Ko Taupiri te maunga
Ko Ohau te awa
Ko Te Arawa te waka
Ko Te Arawa te iwi
Ko Ngati Pikiao te hapu
Ko Paruaharanui te marae
Ko Cassandra tōku ingoa
No Rotorua ahau
I’m also from the Cook Islands through my father’s side so I have whānau connections to Rarotonga, Atiu & Aitutaki
And through my father’s mother, my Grandmother, I’m Scottish. This is a side I don’t know much about but will learn 🥰
Re-connecting with my whenua, whakapapa, whānau & reo Māori is an important part of the Kapu & Cookie journey.
The vision is bigger than the present, it's also for my tamariki & generations to follow that our pakihi journey will leave an imprint on