Open AccessAta hāpara
Author(s) -
Welby Ings
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
rangahau aranga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2815-8202
DOI - 10.24135/rangahau-aranga.v1i1.37
Subject(s) - art , beauty , art history , sky , cartography , visual arts , history , ancient history , geography , meteorology , aesthetics
The other day I was driving through the northern part of Rohe Pōtae o Maniapoto (the King Country). I grew up on a farm on the edge of Aohena. It is a beautiful place if you like the bush. I had left home in the dark, just as dawn was touching the sky. At that time of day, demarcations of time are very subtle, and I was reminded of one of my nannies who would greet the beauty of such a thing with a whisper:
Ki te whei ao (To the glimmer of dawn)Ki te ao mārama (To the bright light of day)Tihei mauri ora! (There is life!)