Te Pānui Rūnaka June-July 2019

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MARUAROA-TORU | JUNE-JULY 2019

I tukuna mai tēnei whakaahua e Lisa Wilkins-Pirika, nō Ngāi Tahu.

TĒNEI MARAMA • Retirement luncheon for Aunty Joan and Aunty Pat – p. 10

• Waka ama regatta in Caroline Bay, Timaru – p. 23

• Rāpaki Church 150th anniversary celebrations – p. 10 & 11

• Ngāi Tahu whānau attend moa foot print excavation – p. 28

• Celebrating the success of Bobby Kennedy – Opshop drummer – p. 15

• Ngāi Tahu whānau meet Governor-General – p. 31

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Nā te Kaiwhakahaere Ka heia te kōpakarau, ka ngau te anumātao, ka ūhia a runga e te tōpuni whēuriuri, ka mōiri te kahu māeke o Hinetakurua, – nau mai Makariri, nau mai Hōtoke, hei whakapiripiri, hei whakararau mai i te iwi, ka noho tahi ai e!

Shortly after the release of the Wellbeing Budget I had the opportunity to hui with Minister of Finance Hon Grant Robertson and local MPs Hon Dr Megan Woods and Dr Duncan Webb, alongside Matapura Ellison, Jo McLean, Gabrielle Huria and Arihia Bennett.

Eaoia, rahi whakaharahara ana a tai mihi, a tai whakamānawa – pakia ana ki runga ki te iwi. Tēnā koutou katoa te pahītanga a Tahu Pōtiki. Ka tangi, ka haku te whatumanawa ki a kauwheke mā, ki a pūhou mā, te hunga nō nā tata noa nei haohia ai e te kupenga a Taramainuku. Kāore anō i poutū a Tamanuiterā ki ētahi. Ki te whānau Walsh, ki a koe Thomas, kātahi nā te rangikanetanga ōku. Ki a kōrua hoki, Tekaumāwhā Wilcox, Poua Joseph (Darkie) Tipa, kua eke kōrua ki Matangireia, ā, ko āku kupu ki a kōrua, otirā ki a koutou – haere kia iri ki te hao o Rua. Haere, haere, moe mai rā.

It was a constructive meeting, covering a number of topics including how to ensure the Whānau Ora model is working effectively, addressing the need for locallybased solutions for whānau, and improving data and reporting on critical issues like child poverty.

Tātai whetū ki te rangi, mau tonu, mau tonu. Tātai tangata ki te whenua, ngaro noa, ngaro noa. Noho ora, noho pūmāhana mai koutou e te iwi i raro i ngā manaakitanga o Matariki e kainamu mai nei. Kuhuna te kahu o Wehinuiomamao!

We discussed concerns about how to use the money allocated to make transformational change, and avoid more of the ‘same old, same old’. It was heartening to hear the Minister refer to the long-term intergenerational focus of the budget, which brought to mind the clear parallels with our own intergenerational vision of Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei.

Elsewhere I have been continuing to talk about the Ngāi Tahu Climate Change Strategy at engagements throughout the country and as part of this I was involved in two significant events recently. The Just Transition Summit took place in New Plymouth on 9 May, and I was part of a panel discussion on how businesses are already changing the model.

It feels like only yesterday we were ringing in the start of 2019 and yet here we are halfway through the year, in the icy grip of winter. Take care whānau – the roads can be especially dangerous and there are some winter bugs going around!

I would like to acknowledge two remarkable Ngāi Tahu whānau members – Tāne Davis and Celia Stewart – who were recipients of the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Tāne has contributed to conservation efforts and Māori interests throughout New Zealand for more than two decades. Celia has long been a leader in music education and her contribution locally includes supporting schools directly through volunteering programmes.

I spoke about the way our climate change strategy is reshaping the way we make business decisions. It was fantastic to engage with major business leaders, and to hear how they are balancing making financial returns with their ability to reduce their environmental footprint. We are all in the same waka when it comes to how we tackle this vast, complex issue – and this was reinforced at the event, as was a shared determination to reach our climate goals.

This month saw the release of the government’s much anticipated Wellbeing Budget. With this focus on oranga, the budget includes a $1.9 billion boost for mental health services over the next five years, and this feels like a positive step towards addressing our country’s troubling statistics in this area. Further to this, the budget includes a significant increase for Whānau Ora, with $80 million allocated over the next four years for whānau wellbeing outcomes through increased workforce, support for young Māori, and importantly the development of new local commissioning bodies.

I was also pleased to see a $95 million injection into research and development of new technologies aimed at combatting climate change, as well as $25 million specifically set aside to assist the agriculture sector in mitigating its impact on the environment.

Not long after the Summit we welcomed United Nations Secretary-General, His Excellency António Guterres, to Te Whare o Te Waipounamu who was accompanied

by Climate Change Minister Hon James Shaw and Agriculture Minister Hon Damien O’Connor. Mr Guterres is recognised internationally as a man of great influence and mana, and it was a huge honour to be able to share our climate change strategy with him.

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The Office also recently hosted John Raffensperger, who is the co-author of an authoritative new book called Smart Markets for Water – a manual for implementation. I attended the meeting along with Te Kura Taka Pīni members to discuss issues related to freshwater, as well as his work at the RAND Corporation. RAND is a long-running and influential US not-for-profit think tank with a mission to help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. We made the most of the opportunity to engage with John, who is a real authority on this evolving kaupapa.

Last month we were also invited to engage with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Board of Directors and Senior Management Team. Alongside other governors, I enjoyed the opportunity to have an informal meet and greet and kōrero with the heads of our country’s central bank.

Our 2019 Road Shows continue to roll on and we have now visited Tauranga, Auckland, Napier and Hamilton.

It was such a pleasure to attend and speak at the Auckland and Hamilton road shows and I would like to thank everyone who continues to come out and engage with us - I hope you find the experience as rewarding as I do.

Thomas is the son of Robyn Walsh, who many of you will know from Te Taumatua in the Office. Tekaumāwhā was Ngāpuhi, and is the father of Julian Wilcox, Haea Te Awa Programme Lead. Joseph Tipa, or Uncle Darky as he was affectionately known, was whānau to two of our kaimahi, Nola Tipa and Hora Nicholas. I would also like to acknowledge the passing of Uncle Bob Tootell, who many of you will know as the husband of Horiana Tootell (née Mason) and a stalwart of the Hokitika community. On behalf of all whānui I extend my deepest aroha to their whānau at this difficult time, and to all those who are suffering the loss of a loved one.

At the Auckland road show I met this beautiful five-week old pēpi named Angus Campbell – we gave him a pēpi pack and, of course, got him underway to register as Ngāi Tahu and set up a Whai Rawa account! For a list of the remaining Road Shows, see page 51.

Sadly, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu kaimahi have suffered more losses recently. I wish to acknowledge the passing of Thomas Walsh, Tekaumāwhā Wilcox, and Joseph Tipa (Uncle Darky).

Ko te rika toi i whakamanahia ai What is ‘Ko te rika toi i whakamanahia ai’?

Lisa’s work is available for purchase – please contact her by email: lisapirika69@gmail.com for more information.

This headline simply translates to reference ‘the cover artist’. This is our opportunity to acknowledge and thank the artist who kindly offers their artwork for the cover each month. We hope you can gain some insight into the artwork depicted and into the life of the person who created this beautiful piece. If you want to know more about this artist or contribute your own artwork, email: tpr@ngaitahu.iwi.nz Lisa Wilkins-Pirika is of Ngāi Tahu and Chatham Island descent and is currently based in Akaroa on Banks Peninsula. She is the President of the New Zealand team for the World Art Games – an international organisation that has been likened to the Olympic Games of the arts.

The mission of the World Art Games is to unite people from every part of the world in peace and understanding through art and culture, and to create opportunities through educational development and connection.

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Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Ngā Mate

Our deepest condolences go to Nadia Timms and Ryan DeSouza on the loss of their pēpi Ihaia Maui Timms-DeSouza.

Rā Whānau

July Reimana Kiriona-Clarke, Matau Stirling, Koha Hawke, Pania Manawatu, Jane Barry, Anita Ruhe, Victor Manawatu, Anna Taylor, Jasmine Solomon, Tini Solomon, Hana Manawatu, Louisa Murray, Cruize Erueti, Alan Rae, Atawhai Murray, Darlene Morgan, Melanie Ford, Martin Manawatu, Holly Timms, Wayne Murphy.

June Elijah Clarke, Kaiya Solomon, Shane Bond, Karina Bolton, Becky Manawatu, Kauahi Ngapora, Mary Murphy, Nadia Timms, Joel Laugesen, Maani Stirling, Dallas Gray, Tuhawaiki McDonald, Tim Manawatu, Maru Manawatu, Steve Mitchell

Whānau visit to Mangamaunu

Haere mai Conor Clark (Boyles/Jacobs whānau) rāua ko Christoff kua tae mai nei ki Aotearoa mai Tiamana. Kei te mahi ia ki te Kupenga Whakaahua i te karaihe o ngā tauira o Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha hoki. Nau mai haere mai kōrua.

Manuhiri were given a warm greeting at te whare Taurewa ki Mangamaunu. A pot of hot pumpkin soup was followed by smoked cod lasagne, a glass or two of red wine and a good 10-year catch up of whānau kōrero by the fire.

We were blessed waking up to sunshine, snow covered maunga o Manukau. He tino rawa ki te marama me te āhuatanga i te tīmatanga o te hotoke. Before leaving for Ōtautahi Conor took photos of us to add to the Tīpuna whakaahua ā muri ake nei.

Nā Moana Gemmell.

Haere mai Connor kōrua ko Christoff mai Tiamana ki Aotearoa.

