Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae Rā whānau
July Lucy Tonihi, Kori Hutana, Rawiti Weepu, Jonlee Weepu, Kerra Weepu, Tailor Weepu, Bill Weepu, Bailey Weepu, Aston Weepu, Shanice Meihana, Shanita Meihana, Zion Meihana-Whittle, Danielle Tainui, Che Weepu, Brooke Parker, Adrienne Tainui, Anaru Tainui Simon, Tamara Liu, Maria Huhu, Melody Huhu, Crystal Mason, Cheryl Desma Mason and Demelza Stuart.
To all the whānau who are having a birthday soon, we wish you all the best and hope you all have a fantastic day. Aroha mai if I have missed anyone. June Mowena Mason, Javana Watts, Ian Kearns, Zion Meihana-Whittle, Hemi Mason, Danielle Tainui, Selina Tainui, Lisa Tumahai, Jah-vana Lilley, Jack Delamare, Toby Tainui, Mahara Tainui and Sylvia Corcoran.
Congratulations
A big congratulations to Ariana Stevens who graduated from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa with a Level 7 Diploma in Te Pīnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi.
Also, another big mihi and congratulations goes to JoAnne Coakley (Millie) who graduated on Saturday, 23 May with a Level 5 Diploma in Te Ara Reo Māori.
Ariana is the daughter of Mona and Kerry Stevens and moko of Raymond and Harriet Ferguson. Awesome work Ariana, keep up all your hard mahi.
Millie is the pōtiki of Karen Coakley, moko of Hector and Georgina (Tilly) Tainui. Well done kōrua for all your hard work. We hope everything goes well for the future.
From left, Ariana, Aunt Kan and Millie at the graduation.
Millie with her diploma.
The Leading Light Awards
This year, Waewae Pounamu and Tē Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae were both finalists at the 2015 Leading Light Business Excellence Awards. We all attended the black tie event at Shantytown on 8 May to celebrate the success of local businesses around our rohe. Waewae Pounamu were finalists in the retail award and Ngāti Waewae were finalists in the not for profit award. Neither placed first but we were finalists in our sections and that is a huge achievement.
Aunt Kan and the awards MC, Peter Williams.
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