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About
Us
TeTirohanga-A-Iwi is the name of a group of people based in Brisbane.
We originate from a small group of truck-drivers,
some of us are work companions, some of us are the wives and
some of us are friends of friends or we just heard about the
Kaupapa of this group through a function or word of mouth.
Regardless of where we originate,
we have come together
in an effort to materialize a vision that has been with our people,
here in Brisbane, for a very long time.
Each week someone loses someone, and each week another family
struggles with the preparations of a tangi. Seeing this happen time and
time again, is what created Te Tirohanga-A-Iwi.
At this moment in time the Maori People do not have a PLACE
that has been built by them, or specifically for their cultural
purposes, but the need is tremendous.
The members of Te Tirohanga-A-Iwi have this Vision above all else...
to see the benefits that such a GOAL will be for Brisbane.
We have the passion to succeed...
the Wisdom to overlook tribal and even cultural differences for a
common purpose and Union, because we each remember that we
are not Tangata Whenua (the first people of the land)...
and we carry the Wairua to complete the Vision.
Our individual talents and passion build into a collective union
that creates such a Wairua(spirit) and that is what
we as individuals offer the Kaupapa.
As all things must begin somewhere, we begin at the beginning.
Our first step is to secure land... a big section of land that will
be able to be developed as money allows for a gradual expansion.
Our first buildings will be for that most important necessity of having
a PLACE for our Loves Ones who have passed on, to lie, and for
the accommodation of the family and friends who attend the Tangi.
That is the only thing that we work for at this stage.
There is much more to come but for now we focus on that one GOAL.
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