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Whanaungatanga is whats its all about

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Connecting and reconnecting with whanau and friends is what whanaungatanga is all about. I recently returned from a visit with Hinemoa to whanau and friends in Salt Lake City. Many thanks to Curleen and Mike Pfeiffer and their kids and Rottweiler dog Angel for making us part of the whanau. Also my cousin Loni Mauga and her whanau; and to my spirit sisters Maioha Sitake and Liahona Moleni and their kids. Thanks for your awhi and tautoko while there. Visited Iosepa Festival with SLC resident kapahaka group Ngati Hiona ; attended my very first American High School Graduation [Congrats to Isaiah Mauga, tall timber embarking on a football scholarship]; enjoyed a girls night out at Three Musketeers at Hale Center courtesy of Jenn Atkinson; visited the South Davis Recreation Center at Bountiful [if only we had such family friendly facilities here in NZ].

The Weaver

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The Weaver (Author Unknown)

My life is but a weaving
Between my God and me.
I do not choose the colors,
He worketh steadily.

Ofttimes He weaveth sorrow,
and I in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper,
And I the underside.

Not til the loom is silent,
And the shuttle ceases to fly,
Will God unroll the canvas,
And explain the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful,
In the skillful weaver’s hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.

Noho marae for Tipene descendants

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As many descendants of Te Mana and Sophie Tipene held a noho marae on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th Jan at the Cambridge Community Marae. Whanau enjoyed cooking, cleaning, organising, helping, having fun, waiata, kapahaka, sports, movie quiz, board games, cards, waka ama, family history, baby holding, family profiles and business, cemetery visit and planning for 2011 noho marae.