Blessing of Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti

Our Whare, ‘Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti’ was blessed yesterday.  We would like to acknowledge our Bishop Steve Lowe for the beautiful reopening and blessing that was done by him for all of us and our Katorika whanau from our chapel.

It was an amazing and spiritually uplifting inspiring opening for all of us that attended. The day was amazing and the food and refreshments were enjoyed by us all.

Ngā mihi nui to all who were present, including representatives of our kaumātua council, the directors of HPL, members of our Interim Governance Group and our trustees of Te Kāmaka Marae Committee, our supporters from the Catholic Church, families, friends and our communities present to support the reopening and blessing of our facility,thank you all so much for being there and supporting our wonderful day. This marks an important opportunity for us to provide better quality manaakitanga services to all our people that book our marae into the future.

This will allow us to provide better depth and a more extensive range of services to our people. This includes our marae,our meeting house Te Kāmaka, our marae ātea, our hall in joint MŌU relationship with the Transformation Academy and also included is our new hospitality services through Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti, that we now can provide to all those who will book our services better hospitality services to them.

To all those that helped in the back to prepare our opening and food for the day,thank you all very much.

Msgr David Bennett RIP

Sad to hear of the passing of Monsignior David Bennett. Many may have heard already.
Te Arawa, a respected member of the Bennet whānau. He was their genealogist for years.
A great friend of Bishop Māriu and Pa Henare.
First Māori to be elevated to the Monsigniori.
Third (possibly fourth) Māori ordained priest in 1968. First mass celebrated at Te Unga Waka, and regular visitor to Hāto Petera.
Closely connected to Te Kiingitanga.
Moe mai rā e Pā.

Waitangi Day

All are welcome to join on Waitangi Day – more details on the poster.

Angus Hikairo Macfarlane (CNZM) – RIP

Mai Maketu ki Tongariro, ko Te Arawa te waka.

Te Arawa māngai nui, ūpoko tūtakitaki!

E te iwi e, ko te tangi a te rūrū tērā ka rangona nei hei tohu i te hinganga o Angus Hikairo Macfarlane.

Nō te ata tonu nei, ka riro tēnei rangatira o tātou ki tōnā Atua, ki ōna rahinga hoki e tatari mai ana ki tua o Paerau.

Aue taukuri e, ko mātou noa e tangi atu nei mōu kua riro atu nei.

Kei te heke ngā roimata, kei te tangi te ngākau i te ngau o te mamae, nā reira haere koe e koro ki a rātou mā, ka oti atu.

 

It is with heavy hearts that we convey the news of the passing of Angus Hikairo Macfarlane (CNZM). Surrounded by his whānau, Matua Angus passed away peacefully and now makes that journey to reconnect with Atua, with his parents, brother and sisters, daughters and old friends.

He is the son of Ken and Riparata Macfarlane, husband of Sonja Macfarlane, father to Josephine (dec), Miriam (dec), Joseph and Michelle, Roimata and Tama, step-father to Matt and Shanna, Lyndon and Amelia, koro to Hikairo, Nepia, Javahn, Waipuna, Hohepa, Mateio, Riley and Lydia, and great-koro to Olive Kōtuku.

Matua Angus is an esteemed member of the Hāto Petera whānau, being an ex-student, a long time advocate and supporter of the kura and a member of the kāhui kaumātua helping to guide and shape the work to take the Hāto Petera site into the future. We will miss his sharp intellect, his wicked sense of humour and his tremendously generous spirit. Moe mai e te rangatira. Kua oti au mahi. E te pononga pai haere ki te haringa mau tonu o te Atua.

Matua Angus will lay at Tunohopu Marae, Ōhinemutu, Rotorua from 1pm on Thursday 28 November and final service will be held at 11am on Saturday 30th November followed by burial at Kauae cemetery.