Kawhia Maori Guest Book

Kiaora Tatou...Please feel free to leave us a panui (message).

Whether You would like to support, inspire, criticise, advise, or just hello, Your contribution is always welcome.

Comment: Kiaora whanau, Just passing through to share some aroha.Ka kete,Iria

Comment: hmm i reckn this is a good pge 4 information...bt i dnt undrstand the maori language....

Comment: enjoyed reading your diary,more homesick than ever now.

Comment: Hey, just having a look at the page, looking forward to heading back to Kawhia after many years absence to have look haow its changed. Hopefully not!

Comment: kiaora te whanau, I am just passing through as well, first time visit to this site and I have enjoyed the experience, I will be back.

Comment: Awesome to see your site, good reading, ka pai

Comment: Tumeke site...Please let Kawhia always be a Maori town. Don't let the pakeha colonists dictate whats going on there.

Comment: Just want to say Hi to my sister Tania Tuwhangai. How is it going Tania? Miss you, the family and Pirongia a lot. Love, Nuki

Comment: i lookin around for some directions to cook a boil-up for my pakeha friends and well mainly myself, and i came across this great site - havent read all but love those kids already! i have been a horsey girl since i was born but wasnt lucky enough to have mini horses i had to ride my dads big ones!! when i was 8 i was lucky enough to get a pony of my own and his name was ringo and my next pony was called cleo. good luck with your horse adventures and let me know if you need any help/advice.vic

Comment: Tena koutou, What an excellent site, It's good to catch-up and to read others comments. Good old Kawhia, the place where I was brought up. Waipapa rocks. Will contribute some more later. Noho ora mai Paimarire

Comment: Just to say we are whanau cos our tipuna Mereaina was born in Kawhia before her daughter Rosetta was born there in 1847. (according to her death certificate) Does anyone know the surname Te Rapopo please? - the writing is pen and ink and is illegible at times so we could be mistaken with the spelling, but we are pretty certain.

Comment: Hey guys just browsing the site and must say it's very well done. Ka pai ppl! :)

Comment: Kia ora I was born in Kawhia my parents are Fred & Bessie Porima,went to school there had a great family upbringing. Kawhia is truly a beautiful place untouched by tourism well so far I try and go home every year to see the folks and other whanau always head to the Kawhia fish shop the best fish&chips in the NZ if not the world. Hoping to be at home this Xmas if not would like to go to the Kawhia Kai Festival.Paimarire

Comment: great topic and page

Comment: Kia Ora Awesome page very imformative good reading (cuzzy from Waitomo)

Comment: Speechless!

Comment: I LOVE THIS SITE ABOUT KAWHIA. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Comment: JUS LOOKING AT YUR WEBSITE... BLESSINGS YUR WAY ENOHO RA

Comment: Thanks for help with my research for a art project with students at BSAK UAE Best wishes Steve

Comment: Kia ora koutou. Spent some lovely tmy yestarday jumping off the wharf.Great exp 4 a 1st tym visitor. rakaunui represent!! cant wait 2 cum bak. Heading bak home to OTAUTAHI/CHRISTCHURCH apopo!

Comment: Kia ora whanau - just passing thru, connecting wif da whanau. Went to Kai Fest 2008 - rocked (altho' next time remember to take heaps of H2O & an umbrella!). Waipapa...tu meke! The marae has changed a whole lot since was there last 10yrs ago. What a lax place to kick out & jus chiiiillll...

Comment: love to receive info re my great great grandmother Te Rau Tatana Mere,born 1840 Kawhia(Husband,Tom Wilson)belive she may have been ariki.

Comment: just caught the sight great to see that kawhia is still a great place just wondering if their is any turnbulls living in kawhia my great grandfather is buried at waipapa cheers whanau laters

Comment: Nga mihi nui ki a koutou i hangaia tenei ipurangi mo nga hau e wha o te ao.Kia kaha ki te mahi nei,kaha aha tia?Ta te mea,He iwi morehu tatou,no reira kia hapai te mana o tatou tupuna,me era tumomo tikanga o te iwi maori,kaua e warewaretia he tangata whenua matou nga kaitiaki o te whenua.Heoi kia mau tonu ki tenei rohe whakahirahira,ara ko waikato,te putake o te kingitanga.Mokau ki ruga,tamaki ki raro,mangatoatoa ki waenganui,pare hauraki,pare waikato.No rei ra tu tonu mo ake nga uri o TAINUI.

Comment: I would like some information on what my name means and why it was handed down from genereation to generation for me? I was told it was handed down from the Chief of my tribe... I'm also looking at getting traditional Maori tattoo's on my arm and would like to get something that represents my family history. Can someone please help??? I would like to know more about my whanau and the history and perhaps what has happened to certain people? thanks

Comment: tena ra tatou katoa nga uri o tainui he uri ano ahau no ngati mahanga ara ko ngati te wehi hoki ka tuku whakamoemiti atu ki a koutou katoa no reira kia pai to ra

Comment: Too much cousins, you have put alot of effort into this website & it fantastic, well done!....so to all whanau out there, check it out & have your say....Kia Kaha!

