Just about to join our morning Kaikōhau, setting team intentions a practice space for tangata tiriti action, waiata o te rā and a cuppa. Such a good way to set the tone of the day - Nau mai te aroha, nau mai te kaha, nau mai te mahi tahi. Tihei mauri ora!
Yesterday I joined a zoom session that was unpacking AI, which I needed because, you know AI and I'm errr... not up to speed. Imagine my surprise, then not surprise, we started and ended with Karakia.
Loved this Bex, its how I describe it when challenged, and thanks for the resource links. I'd like to look at the MBIE research (having been there as it became embedded practice) I'd like to see research that also captured pakeha/ tau iwi experience as well because many of us also valued it.
The karakia timatanga - hui - karakia mutanga model is actually a much more efficient use of time than the Pākeha meeting model that just dribbles away at the end.
Let’s call it something different if that will keep racist Daves away. An icebreaker at the start, a summing up at the end. In whatever language is apt.
Fancy the Deputy PM being focussed on such an operational matter. What’s next, counting the ballpoint pens?
As one who learned ngaa reo 60 years ago and worked. In Kooti Whenua o Aotearoa I also argue that tikanga give NZ a trading (™ naming rights) and tourism advantage over Australia which also now gives thanks to local tribes as you fly into their airports
Maybe you could liken it to a the minute of silence that is often used in relation to a loss of life. That isn't a prayer - it is a a calling to mind of memory and place. And the words of a karakia can call us into memory and place of why we are gathered. While I am comfortable with prayer I see work karakia as a calling to mind of the values we bring to the work. For me personally in the public sector, it reminds me of what we are trying to achieve whether it is helping New Zealanders access information about their empolyment rights, how to be cyber secure, how to be involved in conservation. So in answer to your question we are asking for presence and commitment to the task of each other.
A very interesting question to ponder. There is ongoing philosophical and theological thought/debate/consideration regarding non religious prayer. It is an interesting contemplation to begin with..
Just about to join our morning Kaikōhau, setting team intentions a practice space for tangata tiriti action, waiata o te rā and a cuppa. Such a good way to set the tone of the day - Nau mai te aroha, nau mai te kaha, nau mai te mahi tahi. Tihei mauri ora!
Sounds like a lovely way to start the day 💕
Beautiful - opposite of 'fast track'
Heh. True that.
Yesterday I joined a zoom session that was unpacking AI, which I needed because, you know AI and I'm errr... not up to speed. Imagine my surprise, then not surprise, we started and ended with Karakia.
Loved this Bex, its how I describe it when challenged, and thanks for the resource links. I'd like to look at the MBIE research (having been there as it became embedded practice) I'd like to see research that also captured pakeha/ tau iwi experience as well because many of us also valued it.
The karakia timatanga - hui - karakia mutanga model is actually a much more efficient use of time than the Pākeha meeting model that just dribbles away at the end.
Let’s call it something different if that will keep racist Daves away. An icebreaker at the start, a summing up at the end. In whatever language is apt.
Fancy the Deputy PM being focussed on such an operational matter. What’s next, counting the ballpoint pens?
As one who learned ngaa reo 60 years ago and worked. In Kooti Whenua o Aotearoa I also argue that tikanga give NZ a trading (™ naming rights) and tourism advantage over Australia which also now gives thanks to local tribes as you fly into their airports
Enlighten me please, If a Karakia is not a prayer, then what is being asked for and from whom? In say a workplace environment.
Maybe you could liken it to a the minute of silence that is often used in relation to a loss of life. That isn't a prayer - it is a a calling to mind of memory and place. And the words of a karakia can call us into memory and place of why we are gathered. While I am comfortable with prayer I see work karakia as a calling to mind of the values we bring to the work. For me personally in the public sector, it reminds me of what we are trying to achieve whether it is helping New Zealanders access information about their empolyment rights, how to be cyber secure, how to be involved in conservation. So in answer to your question we are asking for presence and commitment to the task of each other.
A very interesting question to ponder. There is ongoing philosophical and theological thought/debate/consideration regarding non religious prayer. It is an interesting contemplation to begin with..
Read the article ❓😵💫
I did. Hence the question.
Prayer
an address (such as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought
Karakia
I’m no expert, but I do know there are many karakia that are NOT religious or god-related.
So karakia are definitely not the same as prayers.
I hope this helps.