netball and football. Turangi won the action song cup, Mataatua and Kawerau took some and so did Tawera. At the end of the presentation, the teams performed their action songs and hakas. After that the children had a chance. Anna Nikora Netball Netball was held at Ruatoki. Ruatoki played Turangi first. The teams played each other and the winners played the winners of each game. Finally Ruatoki won. The cup for netball was a memoriam to kuia Georgina Reweti. She died while on her way to the first festival, at Mataatua in Rotorua. She was killed in a car accident. Her mates are still alive. The rugby shield is for Jock Biddle who was interested in

te motukā, ka mate tonu atu a Kuia. Ko ētahi kei te ora tonu. Te hīra whutupōro nō Tiaka Biddle, he koroua pīrangi ki tēnei tākaro. I mate ia i tēnei tau i mahue ake nei. I wini i a Ruātoki ēnei kapu e rua. Ngā Taupatupatu I te Paraire ka tīmata ngā rōpu o Tāwera mē Mātaatua i te tekau karaka. I te mutunga o te taupatupau ka mea atu te kaiwhakawā ko te tīma o Tāwera kua wini. I te Rā Horoi ka tīmata ngā rōpu o Tūrangi me Kawerau. Ko Tūrangi te rōpu i wini. Te Hokinga Mai O Rehu I haere a Rehu ki Singapore ki te whawhai. Ka hoki mai ia, ka tūpono ki te hui ā Tūhoe i Ruātoki. Ka mihitia ia i te marae o Te Rewarewa. Te Kanikani Kai te kōrero kanikani ahau. I haere ētahi o ngā pākeke me ngā tamariki ki te kanikani i Te Rewarewa. Nō te Waimana te pēne purei whakatangitangi. He rahi tonu ngā tāngata i haere. I tūreiti hoki te pēne purei. I pakaru tō rātau motukā i runga i te rori. Netipōro me te Whutupōro I te Rā Tapu, tāima i te hui ā Tuhoe, he netipōro i te kura o Ruātoki. No te iwa karaka i tīmata ai rātau ki te purei. Ko Ruātoki rāua ko Ākarana ngā tīma i tāti ki te purei. I purei a Ruātoki ki tētahi o ngā tīma tuatahi, ā, ka wini i a rātau. Kamakama kē ngā kaipurei o te tīma netipōro ā Ruātoki. He tino rahi tonu ngā ope i haere ki te mātakitiki netipōro me te whutupōro. Purei tonu atu ngā tīma netipōro i roto i te ua. Ngā Whakatikatika mo te Hui ā Tūhoe I mua noa atu o te hui ka tāti ngā tāngata o Ruātoki ki te whakareri i ngā marae. E ono ngā marae i whakareritia e rātau, kia pai ai te hoki mai ā ngā ope ki te moe rugby. He died last year. Ruatoki won both these trophies. Kathleen Timoti On Friday at 10 o'clock the debates began with Tawera and Mataatua. At the end the judge declared that Tawera had won. On Saturday Turangi debated with Kawerau. Turangi won. Tina Nohokau Rehu's Homecoming (Return) Rehu went to Singapore to fight. He returned home in time for the Tuhoe Festival in Ruatoki. He was welcomed at the Rewarewa marae. Lawrence Pei I am writing about the dance. Some of the parents and children went to the dance at Rewarewa. The band was from Waimana. There were many people there. The band was late. Their car (van) broke down on the road. Dorcas Rua On Sunday during the Tuhoe Festival netball was played at the Ruatoki School. They started at nine o'clock. Ruatoki played against Auckland. Ruatoki won against their first opponents. The Ruatoki players were very active. Many visitors watched the games. They played in spite of the rain. Pauline Tūmoana Preparation for the Tuhoe Festival Before the Festival began the local people prepared the maraes. Six maraes were cleaned, so that the visitors could use them as dormitories. Rewarewa marae was used

i ngā pō. Ko Rewarewa te marae i wehea hei whakahaere i te hui. Ko ngā kai hoki i Te Rewarewa anō. Mea ota ngā kai nō Whakatāne. Ko ngā mīti, nā ngā tangata miraka kau o Ruātoki nei. Mea tiki ngā wahia i te tāhuna, mā runga i ngā tarakihana. Taupatupatu Āku kōrero mō te ra o te ‘Hui ā Tūhoe’ i Ruātoki. I te pō o te Paraire ngā taupatupatu. Ko Tāwera me Mātaatua ngā mea i tīmata i ngā taupatupatu. Te kaupapa o ngā taupatupatu ko tēnei, ‘E tika kē ana īnaianei mā ngā tamariki ō Tūhoe e whakahaere ngā mahi ā Tūhoe’. Ka wini i a Tāwera. I muri iho i a Tāwera, ko Ruātoki rāua ko Kawerau. Tino pai ki ahau tā rātau taupatupatu. I wini hoki i a Ruātoki tēnei. Ko Tāwera rāua ko Ruātoki i mea, kāore rātau e whakaae mā ngā tamariki o Tūhoe e mahi ngā mahi ā Tūhoe. I te Rā Horoi ko Tūrangi me Kawerau. Ka wini i a Tūrangi. Kaore i mutu katoa ngā taupatupatu, nō reira kāore te kapu i wini. as headquarters. All the meals were prepared and eaten at Rewarewa also the food was ordered from Whakatane. The meat was obtained from the local farmers of Ruatoki. Wood was collected from the river bed, on tractors. Thomas Bush I write about the debates at the Tuhoe Festival held at Ruatoki. These began on Friday night, with Tawera and Mataatua being first. The topic was ‘It is right now that the children of Tuhoe should handle the affairs of Tuhoe’. Tawera won. After Tawera came Ruatoki and Kawerau. This was very delightful to me. Ruatoki won. Tawera and Ruatoki were on the negative. On Saturday Turangi and Kawerau debated and Turangi won. Owing to lack of time the debates did not finish so no one won this trophy. Katie Riini