Community: Is a place in which you wholeheartedly feel a sense of belonging and kotahitanga. It is the coming together in unison, where people are all treated equally and this in itself helps to strengthen the community. It is uniting everyone to keep everyone safe. It is community watch, it is helping out in natural disasters i.e., tsunami, flooding’s, earthquakes etc.
To enable a community to grow requires empathy, compassion, open communication, interaction and understanding. I believe social media has a big part to play in caring for our community.
Community : Is caring for our environment, the ocean, rivers, lakes, the land, vegetation, plantations, our marae, our Urupa (cemeteries), forests, schools, churches health clinics, neighbourhoods, shopping centers, police station, village, residents, society.
Healing Hands
Community: Is taking care of our kaumatua (elderly), rangatahi (youth), tamariki (children), our pepi (babies), it is our haapu (sub tribe), iwi (tribe), Whanau (family), tauira (pupils), kaiako (teachers).