Congratulations Ma-rea

A huge congratulations to Ma-rea Clayton who was recognised by the North Canterbury Netball Centre and ANZ for her dedication to umpiring netball.

Visit https://www.anzcourtside.co.nz/grant-scheme/ gallery/index.html to see the ANZ interview with Marea.

Mā-rea being interviewed by Laura McGoldrick, broadcaster and ANZ ambassador.

Grand Final Win

Congratulations to Poihipi Clayton and the Nelson Marist rugby team (pictured right) for their Tasman Trophy win on Saturday, 8 June. A fantastic display of rugby by both teams resulted in a draw at full time and extra time being played which saw Marist secure the win.

Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Incorporated

Notice to registered members of a Special General Meeting Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Incorporated Executive gives notice of a Special General Meeting to be held at the Takahanga Marae, Takahanga Terrace, Kaikōura on Sunday, 18 August commencing at 10.00am. The meeting has been called by a requisition from ten (10) members of the rūnanga to discuss and if agreed, approve the addition of two kaumātua to the 1848 Kaikōura Kaumātua as set out in the rūnanga rules.

Chairperson Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Incorporated 4

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae Rā Whānau

Rūnanga Business

A big mihi to everyone that has celebrated birthdays and if they aren’t on the list below, arohamai but happy birthday to you all.

Rūnanga hui take place on the second Sunday of every second month, 11.00am-3.00pm.

Upcoming hui are scheduled for August and December, and we have rūnanga wānanga scheduled for the months of May, July, September and November.

June Mowena Mason Javana Watts, Ian Kearns , Zion Meihana-Whittle, Hemi Mason, Danielle Tainui, Selina Tainui, Lisa Tumahai, Jah-vana Lilley, Selina Tainui, Jack Delamare, Toby Tainui, Mahara Tainui, Sylvia Corcoran, Amanda Downs, Tonga Mason, Dwayne Mason, Ricky Popham, Tamati Mason, Martini Miller

Ngāti Waewae Rūnanga Hui-ā-Tau (AGM) will take place in October, date to be confirmed.

Enquires to Te Tari o Arahura phone: (03) 755 6451 or email: hamiria.hutana@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

July Lucy Tonihi, Kori Hutana, Fayne Robinson, James Panapa, Rawiti Weepu, Jonlee Weepu, Kerra Weepu, Tailor Weepu, Bill Weepu , Bailey Weepu, Aston Weepu, Shanice Meihana, Shanita Meihana, Danielle Tainui, Sefton Mason, Maria Huhu, Che Weepu, Brooke Parker, Adrienne Tainui, Anaru Tainui Simon, Tamara Liu, Maria Huhu, Melody Huhu, Crystal Mason, Demelza Stuart, Marley Mason, Tamara Dickson, Te Whetu Marama Mason, Tania Wallace.

We welcome contributions from whānau for the Ngāti Waewae section of Te Pānui Rūnaka, so please tell us your stories by sending any news and photos to hamiria.hutana@ngaitahu.iwi.nz Photos must include captions with names of any people featured. If you want to know more about upcoming events held on Arahura Marae please contact Miriama on (03) 755 6451.

Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio Te Tauraka Waka a Māui Marae, Mahitahi

Kāi Tahu whānui, tēnā koutou katoa!

Nei anō te mīharo o Kāti Māhaki ki a koutou katoa.

Over the past few months the fires have been burning strongly at the marae with many groups coming for noho in the peace and quiet of South Westland.

Nei rā hoki te mihi aroha, te mihi poroporoaki ki kā mate huhua kua hika mai, kua hika atu. Ki a rātou katoa kua hika, haere, haere, haere atu rā. Moe mai koutou i te rakimārie.

Rātou ki a rātou, tātou anō ki a tātou. Tēnā anō tātou katoa.

Kua tau te makariri ki ruka Poutini! Winter has definitely made an appearance here on the coast! Kā Tiritiri o te Moana look glorious cloaked in hukapapa, with some icy blasts and wet weather. Winter isn’t coming – winter is here!

Stay warm whānau, and if travelling the motu, please be safe.

Mahi Rūnaka

It has been another busy month here on Poutini with the usual round of komiti hui and meetings keeping us all busy.

Ngā Māreikura o Te Tai Poutini performing yoga on a rainy day at Te Tauraka Waka a Māui Marae, Mahitahi.

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Calling all creatives

Tamariki School Starter Pack

We want your help to design a new taonga that will be gifted to all those who complete wider study at tertiary or trade organisations.

Don’t forget whānau – we are still sending out our Tamariki School Starter Packs.

To ensure your tamariki receives one, you need to be registered with the rūnaka.

What’s required?

A design suitable for sandblasting onto a toki. The design should acknowledge the mahi undertaken and encourage the recipient towards future success.

Prize: $500 cash and participation in the realisation of your design.

Who can participate?

Open to all registered members of Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio.

Submit your entry by email to: heather.morris-pryer@ngaitahu.iwi.nz Please include a brief kōrero about the meaning of your design and why you believe it is the most appropriate.

Entries close: 31 July 2019

Te Papa Taiao Exhibition Opening – May 2019 – Wellington

A good sized rōpū travelled up the west coast to catch the ferry so that Kāti Māhaki would be there to represent the hapū at the Te Taiao exhibition opening at Te Papa in Wellington last month.

Whānau attended a number of wānaka in preparation for the exhibition along with helping input some rūnaka resources. Excitement grew as the time to travel up north arrived and final arrangements were made. Some whānau had to drive most of the night to catch a ferry with only a few hours of rest before the early morning blessing for the exhibition.

With many months of planning, the group was excited to see the final exhibition on display which depicted Mahitahi, the place where it is said that the legendary Māui first set foot on land here in Aotearoa.

Whānau were impressed with the exhibition and all had some fun experiencing it. If you get a chance, call in and have a look around!

Kāti Māhaki whānau.

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Hīkoi to Ancestral Places

On 10 May, the day after the ceremonial opening of the Te Taiao exhibition at Te Papa, a Kāti Māhaki rōpū went on a hīkoi to places of ancestral significance around Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

We then visited Ōruaiti, the Rangitāne pā in Seatoun. Te Huataki lived here before he migrated to Wairau. There was a walk up to a pouwhenua marking the pā site.

Next stop was Waitaha Cove in Lyall Bay. Waitaha was the earliest iwi to settle in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and this was the site of their pā.

The first place visited was Mātai Moana (Mt Crawford), the site of the Ngāi Tahu pā Te Mata-ki-Kaipoinga. This was where the eponymous ancestor of Kāti Māhaki, Māhakinui, lived about 350 years ago with her parents Tiotio and Tūraumoa. When Te Huataki, a Rangitāne chief from Wairau, visited, Māhakinui married him and returned with him to Wairau. Some of her people went with her, and this was the first migration of Ngāi Tahu to Te Waipounamu.

Then it was on to Island Bay and the Ngāi Tahu pā, Paekawakawa. Kāti Māhaki ancestors who lived here in the 17th century included Tūteahunga, Hinerangi, Kahukurawānaka and also Tūāhuriri in his later years. Tūahuriri departed from Paekawakawa for Te Waipounamu but drowned when his waka capsized.

The final place visited was Ōwhiro Bay, from where Te Rimurapa and Red Rocks could be seen – the sites of two Ngāti Māmoe pā in the 16th century where our ancestor Rākaiparemo lived. This former territory of Ngāti Māmoe called Pahua, extended from Te Rimurapa to Makara.

Other Ngāi Tahu ancestors who lived at this pā included Tūāhuriri, Hinetewai, Tūrākautahi, Moki, Manawa, Te Apai and Te Ruahikihiki. During an attack, two wives of Tūāhuriri were killed by Tūtekawa.

From L-R: Forrest & Nathanial Scott, Mike Rochford, Melvyn Wilson, Linda Fernandez, Marie Mahuika-Forsyth, Barbara Vaea, Nan Pu and Diana Panapa.

Forrest Scott and Mahinerangi Wallace-Te Aho.

Kaitoko Mātauranga Role

• Knowledge and experience working in the education sector • Ability to work with whānau • Ability to operate and develop relations with external stakeholders • Ability to work with papatipu rūnaka • Awareness and understanding of core Ngāi Tahu education documents • Demonstrate strong affinity with Ngāi Tahu values and aspirations • Demonstrate a high level of communication and relationship skills

Fixed-term/Part-time 0.5 Location: Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio Kia hiwa rā!

We are looking for an energetic and dynamic community leader to join us at this exciting time! The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying the learning needs of whānau in the Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio rohe; provide advice to enable whānau to reach their educations aspirations; and to empower Ngāi Tahu descendants to be lifelong participants of learning.

The position is based at the office of Te Rūnaka o Makaawhio in Hokitika. The kaitoko will report directly to the Kaiārahi Kaitoko team leader based in Te Whare o Te Waipounamu, Ōtautahi. The kaitoko will also report to and work under the direction of the Te Rūnaka o Makaawhio mātauraka team.

The Office of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is a dynamic organisation that exists to support the tribal institutions of Ngāi Tahu and to give effect to the aspirations of Ngāi Tahu whānau guided by our vision of: mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei (for us and our children after us).

For further information and confidential enquiries, please contact the Kaiārahi of Te Rūnaka o Makaawhio, makaawhio.admin@ngaitahu.iwi.nz or on (03) 755 7885. Closing date Friday, 12 July 2019.

Nau mai, haere mai, tauti mai!

The Kaitoko Mātauraka will contribute to the implementation of Te Rautaki ki Ngāi Tahu and Te Rūnaka o Makaawhio education strategies.

