puff 581 Tuesday Dec 7th

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Big Day Out for Rangitane Team at Maori Touch Nationals
Three generations took the field for Rangitane at the Maori Touch Nationals on the weekend in Hopuhopu. Eleven year old Jahlan Governor ran on with his father Corey, the team captain, and with grandfather PK Katene.
The Rangitane team played in the Open Mixed division. Michaela Hemopo stood out as did Renee Graham the team manager. This was the first time for a team from Rangitaane to be entered in the Maori Touch Nationals and they were supported by Ngati Hineaute and Tanenuiarangi o Manawatu.
Eighty five teams competed in a furiously contested tournament with the Transformers team from the Manawatu featuring Whitiaua Black making the Open Mens Finals.
Manawatu’s own Craven Noble handled logistics from the microphone. This involved a March Past to begin the Tournament on Saturday morning and the minute by minite challenges of the large gathering as well as the intense heat. Tainui elders gave speeches at appropriate points and were excellent hosts to the three thousand and more participants.
Hone Davis the Maori Education Officer at Rangitaane Pa in Awapuni attended as a referee with a contingent of over forty Touch referees. These included Michelle Cucu from Martinique representing French Touch and at Hopuhopu to learn about running Touch events on this scale.
Another local sportswoman Christina Sue was a key player for Te Aupouri Touch one of the tournament’s standout teams. Her brothers Robert and Sean played in the Rangitane Team. Another Manawatu family heavily involved were the Smiths of Awapuni with several family members in the Rangitane team.
Carol Ngawati the tournament organizer was thrilled with yet another successful event thirteen years after the first Maori Touch Nationals, Carol’s vision is to see the Maori Touch Nationals becoming more kaupapa based with greater emphasis on the support and traditions of hapu and iwi.
One of the main events was a Po Whakangahau, an evening of entertainment with each Touch team performing. The large contingent from Otaki used drums to great effect in their kapa haka performance while the Te Aupouri group from the far north gave an outstanding display of break dancing. Carol Ngawati says that this is the side of the annual tournament that she wants to encourage.
Corey Governor, the captain of the Rangitane team says that next year he wants to see more than one Rangitane team at the Maori Touch Nationals and a well rehearsed act for the Po Whakangahau on the Saturday night. For Jahlan Governor, eleven year old son this was the event of a lifetime.



Maori Unpacked continued

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Imperatives

We MUST file these away in the right place. We'd BETTER...

Kia ora. Be well.

Me haere koe, You should go.

And then there is the PASSIVE IMPERATIVE

Mahia! Let it be done!

The endings are the same as the Passive endings so the Passive Imperative Box could well go alongside the Passive Box.

And then there are imperatives using E

E tuu! Stand up!

E noho! Sit down!

Again, as with forms of address E is only used with words of two syllables and less.

So we could put Kia, Me, Mahia and E in a series of Boxes one after another.

Kia kaha!
Go hard!

Kia uu !
Be firm!

Make a circle of Mobiles using these words.