Photographs and words nā Phil Tumataroa
Te Ao o Te Maori
A window into the rich lifestyles of contemporary Māori.

Kei a koutou Rangitāne, nei rā te whakamānawa atuki a koutou, ngā āritaritatanga o rātou mā kua huri ki tua o Paerau. Tātou katoa i kapua whakapīpī mai kia mihia, kia tangihia, kia poroporoakihia ngā kōiwi tangata o ētahi o rātou kua karangahia e Tahu Kumea rāua ko Tahu Whakairo ki te pō. Ki a rātou mā kua whetūrangitia, haere, haere, whakaoti atu koutou. Okioki ai koutou ki Hawaiki nui, ki Hawaiki roa, ki Hawaiki Tawhiti e...

On 16 April this year our ancestors that lived and died at Wairau Bar were returned safely home. Their bones reburied after 70 years of being kept at the Canterbury Museum. Sleep well now and know we honour you.