Comment: Too much cousins

Comment:  i  love this site. Kawhia here I come

Comment: I would just like 2 say that this page is soooo cool who ever made this page u rock!!!!!, its putting KAWHIA back on tha map, show the world its not just a little town, theres alot of history in KAWHIA, My father was born in KAWHIA and i was raised in KAWHIA i love KAWHIA it will alwayz be my home!! COAST DA MOST!! peace out

Comment: Kiaora Whanau, well i was just looking through and found this page so thought i would share the aroha to all the whanau who lives around and in Hamilton.

Comment: this website is an awesome website because my homework is due on thursday and i need to know more about Te Rauparaha and how he ate people. 'How would you cook someone?' thats one of my questions for homework. Is it good?...Sorry about this message if you dont like it

Comment: Try cooking someone with kumara and puha in a big boil up. Watercess is quite tasty too. However most Maori preferred to cook people in a traditional hangi.

Comment: sierra de cuerda larga n18 6b madrid 28038 madrid.would like obtain information about of kawhia maori new zealand.me can send some book of kawhia maori new zealand.thank you a greeting of.oscar arnaez recio.see you soon.by post

Comment: Tena koutou te whanau, tino ataahua o koutou mahi i runga i te ipurangi. Tino pai te kite atu i nga ingoa o nga whanau kei tawahi i Ahitereiria. Tumeke. Haere tonu

Comment: Excellent site full of usefull information. I am currently studing for a degree in holistic therapy and enjoyed reading your cultural history, what a lot we still have to learn from your ancestors. Thank you very much.I will be back and may even one day visit in person.

Comment: Arohanui I would like to say kia ora to all my whanau whom i have yet to reunite with :)

Comment: Amazing history...regards mr ojuelegba

Comment: Jst wona say kiaora tu all my gurls n whanau in tga.n all da pepz in Te puna. big shout outs tu my oda whanau in toke n most ov all..DA WHANAU in MSTN happie tu bee home n love u all. xo keep it maori styles.

Comment: Tena koutou, Just want to send some aroha your way. I love this site and reading about what you tamariki were up too. A great life. You have great parents.Your dad is a clever man. Cherish your whanau and keep up the good mahi. Arohatinonui

Comment: Hey my names Sharnae. i was just looking for my pops Leo Hopa name on google and i came up with this site.

Comment: Kia ora to all my whanau and friends in my favourite place in the world.Anyone know where John daysh is,Michael and Jillian,Maree avery and co.??

Comment: just wanna say i miss you nan, miss the tyms in kawhia, wea the heart is i say. love you. love kawhia..will siuz all soon.

Comment: Honestly guys Kawhia has changed. The beaches are not what they used to be, the town is over populated, the land is being taken advantage of... Along with the genuine good nature of the true Kawhia "locals" and that unique Kawhia environment is slowly fading. However the atmosphere will forever be the same... Cheeky, dark children bombing you off the wharf, unlicensed drivers driving unregistered cars/motorbikes and young teenagers enjoying the slow paced lifestyle of their home.

Comment: Oh!!..my heart mourns for Kawhia. The pakeha are coming from the cities, getting into the council and inflicting their rules, regulations and idea's of how a well organised institution should be run....Kawhia is losing it's spiritual and natural charm. It's becoming a suburb of Auckland.

Comment: Nga mihi ki a koutou mo te tau hou. Nga mihi mo to mahi rawe. Thank you for the lovely site. I am of Ngati Ngahia tuturu. So uplifting to see we haven't 'faded away' completely.

Comment: I lived on Waiwera st across from the camping groud... went to Kawhia Primary was bought up in this beautiful town... loved it! still do. much love to all the peep's that live there...

Comment: kia ora looking for desendant to the wheki whanau great grandfather was Karika Paeahu

Comment: Kia ora Kawhia. It has been many years since I have seen Kawhia. I was one of our Weavers who came with some of our overseas vweavers to a Poukai back in 1993. That was a very special trip as I always wanted to know what happen at these gatherings. I thoroughly enjoyed your openess to share information. I have only looked at the Rongoa page as I am interested in doing some rongoa for my legs which have been kinda scarred from Radiation 2 years ago. I look forward in experimenting with harakeke thank you all will keep in touch Arohanui Tamara

Comment: Hejsan alla, Thank you for good reading, good basic info for students coming to visit NZ in 3 weeks. :)

Comment: I left a comment on here awhile ago saying how Kawhia is not really what it 'used' to be. Coming from a young perspective [young being still having an age in the double digits with a 1 in the front] it soo is not what it used to be. I may be young, but am also old enough to remember that this is not the same town we came home to all those years ago. It used to be one of those towns where the pace of life was so slow that age was absolutely nothing but a number [that being said in a positive way]

Comment: A place where you walked and talked slow because there was no rush to get anywhere in a hurry. Now that the land has been "sub-divided" and "purchased" - I HATE both of those words - The LOCALS have been shifted to a minority and the people with money have changed the lifestyle and scenary completely. Minus the few spots we prefer not to let anyone know about.

Comment: Kawhia is slowly but surely turning into just another hot spot for people who consider money to be power. Worst thing is Kawhia is letting them. Young people notice evrything. They see what you don't. I wish Kawhia was still KAWHIA. One thing it'll always be is home though

Comment: Kiora My sister was diagnosed with bone cancer 12 months ago.She uses Kawakawa and Kumera Hou. Her bones are showing signs of healing. Arohanui. Marion

Comment: kia ora whanau, my dad was born here and the place is beautiful and spectacular.All my love to the porima whanau. Arohanui H.B.PORIMA

Comment: Cool! I got some info for my school project