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!['I took a leap': Ahurei way to reconnect and strengthen whakapapa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
'I took a leap': Ahurei way to reconnect and strengthen whakapapa
The Ngāti Pikiao Ahurei has helped strengthen whānau bonds.
![Kāhu ki Rotorua: Growing te reo Māori from within](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Kāhu ki Rotorua: Growing te reo Māori from within
This is about creating a meaningful relationship between you and Te Reo Māori.
![Kāhu ki Rotorua: An internal mourning](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Kāhu ki Rotorua: An internal mourning
Song of mourning for our mother (Papatuānuku).
![Kāhu ki Rotorua: The death of Hikaawarua is avenged](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Kāhu ki Rotorua: The death of Hikaawarua is avenged
With the death of Hikaawarua news returned to the people of Ngāti Tamakari.
![Reggae artist Luke Whaanga releases first studio album](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Reggae artist Luke Whaanga releases first studio album
Home isn’t four walls and a ceiling, it’s a feeling, and Home for me is on a stage.
![Increased geothermal activity prompts change of venue for Waitangi Day celebrations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Increased geothermal activity prompts change of venue for Waitangi Day celebrations
Rotorua’s annual Waitangi Day event is shifting its venue.
![Kāhu ki Rotorua: Slight transgression leads to Hikaawarua’s death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Kāhu ki Rotorua: Slight transgression leads to Hikaawarua’s death
There is one warrior of the past who was likened to the great Whakataupotiki of Hawaiki.
![Kāhu ki Rotorua: Waiata Tangi: ‘Mātou ō kame mōkai ā!’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Kāhu ki Rotorua: Waiata Tangi: ‘Mātou ō kame mōkai ā!’
Composed in the year 2016 this waiata is the written expression of lived experience.
![Keeping the legacy of past entertainers alive](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Keeping the legacy of past entertainers alive
The energy in this production is absolutely contagious, and everyone is absolutely hyped.
![Taking Māori performance to the world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Taking Māori performance to the world
Rosie Belvie has recently returned home after performance in Jerusalem.
![Dedication to finding whānau homes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Dedication to finding whānau homes
Financial advisor Roszarri Wiringi is heling people find their first homes.
![Hongi Hika’s clash with Te Arawa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Hongi Hika’s clash with Te Arawa
In 1822, Hongi Hika raised a large war party intending to move through the North Island.
![Finding a purpose for his people in the law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Finding a purpose for his people in the law
We catch up again with Young Achiever Te Maiora Rurehe.
![Waiata for a distant love](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Waiata for a distant love
Rākapa Kāhoki was the daughter of Te Wehi o te rangi of Te Arawa.
![Shirley Day, 61, crosses finish line at Kailua-Kona](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Shirley Day, 61, crosses finish line at Kailua-Kona
Being fit and strong has benefits for the entire whānau.
![Kāhu ki Rotorua: Protecting local resources](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Kāhu ki Rotorua: Protecting local resources
Korowhakatupua is a mokai who had her kāinga on the shores of the Utuhina River.
![Anthem of our pride: Origin of the Maori Battalion tune](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Anthem of our pride: Origin of the Maori Battalion tune
Waiata composed during Te Arawa’s preparation for Te Tiriti o Waitangi centennial.
![Fostering future talent: Summer rugby league programme for tamariki](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Fostering future talent: Summer rugby league programme for tamariki
Six-week summer rugby league programme for 5 to 10-year-olds.
![The remarkable Kirimatao Te Tautahi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
The remarkable Kirimatao Te Tautahi
Kirimatao Te Tautahi was another prominent woman from Te Arawa’s past.
![Songs for the people](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=811)
Songs for the people
For more than 60 years, no other waiata has been composed or written purely for the Pā.