EARLY START!
6.30am: Karakia
6.45am: Gentle exercises
7.00am: Breakfast
8.00am: Tidy up, relax time, ready for the day's activities
10.00am: Morning tea
10.30am: Bus Trip leaves for Te Puke, Rotoiti and return to Tutanekai marae (5 hour
trip).
1.00pm: Cut lunch at Lake Rotoiti
3.30pm: Estimated return of Bus Trip
4.00pm: Relax time
5.00pm: Dinner
7.00pm: Whanaungatanga continued
8.00pm: Poroporoaki
11.00pm: End of Day Three
This day we will spend away from the marae. With everyone ready to go after morning tea -
we have a bus trip planned to visit places of significance to our whanau - notably to visit two urupa (Te Puke and Rotoiti).
We have organised a bus trip estimated 5-6hrs maximum. The bus will be for elderly and out of towners as priority, any spaces
will be filled accordingly. For those with vehicles - be prepared for a trip if your vehicle is required as the bus only caters
for 36-38 people.
As mentioned; we plan to visit two urupa, drive along some places of interest and make convenience
stops as regularly as we can. We plan to have a cut lunch already packed from the night before stowed in the bus for everyone,
so a stop over at a nice spot like Maketu or Rotoiti for lunch will be the recommended spots - depending on how we go for
time (lunch is around 1pm).
At the stops in Maketu and/or Rotoiti, we plan a game as part of the whanau sports and for everyone
to get a bit of fresh air and a stretch.
The bus is a kneeling bus for our elders to transport on and off.
For any adventurous whanau who want to do abit of fishing or kai gathering - we hope to have a map
and timeframe that we might be in the area where 'you' are hunting and gathering - and perhaps we can meet up with you's and
join the entourage back to Rotorua. This will be a great time for pictures and sharing memories and stories with everyone.
Arrival back to the marae will be a quick tidy up and freshen up or have a wee nap
in time for dinner.
The night should be similar to a poroporoaki with whanau participating in song and
dance and anything else we would like to do including summarising the sports/games activities planned over the duration.
As well, there will be a whanau quiz competition as well and that winner(s) will be announced at this time. Also the draw
for the mystery prizes for those who registered and payed their fees before the 29th November 2007 deadline - will be drawn
as well.
We (the committee) would like to hold a debrief some time (1 hr maximum)
to determine our next move in this kaupapa to encourage whanau to join in with bringing our whanau together!
Additional Information:
And just a reminder whanau - this is an outline
only - there are still heaps of things to work on and arrange and this itinerary could change but we are working hard to make
this a memorable time for all.
At the same time - we welcome any assistance please
- we are unsure of the skills and talents our whanau have and so we extend out to you all to 'come forward' if you would like
to help out in any way with the running of this reunion - Nau mai Haere mai Whanau!
On saying this we would appreciate any whanau who
can:
Do karakia
Sing and would like to teach us all simple waiata
and even waiata a ringa if you like - so we can combine and sing together at the poroporoaki
Can facilitate the whakapapa session or gather
information from whanau to record this information
Can guide and look after the elders and others
on the bus - making sure they are ok and pointing out areas of importance to them as they travel
Can help run our kitchen effectively or any
part of the marae facility actually
Can work a video camera or digital camera well
Bring along a sound system to use throughout
the reunion
and anything else that we have overlooked......
Nau mai Haere mai Whanau!
