Wāhineahuone - Karanga Symposium

Wāhineahuone - Karanga Symposium
Karanga te pō, Karanga te ao

Kurawaka Limited are pleased to host this inaugural Karanga Symposium in the heart of Heretaunga, Ngāti Kahungunu. Kurawaka Retreat Centre located in the homelands of Ngāti Kere, Pōrangahau has been a welcoming place for many wāhine from all over Aotearoa who are ready to activate and ignite their mātauranga Māori around the artform of te reo karanga, a pivotal tikanga tuku iho for us as wāhine, as tangata whenua of Aotearoa.
The dream has come to fruition to host such an event, with the inspiration coming from our well-known Māreikura, Te Raina Ferris, the one who has taught thousands of wāhine the responsibilities and beauty of this critical role over the past 25 years.
This is a time to empower many more who join us on this special day, we will share kōrero on specific kaupapa and be the vessels to disseminate this mātauranga. As always our common goal, our whāinga matua is to empower and uphold our Paekaranga on every Marae in Aotearoa. Karawhiua wāhine mā!

Kia RERE
Reawaken, Educate, Realign, Empower

Make a day of it and get your ticket fast to be part of this auspicious occasion!

Guest Presenters and their kaupapa:

Te Raina Ferris
Ngāti Kere, Ngāti Takihiku, Kāti Kaweriri
I ahu mai te reo karanga i hea?

Takuta Ferris & Iriaka Epiha-Ferris
Ngāti Kere, Te Whānau-a-Rākairoa, Ngāti Takihiku, Kāti Kaweriri
Ngā Puhi, Te Whānau-a-Rākairoa
Te tapu o te reo karanga

Heeni Te Whakaako Kereru
Ngāi Tahu, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Ruapani
Nō tuawhakarere – What did karanga look like before colonisation?

Taupunakohe Savage
Waikato, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga
Te puawaitanga o te reo karanga

Dr. Kathleen Irwin
Ngāti Porou, Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Kahungunu
Tikanga o te Kaikaranga

Kararaina Calcott-Cribb
Ngāti Porou, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa
A-whanau, a-hapū, a-iwi e…

Kim Eriksen-Downs
Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūwharetoa
Ko au te wānanga, ko te wānanga ko au

Facilitated by Te Tira Wāhine o Kurawaka
Piri Ferris-Galbraith
Ngāti Kere, Te Whānau-a-Rākairoa, Ngāti Takihiku, Kāti Kaweriri

Miriama Ferris
Ngāti Kere, Te Whānau-a-Rākairoa, Ngāti Takihiku, Kāti Kaweriri

Hiraani Hutana
Ngāti Kere, Te Whānau-a-Rākairoa

Sonya Wiparata-Johnson
Waikato, Ngāti Haua Ngāti Raukawa ki Wharepūhunga, Ngāti Ruru Ngāpuhi,
Te Uri Whenua

Alice Sciascia
Ngāti Kere, Te Whānau-a-Tūwhakairiora, Ngāti Takihiku

Emcee: Kaye-Maree Dunn
Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Mahanga, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngāi Te Rangikoianaake

Nau mai, haere mai, tauti mai ra e te iwi!

Doors open at 8.45am, Starts at 9.30am. concludes at 4pm
Limited seating, tables of 8 or 10, general admission