Kamaka Manuel.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n R\u0101tana representative Kamaka Manuel said larger numbers were expected to attend celebrations to continue discussions which began last week and the R\u0101tana values and philosophy of unity and peace would guide discussion and engagement.<\/p>\n “Our hui is always engaged with lots of spirituality and lots of wairua so there’s been a call this morning for us to be able to add that element to the mauri of that hui that has just finished.”<\/p>\n Ng\u0101ti Tuwharetoa.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu, T\u016bwharetoa and Ng\u0101puhi were among iwi representatives arriving today and while maintaining the momentum of k\u014drero which started at the Hui aa Iwi was still a priority, celebrating the R\u0101tana movement and its founder was at the forefront.<\/p>\n Speakers on the pae throughout the day have said the R\u0101tana movement has always followed the philosophy of kotahitanga and ng\u0101 m\u014drehu would play a key role in uniting iwi across the country.<\/p>\n Political leaders notably absent at the Hui aa Motu last week are expected to attend celebrations tomorrow and iwi will have the opportunity to put the key messages formulated so far to them directly.<\/p>\n Celebrations on the first day of R\u0101tana 2024.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Manuel said all manuhiri at R\u0101tana would be welcomed under a banner of manaakitanga.<\/p>\n “We operate on the values, principles and philosophies of our founder, which is rangimarie (peace). We are expecting politicians to bring their views and present issues that they feel are important to represent.<\/p>\n “I don’t think we will see anything different than what we’ve seen in the mainstream already but perhaps possibly their intention to try and affirm their stance. I think it will be an opportunity for them to hear off the back end of the hui aa motu first hand, here on R\u0101tana what our thoughts are about that.”<\/p>\n Rawiri Waititi\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Te Tai Hau\u0101uru MP Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and her fellow Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori MPs were welcomed to R\u0101tana beside Kiingi Tuuheitia.<\/p>\n She said the sentiments from the hui \u0101 motu on Saturday were being brought on to R\u0101tana.<\/p>\n “That sense of solidarity is what everyone is feeling really great about because we know we’re not alone, we know we’re not wrong and we know together we’re calling out a government and its anti-M\u0101ori agenda, but just as importantly carrying on living.”<\/p>\n Ngarewa-Packer said the theme of unity and rangatahi that emerged from the Hui \u0101 Motu had always been a core kaupapa of the R\u0101tana church.<\/p>\n R\u0101tana Church.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n rnz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kiingi Tuuheitia and a contingent of Waikato Tainui have reached R\u0101tana celebrations where m\u014drehu have gathered to celebrate the birthday of Tahup\u014dtiki Wiremu R\u0101tana, the founder of the R\u0101tana movement. The mauri of the national\u00a0Hui aa Iwi\u00a0hosted at T\u016brangawaewae Marae in Ng\u0101ruaw\u0101hia on Saturday now sits with R\u0101tana who will oversee and guide ongoing discussions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9068,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9066\/revisions\/9068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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