🔥Out of the Ashes🔥 Struck by fire on a cold winters evening, losing everything but the clothes on their back!

It's anyone's worst nightmare, but now our Walker whanau's true reality! To lose everything but the clothes on their backs through the destruction of a ravaging house fire midst winter has been heartbreaking.

Uncle Leonard Walker has contributed to the small rural community of Te Araroa, East Coast for many decades and daughter Ripeka no different after returning home to the homestead to raise her babies. Ripekas sisters Rowena (Gizzy) & Jessie (Melbourne) often returning home to their ukaipo & whanau. The continued contribution they make is a legacy of many decades that was started by uncle Leonard's late mama (Nanny Kura Walker, a stalwart for any kaupapa in her time & responsibile for the revitalisation of te reo through the TKR movement in our community in the 1980's) and we know through growing up with the whanau, they have & continue to be great assets in the community - through farming, marae, kura, taiao kaupapa & much more!

The whanau were insured, but we are now reaching out for your support to help our whanau get back on their feet whilst they await reports & assessments to be done. If you're able to contribute a koha whether big or small, it would be greatly appreciated. We know it will help to alleviate the current pressure & the financial worry too as they begin to navigate a pathway to rebuild their lives & whare from the bottom up

"NA TOU ROUROU NA TOKU ROUROU KA ORA ANO TE WHANAU"

Nga mihi maioha, mihi nunui me te arohanui ano hoki ki a kotou katoa🙏🏾❤️😇🙌🏾