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Karakia are Māori incantations and prayer used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection. [1] They are also considered a formal greeting when beginning a ceremony . According to Māori legend, there was a curse on the Waiapu River which was lifted when George Gage (Hori Keeti) performed karakia.
Karakia is central to kura kaupapa Māori and the spiritual well-being of Māori. Meetings will begin with a prayer. Children at the start and end of the day will undertake karakia with their kaiako. On special occasions, when new schools are opened or at special school events, kaumatua (elders) of the community will undertake special karakia.
"Hapa" meant to pass over, or ward off, while the exclamation "Hau!" at the end of the choruses – said by one soldier to uttered in a way that sounded like the bark of a dog [19] – had a literal meaning of "wind" but referred to the life principle or vital spark of man, while the wind angels were named "Anahera hau". [9]
Māhanga was the son of Tūheitia, a famous warrior, based at Papa-o-rotu in Waikāretu, who was said to have never been attacked at home and was the author of the proverbial saying, "come to me, to the Papa-o-rotu, to the unstirred current, to the pillow that falls not, and the undisturbed sleep.
Te Kooti was a wild young man, and in his childhood his father had tried to bury him alive. In 1852, Te Kooti, with others, formed a lawless group who travelled through the East Coast area while stealing from both Māori and Pākehā alike.
The first day of planting involved planters arriving early in the morning, and a tohunga would give a karakia to Rongo-mā-Tāne, and then plant sacred kūmara separate from the main fields. [47] After the karakia, men would use kō to till the fields, followed by women and children, who would use patupatu and timo to break up the soil further ...
According to The Guardian, the checkpoints operated 24 hours a day, unlike checkpoints set up by other iwi in other settlements. [5] The restrictions lasted 47 days, from 12pm on 25 March until the delivery of a karakia at 12pm on 11 May. [6] [7]
Muaūpoko is a Māori iwi on the Kāpiti Coast of New Zealand.. Muaūpoko are descended from the ancestor Tara, whose name has been given to many New Zealand landmarks, [1] most notably Te Whanganui-a-Tara ().