Cultural & Fly fishing Guides Marlene Skeet-nee Wainohu and Craig Skeet Culural whakairo (Maori Carver) Guide Phil Belcher

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1 My main Iwi people are Ngati kahungunu and Rongomai wahine Our tribal boundary stretches from south of Gisborne down the East coast to Wairarapa and across the strait into the South Island. My main Marae is Takitumu in Wairoa, south of Gisborne. Takitumu is a significant Marae in Aotearoa, New Zealand, it is the name of the sacred and ancient Waka(Canoe) of the Maori Migration from Hawaiki, Samoa to Aotearoa, New Zealand. Captained by Tamatea the father of Kahungunu and carrying Priests, Tohunga and sacred articles personifying our Gods. The waka had many names throughout the navigational journey and this was the final name Taki meaning to lift and tumu meaning burden. Takitimu Mountain Range named by Tamatea to commemorate the final journey place where the waka was damaged and wreaked from rough weather at the mouth of nearby Te Wae Wae Bay, Southland. Remnants of the waka still remain there in a cave. My sub tribes I affiliate too through whanau, family whakapapa (history) Ngati Pahauwera who live at the mouth of the Mohaka River where it enters the sea-maungaharura Range Ngati Tuwharetoa who live at the upper head waters of the Mohaka River -Kaimanawa Range

2 Ko Marlene Skeet toku ingoa My name is Marlene Skeet Tena Koutou Katoa Ko tenei pepeha Ko Takitimu toku waka Ko Mohaka toku awa Ko Maunga-haruru o Tawhirirangi toku Maunga Ko Te Kahu o Te Rangi toku Whare Tupuna Ko Waipapa-a-Iwi te Marae Ko Ngati Kahugunu toku Iwi Ko Pahauwera toku Hapu My whakapapa begins at Takitumu where my grandmother was the cultural guide for the Marae, her guardianship of that Marae, it s ancestral history she shared with all people and international visitors, her breaths of culture given to many. In the passing of my Kui (Elder) the open Marae door where she always stood was now closed for me so to speak. Never to look back at what I lost I went forward on a traversing mountain and river journey but not without storing her knowledge, spirit, recited chants of Maori faith, images of the Whakairo (Carved history of our gods on the walls of Takitumu) Today I am 52 years old an accomplished Maori River Guide with a cross over European profession as an international fly fishing guide. My husband Craig Skeet joins me as a professional guide and we engage with other professional guides to fulfil our tourism packages. Phil Belcher joins me as the Kaiwhakairo cultural guide, his importance culturally is second to a Maori Chief and it he who carves, holds traditional Maori history. We all stand with open views to share the cultures of New Zealand and Maori.

3 Marlene Skeet Business-One Cast Fly fishing Adventures Limited Business-Puketitiri Lodge Current New Zealand audited health and safety plan 32 years fly-fishing and tramping experience in the New Zealand Bush 15 years as a professional Fly-fishing Guide 15 years Hospitality Industry Tutored in the instruction of providing school field and school based fly-fishing tuition courses to primary, intermediate and secondary schools, community and adult courses. Qualified in the delivery of unit standards with qualified outdoor assessors to adult and high school level students. Worked under the umbrella of Outdoor provider -Work Force Consultants Napier Established participant age level management and communication skills through delivery of tuition courses and Guiding clients Attained fire training emergency procedures certification (Member of Bay View Volunteer 4 years) Craig Skeet Buisness-Puketitiri Lodge Farm and fencing contractor Current New Zealand audited health and safety plan 35 years fly-fishing experience 35 years outdoor bush craft and tramping experience 5 years as a professional Fly fishing Guide Member of the New Zealand police 21 years (Currently 6 years retired) Member of Hawke Bay Police search and rescue 21 years. (Current volunteer for Search and Rescue Hawke s Bay) Current Volunteer Rural fire fighter National Search and Rescue Instructor (2 years) for the New Zealand Police.

4 Ko Maungawhārau ki uta Ko Waingongoro tāheke ki tai Nō Waimārama ahau Ko Piripi tōku ingoa Tiakina ngā manu, ka ora te ngāhere Tiakina te ngāhere, ka ora te toi whakairo He toi whakairo, he mana tangata Tōku maunga, tōku hī, tōku hā! To ensure all living things in our ecosystems remain in balance with each other, in our every breath, is something that is vital for our future. Phil BELCHER Kaiwhakairo Carver Teacher BSc (Geology), PGradDip Teaching (Secondary), PGradDip Museum Studies Born in 1975 in Waimārama, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, he lives and works in Te Mataua-Māui, Hawkes Bay. Growing up in a remote community, Māori knowledge and cultural practise was inherent in everyday life. Phil has carved since childhood learning firstly from Elders in the community. His work explores the physical forms and traditional lore of the native forest ecosystem. Two other major experiences influence Phils work. These were learning about sculptural form and space from Peter Robinson during secondary school in 1992, and completing an apprenticeship under Tohunga Dante Bonica, a master stone-adzeman, at Auckland University Phil has taught in Secondary and Tertiary Institutions, Te Manga Māori, Eastern Institute of Technology from and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Hou from He creates one-off pieces, and continues to teach wānanga, traditional carving.

5 Selected Exhibitions: 2015 Kiwis in LA, Santa Monica Art Studios, Los Angeles, USA 2012 E Kata te Rākau, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand 2006 Matariki, MIA Gallery, Napier, Hawkes Bay New Zealand 2005 Te Hei Tiki, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 2005 Tautoko, Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier, Hawkes Bay New Zealand 2002 Hawaki, Hawke s Bay Community Arts Centre, Hastings Research and Wānanga: Hei Tiki Manufacture & working pounamu, research papers and practical, University of Auckland (1997), tutor Dante Bonica Tatagamatau Basalt Quarry, Samoa, Toki Manufacture and Workshops (2000 & 2006), with the blessing of Suafo a Velio and Avegalio Pesamino, Leone Village, Tutuila To i Ma a Samoa, Measina III Conference, National University of Samoa, demonstration and presentation, research paper (2006) Toki manufacture and Use, Aohanga, Hawkes Bay, workshops, wānanga and research papers (2003), with the blessing of Hepa Tātere, Kaumatua, Te Hika-o-Papauma Wānanga and workshops, Argillite Toki manufacture, Ngāti Kuia, (2014- ongoing) Work Experience: Present Kaiwhakairo Carver, Education advisor, tutoring, workshops & wānanga Secondary Teacher, Visual Arts, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Ara Hou, Onekawa, Napier Tutor Traditional Maori Tool Technology, Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT), Hawkes Bay, Maori Studies Department Collections Assistant, Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier Environmental Project Manager, O Le Siosiomanga Society Inc., Apia, Samoa Geological Field Technician, Tinai Gordon & Associates, Civil and Structural Engineers, Apia, Samoa

6 Community works: Koruru (2013), for Havelock North Central Kindergarten Tekoteko Tamatea Arikinui (2009), For Heretaunga wharenui, Ngāti Hori,Waipatu Marae, Hastings Pou-o-Tiakitai (2004) memorial pou, Ngāti Kurukuru, Waimārama, Hawkes Bay (2004) Mātauranga, ancient Māori knowledge and philosophy, is relevant and valuable to our society and community, to empower our next generations.

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