E Reo Noku, Episode 8 - Te Ulu o Te Watu-Pukapuka

TITLE: To matou mouli - our love
PRESENTERS: Kitiona Tauira, Rite Parau, Teremoana Yala.
Produced by Oriana TV for E Reo Noku
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DESCRIPTION
This presentation shared several topics about their Island Te Ulu o Te Watu:
• Starting with the chant calling as an introduction, and Yimene wenua: Ke moana song composed in New Zealand for a rugby team going back to Pukapuka. This song is widely sung by Pukapuka people.
• Kevin Sainsbury has translated the bible into the Pukapuka language, which is a good resource to learn the language.
• Rite shared her life on Wale, and she said that the women on Wale work hard and use their strength in several areas, especially in the talo patch. She also shared the many recipes they have for talo.
• There is limited contact with Wale because of the distance and effort to get there. It takes one week to travel by boat from Rarotonga to Wale.
• The group sang the song Ke talapaya au followed by a tila - Tui taku poke. Kitiona shared about her experience in winning the speech competition at Tereora College from sharing a Wale proverb taught to her by the late uncle Merota.
• They closed with a very popular song "Lelei”.
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SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
Cook Islands (NZ) Society Inc www.cookislands...
Wellington Community Fund wellingtoncomm...
Ministry for Pacific Peoples www.mpp.govt.nz/
Porirua College, Wellington poriruacollege...
D. Hunter Consultancy
Screen Production and Development Association (SPADA) www.spada.co.nz/
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CONTACT
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PROJECT SUMMARY
E Reo Noku - My Language is a project aimed at capturing the unique stories, history, culture and languages of 10 islands within the Cook Islands. Many of these Islands have their own unique culture, and traditions that many Cook Islanders living abroad are unaware of. It is important to preserve these cultural traditions from the elders before this knowledge is lost. Presenters and representatives were filmed in Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand during May 2022, creating a resource for the Te Reo Tupuna language class to learn from, and to capture traditional knowledge for future generations.
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