The qualities and skills we are searching for include:

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Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio Incorporated

Keeping in touch and up-to-date

Notice of Intention to hold a Postal Ballot Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio Incorporated wishes to inform current and potential members of the rūnanga of its intention to conduct a postal ballot for the purposes of electing the members of the Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio Incorporated appointment committee. Once elected, the appointment committee will be responsible for appointing the representative and alternate representative of the rūnanga to represent its interests at meetings of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.

Rūnaka Website www.makaawhio.maori.nz Check out our website. Members can access a members’ only section which allows registered members to access more information than anyone else visiting the site. All passwords have been emailed and posted out to whānau, but if you have not received one yet please contact the office.

E-pānui Rūnaka Our e-pānui is a regular fortnightly newsletter sent out to let members know what we have been up to and what is coming up. These are sent by e-mail and can also be accessed via a link in the members section of our website. If you have not received a copy, please contact the office and let us know your e-mail address so that we can add you to our whānau email group.

Please note only those people who have established their entitlement to be members of the rūnanga before 1.00pm on Saturday, 20 July 2019 will receive voting papers for this postal ballot. All those eligible to become a member of Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio are encouraged to apply to be registered. Members of the rūnanga who have previously been registered are encouraged to ensure that Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio has their correct details.

Let us know what you think and make sure if you have news and titbits to share, that you let us know. This will be a fortnightly pānui, so there will be plenty of room for contributions.

Appointment Committee Nominations

Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio Incorporated will also be calling for nominations for the appointment committee at the Rūnanga General Meeting on Saturday, 20 July 2019. If you would like to be a member of the appointment committee, you will need to submit your nomination by 1.00pm on Saturday, 20 July 2019.

You can contact the rūnanga office by phone: 03 755 7885, or email: makaawhio.admin@ngaitahu.iwi.nz for information regarding the criteria for nominations.

Membership database We are still trying to find the more than 200 members we have incorrect addresses for. Please contact the office and check if you are one of these whānau.

Te Rūnaka o Makaawhio PH: (03) 755 7885 56 Brittan Street Hokitika 7810

Phone 03 755 7885 or email heather.morris-pryer@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

Members can also help by contacting the office to check if we have your correct address, phone numbers and email contact details for you, your tamariki and/or your mokopuna and also if they are registered.

Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Celebrating our Taua

The beautifully decorated tables were overflowing with cream cakes, trifles, plum duff, pavlova, sticky date pudding, wine and more. Patricia and I are so proud of our daughters, sons, moko and their friends and whānau. We hope that succession will continue through them.

On Saturday, 1 June the whānau held a luncheon at the marae for Patricia (Aunty Pat) and myself (Joan) to celebrate approximately 100 years of combined manaaki at Tuahiwi Marae.

A wonderful time was enjoyed by all with lively music provided by Charlie Williams. It was a happy occasion and many memories were shared about all the whānau we have worked alongside over the years, but who are no longer with us. Aroha Reriti-Crofts lifted the mood with some of her jokes.

We thank all the great people who have been with us on this memorable journey. We have worked hard, partied, laughed, played cards, laughed again, had ups and downs and generally celebrated life together. We have made the decision to step down from our role – not because we wanted to – we are still willing, but our bodies tell us enough, enough. We will miss meeting and looking after manuhiri at Tuahiwi.

Michelle Anglem and Jasmine Burgman led a great team of helpers who produced wonderful tasty kai.

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Once again thank you for your support and aroha.

Congratulations

Well done to Hayley Herkes who recently graduated from Massey University. Hayley has completed a Bachelor of Social Work with Second Class Honours over the last five years, while balancing full-time study with her work at a youth justice residence and raising her two tamariki Ella (11) and Tyler (9). She is proud to represent her iwi as one of the newest NgÄ i Tahu social workers! Hayley is pictured below with her tamariki, and with her grandmothers Margaret Willcocks (left) and Doreen Cossey (right).

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Important: Notice of AGM Correction

Please note there was a mistake in the advertisement for this hui in the May Te Pānui Rūnaka.

See the correct details for this hui below.

Whānau are asked to bring a plate for shared kai afterwards. Ngā mihi, Charlie Williams Chairperson (03) 312 6538

Tāwera MR897 Section 2 Block Notice of Annual General Meeting Date: Saturday, 31 August 2019 Time: 10.00am Location: Tuahiwi Marae, 219 Tuahiwi Road, Tuahiwi

Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Society Incorporated

Notice of Intention to hold a Postal Ballot Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Society Incorporated wishes to inform current and potential members of the rūnanga of its intention to conduct a postal ballot for the purposes of electing the members of the Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Society Incorporated Appointment Committee. Once elected, the appointment committee will be responsible for appointing the representative and alternate representative of the rūnanga to represent its interests at meetings of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.

Appointment Committee Nominations Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Society Incorporated hereby seek nominations for the appointment committee.

You can contact the Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga office, phone: 03 313 5543, or email: tuahiwi.marae@ngaitahu.iwi.nz for information regarding criteria for nominations and the nominations forms. Written forms and requirements are to be received by Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga office before 5.00pm on Friday, 5 July 2019.

Please note only those people who have established their entitlement to be members of the rūnanga before 5.00pm on Friday, 5 July 2019 will receive voting papers for this postal ballot. All persons eligible to become a member of the rūnanga are encouraged to apply to be registered with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Members of the rūnanga who have previously been registered are encouraged to ensure that Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu has their correct contact detals.

Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga 219 Tuahiwi Road Kaiapoi 7691

Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke Rāpaki Church Sesquicentennial Book

Donald Couch has written a book on the history of the church with funding support from the Ngāi Tahu Fund. In the book, you will learn a little more about the contextual history of Māori Christianity in Canterbury and particularly how Rāpaki fits into that story. Te Koti Te Rato, the first minister, was a central figure in the church and a chapter is dedicated to him.

Other chapters cover the Rāpaki Catholic Church, our special connection with Parihaka, the urupā and church architecture among other subjects. You will particularly enjoy perusing photographs of the various Sunday School classes in the mid-twentieth century and photographs of our various ministers and lay preachers over the years. The book is a fitting tribute to the church and our hapū on this special occasion of its 150th anniversary.

It can be purchased from the Office of Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke for $25.

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A recount of the Rāpaki Church 150 years celebration written by Taua Reihana Parata...

Tamariki then escorted the manuhiri into the dining room, settled everyone, then served the guests with plates of delicious kai and kaimoana delicacies which were appreciated as always.

Preparations for the celebration started in earnest with our pakeke and kaumātua reminiscing about days gone by whilst clearing, cleaning and water blasting our treasured church and grounds. Although originally Methodist, all denominations held services in the church. We as tamariki were encouraged by our parents to attend.

Tamariki then sat for their well-earned kai. Once the dishes and tables were cleared, as is customary, the tables were set for the cooks and workers who all sat down to a scrumptious meal laid before us.

On Saturday, 4 May we were up bright and early with the tamariki from Te Pā o Rākaihautū, many of whom whakapapa to Ngāi Tahu marae across Te Waipounamu, eager to help with preparations at the marae for our manuhiri arriving from across the country to celebrate the 150th anniversary of our Rāpaki Church.

We would like to thank the following for their contribution: • Bishop of Te Waipounamu and his wife • Ministers from the Methodist, Church of England, Rātana, Mormon and Catholic churches • Sister for restoring the alter cloth to its condition of beauty • Dignitaries who attended • Rāpaki whānau • Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke General Manager and office staff • Donald Couch for the book about the history of the church • Committee for the 150th Rāpaki Church celebration event • Artist who made the cakes • Men who made the fence • Rangatahi who made the steam pudding (lots of second helpings) • Te Pā o Rākaihautū tamariki in training practicing life skills such as manaakitanga Service with a smile • Rāpaki rangatahi and pākeke and Te Pā parents and kaiārahi working in the kitchen • Rāpaki trustees of the church and reserves

Our Rakena and Tauroa whānau finally arrived from Auckland. These whānau were coming home to bring kawe mate. This was the first trip to Rāpaki for several members of the group. After karakia, the pōwhiri and kawe mate in Wheke, the cooks ushered the manuhiri into the marquee where our tamariki graced them with baskets filled with homemade baking, savouries and fruit, and platters of cheese and crackers.

As time waits for no one, manuhiri, dignitaries, and clergy made their way along the well-trodden roadway to the beautiful new entrance gates of our church, along the pearly white bright shell studded footpath, into our welcoming, refurbished church with its etchings of yesteryear still embedded behind the pews. With nostrils inhaling a mixture of paint, wax and the perfume of flowers, the church was radiant in her glory. Once seated the service commenced.

Unfortunately, the church could only accommodate 80 people. It was fitting that the remaining guests sat in the comfort of the marae and viewed the service on live stream. The service concluded, and it was back to the marae for all. Formalities over, tamariki from Te Pā o Rākaihautū, entertained our guests in Wheke before the book written about the church by Donald Couch was launched.

It was an auspicious occasion that will be remembered for years to come.

Arohanui Reihana Parata

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Tuia 250

Tuia 250 is a national event commemorating the navigating traditions of Māori and Pākehā. Ngāti Wheke led by Craig Pauling, Puamiria Parata-Goodall and Jeni Leigh Walker are coordinating a series of events to take place in Whakaraupō 6-10 December that will see three waka hourua arrive in the harbour along with the Spirit of NZ. Recently Tuia 250 Minister Kelvin Davis, came down to check out the venues being used. We are taking registrations of interest from whānau wanting to be involved in paddling waka as part of the events or supporting us in other ways.

Please leave your details with the office.

