Kawe Roes13:12, Jun 29 2021
KAWE ROES/STUFF
Tamariki and mokopuna of Ngāti Te Ata perform a mihi whakatau for Tāiki’s launch at Matariki.
At 111-years-old it s not often you get gifted another name to use, but that’s what happen to the Ww 480 steam engine being named Tāiki by the local iwi of Waiuku to celebrate at Matariki time. Ngāti Te Ata and the Glenbrook Vintage Railway have teamed up to celebrate Te Mātahi o Te Tau (the Māori New Year) differently with Waiuku iwi ancestral names to remember the history of the area.