Pawa and kiwa

On Tuesday Someone from The Tairawhiti Museum came and she asked us questions about the story Horouta we did some sand art and made a waka out of drift wood and kebab sticks. 

Paoa and Kiwa were famous sea-voyagers who came from a far, far away land called Hawaiki

On board the Horouta with them was Paoa’s sister Hinehākirirangi and his daughter Hineakua. Kiwa’s son Kahutuanui.

Horouta was a very fast waka and it carried the kūmara to Aotearoa. It was Hinehākirirangi’s job to look after the kūmara on the waka

Paoa and Kiwa spoke about how they would fix the waka.

After many discussions they decided that Kiwa would look after the waka and Paoa would go overland in search for suitable timbers to fix the Horouta.  Kiwa made some minor repairs to the waka so it would be able to sail they continued sailing on the shoreline. 

Kiwa discovered a beautiful bay with birds, animals, forests and sealife. While kiwa was waiting for paoa he names it  Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (the waiting place for kiwi) to commemorate the time he waited for paoa to arrive. Meanwhile Paoa climbed huge mountains, ran through valleys and crossed rivers in search for the special timbers to fix the waka. Paoa came across a stream and there stood the mighty tree.Paoa finally arrived in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa. It was celebrated by the union of his daughter Hineakua to Kiwa’s son Kahutuanui. The descendants of these sea-voyaging ancestors still live in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa today as they are relitives to these famous sea voyagers.