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Ōtamahua pou

On Sunday, 26 May in beautiful warm sunshine around 100 whānau and supporters travelled to Ōtamahua by ferry and waka ama to acknowledge a new pou whenua created by the Whakaraupō Carving Centre with funding from the Ngāi Tahu Fund.

Te hamo is a digging implement used by our tupuna to plant kūmara, Canterbury being, to my knowledge, the most southern point in the motu to grow kūmara. When we talk about gardening and growing kūmara, we are talking in the realm of peacefulness.”

The new pou is called ‘Te Hamo o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa’. A hamo is a multi-purpose tool used to clear debris and dig holes to plant vegetables. Tū Te Rakiwhānoa is the name of one of the tūpuna (ancestors) of Ngāti Wheke.

Whakaraupō Carving Centre’s team of Caine Tauwhare, Josh Brennan and Carving Centre trustee John Lewis set about carving the elaborate design from one giant log.

The entire process took approximately three months.

Josh has been carving since the age of 16 and is 18 months into an apprenticeship at Whakaraupō Carving Centre. He says he has enjoyed the opportunity to be involved in such an important kaupapa and that the story of Tū Te Rakiwhānoa is an important part of the history of the hapū.

On the side of the pou you’ll see a piece jutting out, this is called the teka. Our ancestors would put their foot on this as they held the kō to dig a hole and plant the kūmara. The teka itself is different on each side, it represents the two whānau who helped Tū Te Rakiwhānoa to keep the taniwha in its hole underneath the island.” Ōtamahua was used by our ancestors as a base for mahinga kai or food gathering and rongoā.

“Tū Te Rakiwhānoa was on a quest to restore the waka Aoraki and he used his hamo to clear the debris away from the waka. A taniwha by the name of Koiro Nui Te Whenua was causing havoc amongst the people in the area. Tū Te Rakiwhānoa, with the help of his cousins – Kahukura and Marukura – used the debris cleared from their waka to bury the taniwha.”

Caine Tauwhare elaborates on the significance of the design.

“The pou is a representation of ‘te hamo’ which is the kō used by our tūpuna when he was trying to restore his waka of Aoraki.

Bottom left image; Brett Lee addresses whānau at the site of Te Hamo o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa on Ōtamahua.

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Whakaraupō Mātaitai

The second mātaitai in Whakaraupō – the Whakaraupō Mātaitai was gazetted by the Minister of Fisheries last year.

Together with the original Rāpaki mātaitai which was the first in the country, it covers the majority of the harbour as outlined on the map below. The tāngata tiaki are working closely with Nigel Scott from Te Rūnanga, local fishers and various government bodies and tertiary institutions, to establish and manage appropriate catch limits that ensure preservation and revitalisation of fish stocks.

Te Taumutu Rūnanga He maimai aroha

She was educated at Karitāne School, Te Waipounamu Māori Girls’ College and Christchurch Teachers College.

Aunty Taini was a pioneer in the education sector and dedicated her life to serving her community and her iwi of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kahungunu. Moe mai rā e te tāua.

Ko hao ake Te Kupeka a Taramainuku i Te Kete Ika a Rākaihautū kia wani atu ai koe ki kā pou tūtei o Hinenuitepō ki a Tahu Kūmea, ki a Tahu Whakairo e karanga nei ki a koe. Ko tū ngā hau ki Ōrāriki, ko hū kā au o Te Waihora, ko Nukumania tērā te kaikawe kōrero “He takata nui ko mate, he pou o te whare o Ngāti Moki, ko hika.” Ko te manawa ka hopo, ko te waikamo ka heke, ko te hūpē ka rere mōhou rā, e tōhoku Pōua, mōhou rā, e tōhoku Tāua. Hanatu rā ki te tini whāioio i kā raki e oki e.

Born in Christchurch on 9 April 1940, Uncle Pat was one of 12 Nutira siblings, the children of Hoani Ārai Nutira and Merehana Mate Makariri (Molly) Paahi. He often talked about growing up at Birdlings Flat and Barry’s Bay. Many of us heard tales of his courtship with Aunty Peta, the many dances and the celebrated arrival of his children and grandchildren.

This month we farewelled two kaumātua, Whetū Patrick Te Hohipera Nutira and Taini Mōrere Koroteke Wright (née Parata).

Uncle Pat, we will miss your cheeky grin, quick wit, unfailing support of the activity of the hapū and steely determination to make sure we always did the right thing.

Aunty Taini was born in Puketeraki in 1926, the third child of Mere Tuari Wikitoria (Kuini) Te Tau and Rawiri Te Maire (Maire) Parata.

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To Aunty Peta and the whānau, thank you for sharing him with us. Kua hinga te tōtara haemata i te waonui a Tāne.

Thank you to all who came to support the whānau and to farewell Uncle Pat. E kore e mimiti te puna aroha.

Patrick Nutira.

Taini Wright.

Celebrating the success of Bobby Kennedy – Opshop drummer

When he is not touring and doing cool musician things, Bobby works in South Auckland managing the Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku, Ōtara Music Arts Centre and in December was also appointed manager of Fresh Gallery in Ōtara. He and his wife, Jane, are parents to 2 year-old, Willow, and are expecting their second baby in October.

This month we want to acknowledge and celebrate the continued musical success of our whānau member, Bobby Kennedy.

Bobby is the drummer for the band OpShop that formed in 2002, won Song of the Year in 2008 for their song One Day and has successfully produced and sold three albums – You are Here (2004), Second Hand Planet (2007) and Until the End of Time (2010). Second Hand Planet spent 56 successive weeks in the New Zealand album charts.

Bobby’s nana Lorna Waitai Wanhalla passed in 1986, and his mother Iris Kennedy passed in 2017, both were of the Brown whānau.

Their song Maybe was the first song by a New Zealand band to reach No 1 on online music store iTunes (in April 2007) and spent 42 weeks in the NZ top 40, peaking at No 3. One Day spent 30 weeks in the top 40, peaking at No 4. Opshop recently toured New Zealand with UB40 and the Marley Alstars and finished summer playing to a sold-out crowd at Homegrown in March.

We are super proud of Bobby and have been fans of his music since his days in the Hornby High School Band, Outer Control.

Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy, Jason Kerrison and Clint Harris.

On Thursday, 30 May, Te Pā o Rākaihautū held their Kura Manu Kōrero 2019 competitions. Jahkeil Nutira (son of Kata McLean and Rulon Nutira) took his first stand, representing his puna (Manawapōuri),and spoke about Tāne Māhuta. Jahkeil was nervous yet excited and blew us all away with his kōrero. He was awarded first equal with his classmate Isabelle.

Awesome mahi Jahkeil!

Jahkeil Nutira.

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Children’s univeristy – Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki ki Taumutu

2. Five hours of learning is stamped at every Tamariki Day – the last two for the year are Thursday, 11 July and Thursday, 3 October – that’s 10 hours of learning!

3. The graduation will be held at the Town Hall on Wednesday, 20 November after hours and we will be giving a special taonga to our tamariki who graduate.

4. We’ll be stamping passports once a month at the Taumutu office. Passports should be dropped off with any activity sheets by the last Thursday of the month. They can be picked up on the Friday afternoon.

We announced at the April Tamariki Day that we were providing the opportunity for our tamariki to be a part of Children’s University, a learning programme that recognises learning outside the classroom and links to a university subject. We are really excited to report that we have 19 tamariki starting their learning journey with Children’s University.

1. The programme is child led – they search the website for activities and decide what they want to do.

Strategic planning wānanga

We would like to thank whānau for attending our strategic planning wānanga on Sunday, 5 May. Thanks also to our facilitator Sacha McMeeking who was excellent in helping us to dream our future which was then converted into easily understood, categorised ideas.

It was a very productive wānanga and as a result we will now work on producing a draft strategic plan to lead our mahi for the next five years.

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Wānanga whakapapa, Ngā Tapuwae

We listened to audio recordings of Cath Brown providing evidence at the Tribunal hearings and read excerpts from manuscripts about the history of our takiwā – who knew that we used to harvest pipi and cockles from the lake!

In the footsteps of our ancestors Did you know that we used to have productive cockle and pipi beds in Te Waihora? Or that Taumutu were recorded as contributing a couple of kete of tuna and some pōhā tītī to a hui in 1882?

Thank you Takerei for coming to share this mātauranga with us and allowing us to walk with our ancestors for a little while. We are looking forward to booking some more sessions with you and the team to learn and share more of this mātauranga.

On Sunday, 26 May our whānau met to learn more about the placenames in our takiwā, to hear the kōrero associated with those places and to feel what it was like to follow in the footsteps of our tūpuna. We had a great time reminiscing, learning new facts and exploring names and stories.

Whānau, we will pānui our upcoming wānanga with Takerei in the coming months. Watch this space.

Kaumātua haerenga ki Te Whare Taonga o Ngā Pākihi Whakatekateka o Waitaha

Kaumātua visit to Canterbury Museum This month our kaumātua were honoured to be hosted by their mokopuna Corban Te Aika at the Canterbury Museum. Following a guided tour of Kura Pounamu, the kaumātua visited with taonga associated with Taumutu.

There was lots of conversation, questions and reminiscing and our kaumātua came away feeling inspired and excited.

Another visit will be planned for later in the year.

Corban Te Aika, Daphne O'Connell, Margaret Jones, Reihana Parata, Les Wanhalla.

Les Wanhalla, Corban Te Aika, Daphne O'Connell, Margaret Jones.

Corban Te Aika, Les Wanhalla.

Reihana Parata, Daphne O'Connell, Les Wanhalla.

Kōwaro tiaki

This month our kaitiakitanga portfolio members have been involved in the opening and blessing of a project to help protect Kōwaro (Canterbury mudfish). This project has been two years in the making and is being led by Johannes Welsch of Environment Canterbury and Anita Spencer of the Department of Conservation.

