BREWING IN THE SOUL. WHO IS WISCONSIN BREWING COMPANY? WE'RE BREWERS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE, FRIENDS, PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, ARTISTS, CRAFTSMEN AND PIONEERS. PEOPLE WHO TRY TO BE GOOD AND DO GOOD, WHO APPRECIATE GREAT TIMES AND GREAT BREWS, WHO SHARE THE SAME ENTHUSIASM FOR OUR HOME STATE, LOVE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND PASSION FOR OUR BEER. IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE A LOT LIKE YOU. WE ARE WISCONSIN. AND IF ALL THIS STRIKES A CHORD, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU'RE WISCONSIN, TOO.
Whakapapa (MÄori pronunciation: [Ëfakapapa]), or genealogy, is a fundamental principle in MÄori culture. A person reciting their whakpapa, places themselves in a wider context, links themselves to land and tribal groupings and the mana of those.[1]
Whakapapa is our certainty when all else may be questionable. Whakapapa is our truth during those times our hold upon such may slip. Whakapapa is the anchor and the rock upon which we can tether ourselves to in the storms of confusion that may come during times of crisis. Hence the importance of Whakapapa to Maori. It serves as an acknowledgement and a reminder of whence we came, of our lineage and our heritage.