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Te Mahi Kai at the waterfront market this Sunday |
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30 July 2010
Te Mahi Kai at the waterfront
market this Sunday
Te Wiki o te Reo
Māori (Māori Language Week) is drawing to a close -
with the Wellington finale this Sunday 1 August at the
Harbourside Food Market on the waterfront at Waitangi
Park.
The national theme of Māori Language Week
this year is ‘Te Mahi Kai’ (the language of food) and
what better place to celebrate than the food
markets?
Waiata, haka and bilingual signage will give Wellingtonians the opportunity to live the language of food in te reo.
Formalities kick off at 8am with a mihi/whakatau/karakia by Ben Ngaia (Te Atiawa/Taranaki/Ngāti Ruanui).
Rugby celebrity Jacob Ellison (NZ Māori squad, Wellington Lions, Hurricanes) will perform the famous haka Ka Mate and the public are welcome to join him.
The Māori CD Tipi Haere Te Reo by Pete Rangiwai and Hohepa MacDougall will be promoted thoughout the day and there will be performances from the Keelan whānau and Zemara.
The nearby City Markets
(in the Chaffers apartment building) is also marking
Te Wiki o te reo Māori with bilingual signage and creative
activities using whakatauki
(proverbs).
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