Mananui Ramsden.

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Project Background: This project is a New Zealand and Southern Hemisphere first – protecting a threatened species using a NZfirst technology to demonstrate industry leadership in sustainability, farming and conservation.

This project has the potential to be revolutionary for native fish conservation at sites threatened by trout, while also benefitting trout by keeping them in the main stem of the rivers where they aren’t lost to the population (or to fishermen).

The barrier is an “electric fence/field” in the water with a permanent electric fishing approach to deter trout to come up stream but allow for kōwaro to get through and flow downstream unharmed.

Kōwaro have a conservation status of nationally critical – conservation dependent with sparse and range restricted qualifiers.

The Selwyn catchment that Haldon Pasture Springs is part of, has the most and largest area remaining of fragments of Canterbury mudfish of any catchment.

The Selwyn catchment, Haldon Pasture Springs (Te Hororātā), is one of the two last remaining hotspots and has the biggest number of and largest habitat area todate remaining of Canterbury kōwaro of any catchment.

Te Waikirikiri/Selwyn Near River Recharge Project (Environment Canterbury, CPW, Ministry for the Environment (MfE)) is expected to provide flow support to the Haldon Pasture Springs, thus supporting kōwaro habitat during dry periods, but also increasing potential trout accessibility to the waterway if the fish barrier is not constructed.

Solution: The project will lead to a ten-fold increase of habitat for the threatened kōwaro from 880 m2 to 8000 m2 in the Selwyn Waihora catchment. The installation of the trout barrier will allow kōwaro to expand into the lower reaches of the site, function as a safe nursery for future projects, replenish drought affected areas and revolutionise native fish conservation at sites threatened by trout across the region.

This is a unique opportunity to showcase how biodiversity and agriculture can work together – delivering sustainable farming and conservation in the diverse agricultural landscape of Canterbury.

• Annual mudfish monitoring at the site will provide us with clear before-and-after data of the current population and the project location will provide long-term effectiveness data on the mudfish population.

• In addition, electric fishing will be used after successful commissioning of the barrier upstream to remove any trout from the mudfish hot spot and relocate them to the Hororata River.

Pasture Springs

Issue The presence of trout at Haldon Pastures normally restricts mudfish to about 880 m2 of potential habitat.

The installation of the trout barrier will allow mudfish to expand into the lower reaches of the site which would be 8000m2, so nearly a tenfold increase in their habitat.

This site is important because it is one of the few on the plains where mudfish managed to survive during the 2015/16 drought and it has now provided a source population to several other sites, with mudfish naturally expanding into areas downstream where they became extinct during the drought.

Uncle Les (far right).

Project Location – Haldon.

Works underway to construct protection barriers in Haldon spring.

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Upcoming dates to note

At the time of writing there are a number of events, some of which will have occurred by the time of publication.

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DATE / TIME

VENUE

KAUPAPA

KŌRERO

25 June 2019 6pm

Taumutu office, 75 Main South Road, Sockburn

29 June 2019 5pm

Te Pā o Moki, Taumutu

Matariki Ahunga Come share a hākari under the night sky, listen to some Nui great Matariki stories and spend some time toasting marshmallows on the fire while sipping hot chocolate.

Please bring kai to share and warm clothes. Those wishing to stay the night on the marae should also bring their blankets and overnight bags.

30 June 2019 10am

Te Pā o Moki, Taumutu

Wānanga Whakapapa – Ko Tahu ko au

2 July 2019 5.30pm

Taumutu office, 75 Main South Road, Sockburn

Hauora Portfolio Monthly portfolio meeting. Please rsvp to Hui dardanelle.mclean-smith@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

3 July 2019 10am

Lakeside Soldiers Memorial Hall, Harts Road, Leeston

Kaumātua Healthy Day at the Pā and Matariki Lunch

Monthly portfolio meeting. Please RSVP to puamiria.parata-goodall@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

Led by Maurice Manawatu and Terry Ryan, we will start to explore the whakapapa of our tupuna Tahu Pōtiki and our hapū movement southward. Please bring your kōrero and kai to share.

JULY

The theme for this month’s Kaumātua Healthy Day at the Pā will be ‘Active minds, healthy bodies’. The day will include some presentations and activities with local health providers, games and a quiz or two, some singing and entertainment from our very own Sharon Russell, lots of belly laughs and a decent amount of spectacular kai!

Come and enjoy the company of fellow kaumātua.

Please rsvp to puamiria.prata-goodall@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

11 July 2019 10am

Te Pā o Moki, Taumutu

Tamariki Day – Mahi Toi

We are creating print-making images and turning these into story books! We will also be learning more waiata.

For those who are doing Children’s University this wānanga is five hours stamped in your passport! Please RSVP to dardanelle.mclean-smith@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

14 July 2019 10am

Te Pā o Moki, Taumutu

Rūnanga Hui

Monthly rūnanga meeting. Please bring kai to share.

15 July 2019 5pm

Taumutu office, 75 Main South Road, Sockburn

Kaitiakitanga Portfolio Hui

Monthly portfolio meeting. Please RSVP to sefeti.erasito@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

28 July 2019 10am

Te Pā o Moki, Taumutu

Wānanga Raranga

Cath Brown’s legacy continues to live on at Taumutu.

This wānanga will focus on learning (and in some cases, relearning) how to make Aunty Cath’s pop up kete. This will commence a series of wānanga (yet to be scheduled) around developing our collective weaving skills.

30 July 2019 6pm

Taumutu office, 75 Main South Road, Sockburn

Monthly portfolio meeting. Please rsvp to puamiria.parata-goodall@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

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Te Rūnanga o Koukourarata Rakimakere wānanga 2019

Nau mai, haere mai, whakatau mai All descendants of Kehaia Tuahuru and Eruera Rakimakere and their descendants Hana, Ruti, Rina, Erekana, Riria, Matakihaumai, Hohepa, Ruti Te Whakahihi, Rena Te Te Koromatua are invited to attend this wānanga in Koukourorata (Port Levy) from 24–28 October 2019. This will be an opportunity for extended whānau to meet each other and strengthen our knowledge of our whakapapa and history. As an added bonus it will be lots of fun – sleepless nights no doubt, but lots of fun all the same!

Please contact Donna Bridgeman by emailing grrlgypsy@gmail.com to register for this event.

Date Location Time Cost

Thursday, 24 October – Sunday, 28 October 2019 Tūtehuarewa Marae, Koukourorata (Port Levy) Pōwhiri at 3.00pm TBC

Wairewa Rūnanga Social Development

Kia ora e te whānau, We have some good news for our tamariki – we have replaced the mat and springs on the trampoline at Wairewa Marae, so it’s ready for fresh bouncing! A big thank you Iaean, Tony, Mark and John for getting it repaired for the kids to enjoy. Check out the photo below of big kid Iaean testing it out!

Kiri Panirau has set up our Wellness Calendar for the year – please check it out below. For more information contact Kiri by email: kiripanirau@hotmail.com 2019 Awareness Months: • Hōngongoi (July): Mental Wellbeing Population/ Hepatitis/Friendship • Hereturikōkā (August): Breastfeeding/Indigenous People/Climb a Landmark/Daffodil • Mahuru (September): Breathe Better/Cervical Screening/Blue September/Alzheimer’s/Suicide Prevention/Lymphoma/Peace/Mental Health • Whiringa-ā-nuku (October): Health Literacy/Breast Cancer/Older Persons/Blood Pressure/Arthritis/ Handwashing/Learn to swim/Summer Body Readiness • Whiringa-ā-rangi (November): Movember/ Pneumonia/Diabetes/ Prevention of Abuse and Violence against Children/White Ribbon/Learn to Dive/Mole map/Sun Safe • Hakihea (December): AIDS/Disabled Persons/ Eatwise/Alcohol

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Wairewa Grants

Membership Database

We have had a great response to the grants available for whānau registered with Wairewa Rūnanga. A reminder that we still have the following grants available:

We have a number of incorrect or missing contact details for our members. Please contact the office by email: wairewa@ngaitahu.iwi.nz or phone: (03) 377 1513 if you are not receiving correspondence from us, as we may need to update your details.

• Continuing or higher education • Kaumātua health If you would like an application form or further information about any of the above grants, please email us: wairewawhanauora@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua Hauora Health Directors

We welcome two new Hauora Health directors to the Arowhenua takiwā. Whānau comes first for the new Director of Māori Health, Joseph Tyro who lives in and commutes from Ōtautahi. Associate Director of Māori Health, Kera Baker is from Arowhenua. Kera and Joseph are both based at the South Canterbury District Health Board (SCDHB). Both directors have a shared vision for a healthier Māori community while maintaining tikanga, manaakitanga, tautoko, awhitanga, pono, tika and aroha as they add to the foundation already set by predecessors within SCDHB.

For Joseph it is about providing a voice for Māori and making the previously unseen now seen. They both want to live up to the saying at SCDHB, “every moment matters”!

They envisage seeing whānau with family-based solutions and would love to see whānau taking responsibility for their own health. Arowhenua Whānau Services are a kaupapa Māori provider who already provides great services in South Canterbury for all whānau both Māori and tauiwi. Joseph and Kera’s roles demonstrate the importance of connecting with Māori from Arowhenua and Waihao, as well as Mātāwaka living in the region.

Joseph Tyro and Kera Baker.

Arowhenua Whānau Services

Warm and snuggly A fabulous donation of hand-made blankets for the clients of Arowhenua Whānau Services from Mary-Anne. They can be used for floor play with your pēpi, pram covers, in the car or as knee rugs on a cold winters evening.

