And you've chosen a whakatauki for us to guide us through our wiki?

Yeah, yeah.

And so the conference I was at was the New Historians Conference.

It's the 20th year that we've had this at Te Herenga Waka at Vic.

And our post-grad students run it.

just you know it's just fantastic it's really great when um all the energy of younger people and um you know we get to really hear what they're interested in what they're kind of doing and you know how they're thinking and they research and stuff like this um so it was just always really good and this year was just like off the hook it's so fantastic so the whakatauke I'm thinking, I've been thinking along these lines is ta te rangatira, tana kai he kōrero.

So, yeah, like, I mean, some people kind of say, like, the food of chief is discussion, you know, conversation, discussion, knowledge, debate, you know, like sharing whakaaro, things like this.

Particularly in an election year, I'm thinking, have those difficult conversations at the dinner table and know that we're lucky to be able to hopefully find middle ground.

they research and stuff like this

um so it was just always really good and this year was just like off the hook it's so fantastic so the whakatau I've been thinking along these lines is so yeah like I mean some people kind of say like the food of chief is discussion you know conversation discussion knowledge debate you know like sharing whakaaro things like this so yeah the takatoki like Yeah, really speak to that, you know, and it is a privilege, you know, like it is a privilege to be knocked down like that to some, but to be able to spend your weekend kind of, you know, sitting with other people who have thought really hard and long about a bunch of stuff and, you know, have some amazing thoughts to contribute and have read a lot and

Particularly in an election year, I'm thinking, have those difficult conversations at the dinner table and know that we're lucky to be able to hopefully find middle ground.

Yeah, yeah, for sure.

And, you know, wouldn't it be cool if some of our political leaders, like, took the time to reflect on this? Like a pokey.

You know, make your words count.

And, you know, kind of talk in circles and try and dazzle and confuse and really, you know.

Yeah.

E tino ana

ngā te aroha? E tino ana ngā te aroha.

Yeah, and so this means a small thing, even though it's small, it's given with love or like in love.

So, you know, although something might be small, it's, you know, like it's the thought that counts or it's the giving that counts, you know, and not the size of the gift.

Or just kind of thinking about how many birthdays there are in September, um october it tends to be i don't know about you but i know heaps of people that have birthdays in september

Similar sort of thing, even though it's small, it's a treasure.

Yeah, yeah, for sure.

And I mean...

yeah i'm good i feel like um spring is just around the corner you know the day the mornings are getting a bit lighter um yeah my energy's picking up a little bit and uh yeah it's like we're we're past the the winter slump maybe

awesome yep yep love it love it and i've got towards summer this morning, y'all.

Beautiful.

So the whakatau ki is he namu pia ahau.

Pia.

He namu pia ahau.

So namu is a sandfly.

Ah, wow.

yeah yeah i'm good i feel like um spring is just around the corner you know the day the mornings are getting a bit lighter um yeah my energy's picking up a little bit and uh yeah it's like we're past the the winter slump maybe

awesome yep yep love it love it and i've got a little bit towards summer this morning.

Yeah.

Beautiful.

So the whakatau ki is he namu pea ahau.

Pea.

Yeah.

He namu pea ahau.

He maunga awha.

Yes, this is what I'm feeling.

Hemaunga awhā.

And awhā is like a storm.

And like hemaunga awhā just means like the calm after a storm.

So, yeah, we had some pretty wild weather last week.

We had some snow.

self-improvement, eh?

He maunga āwhā.

Yes, this is what I'm feeling.

He maunga āwhā.

And āwhā is like a storm, um, and the, like he maunga āwhā just means like the calm-

Mm.

So yeah, we had some pretty wild weather last week.

[laughs] We had some snow, uh, or it looked like snow falling in, um, Kelburn there.

And um, so now I feel like it's definitely he maunga āwhā.

winter vibes for sure um have you got a whakatauki for us to bring a little bit of inspiration

yeah yep and you know i'm just like you know what it's all about me hey what's new i feel rubbish i need something about you know about health that kind of stuff so So yeah, go search for Uenuku's footprints.

So that you can be nurtured, so that you can find health and well-being again.

Beautiful.

Yeah, Uenuka would seem to be a really wise person from whom you could learn, like, the secrets of health or personal safety, welfare, that kind of stuff.

Yep.

That's where it's at.

Am I right in thinking in te reo Māori to say to someone, well, soon you'd say something like, kia piki te ora?

Have you got a whakatauki for us to bring a little bit of inspiration?

Yeah.

Yep.

And, you know, I'm just like, you know what? It's all about me.

I feel rubbish.

I need something about oranga, you know, about health, that kind of stuff.

So, So yeah, go search for Uenuku's footprints.

Am I right in thinking in te reo Māori to say to someone, well, soon you'd say something like, kia piki te ora?

And I'm guessing you've got a beautiful whakatauki for us to set us off on a good note for the new year.

Right, totally.

Yep, and this is what it's all about.

Yeah, so on that vibe, you know, Matariki Hunga Nui is my favourite for the week.

And it's just about Matariki drawing many people together, drawing us together, you know.

And so literally this is about the planting season because it's actually time to start, you know, putting things in the ground.

Yeah, so, you know, this is kind of labor force, workforce, but doing things together, which, You know, what I just love about being down at the marae as well, you know, like everyone just being there together, like the best place to be is in the kitchen or, you know, like out there digging the hāni or something like that.

You know, we had lots of live music here over the weekend, but also just people catching up with whānau, sharing kai and just being together, eh? That's the main thing.

Yep, that's the one.

Kei te pehea koe, Arani? Oh, ahua pai, ahua pai aho, yeah.

Just, you know, starting to feel like karere te hupe, like the nose is running a little bit.

And it's just that, you know.

Kei te

Holding out for a whakatauki from you to help us through our wiki.

All right, all right.

What do we have? Well, you know, we're looking towards Matariki.

I heard a manu in there, a bird,

yeah? Yep, yep.

So when like the guts of birds and people are full, we are away laughing, kind of literally kā kata.

And kata is like, you know, kata kata is to laugh, but in this sense it's just saying like we're happy, we're good, you know? So it's like saying a full belly is like awesome, perfect.

And, you know, what I'm actually thinking about is a certain game that happened on Saturday evening here in Wellington.

Oh, true.

Yeah, go the Canes.

You know what I mean? You're like