Rāhui and second chances

Emily Writes Weekly

A Rāhui is placed on the land to protect, to preserve. It is placed to allow for regeneration, to ensure growth. A Rāhui honours the land, honours the people. A Rāhui respects and remembers the dead. It is there for the living.

I have learned tikanga through my husband. I was told “Rāhui gives the land time to breathe but it also gives everyone on the la…