Te Pouhere Sunday
Last Sunday was Te Pouhere Sunday, the day in the church year where we reflect on and celebrate Te Pouhere, our Three Tikanga Church structure. Here’s the Collects, they’re beautiful:
E Te Kai-raranga, ko koe te kai-whatu, ko mātou te muka i mahia ai e koe a Te Pouhere, te whāriki whakakotahi i ō mātau tikanga i Aotearoa puta noa i Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. Nā tō ringa matau i whiriwhiri, e kitea ai te paruhi o te hoahoa, me te tauira i roto i ngā rerekētanga o tēnā o tēnā o mātau. Mā tōna kaha me te whakaaro kotahi te kaupapa e manaaki, tae rawa ki tōna puāwaitanga. Whakamaharatia mātau, nāu mātau i raranga, ā, mā tā mātau noho kotahi hei whāriki, e kitea ai tāu hoahoa i roto i te kotahitanga e kīa nei ko Te Pouhere. Āmine.
Master weaver, you are the creator, and we are the flax with which you have plaited Te Pouhere, a whāriki which unites our tikanga in Aotearoa and across Te Moananui a Kiwa. Your hand has woven us so that each tikanga is revealed in the perfection of its design, its pattern in the texture of our differences, and its strength in the unity of its purpose to shelter and support your promise. Remind us you have woven us so that no strand by itself reveals your design, but together we are the whāriki, Te Pouhere. Amen.
St Mary’s “Lament & Hope”
Our mini-documentary exhibition can be viewed in Hatherly Hall from 9:30 am to 3 pm, weekdays - or by appointment.
Entry is free, and all are welcome. For more about the exhibition click here.