Story of my other name

 Story of my name - Reitumanava 

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Kia Orana, my name is Mamarei, but some of my family members call me Reitumanava. I have a very
fascinating story to the name Reitumanava. Right now I don’t know the meaning of my name, but I
do know where it came from. It came from my great great grandmother, Reitumanava. The story begins
way before my mum knew I was in her belly. 

For a mother of two already, my mum found it pretty normal to know if she was pregnant or not, but
unlike other stories my name came from a dream that she had, but this time she didn’t know if she
had me or not. So one night she was sleeping, and suddenly appeared in her own dream. She told me
that a woman appeared from the darkness into her dream, but she didn’t know much about the woman.
The only thing she knew was that the woman had long hair. The woman walked to my mum with her
hair in the front of her face and gave her a basket of pink roses with a pink sheet over it.

 Then the woman stood there, while my mum took the pink sheet off  and looked at the huge bundle of
roses. She stood there confused while the woman started walking back into the darkness before she
could ask “ What is this?”. My mum then stood there and poof the name Reitumanava appeared. My
mum got so scared that she woke herself up as quickly as possible.

Later that day, my mum called her sister and asked her about the name Reitumanava. My aunty Vaine
was really shocked and said “That name belongs to our great grandmother, Reitumanava!!” My aunty
asked what happened and my mum explained everything. Her sister said “That must mean something”
and told her to go to the doctors in Auckland as fast as she could and see if she was having me. 

My mum went to the doctors and they told her “Yes, and the baby is a female”. My mum rushed
home and told my Dad. Then 9 months later, my mum started feeling pain, because she knew that I
was coming in a few weeks time. She went back to the doctors and asked them when they think she
is going to have me and they said  “you might have the baby either tonight or tomorrow night.” My
mum went back home and thought of what the doctor said. She then went to sleep and had another
dream, but this time the dream somehow reminded her to name the baby Reitumanava. Early in the
morning around 3 or 4 am my mum slapped my dad and shouted “Wake up the other two and get in
the car, I think my water broke”. My dad rushed her to the hospital and BAM! A new baby entered the
world. My mum didn’t want my first name to be Reitumanava so she added Mamarei and Tunui, then
Reitumanava.