#1137 New Year Holiday On Aotea / Great Barrier Island Part 4

xShow 1137 Thursday 14 January

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The day before we left Great Barrier Island, we went to the opening of an art exhibition.

They held a welcoming ceremony called a pōwhiri.

Haere mai! Haere mai! Haere mai! (Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!)

Karanga mai rā! Karanga mai rā! Karanga mai rā! (Call us! Call us! Call us!)

We're not going to say too many words.

We're going to sing a waiata and we're going to have a karakia on the food.

Purea nei e te hau (scattered by the wind)

Horoia e te ua (washed by the rain)

Whitiwhitia e te ra (transformed by the sun)

Mahea ake nga poraruraru (swept away are all anxieties)

There was some delicious fruit.

And I loved some of the artwork.

The next day, sadly, it was time to leave the beautiful island.

We caught the 1 o'clock ferry back to Auckland.

On the boat we watched a couple of movies - The Proposal and The Hangover.

Towards the end of the journey, we went up to the top to have a look at the view.

I looked at a map and tried to figure out where we were.

So we could be around here, or maybe around here.

I couldn't quite work it out so I asked one of the crew members.

This, there ... so we just came through here.

Purea nei e te hau

- Scattered by the wind

Horoia e te ua

- washed by the rain

Whitiwhitia e te ra

- transformed by the sun

Mahea ake nga poraruraru

- swept away are all anxieties

Makere ana nga here

- removed are all restrains

E rere wairua e rere

- Fly free O spirit, fly

Ki nga ao o te rangi

-to the clouds in the heavens

Whitiwhitia e te ra

- transformed by the sun

Mahea ake nga poraruraru

- swept away are all anxieties

Makere ana nga here

- removed are all restrains

links

I really loved Peter Williams' paintings and sculpture that I saw at the exhibition.

This is his site.

I love this painting on his site.

The painting of the people dancing - another one of my favourites at the exhibition - was by Fenella Christian.

music

artist: Kevin MacLeod
tracks: Future Cha Cha, We Wish You A Merry Christmas
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

artist: therewillbe

album: Publix 2004

track: blues song

from: Budapest, Hungary

album at Jamendo

artist at Jamendo

artist site

artist: Sam McNally

album: Jubilation

track: FederalAgent

album at Jamendo

artist at Jamendo

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