Reading for today Monday,April,20th of 2020 [Kawhia Harbour]

                                                                 Kia orana & Greetings to all!

Today I received my homework from the Ministry of Education and was tempted to check it out, So I found this book called 'Kawhia harbour' by 'Kawhia moana', Of course I haven't heard of this place before so I searched it up on google to look for more information about what the book would be about. Kawhia  Harbour is apparently one of the three large lakes that is natural in the Tasman Sea coast   of the Waikato region of New Zealand.

This location is very historical & admired to most people who are 

descended from Tainui Waka.

Use Google Maps to find Kawhia Harbour

The waka was tied to a pohutukawa tree

that is now known as  wahi tapu, It is now a sacred place.The waka was then moved to a small

hill at Maketu named Te Ahurei,where it is buried to this very day.

The relationship that combines Maori and their natural environment is shown in multiple ways,

one is through using expression through a traditional pepeha. This pepeha is a sense of showing which particular area they come from.

~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~> {Tainui waka pepeha} <~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~

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Ko Tainui te waka

Tanui is the canoe

Ko Pirongia te maunga 

Pirongia is the mountain

Ko Kawhia te moana 

Ka  Kawhia is the harbour

Ko Hoturoa te tangata 

Hoturoa is the cheif

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~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~> {Tainui waka pepeha} <~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~

                                               To this day the tree still stands at it's spot