Pipiwharauroa Ngāi Tāmanuhiri
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Photos from Christchurch
Ko te Oranga o te Iwi, Kei Tutu, Kei Poroporo, The prosperity of Tāmanuhiri is in our whenua, moana and whānau
Kōrero o Te Wā Tāmanuhiri ki Ōtautahi The hui that we had down in Christchurch with our tribal members earlier this month (April) was awesome. It was an excellent opportunity to meet with our people in Te Waipounamu.
Sharing a kai
Of our registered tribal members on our database (60) are recorded as living in Christchurch. We had 20 people attend the hui including tamariki. One, carried the name Tāmanuhiri and his twin sister is named Mihimarino. Other tamariki had names we associate with being Tāmanuhiri including Rangitauwhiwhia, Te Huauri and Ngaikiha - ka mau te wehi. Our most senior attendee Aunty Buzzy, 77yrs young travelled to the hui from Nelson. Some of the ideas that were passed on to us included: • Having youth/taiohi/rangatahi holiday programmes in Muriwai and Christchurch for our kids to get to know each other; • Looking into live streaming Hui A Iwi so our people living away from Muriwai can observe the hui; • Making sure we get back to our people with the Muriwai Marae bank account so people can contribute to the Marae; and • Getting together to form a Tāmanuhiri ki Te Waipounamu Roopu.
Miriama, Ngaikiha & Lovey Johnston (nee Pohatu) Kiriana Parata (nee Te Hau) with husband and twin children Mihimarino & Tāmanuhiri Catching Up with Whānau Robert Whaitiri & Daniel Procter
We were fortunate to have Kim Wetini, our whānaunga & her work colleague Debbie at Te Puni Kokiri help us with organising our venue & arranging our catering. Further to the request made for supporting Muriwai Marae here is the account details: MURIWAI MARAE ASB: 12-3170-0030169-50 If people wish to make a contribution to the marae please note your name in the online reference details so payments can be properly recorded and acknowledged.
As per our vision statement “Ko te oranga o te iwi kei tūtū kei poroporo – the prosperity of our people is in our land, our whenua, our people”. Our whakapapa as kin joins us to each other. The Tāmanuhiri Tūtū Poroporo Tari is a means by which these connections can be practically made, wherever our people are, be they at home or beyond our homelands. Whānau Ora Survey As a follow on from an earlier pānui I’m keen to understand our Iwi priorities for Whānau Ora and look at how we can measure successful Whānau Ora outcomes. A questionnaire has been developed that I would very much appreciate you completing. Please click on the link to proceed to the questionnaire ranking your whānau priorities with (1) being your highest whānau priority: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/icfwhānauora Please feel free to pass the questionnaire link on to other whānau. This will help inform planning for our Iwi.
Robyn with Aunty Buzzy Hunt (nee Puanaki)
I welcome the opportunity to have a cup of tea with our tribal members and find out where they are at and what’s happening in their neck of the woods. This month I caught up with Robert and he shared with me his thoughts and aspirations on Iwi development. Based at Te Puni Kōkiri doing invaluable work with our Māori Wardens, we discussed Iwi succession planning for the future. Daniel Procter is another I was lucky to have a cuppa with. Daniel has been recently appointed to the National Kōhanga Reo Trust. He sent me a wonderful email offering to help his Iwi of Tāmanuhiri. Fluent in te reo, Daniel is open to sharing his skills and expertise. I’m thankful we got to talk though I missed out on taking a selfie. For All the Kapa Haka Fiends in the Rohe All around the country regional kapa haka competitions are being held to select groups that will compete in next year’s Te Matatini celebrations. I am always amazed at the dedication and commitment of our people who actively participate.
Pānui For more news, kōrero, pānui and photos please visit our facebook page (facebook.com/Ngai.Tamanuhiri) or visit our website (tamanuhiri.iwi.nz ) where you can register as an iwi member, or as a friend to the iwi, and pānui can be emailed to you. Kia ora!
Over the years I observe new diets being taken up, fitness regimes in progress and people with no voices (usually on a Monday). Kapa Haka gatherings are always an exciting opportunity to celebrate ourselves and who we are. Ki te tini me te mano of you that are kapa haka fiends, I wish you the very best on the atea! Wepua! Nā Robyn Rauna