Patricia Tauroa | Ngāti Pou
Whaea Patricia, descendant of Ngāti Pou fondly remembers the Polio pandemic when she was young, just recently starting school.
She discusses the effects of Rheumatic Fever, and the experience she had on the frontline as a swabber.
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The National Bowel Screening Programme is now running in Northland and offered to all people aged 60-74 years. To find out more visit timetoscreen.nz, free phone 0800 924 432 or talk to your GP or Māori Health Provider.
Peter-Lucas Jones | Ngāi Takoto, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu
Peter Lucas Jones, kanohi kitea i ngā rohe katoa o Muriwhenua. Ko Peter-Lucas te kaiwhakahaere (CEO) o Te Reo Irirangi Māori o Te Hiku o Te Ika. E kōrero ana ia mō tōna tupuna whaea, i mate ia i te tau 1918 i te mate rewharewha.
Peter-Lucas shares his kōrero passed down to him, particularly of the 1918 spanish flu. He believes we need to have open kōrero with eachother about being innovative when it comes to coping with national health crises - for the oranga and protection of Te Tai Tokerau.
Rev. Eru Harawira | Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri
A descendant of Te Rarawa & Te Aupōuri, Eruera shares with us kōrero tuku iho of the Asian Flu pandemic that spread from Ahipara to Te Kao.
People were forbidden from going to the marae and the wāhi tapu where those who were impacted lay.
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4.15pm Monday 27 December.
Ground crews and heavy machinery are working at three locations in the Kaimaumau / Waiharara area today, with three helicopters on standby.
Incident Controller John Sutton says about 35 people are on the fireground, plus eight machine operators. Heavy smoke has been hampering air operations today, but in other respects the conditions are better than yesterday as the high humidity is reducing the risk of further break-outs from the containment lines.
Mary Hape | Ngāti Kahu
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Whaea Mary stems from a small settlement called Waitaruke where she was born and raised. Whaea Mary recalls a time when Tuberculosis caused distress to her whānau when her two uncles became infected.
She explains what it meant for their whānau and the extent of the care plan that was established to keep everyone safe.
"Living off the land, helped to sustain us."
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Shane Jones | Ngāi Takoto, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu
"Horekau he tangihanga, horekau he uhunga".
A renowned figure and orator of the North, recalls how his tupuna managed an awful epidemic before the Treaty of Waitangi that affected the Far North. One of the areas largely affected in the North was that of Motutangi. It resulted in an inordinate degree of mortality and death amongst the haukāinga and people of that area. The urutā that struck at that time culminated and left very low survival rates.
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I tēnei wā ka tukuna atu ngā mihi aroha ki ngā whānau katoa i a tātou e ahu atu ana ki te wā hararei o te Kirihimete. E maumahara ana ki te tini o rātou kua hinga i tēnei tau – takoto mārika mai, haere, haere, haere. E kore koutou e warewaretia.
Kia a tātou te hunga ora, kia pai, kia harikoa ngā hararei, ā, kia tau ngā manaakitanga o te Runga Rawa i runga i a tātou katoa.
Kaumatua, Fred Matthews, of Kenana Marae and Matarahurahu hapu wants a new cultural impact report into a bridge project – or he’s threatening to seek an injunction. Kia kaha Matarahurahu hapu.
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