Photographers
Raymond Sagapolutele
He Ngahere mō Ngā Rākau (i)
He Ngahere mō Ngā Rākau (ii)
He Ngahere mō Ngā Rākau (iii)
Ngahere Taone
“Ka tipu kaha te porihanga i te wā ka whakatō rākau ngā koroua, ahakoa e kore e nōhia e rātou te taumarumarutanga o aua rākau rā.” (He Whakataukī Kirīki)
I te wā e mahana haere ana ngā rā, e huri ana te āhuarangi mai i te āhuatanga e puritia ana e taku reanga hei whēnakonakotanga o ngā kaupeka o mua, otirā ko te pou kotahi e tū tonu ana, ko ngā rākau e tipu haere tonu ana.
Nā ngā hurihanga ki te taiao tāone i mōhio ai mātou, ngā whare whakaapiapi, te hiahia kia whāiti ake ngā mea maha ake ki ngā wāhi pakupaku ake, kua noho aua wāhi kākāriki hei wāhi otaota papatahi noa iho.
He rawe te otaota, engari kāore e taea e koe te piki ki runga, kāore he hua i runga, ā, kāore he taumarumarutanga.
Kei te tū tonu ētahi ngahere tāone, otirā he whakamaharatanga o ngā manakohanga, mēnā ka hōmai anō ētahi wāhi iti nei.
Rakau, La‘au, Rākau – he kaipanoni.
Cherrilee Fuller
Tū Uru Kahikatea
Ehara ēnei rākau i te kahikatea, me he uru kahikatea te hanga o te pikitea. Ka whiri whiria te tupu o te uru kahikatea Kia pakari ai te rākau. He whakarite te kotahitanga o te tangata. Kia Aukatia te whakamahana o te ao.
Haehaetia te Whenua
He kino te rākau paina ki te whenua, kātahi ka tītōhea te whenua.
(Image captured in Taumarunui)