Kidd, JacquieMurphy, TracyPutnam, CaitlinKidd, AndrewRobertson, Ellie2026-02-022026-02-022024-09-09Ethnographic Edge, ISSN: 2537-7426 (Print); 2537-7426 (Online), Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library, 7(2), 24-33. doi: 10.24135/ee.v7i2.2822537-74262537-7426http://hdl.handle.net/10292/20573<jats:p>For some whānau Māori, colonisation has resulted in the disconnection from their home marae, whenua, hapū and iwi. This paper takes a collective authoethnograhical approach to describing and exploring a recent journey of reconnection and discovery embarked on by one whānau. The journey is framed by the construction of a waka hourua, a double hulled canoe, to represent the two parts of the hapū; those who retained their home base connection and those who were disconnected through generations of colonisation, racism and geographical distance.</jats:p>Copyright (c) 2024 Jacquie Kidd, Tracy Murphy, Caitlin Putnam, Andrew Kidd & Ellie Robertson. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.4406 Human Geography33 Built Environment and Design44 Human SocietycolonisationalienationMāoriIndigenousautoethnographywaka houruaTō Mātou Haerenga: The Journey of a Fractured-Connected Taiamai Whānau: Reflections From a Hapū WānangaJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.24135/ee.v7i2.282