01/10/2026
“Mā mua ka kite a muri, mā muri ka ora a mua.”
(“Those in front give sight to those behind; those behind give life to those ahead.”).
Something special happened in our kitchen today.
We hosted a group of Stoke Venturer Scouts and Leaders who were prepping and cooking meals for one of their scout families who are in need of some support.
Nelson Host Lions John Bilderbeck and Yvonne Bilderbeck backed up from the Wednesday community meal to lead and teach our visitors how to prepare some awesome food- bacon and egg pie, macaroni cheese, Lasagne, Chicken pasta, even rolls of cookie dough for freezing, for future baking.
This was all about our elders passing on their skill and experience to Rangatahi to give them the ability to show their scout whanau some awesome "inter-generational manaakitanga.
Young ones learning essential skills from people of thier grandparents age, to use those skills, not just for thier own benefit, but for the benefit of people thier parents age, and all ages really.
It takes everyone in the village to build community- and special kinds of people, like John and Yvonne to do it constantly, with no reluctance, over many decades- the precious gift of passing the mantle of knowledge from one generation to another.
One of the proudest days we've had in the hub.
❤️
