Māpuna for Saturday 21 October 2023

Tauranga prepares to host Te Pūtake o te Riri.

Charlie Rahiri nō Ngati Paoa, Ngāti Kahu, Ngai Tamarāwaho. Photo: Mererina Murray

This week on Māpuna we speak to Tauranga community leader Charlie Rahiri as Tauranga Moana prepares to host Te Pūtake o te Riri, the national commemorations for the New Zealand Wars.

This year is the 159th anniversary of the battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā) where the iwi of Tauranga Moana defeated British forces, and the retribution by the British at Te Ranga. Over the next week commemorations will take place in and around Tauranga providing and opportunity for Māori and non-Māori alike to remember and reflect particularly given the development of the new Aotearoa's history curriculum.

Battle of Gate Pa commemorations, 2014. Photo: supplied.

Waiata played on the show today:

Ria Hall - Te Ahi Kai Po