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Tour 2010

Haere mai, hoki mai ki to wa kainga

Welcome, welcome home

3^rd to 13^th February 2011

Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

I tau ano Pu

He kakano a Io

Ko tona hiahia matua

Kia puawai, kia tupu kia hua

He rakau nui I wao nui Tane.

In your centre

Is your devine seed Io

Inscribed with the purest intension

To blossom, to grow and to be fruitful.

To become a great living tree in the world of Tane.

  Interpreted by Rangi Davis

  With great thaks to all the beings and all the helpers and all the tour members for this magic time!

This ten days journey was about returning home to Aotearoa "the land of the forever radiant light", to receive the messages revealed by nature and to feel what radiates through the Maori culture.

We experienced the great gathering of Maori people in Waitangi during Waitangi day, the national holiday.

We visited the 90-Mile beach and stayed together in a beautiful Marae. Then we followed the ancestor path to "Te Rerenga Wairua", the most northern point of New Zealand, where the souls dive under the water to find their way home to Hawaiki Nui.

At the ancient tree Tane Whakapiri, the God of the forest, who binds all together, the journey's stories all got woven together.

We danced and sang, made our own Poi and learned to weave our own KITE, gathered seafood and shared the Maori healing of RomiRomi with Atarangi. We experienced the Maori culture from many different sides and spent time in wonderful places on magical beaches.

This tour was guided by:

Iris and Ojasvin

Supported by whanau and friends

Co-organized by Grandmothers Healing Haka Trust

and Dana Tir of Chamana Urbana

www.grandmothershealinghaka.com

www.chamanaurbana.com

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Tour 2012