Matariki Wānanga - Tai Timu Tai Pari

That moment when you inhale, and there you are full of breath, expanded lungs and then for whatever reason you begin to exhale.
Sometimes we are fully aware, sometimes our body just does its thing, and we are breathing.
Just as the ocean moves, we move.
This wānanga is for the place of the changing tide within us, before it goes in or out, Tai mate - the slack tide.
This place is where we harvest from for this Matariki.
Yes, we acknowledge we have come to the end of your year, and rather than feasting too far back into our year,
we harvest from right here. What is right now now!
All moments leading to this one, all tides turning at this point.
What becomes from us existing within it, moving with it, being with it - whatever you 'it' is for you.
Matariki traditionally is a time of honouring those who have passed during this year, it is a time to gather around in our communities, share kai and our stories. We grow together, not alone.
We circle, with darkness and in the ritual portal of dance.