Pou Korero

This is a tikanga Maori programme aimed at educating men to live without violence.

Programme runs Tuesday evenings 6pm - 8pm

The programme encompasses the values of:

Mana

• Mana atua – mana conferred from the gods
• Mana tangata – mana attributed by others
• Mana whenua – mana attributed by relationship with land

Mana Wahine (Te Wharetangata) (the prestige attributed to women)
Mana wahine challenges Maori men to acknowledge Maori women as te wharetangata:

• the strength of whanau through whakapapa – past, present and future
• spiritual leaders mediating between the boundaries tapu and noa and as kaitiaki of Maori spirituality
• celebrating women’s role on the marae including karanga, manaakitanga nga manuhiri, whaikorero (this varies from iwi to iwi)
• to regain their own identity and whakapapa and share decision-making within the whanau
• repositories of knowledge especially waiata, pakiwaitara, purakau,
• karanga and karakia tapu.

Mana Tane – (the prestige attributed to men)
Mana tane challenges Maori men to:

• acknowledge mana wahine/ te wharetangata (see mana wahine/te wharetangata)
• understand and practice kaitiakitanga
• understand and practice manaakitanga
• understand and practice kotahitanga
• understand and practice rangatiratanga
• be motivated to learn te Reo o te Maori
• understand and practice wairuatanga
• understand whanau as the foundational model for Maori society
• understand and practice whanaungatanga