This online resource is to connect Kāi Tahu whānau with our tīpuna knowledge and practices relating to pregnancy, birthing, as well as the much needed support tools for whānau who have lost babies through miscarriage or still birth.

Kerepeti and Savanah

Project Miere is a collaborative music group created by Kerepeti Paraone and Savanah Tukariri. The duo are 3rd generation kaihaka of Te Ahikaaroa Kapa Haka who weave their love of haka and all things te ao māori into music, dance and film here in Te Waipounamu.

‘Project Miere’ is named after their eldest child, Miere, as a reminder of the importance of whakapapa and how our knowledge can be passed down through waiata."

Paiheretia

Written by Kerepeti and Savanah, presented by Kerepeti and Savanah

Kupu:

Paiheretia

Mirimiria, mirimiria taku taura here takata

Ka hūtia ka rau matua, Hāpenepene te mata ki te para

Haea ana te wehewehe a Rakinui i a Pokohāruatepō

Ka tū ko Aoraki, Rakirua, Rakiroa, Rārakiroa te taumata o te rā

Ka tiritiri o te moana, Tū Te Raki Whānoa nānā whakatika ai te waka o āoraki

He whītau ka herehere ki te maiaorere o ka raki.

Whai ana te ara matua ka puta ko tautoru, ko puaka ki ruka Haramai ko Tawera te whetū o te ata.

Rurukutia te rauawa tapu o Uruao

Nānā ko Rākaihautū urukihia te Tautari Nui o Matariki e

Ka roko anō te manu a Rehua, te tātarakihi e tāwara ana ki a Hineraumati

Rārakahia ka whenu o tō Korowai ki te mana, ki te ihi, ki te wana o tawhito

Ka pō, ka ao, ka ao, ka awatea

Paiheretia taku taura here e

Whakamārama / Explanation

Paiheretia is an oriori which symbolises the interconnectedness of whakapapa and the process of making a korowai. It narrates the creation story from the Kai Tahu perspective, ultimately weaving our cultural heritage and knowledge into a Korowai to cherished by generations to come.

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