5. TAKUTAKU AT THE LAKE

THE NANNY AT THE LAKE

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What a lovely weekend us ladies have had thus far. We all agreed that this waananga felt a lot more relaxed than the previous outings.....

We helped a Nanny release herself from her relentless suffering at the Lake. She kept reliving the death of her treasured moko who was kidnapped by a group of treacherous white men who were "legally" taking land behind a pathetic diction of a legal document in the early 1900s. (The mens' plan was to distract this Nanny by hiding the moko from her but this moko was so scared that she ran away and accidently drowned in the lake).

"Aue taku moko aue ra...na te aha ai te mokopuna e te Atua ra? Why you let this happen eh! Why?"

The lake was polluted with her pain, her mamae. In fact the lake was badly swamped by painful memories of the many Tupuna Whaea of Raangitane. 

Therefore I channeled the Moko who had been waiting for her Nan to stop grieving for a sec so she could see her-in the light, hovering above her trying to get her attention. But first my friends had to Takutaku and provide the Ahuru Mowai so to be able to do the mahi-in broad daylight, at the Lake in Masterton, a very public walkway in the community!

As the sound of the Takutaku vibrated across the whenua the portal opened. The Nan saw her Moko and she quickly crossed over into the arms of our Goddess Hine-nui-te-po toward her Moko. The Kui was at last free!

However the Takutaku was heard by many of the other souls trapped in the (original) lake (the swampy area where the harakeke are). Hundreds of babies who looked like they were covered in tar and soot came out of hiding and saw the light emanating from the portal. One by one they cried out to their mamas, and their mamas in the light were doing the karanga to them. As you can imagine an emotional reunion was taking place. The noise was deafening....      

As the intense celebrations and whaikorero was going on we knew it was our cue to go so we left and sat on the benches admiring the ducks and swans swimming heartily in this mysterious lake. 

As we continued to relax to the serenity of the morning breeze we were suddenly honoured with a thunderous haka by the Tupuna of the rohe...encircling us with their presence.