Uenuku may Tawhiti; Elder and Tohunga, a Priest, from the Matriarchal Peace Nation of Waitaha, in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

My name is Raymond TeKorako Ruka. I belong to a matriarchal peace nation from Aotearoa, New Zealand called Waitaha, the water carriers. I am an Elder and Tohunga (priest), and I speak on peace and love.

Waitaha has a past that was prophesized in the following beautiful African proverb:

Until the lions have historians of their own,
the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Waitaha’s incredible history was desecrated by the “hunter” yet lived on quietly in an oral-only tradition of her people. Only recently were these ancient stories put into the written word by her own historians so that Waitaha could re-establish her rightful place in the hearts and minds of those who need to hear her songs of peace and love.

Raymond TeKorako Ruka has dedicated his life to the peace teachings of his beloved Grandmother Teachers. These women were direct descendants of the original navigators that left the shores of northern Africa millennia ago to map the world and finally settle the entire pacific basin region.

Raymond lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio with his beloved wife, Jenny.