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b"Celebrating Voices of the Sacred Earth; Feb 8,9 & 10th of Feb 2013 Kawai Purapura - Mills Lane, Oteha Valley Rd, Albany on the North Shore With\\xa0 Jenny Cottingham, Dyana Wells, Te Ngako Ngaropo & Dr Jyoshna La Trobe 'Sacred Earth Festival' & Symposium & Gathering of All Beings KIA ORA: You are invited to celebrate the sacred in a festive setting of community and sharing of gifts, knowledge, spontaneity and song within a context of expansive enjoyment and kinship. We ask that you commit to something DIFFERENT this weekend and involve yourself by either observing, listening, or participating in open, light hearted discussion and join in an event that brings forth a collective of NZ's top story tellers; of Maori, metaphysical ecologists, healers, artists and indigenous ideals of how as one seamless organism we can anchor a vision of a bio harmonic lifestyle and community. With a holistic understanding that integrates scientific principles people are awakening to the need to creatively build community into a dynamic field of possibility. And that 'cultural creative's' need to be communing together. By showing up at this event, this in-breath of connectivity will carry you deeper into your heart and the fabric of your being and, of all being. http://voices2013.kawaipurapura.co.nz/wordpress/ Attending, speaking & workshops: Presenters & Wisdom Keepers Barry Brailsford MBE: Author and Storyteller Barry, the vehicle for 'The Song of Waitaha', has spent much of his life researching, learning and sharing the history and ancient lore of the Maori and Polynesian people. He is an elder story teller of ancient times. Makuini Ruth Tai: Aroha Ambassador For Peace and Kaitiaki Pa Manawa. Makuini sees herself as an Aroha Light Language Scholar and linguist as well as an Aroha Ambassador for Peace and Goodwill. Being a bridger in languaging ancient lore - towards a more expansive understanding Dr Richard Nunns QSM: Taonga Puoro (Maori Musical Instruments) Dr Richard Nunns QSM is a living authority on Nga Taonga Puoro (Maori traditional musical instruments). He has been described as one of New Zealand\\u2019s most remarkable musicians. Michael O\\u2019Donnell: Artist, Environmentalist, Storyteller Catalyst Michael of Tarariki Pottery Paeroa is an artist, environmentalist, storyteller and catalyst. In his own unique way he has learned to walk the path of the old peoples of New Zealand and Ireland. Franchelle Ofsosk\\xe9-Wyber: Matakite (Medicine Woman) Franchelle is a New Zealander of Russian and Native American Cherokee descent, born with highly developed clairvoyant and healing gifts and comes from a lineage of medicine men and women. Atarangi Muru: Maori \\u2018Hands On\\u2019 Healer, Lecturer Atarangi is a Maori Healer and is affiliated to the Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri and Te Rarawa tribes. She was raised in the small, remote, coastal community of Ahipara Northland. Gary Cook: Researcher, Author, Temple Knight Gary is a leading writer on the special nature of the mystic realms that are to be found in New Zealand and the South Pacific and leader of The Secret Land project. Showing his new video Friday Night called 'Voices of the Forest.' Te Ngakooterangi He will share knowledge around \\u201d Revitalising the authentic spiritual power of the T\\u014dhunga Ahurewa (Traditional M\\u0101ori Spiritual Practitioners) in a modern world\\u201d (Masters thesis) \\u2013 and \\u201cA new perspective towards reconstructing the traditional \\u201cWhare W\\u0101nanga\\u201d (M\\u0101ori Spiritual Wisdom Schools) in a contemporary context\\u201d which is his PhD topic. Ojasvin and Iris Davis: Grandmother\\u2019s Healing Haka Ojasvin Kingi Davis is Maori from the people of Ngaitupoto, Ngatihine, Ngapuhi of Aotearoa, New Zealand. His bloodline and family traditions reaches back to the stream of Waitaha and Waiomu. Antion: Guitarist, Sikh, Sacred Sound Celebration Antion: 60\\u2019s world-class guitarist of rock star fame, he was the first Kundalini Yoga teacher in UK and Europe in 1970, the first non-Indian to sing sacred Kirtan in India\\u2019s Golden Temple, and the first non-Hawaiian to be honored as a master of chant. Elandra Kirsten Meredith: \\u201cHawaian Chanting For Healing\\u201d Elandra LMT, BA:\\xa0 is a\\xa0 Yoga teacher of 40 years, a 16-year director of a West Coast Yoga Center, author of five Yoga Manuals, midwife, and international founder/director teacher-trainer of her own healing work, Lomi Chi Holographic Healing. Dr Jyoshna La Trobe: Composer, Ethnographer, Workshop Leader Jyoshna\\xa0 is a composer, ethnomusicologist and international workshop leader who has authored over 25 albums of original and ethnographic albums. Jyoshna\\u2019s speciality is devotional music of India, and completed her PhD on \\u201cK\\u012brtan and Ecstatic performance in Bengal, India\\u201d, becoming the first westerner to gain a doctorate in Rarhi Bangla Kirtan. Plus: Tania Batt, Lyn Kriegler, Jimi Dale, Georgia Wood, Shakti Band, Gus Simonovic, Brant Secunda, DJ Anirvan, Gamelan Padhang Moncar, Bhadrasena, Margaret-Mary Hollins, Daring Donna, Elisabeth von Madarasz, Nicky Hammond, Kereru, Kerry Strongman, Bill Watson and Michael Fleck plus many, many other musicians. These are just some of the\\xa0 speakers, presenters, healers and artists that will be present from the 8th, 9th and 10th of February 2013. Kawai Purapura - Mills Lane, Oteha Valley Rd, Albany on the North Shore www.kawaipurapura.co.nz Ph 09 415 9468 Tickets Required."