Shout out: for donations of wool so Mary-Anne can continue with her craft that she kindly donates to the community. Wool can be left at reception of Arowhenua Whānau Services.

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Repatriation of Moriori karapuna from Europe For the past 20 years, Hokotehi Moriori Trust (HMT) has been working with Te Papa to bring back Moriori kōimi (human remains) from local museums and other institutes overseas. In late April/early May, Maui Solomon (chair) and Grace Le Gros (trustee) of HMT travelled to Europe with four representatives of Te Papa to repatriate 96 Māori kōiwi and 25 Moriori kōimi. These were returned by the Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam and Charité Institute in Berlin.

Institute in Berlin even went so far as to apologise for the human remains being taken in the first place. A word of acknowledgment also needs to be made to the team from Te Papa Tongarewa, ably led by Dr Arapata Hakiwai (Kaihautū) and Te Herekiekie Herewini (Head of Repatriation), repatriation researcher Amber Aranui and their European based man on the spot, Te Arikirangi Mamaku (Repatriation Coordinator). This team is doing awesome work to bring our ancestors home and building strong relationships with museums and institutes all over the world.

Maui and Grace along with representatives from Te Papa also met with the head of the Science department at the Natural History Museum in London. There is an agreement with the Natural History Museum to repatriate over 105 Moriori ancestral remains of the 300 Moriori and Māori human remains the museum houses.

They are truly leading the world in this important mahi.

They are also building strong relationships with imi and iwi around the country to ensure that as far as possible, the remains are returned to their proper tribe and rohe.

Moriori have approximately 150 kōimi currently held

by Te Papa awaiting repatriation to Rekohu (Chatham Islands). Due to a widespread belief in the 19th century that Moriori were to become an extinct people, there’s is one of the largest offshore collections of kōimi.

Over the next 1-2 years a further 400 Moriori kōimi are to be repatriated from overseas and local museums and institutes. In total over 500 ancestral remains will be returned to Rekohu.

The next step for Moriori is to decide on a place or places to re-inter our karapuna once they return to Rekohu. It is likely that a place close to the marae will be chosen so they can be kept close to the heart of the people having been away for so long. But that decision is yet to be made along with the structure to house the kōimi.

Māui Solomon.

The museums and institutes returning the kōimi/kōiwi were gracious and very accommodating. The Charite

Kia ora

At Arowhenua Whānau Services, we can provide a stop smoking service with a smoke free facilitator. We can support you on your journey to a healthy lifestyle with nice clear lungs, extended life expectancy, more money to save and the fitness to run around with ngā tamariki me ngā mokopuna.

Richard can take you through the steps of the quit journey. He will provide you with information on the options of NRT (Nicotine Replacement Therapy), check your carbon monoxide readings and continue with face-to-face meetings to support and guide you through possibly one of the hardest times on the journey to better health.

Visit Richard: Arowhenua Whānau Services 94 King Street, Temuka.

The Temuka Nurse Clinic is available for your health needs. Late night Wednesdays at 94 King Street, Temuka. No appointment necessary, just pop in.

All clients of the service are free to pop in and help themselves to our free “Take what you need” trolley.

So enrol, see a nurse for your health assessment, and have access to the trolley.

Tōu manawa Tōu ora Your heart Your health Free heart health checks Timaru Community House, 27 Strathallan St, Wednesday, 19 June, 4.00pm - 8.00pm

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Free fitness for the whānau every week at Arowhenua Marae, 31 Huirapa Street, Temuka.

Come along and enjoy the fun that is Marae Fit – raise the heart rate every Thursday 10.00 – 10.45 am. Check out our Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArowhenuaWhanauServices/ or website: www.aws.health.nz for cancellations and other activities coming up.

Returning Home

In the photo our taua the late Delca Gilroy stands on the left alongside a young flower girl – my Aunty Cecelia West. Our pōua, Wala West was the shadow in the right of the photo. In the middle of the memorial arch is my Aunty Marie and Uncle Rangi Te Maiharoa obviously happy and newly married!

At the beginning of May two teams of paddlers travelled from Aurora College, Invercargill to attend a waka ama regatta in Caroline Bay, Timaru. We stayed at the beautiful Arowhenua Marae in Temuka. Our wonderful host was Gwen Bower who showed us through the wharekai and the newly renovated wharenui. The students were mightily impressed with how the marae interior looked similar to a hotel. It was a privilege to have the marae to ourselves especially after the students had completed a 9km paddle.

On the morning of our return to Invercargill, I went for a walk down the end of the street. I noticed how peaceful it felt as I breathed in the crisp, cool air. I remember thinking how I would love to live here one day. I went to the memorial arch and just marvelled at its splendor and wondered why it was situated at this corner. Climbing up the steps the wairua of the wāhi was strong and I understood that something significant had happened on this land. I walked around the trees and looked for signs of an old building, perhaps there was an old church here or something? I really felt like staying longer but I knew that the students would be getting up soon and breakfast was 30 minutes away. I took some photos of the arch and the memorial stones. At one stage I just stood there looking at the memorial arch still wondering what happened in this space! The next day I managed to put some photos up on my Facebook page. My cousin Greta Te Maiharoa surprised me greatly when she posted a photo (below) of her mother Marie West (from Bluff) marrying Uncle Te Rangi Te Maiharoa under that very arch some 70 years previous!

I shared this hononga with Gwen. Later, I found out that the arch is a memorial to Māori of the South Island and their sacrifice in the First World War. The foundation stone was laid on Thursday, 13 December 1934 by Mr Eruera T. Tirikatene. The following November the completed memorial was unveiled by Mr Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, the māngai and founder of the Rātana faith and movement.

I have recently returned to my tūrangawaewae of Invercargill after living away for 30 years. It was a beautiful experience hearing the wairua of the land at Arowhenua and being guided back to a place that was significant for our West whānau from Bluff as well as the Arowhenua links with Te Maiharoa – a sign that it was the right time to return back home.

Tuia ki te rangi, tuia ki te whenua Tuia ki te ngākau o ngā tāngata katoa.

Jackie West

Aurora College paddlers, parent kaitautoko Michelle Koroheke and kaiako Jackie West (far right) photo from the Southland Times.

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Te Rūnanga o Waihao Rūnanga News

The visit of Living Treasure’ Thor Heyerdahl to Waihao in 1990 Anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl was famous for his voyaging exploits, including a balsa-wood raft journey across the Pacific in 1947 to show that a westward journey from South America was possible. Later in 1969 and 1970, Heyerdahl built two boats from papyrus and attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It was these journeys that marked him as a ‘Living Treasure’ for the New Zealand Government’s 150th anniversary celebrations. Because Waihao was known for its expertise in mōkihi – or raupo waka – it was not surprising that he made a visit to our marae.

It was the start for me of a long association with Waihao and Ngāi Tahu including involvement in our Treaty Claim Settlement in 1998 and taking over as representative from Kelly when he died in 2007, after having been alternate since 2003.

Gerry Te Kapa Coates

I had already made contact with Waihao – and Kelly Davis – and was accompanying the TVNZ film crew down to the marae. At the pōwhiri, Kelly said to me to come over to the tangata whenua side. “You’re one of us,” he called out.

During the visit I was able to take several photographs documenting the event, which was also recorded for TVNZ in a documentary presented by Ian Fraser. Tim Te Maiharoa was our own expert on mōkihi and was still making them at Waihao. Waihao turned on the hospitality for the manuhiri.

Tim Te Maiharoa and Thor Heyerdahl discussing the finer points of reed boats in the whare nui.

Kelly Davis with a mōkihi at Waihao – Tim Te Maiharoa and Thor Heyerdahls at the top right of the photo.

Kelly Davis on the paepae for the pōwhiri for Thor Heyerdahl.

Rūnanga Information and Announcements

Waihao Website Whānau are reminded that they can get a password for the registered members’ area of the website by emailing: waihao.manager@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

Reminders We welcome contributions from whānau for Te Pānui Rūnaka. If you wish to contribute, please send your news and photos to the office. If you have moved or changed your contact details, please advise the office so that we can update these records.

This area of the website allows whānau to complete tasks such as booking the marae vans or submitting a grant application. All confirmed minutes, policies and procedures and TRoNT reports are also available here.

Contact Te Rūnanga o Waihao by phone: (03) 689 4726 or email: waihao.manager@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

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Te Rūnanga o Moeraki Te Rūnanga o Moeraki Registrations

Te Rūnanga o Moeraki invites all potential members to register by contacting Jenny Brookes, our office coordinator, to request a registration form.

We encourage our registered members to contact the office to check your contact details and update them if necessary. This enables us to provide you with regular updates on rūnanga activities as well as information from our Te Rūnanga representative.

Email: moeraki.runanga@ngaitahu.iwi.nz Phone: (03) 439 4816 Post: 43 Tenby Street, Moeraki, RD2, Palmerston,

Otago 9482

Moeraki Weekend, 11 May

Our kaumātua David Cairns visited Whangārei, and arranged for us to meet at the urupā of Marianna Tei Tei where he shared his pepeha. We were most grateful to David Higgins’ input and for making us so welcome at the marae.

A special day.

Marianna Tei Tei’s young and old descendants meet. Little Lucy Conlan meets 92-year-old Margaret Munro (née Donaldson).

Looking on are Tricia McKnight, Murray Munro and Alice and Nick Conlan.

Pictured are a group of descendants of George and Florence Donaldson.

Belated Happy Birthday

Congratulations

Laurie Kean is with whanauka Lisa Te Raki enjoying the Dunedin Festival - Feastock 2019 (Laurie is the mokopuna of Martha Ruru and Richard Whitau.J.P.)

