te whanau uenuku - rainbow family of Aotearoa/ New Zealand

He mihi aroha ki te whānau katoa

What a fantastic summer for te whānau uenuku! Three gatherings, on two islands, in Te Tai Tokerau (Northland), Coromandel, and Te Tai Tapu (Golden Bay)  Great to see focalisers feeling free to use the email list, and this wiki website, to get the word around.

Today, I tidied up the front page of the wiki, and moved the call-outs for the gatherings that have already happened to ((old-news)). If you are going to put a call-out for an upcoming gathering on the front page, that’s great, but please put the text under the box with links to all the other pages. Or maybe use the ‘next gathering’ page to put that info up?

It’s great having this CoActivate site, and the RiseUp email list, both hosted by non-profit groups, using free code software. It’s great that people use FaceHook and other ways of sharing news about gatherings and other rainbow activities. However, the heart of rainbow is coming together in person, kanohi ki te kanohi, face to face. The lifeblood of rainbow is the word of mouth networks, and the real-world web of pot-lucks, drumming circles, fire jams, health activities, teach-ins, communities, gardens that keep us in touch and inspired between gatherings.

Look forward to spending more time with you all in the flesh

Kia manawanaui 

Strypey 

Kia Ora Te Whanau Uanuku

Haere Mai, Haere Mai, Haere Mai

Greetings Rainbow Family

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

Calling all rainbow family of living light to gather together sharing this summer on Papatuanuku our Mother Earth.

Seed camp beginning on the full moon, 11th of December

Main Gathering New moon 25th December to Full Moon 9th January

Bring your smiles, instruments, toys, kids, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, friends, Tipi’s, Yurts, songs, stories, healing, your journeys, laughter, tears, your Love and Yourself (don’t forget your plate)

please leave behind alcohol, drugs and electrickery devices

Consensus from the Vision Circle at the last gathering called for the next Aotearoa Rainbow gathering to be on Te Ika o Maui (North Island) so scouts should keep this in mind on their travels as the last North Island gathering was 5 years ago.

Please spread the message of this gathering by word of mouth, face to face and heart to heart, it is by this that the seeds are sewn and the magic unfolds.

Follow intuition and step lightly on the scouting path, holding talking circles along the way.

As a guide for things to look for in a site:

We love to be deep in nature

Clean water for drinking is essential

Plenty of fallen wood to warm our fires

A nice walk in to the site

Circling space for our sacred fire should be clear and flat

Somewhere for people to park away from the site

Public land is preferred

Camping space for all the whanau

A swimming hole (waterfall? beach?)

for more info check out the facebook event page

and on our Rainbow mailing list

https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/rainbow-aotearoa

or log in and add to this site

Blessing of love and light to you all

Aroha nui

Annalee

Kia ora raa whaanau

I am now in Ootautahi, staying with my whwaanau in Bryndwr. There’s really no visible damage here. Obviously some areas have been hit worse than others.

A few whaanau are gathering at a couple of places in New Brighton. Graham is with Shruti at the Space of Love in the mall. Josh and Polly and a few others are at Cloud’s place, 172 Shaw Ave, sounds like they have rainbow kitchen and marae-style accomodation going on. I intend to get out there for dinner and see how everyone’s feeling.

I think there’s a few ways we could go about helping the general relief effort, including volunteering at the welfare centres, but I have to get my research paper finished before I put my full energy into anything else (damn deadlines). I don’t think it will help to make ambitious plans beyond making sure everyone around us is fed, sheltered, and comforted. As life starts to go back to normal for most people, there is a risk that those who are now homeless, or jobless may get forgotten, and it may be that te whanau uenuku can help make sure that doesn’t happen.

If you want to help, or send messages of support, contact:

Cloud: 027 296 9866

Polly: 022 674 6391

Strypes: 021 11 77 578­ 

To donate to magic hat for this project:

https://www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/MagicHat

Ngaa mihi aroha

Strypes