Whanau living away may lose that connection, their values tends to be more colonised,(ML,RM),

Whakapapa - whānau living away will lose their family daily, weekly connection with all those living at home - BH, MH, ML

Knowledge can be diluted, Maori history, who in the hapu have specialised skills,food gathers, carvers, RM, ML, MW, MH

We may lose their reo, their Iwi twang, dialect, kī waha,( lose their use of te reo)

They tend to be disconnected with marae duties, and responsibilities - AT, RM, ML, BH

Ka riro te hononga o tō whakapapa

Ka mahue te whanaungatanga

you will forgot your tikanga

You won't get to hear nga waitata koroua nga haka nga whai korero

u won't know all of your whanau

you won't know how to dry the dishes at the marae

AT Marae functions - tangihanga, marena, ra whanau, hapū wānanga, kapa haka - wharewānanga, koroua, kuia, whaeakēkē

At kura

It triggers a sense of wanting to know more about the waiata etc..

Haere ana ki te haka me nga marae

Ki nga Huritau

Ki nga wānanga

Ki nga Kohanga

whai atu ki to koroua, kuia

Oku Kaiako

it's an ongoing dilemma that emerges most weeks:

- it has us jumping at opportunities to reconnect, may that be wananga, cleaning bee's, contribute to our whānau trusts, marae hui etc

- its in the small everyday acts, ensuring that connection is ongoing, that exists in the whakingoa o ngā tamaraki in hopes that they get curious about the whakapapa of their name and the people and places that they belong. It's in the calls home, and visits.

- But i'm noticing the differences in connection with whenua and the opportunities to connect are often disrupted by other commitments, be that mahi, kura etc. It has me wondering about how might be valuing whenua and connection and what that might be meaning for our tamariki, as they watch us.

-for mum, as a young girl living in Tamaki, that meant that they routinely took part in fundraising kia whakatipu he marae, he waahi mo tatou.

- every effort was also made to return home mo te tikanga, mo te tangihanga and every kaupapa on the marae, to the detriment of all the households, every last dollar went back to your marae. There was need back home that was greater than our own in the cities. There was always a korero around to bring Tuhoe together and back home.