The group, many of them arm in arm, took off their shoes and let the waves lap at their feet while local iwi wailed karakia into the waves. |
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I want karakia to be said, because I don't think the shedding of blood should be taken lightly. |
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A brief offering of karakia then precedes an opening meal of welcome before the sporting events commence. |
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Following a karakia the group was allowed to go on to the site where the students were able to touch the investiture pillar Taumakeva. |
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An older man said a karakia before the door was closed and the hearse drove away. |
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Oblivious to its place in history, the feisty North Island brown kiwi twisted its head as the Tainui kaumatua intoned a karakia. |
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These karakia were to make their offspring plentiful for his food. |
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I bet National does not start its caucus meeting with a karakia. |
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Whenever the Department of Conservation translocates birds and other species, whenever it opens a new facility, there are karakia from tohunga and ministers. |
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He called for the integration of pÅwhiri, karakia, mihimihi and kai into the mental health system. |
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The educational sessions used hui protocols and cultural processes, such as starting and ending with karakia, waiata and sharing kai. |
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Every time you have a karakia or something, you just feel it. |
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Before beginning this discussion, appropriate protocols such as karakia and mihi were observed. |
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We did a karakia when my daughter was born, and my husband did that. |
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The walk begins with a karakia, or prayer, in the dormant volcano Maungawhau and stops along the way at places of historical significance to the Maori. |
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