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Tchakat Henu – Me Rongo Moriori – People of Peace

Learn about the Moriori people who inhabit Rēkohu | the Chatham Islands.

  • When | Āhea Long-term exhibition
  • Where | Ki hea Mana Whenua, Level 4
  • Cost | Te utu Free entry
  • Accessibility | E wātea ana ki
    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Variable lighting
    • No photography

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Invocation

This Moriori karakii karakiiinvocationMoriori asks that the child prosper and tread the land of Rēkohu carefully. It charts the origins of our people, and records our descent from gods and early ancestors – many of them also known to Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Kā one

Tchi one nō Uru, nō Ngana, nō Iorangi e-rā ia,
Kei tongia tchi one, tongia tchi one e, tareae-i-ae,
Whati ta rangi, whati ta rangi, tū tātau tareae-i-ae, tū tātau tarea.

Nō Tū, nō Tāne, nō Rongo, nō Tangaroa, e-rā ia.
Kei tongia...

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Karakii

E tohinga teneti karakii Moriori ki’ manawareka tch timiti ta mauri ora, kiatoho t’ hunatu ki rung’ kā one o t’ henu o Rēkohu. Ko ro Matangiao, ko ro Hokorong’ Tiring’, t’ hokopapa heoki nō kā etchu, nō kā karāpuna o mu’ – e me’ tomai ki ta Māori ki Aotearoa Nu Tireni.

Kā one

Tchi one nō Uru, nō Ngana, nō Iorangi e-rā ia,
Kei tongia tchi one, tongia tchi one e, tareae-i-ae,
Whati ta rangi, whati ta rangi, tū tātau tareae-i-ae, tū tātau tarea.

Nō Tū, nō Tāne, nō Rongo, nō Tangaroa, e-rā ia....

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