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17/07/2024

Taupuhi(The chosen)

In the old days there was a different way of looking at things than now.

The Whare Wananga taught Tohunga to recognise the place and context of everything in the world.

When the children of a Pa (Village) reached a certain age they were taken by the Tohunga to different parts of their environment to see where they were connected to.

They were taken to the river or ocean when it was cold and told to dive into water. The ones that did this without hesitation were taken to the Tohunga of Tangaroa and Hinemoana and taught about all the knowldege pertaining to fishing and the water.
It was seen that these children were Taupuhi or chosen to the water.

The others would be taken to a Mara (garden) and told to dive in to the mud and find some worms. The ones that did would be taken to the Tohunga of Rongomaraeroa and Hine Rongomauri.
They would become the gardeners and cultivators.
They were chosen to the earth.

So forth, this would happen until each child had been connected to the environment in which they were chosen.

The process of Taupuhi believed that every child was connected to some place, if a child couldnt sleep, they were obviously chosen by Uru-te-Ngangana and Hine Rikoriko, God and Goddess of the stars to become navigators.

We are children of the Atua and Hine-Rei.
We need to stop pathologising our children and understand they are created the way they should be.
It is the world around them that should change..

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