Community Guidance for the 2023 Annual Meeting

We will open our Annual Meeting with a Mihi Whakatau, this is an official welcome for us to Ahuriri and represents a chance for us to ‘settle and make peace’ in this location. We hope that all Annual Meeting attendees will join us for the Mihi Whakatau to open the Annual Meeting. The information below is a guide for those people not familiar with Mihi Whakatau.

Appropriate Behaviour

You are encouraged to respect a tidy business casual dress code; sports clothes are not appropriate
Please ensure that all mobile phones are turned off, and that you are respectfully listening to what is occurring during the welcome
Nobody should eat or drink during the Mihi Whakatau

What to expect

Please remain standing when you enter the plenary room, Kelvin Tapuke will signal when to be seated
Representatives from QuakeCoRE will be up the front for the Mihi Whakatau, these people have been contacted in advance and are aware of their role
There will be a mihi (speech) by Kelvin Tapuke, then we will all stand and sing a waiata tautoko (song of support)
We will sing Mā wai rā

Mā wai rā e taurima

Te marae i waho nei?

Mā te tika

Mā te pono

Me te aroha e.

Who will take responsibility

on the marae now?

There can be justice

and truth

only if there is love.

We may sing a second waiata, Te Aroha
- The words will be displayed on the screens and will be available in the programme and are also below
- You may wish to practice before the Annual Meeting

Te aroha

Te whakapono

Me te rangimarie

Tatou tatou e

Love,

Faith,

Peace

For us all

We will finish the welcome to Ahuriri by sharing some light refreshments

Poroporoaki

We will sing Te Aroha
- The words will be displayed on the screens and will be available in the programme and are also below
- You may wish to practice before the Annual Meeting