Ngā Wai Hōhonu Online
Kaputī & Kōrero 2.0
Mauri ora e te whānau whānui
Ngā Wai Hōhonu started this year with our first in a series of Online Kaputī & Kōrero with around 100 people in attendance. The kōrero from Matua Sam and Matua Alistair was rich, inspiring and challenging to say the least. Although we left with our cups full, there was also a sense among us that it was only the tip of the Tōtara so for this Kaputī & Kōrero we are inviting and asking our Rangatira to go 2.0 (and beyond!) as we continue to explore the kaupapa of Peace and Reconciliation. There will also be a time during this kōrero for us all to engage with each other!
Sam Chapman (Ngâti Tûwharetoa, Te Whakatôhea, Te Whânau a Apanui, Ngâi Te Rangi) and Alistair Reese (Tangata Tiriti) will continue to both challenge and invite us into the beauty and struggle of a reconciled, peaceful and practical hope that lands in the heart of whânau and brings life to our communities. As followers of Jesus we look to him, his life and his teachings, mātauranga and mōhiotanga māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi to lead us into and through Peace and Reconciliation.
Āwhea/When: Tuesday May 10th Te Wā/Time: 7pm – 9pm
Our Speakers
Ko Tongariro te maunga, ko Taupo te moana, ko Tūwharetoa te iwi, ko Tūrangitukua te hapū, ko Hīrangi te marae, ko Te Heuheu te tangata.
HAAMI (SAM) CHAPMAN
Sam and Thelma have spent over 40 years compelled by Gods love to journey with underserved, marginalized families and communities. These are Kiwi families who want to love more, give more, serve more, lead more, be more, achieve greater levels of purpose, productivity and influence but just don’t know how.
Sam and Thelma and their whānau have always provided a home environment with a cultural mix of Māori and Irish worldview. Their spiritual beliefs, values and practices, such as the Māori concepts of Whanaungatanga (Aroha, Manaakitanga, Awhi, Wairuatanga) and the Celtic concepts of Longing to Belong to Place and People, reflect a collective and collaborative commitment to each other, to wider whānau, to the wellbeing of all of creation, to the land and the people, to the “we” and not just the “me”. More than anything, it reflects God’s love and commitment to them.
They returned home to Tūrangi in 2013 and were able to purchase back land that had been taken from Sam’s family under the Public Works Act for the Tongariro Hydro Power Project in the early 1960’s for a maternity hospital. This land had been under their care for six generations as Kaitiaki or custodians for the wellbeing and sustainability of their people. Sam and Thelma saw the opportunity to restore this role and develop an authentic Māori whanau environment where people from all walks of life could discover and experience God’s presence in the story and spirituality of the people and land of Tūwharetoa. Their daughter Hannah and her family joined them and together with their sons Hami, John, Luke and their families who live in Auckland, will seek to create and develop a future that will reflect the image of God by simply being whānau.
ALISTAIR REESE
Alistair Reese is a farmer, historian and public theologian who lives with his Canadian wife Jeannie [Scottish/Lebanese/Mi’kmaq] on their Bay of Plenty orchard in the district of Tapuika. He has postgraduate degrees in Theology, History and Tikanga Māori. Alistair is a Research Affiliate at the University of Otago and his research and speaking interests centre on the New Zealand story with particular regard to post-colonial identity and reconciliation. He is involved in local and national efforts to promote reconciliation between Māori and Pākehā, and exploring understandings of what an indigenous form of Christianity might look like. He enjoys swimming, hiking and good coffee…