Congratulations to Haydon Richards who is the recipient of the Otago Polytechnic / Te Rūnanga o Moeraki Scholarship for 2018. Te Rūnanga o Moeraki wish Haydon well with his studies.

Rūnaka Education Scholarship Recipients

• Kezia Bava (Poutuaronga Mātauranga Māori) • Joseph Snodgrass

The Te Rūnanga o Moeraki Education Scholarship recipients for 2019 are:

(Master of Science – Environment Science)

• Nadine Goldsmith

• Kate Mihaere (Bachelor of Nursing) • Maria Makō • • • •

(Certificate of Proficiency – Musculoskeletal)

• Gloria Fraser (PHD in Psychology and

(Poutuaronga Te Rangakura Kaiwhakaako) Miriama Buchanan (Te Putaketanga o te reo Level 4) Rory Clifford (PH D in Human Interface Technology) Rongomai Parata-Taiapa (Master of Māori Visual Arts) Ashleigh Rhodes (Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce)

Postgraduate Diploma in Clincal Psychology )

Te Rūnanga o Moeraki invited the recipients and members of their whānau to a Mid-Winter dinner at the marae on Saturday, 8 June during our monthly whakawhanaungatanga weekend. Not all were able to attend, but we wish them all well in their studies and a bright future.

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Retirement of Kingi Dirks

One of our whānau members, Kingi Dirks, retired from the Southern District Hospital Board at the end of May. A daughter of Arapera (Buster) and Thomas Tipa, Kingi was the youngest of 17 children. Kingi qualified as an enrolled nurse before retraining at Otago University as a social worker.

accommodation and making sure that whanau received the services they were entitled to. Our rūnanga is very proud of Kingi’s achievements and grateful for the times she helped many of us.

We wish her well as she deserves to enjoy her retirement at home with Paul, her husband with whom she celebrated 50 years of marriage last May, her three children and her precious mokopuna, Jordie, Mia, Tommy and Ivor.

Over her time with the health board she helped many whānau navigate the health system. She was often the person meeting whanau at the hospital or arranging

Mahinga kai wānanga

Alongside learning about eeling, Uncle David showed us how our tīpuna used to transport and preserve kai moana using pōhā made from kelp. Ngā mihi aroha ki a Uncle Pat and Uncle David for your taonga of knowledge.

Tēnā koutou e te iwi On Saturday, 4 May we held our mahinga kai wānanga at Uenuku. Uncle Pat was first up and he shared a kōrero with us about tuna and the process of catching and preparing them for kai. We learned some really interesting stuff and the whānau got stuck in having a go with the knife.

Our next whānau wānanga is scheduled for August, the kaupapa is raranga – weaving. We are fortunate enough to have Aunty Wendi and her amazing raranga skills on hand for this kaupapa and will be having a go at dyeing harakeke too. If you’re keen to come along, let the office know and we will be in touch once our date is confirmed.

Mauri ora e te iwi, Miri.

We learned about setting a net and how to set them depending on the location. After all our hard mahi we were able to enjoy some freshly smoked tuna for dinner.

KaiKai family reunion

If you descend from Hana KaiKai and Tieke Makoti Williams or Tepene (Jack), please come along to a family reunion to be held in Moeraki this coming Labour weekend in October 2019.

Hana and Jack’s children are: • Winifred Elizabeth Tepene • Eileen Elaine Tepene, married name Hampstead • Pike Tepene, married name TeAu • Marjorie Tepene • Huia Tepene, married name Reihana

Contact Sam Reihana: 0211850974 or on Facebook messenger or Elaine Pagan: 0276353119 or on Facebook messenger.

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Congratulations

Last December Duncan Roimata Coutts (Moeraki) and his partner Victoria Sugrue (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Pākehā), both achieved their post-graduate qualifications in anatomy. Victoria specialises in reproductive systems and Duncan switched from his under-graduate specialism of bio-anthropology to micro-neurology at post-graduate level. If post-graduate degrees were not enough of an achievement, they also had their beautiful daughter Lucy Atawhai Coutts in September 2018.

Duncan is very grateful for the support that Moeraki has provided to him on this journey and looks forward to ways he can reciprocate. Things discussed recently include enabling whānau at Moeraki to make use of his bio-anthropology skills.

Duncan and Victoria are now working to achieve PhDs in their chosen specialist areas and everyone is already debating what kind of Ngāi Tahu-Raukawa scientist Lucy will become! Her proud pāpā thinks she will become a physicist and her taua thinks she will become a mathematician.

Duncan Roimata Coutts with partner Sue Sugrue and Karen Coutts, as well as pēpi Lucy.

Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki Nau mai e kā kuru pounamu

The Mules Whānau (Taiaroa/Ellison) have recently welcomed two precious mokopuna into the world.

Taupae Beau Karaka Hiakita (son of Rangimārie and Jared) and Gray William Taiaroa McCambridge (son of Ana and Matt).

They are the third and fourth mokopuna for Diana and David and the fourth and fifth great mokopuna for the late Nani Guest (née Ellison) and Bill (William) Guest.

Whāia te iti kahurangi kōrua!

Taupae proudly representing his iwi.

Taupae and Gray with Gray’s father Matt and Nana

Poppa Guest with his great-grandson Gray.

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Moa footprints found in the Kyeburn River

After the karakia seven black fantails flew in formation across the river and the day returned to being overcast.

It was a wonderful and unique experience for all including our rakatahi from Ōtākou – they were able to explore, touch and feel these deep, ancient footprints which were larger than a man’s hand.

In March Michael Johnson was swimming with his dogs in the Kyeburn River when he “saw something unusual in the water.”

He took a photo and sent it to the Otago Museum. What he had discovered were seven distinctive moa footprints embedded in the clay that were millions of years old.

One of our kaumātua, Hinerangi Ferrall-Heath, was part of the team sent to extract the footprints. The team included Otago Museum, University of Otago, Ngāi Tahu, Aukaha and Ōtākou.

After this experience Hinerangi would encourage whānau to go on site visits “as you never know what could be revealed by your tūpuna.”

‘Ki te haere i roto i ngā hīkoi tūpuna ko te taonga nui rawa.’

Hinerangi’s priority was to protect Taoka o Ngā Moa Tapuae and ensuring that tikanga and kawa processes were followed to keep everyone safe. While undertaking the karakia the day was overcast but the mist kept changing and was followed by periods of rain and sunshine.

Nā Hinerangi Ferrall-Heath.

Footprints in Kyeburn River. Right; Hinerangi Ferrall-Heath.

Our Dr Lyn Carter’s visit to Sami University, Norway One of our rūnaka members, Lyn Carter, was recently invited to be a keynote speaker at the Symposium of Sami Place naming at the Sami University in Guovdageaidnu, Finnmark. The Diehtosiida (House of Learning) is situated in the predominantly Sami area in northern Norway where the population is 99% Sami and Sami language speaking. There are four Sami languages with Northern Sami being the strongest. The symposium featured Sami scholars from Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Russia speaking to the political, economic and social implications for naming places and enforced changes to personal naming.

For example, the Norwegian Government has introduced policy to standardise personal names into a “more acceptable” Norwegian format – something that detrimentally impacts on Sami naming practices. Lyn’s keynote address explored the politics of place naming here in Aotearoa. Her research work was also show-cased on Sami radio during the symposium.

Dr. Lyn Carter.

This is Lyn’s third visit to the Diehtsiida at Guovdageaidnu, and this time she used the time to work with Sami scholars from the School for Reindeer Herding.

Sami Confirmation Ceremony.

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She provided lectures on indigenous approaches to climate change for staff and post-graduate students.

Many of the impacts of climate change are already being felt in Finnmark, especially the environmental changes affecting the snow conditions, lichen growth and reindeer migrations from winter to summer areas.

Singers compete in two categories: joik and pop music. Joik is a living song tradition that is constantly developing, so the material is newly composed. The pop music category spans the entire range from joik-inspired compositions to hard rock. Just like at the Eurovision Song Contest, the audience decides the winner, so Sami radio transmits the competition directly and processes the votes cast from all parts of Sápmi.

Sami human rights issues include the Norwegian Government’s slow but steady encroachment into Sami traditional ways of life through regulatory and legislative interference in Sami identity; and regulations around the reindeer herding practices and herd sizes. A Sami rangatahi is currently fighting parliament against the changes arguing that it is an infringement on human and cultural rights. His protest has taken him to the UN – a vehicle for promoting many Sami human rights abuses.

The annual ski mobile racing championships was a highlight of the festival as was the rather interesting version of volleyball in the snow. A surprise appearance from two Rotorua haka/hip-hop artists was also a highlight. Aniwa and Mika (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) were featuring along with Anna-Katri Helander in a hiphop show during the festival. Sami theatre and art exhibitions were also a large part of the festival offerings with exhibitions from important Sami feminist protest artists being a major drawcard in 2019.

The Sami rangatahi are very politically aware and active in international indigenous rights issues. The Diehtosiida sends some of their Sami students to the UN in New York every year where they participate in the International Youth forums. As well as the proposed government interference in herding management practices, the land-based mining interfers in the reindeer migratory patterns, as does government policy for fencing across the tundra.

During Lyn’s time in Guovdageaidnu she attended many of the events that are part of the annual Easter Sami Festival. The programme is varied and includes Sami rock, jazz and joik-inspired music. The “Sami Eurovision” is a music competition with participants from all over Sápmi (the Sami regions).

Māori and Sami Hip Hop stars: Mika, Aniwa (left) and Anna Katri Helander.

Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou Correction – ANZAC Day Commemorations

We apologise for the confusion in the incorrect caption for this photo, which was originally published as part of our ANZAC Day pānui in the last issue of Te Pānui Rūnaka (May).

