In 2019, New Zealand will mark 250 years since the first meetings between Māori and Pākehā during James Cook and the Endeavour’s 1769 voyage to Aotearoa New Zealand. Tuia – Encounters 250 will acknowledge this pivotal moment in our nation’s history as well as the extraordinary feats of Pacific voyagers who reached and settled in Aotearoa many years earlier.

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Pōwhiri at Meretoto/Ship Cove

 

Tuia is about connection. Our connections to the whenua, our connections to our tīpuna, and our connections to each other.

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The pōwhiri at Meretoto brought together Ngāti Apa ki Rā Tō, Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne o Wairau, Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui, the crews of the tall ships Spirit of New Zealand and the HMB Endeavour replica, the crew of waka Haunui and Pumaiterangi, and the crew of the Tahitian va’a Fa’afaite. T

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Local waka Te Hoiere (Ngāti Kuia), Te Haeata (Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō), and Te Aorere and Te Tairere (Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui) also participated in the welcome.

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Stories were shared of Kupe, of Cook, of Tupaia, and our connections to them. 

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Nga mihi ki nga iwi o Te Tau Ihu. 

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