Kia ora whanau,
Today we launched our marae website. Puketawa Marae Committee is committed to looking after our marae and keeping our people informed and connected.
Our new website www.puketawamarae.com is another way to connect to our whanau and keep nga uri or Puketawa informed about what is going on at the Marae and in the wider Utakura valley.
We have just had our September 28th Marae meeting thanks to all the whanau that attended. Finalised minutes for the August meeting will be posted here and on our Facebook page soon.
We also had what we hope is the start of many wananga for nga uri o Puketawa...on September 28th whanau gathered in Puketawa urupa to learn about how to repaint the lettering on headstones. If you are interested in learning how to do this please let us know and we can run further workshops in the future.
It was great to meeting some of the Mapi whanau who had travelled from all over the the motu to come and get to know our Puketawa whanau. We were able share korero about our whanau, hapu, and Marae.
COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS...
02 November 2019 Utakura valley Cemetary cleaning. This starts at 6.00am at Puhikaaru Urupa on Horeke Road, as each Urupa is tidied we move along to the next i.e. Puhikaaru, Puketawa, Meheke until we meet up with the whanau that start at the other end of the Valley.
02 November 2019 Puketawa Marae Meeting starts at Puketawa Marae at 2.00pm
02 November 2019 Beeswax Wrap Wananga will start once the Marae meeting has finished - learn how to make Beeswax wraps a great alternative for Plastic wrap or Gladwrap. Each participant will get to make one to take home with them. Beeswax wraps are environmentally friendly. This wananga is suitable for all ages from Kohanga/Kindergarden age to adults and all ages in between.
Any questions please feel free to email us at puketawamarae@gmail.com, comment on the blog posts or PM us on Facebook
Nga Mihi
Katene Ericksen
Puketawa Marae Secretary
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