May 02, 2013
He korero mahi huakanga mo Whakataane
Ka tū tētahi kauhau ō whenua kua whakaingoatia ‘Whats Under Our Town The Archaeology of Whakatane’.
Ka riro mā Lynda Walter ō Whakatane i raro i te maru ō te Pouhere Tāonga hei wherawhera i ngā kōrero ō whenua nō rarao ō Whakatane.
He wahine kari ō whenua ā Lynda Walter kia Pouarahi ā ia i roto i ana mahi e whai tohu ana i ngā nohonga ō ngā tangata nehera ki tēnei takiwā ō Whakatane tae rano mai ki tēnei ao hurihuri.
Ara hoki te kitenga nō wai ngā nohonga tuatahi, he aha ā rātau momo ō kai, otirā ō rātau tikanga nohonga.
Ara pea te titiro ki ngā toenga tapupatu i oti i ērā tangata tāwhito te hanga hei taputapu ringapu mā rātau e ora ana rātau i ō rātau wā. Tērā hoki te whakarite ka haere te iwi kaingakau ki Ohiwa kia whakarongo ki ngā kōrero ō te pā tawhito ō Tauwhare e whakaatu ana i ngā horua e tohu ana he rua kumara ētahi ō ērā karinga tawhito.
Kei te tū te kahau ō whenua ō Whakatane hei te tuaiwa ō tēnei marama ō Haratua mē tērā haerenga ki te pā ō Tauwhare ā te tekau mā waru ō Haratua.