Whaiwhakaaro

Haramai te kōnehunehu! Haramai te hāuaua, Haramai te tarahi! Haramai te patapataiāwha!
Takataka mai i te kōmanawa o te hei tapu, whāinumia e koe e Waipuna-ā-Rangi ka tupu te whenua, ka tupu te tangata.    

 Waipuna-ā-Rangi is connected with the rain.                                                                                                              (source: Te Wānanga o Aotearoa)                                                                                                                                                  

Waipuna-ā-raki is associated with the waters that fall from the wintery sky -- the rain, the hail, the snow. The water flows and pools. It quenches the land, the people, animals and plants. It eventually evaporates into the clouds so it can rain once again.

Water makes us think of reflection and of cycles.

Lockdown was a major interruption to the usual cycle of our year.

Take some time to reflect on our lives during that time.

What did we notice about our environment -- the sounds of the birds, the clearer skies, the trees, gardens and seasonal changes in our own neighbourhood?

Images of our city during lockdown.

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