The Wesley whānau gather in remembrance of Tatane A.T Wesley.

Kneeling: Moana Wesley, Connagh Wesley with baby Manaia Wesley. Standing L-R: Cecille Wesley, Koreana Wesley-Evans, Makareta Wesley-Evans, Te Hori Wesley-Evans, Rachel Wesley and Mihiata Wesley-Evans.

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Achievements

Congratulations Georgia Karetai-Niblett (moko to Janina Karetai), who has been selected to join a group of rangatahi travelling to Hawaii in July as part of Te Pōkai Ao, the STEAM programme offered by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Georgia is a year 11 student at Woodford House and was encouraged to apply

by Bridgette Karetai. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathetmatics, and the whāinga (goal) of the programme is to reinforce the importance of indigenous knowledge in these areas.

The programme offers Ngāi Tahu students in years 11-13 the opportunity to learn and work alongside tangata whenua in projects that directly assist and have an immediate effect on the local people and their environment. Georgia heads to Christchurch in June for a marae visit where she will learn more about the programme then on to Hawaii in July. We wish Georgia all the best on this exciting journey!

Radiant Georgia Karetai-Niblett on hearing she has been awarded a scholarship to attend Te Pōkai Ao STEAM Programme in Hawaii.

Moa footprint extraction – Sunday, 26 May 2019

In March some “odd-looking” footprints were spotted in the submerged clay of Kyeburn River, and subsequent testing by staff from the Otago Museum determined that they were a rare example of preserved moa footprints.

A seventh footprint was left at the site, as it was already damaged and in a difficult position.

Otago Museum, Natural Science Assistant Curator, Kane Fleury said they are the first moa footprints to be found in Te Waipounamu and are believed to be between three and four million years old – significantly older than the 10 sites in the North Island where moa footprints have previously been preserved.

Hapū members from Ōtākou and Puketeraki were present when six of the prints were painstakingly excavated using a digger and water pumps. Waist deep in water, the excavation team used concrete saws, chainsaws and hammers to remove six prints, each about 30cm by 30cm.

Left; Tūmai Cassidy and Kiliona Tamati-Tupa’i work on keeping the river diversions from breaching. Middle; Carefully exposed moa footprints after the water level has been lowered. Right; L-R: Tūmai Cassidy, Kiliona Tamati-Tupa’i and Te Hori Wesley-Evans about to carry a footprint across the river (covered by a wet towel to protect it).

Rūnanga and rūnanga representative contact details

The chair of our rūnaka is Donna Matahaere-Atariki and deputy chair is Rachel Wesley. Tahu Potiki is the Ōtākou representative for TRoNT. Please phone the office on (03) 478 0352 to be put in touch with any of our representatives.

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Visit to Otago by Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy Governor-General of New Zealand Hapū members from Puketeraki, Moeraki and Ōtākou gathered on Friday, 4 June to pōwhiri Her Excellency, The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM, QSO Governor-General of New Zealand, and her husband His Excellency, Sir David Gascoigne onto Ōtākou marae. Julie Asher and the kaimahi put on an amazing luncheon, and He Waka Kōtuia gave an extremely wellpolished waiata performance to the guests. Dame Patsy circulated among the hapū and the visit concluded with

manawhenua from each marae being photographed with their Excellencies. Dame Patsy is the 21st GovernorGeneral of NZ and third woman to be appointed to the position. She was sworn in in September 2016 having come from a previous career in law, business, and the public sector. Sir David Gascoigne is the former NZ Judicial Conduct Commissioner. In all, a lovely relaxed and ‘informal’ occasion with beautiful Otago weather blessing the day with sunshine glistening on the harbour!

Her Excellency, The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM, QSO Governor-General of New Zealand with He Waka Kōtuia following their performance.

L-R Front Row:Carolyn Campbell, Phyllis Smith, John Broughton , David Gascoigne, Dame Patsy, Marewa Preddy, Hinerangi Heath, Suzanne Ellison. L-R Back Row: Ranui Ngarimu, Gisele Laven, Waiariki Parata-Taiapa, Matapura Ellison, Philip Broughton, Maria Ellison, Bruce Ritchie.

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Kā Pāroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows /Coastal Incursions Exhibition The 2019 iteration of Coastal Flows/Coastal Incursions by artist Alex Monteith is being exhibited at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery until September.

The work includes the creative contributions from Brian Allingham, Atholl Anderson (Ngāi Tahu), Gerard O’Regan (Ngāi Tahu), Lori Bowers, Jacinta Beckwith (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu), Vicki Lenihan and Koreana Wesley-Evans (both Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha), Baylee Smith (Ngāti Maniapoto) and Kaihaukai Collective.

The exhibition presents Alex’s new video works, alongside a real-time process of creating inventories of collections of midden material loaned from Southland and Otago museums, performed by collaborators Vicki, Koreana and Baylee in the gallery. Koreana is also one of the people who is working on the ‘research’ aspect on Saturdays over the course of the exhibition. She’ll be busy going through the archaeological material and would love it if people called in to see what she’s up to.

Artist Ayesha Green (left) and Koreana Wesley-Evans (both from the Russell whānau) at the opening of Alex Monteith’s exhibition.

Ōtākou website

Ōtākou members’ news for TPR

Check out our website: www.otakourunaka.co.nz Whānau wishing to book the marae for functions can do so online. Otherwise, phone the Ōtākou office (03) 478 0352.

We welcome your whānau or personal news for inclusion in our pānui. Please send your news, eg: sporting achievements, education, pēpi hou, memorials, kupu hou, photos, or any items of community interest to office@tro.org.nz. Photos must have captions including names of people pictured.

Hokonui Rūnanga No reira ngā mate takoto nei, takoto, takoto Haere ki Hawaiki nui – Hawaiki roa – Hawaiki pamamao, haere, haere atu rā Āpiti hono tātai hono, te hunga mate ki te hunga mate Āpiti hono tātai hono, te hunga ora ki te hunga ora Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Ka tangi te tītī, ka tangi te kākā Ka tangi hoki ahau Tihei mauri ora He mihi – he tangi ki a rātou o ngā tini aituā Kua wehe atu ki te pō Ki te pō uriuri, ki te pō tangotango

Hokonui Huanui

We have been very busy over the last few months here at Hokonui. One of the exciting things that has been occupying our time is our partnership in the Hokonui Huanui project. Huanui means highway, and the project is a metaphorical pathway that aims to generate shared community responsibility for all children and young people in the Gore District – ensuring that they have the skills and wellbeing to travel seamlessly from birth to adulthood. The goal is success for all – no one left behind.

Hokonui Huanui is a joint initiative between the Gore District Council, Hokonui Rūnanga, Community Networking Trust and Eastern Southland Community of Learning (Kāhui Ako). Recently our region received $3.7 million from the Provincial Growth Fund, with $2.1 million allocated towards Hokonui Huanui.

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Congraulations

Kaitoko Matauranga

We are very pleased to introduce the newest member of the Hokonui Rūnanga whānau. Jo Brand will be taking over the Kaitoko Mātauranga position and will working in community development for Hokonui Rūnanga. Jo is well-known in the Hokonui District for her hard work and we are excited to have her on board.

Well done to Jayden Gifford from our Kura Hourua.

He was recognised at the recent Gore Youth Awards with the Junior Soroptimist International of Gore Overcomers Award.

Ka pai Jayden!

Noaia Charitable Trust

Recently we were lucky to welcome and host the team from the Noaia Charitable Trust for a two-week workshop here in the deep south! Noaia is a programme that aims to develop cultural confidence and increase self-determination and sustainability amongst our whānau. Check out these photos of Tuari Dawson working with the participants.

Waihōpai Rūnaka Kia ora e ngā whānau, ngā mihi nui ngā mihi aroha ki a koutou katoa.

Tītī Islands

It’s great to see our whānau from the Tītī Islands are all back safely with the food of the gods. Welcome home whānau.

Ngāi Tahu Holdings

Waihōpai had a visit from Ngāi Tahu Holdings at Murihiku Marae and what a great turnout, great kōrero and a great day. Thank you to Ngāi Tahu Holdings for meeting the whānau, ka pai.

Back row, L-R : Rodger Finlay, Michael Skerrett, Charisma Rangipunga, Jeffrey Broughton, Debs Tikao, Mike Sang, Cyril Gilroy, Ora Barron, Nuk Korako, Ailene Stehlin, Des Te Au, Robyn Boulter, Mark Tume. Front row, L-R: Winsome Skerrett, Dawn Wybrow, Mhari Baty, Peggy Peek, Mateka Pirini and Evelyn Cook.

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Kaumātua coffee club – indoor bowls

We were fortunate to have Diane Jenkins from the Southland Indoor Bowling Club join us at coffee club to introduce kaumātua to the game and give a demonstration on how to play. Kaumātua were enthusiastic, focused and a little bit competitive. The positive encouragement from kaumātua watching from the side-lines was well received. It was also great to have kaumātua visit from Ōraka Aparima to share in this social event. After many games there was some great kai – everyone had a good time. We look forward to pulling the mats out again and hope to get more kaumātua down and joining in the fun.

Kaumātua setting up to play indoor bowls.

Some kaumātua with Diane Jenkins from Southland Indoor Bowling Club.

What’s been happening?

We held a whanaukataka hui with the police leadership team. It was a great day and we really appreciated the time we had with the police. Victor Manawatu is facilitating the Reading Together programme for whānau to support them reading with their children. Our whānau are attending training to facilitate this.

Facilitator and kaumātua with one of the police officers who attended the programme.

Victor with whānau at Reading Together programme at Murihiku.

Activities

Our activities co-ordinator has the young ones from schools coming up to do taiaha and mau rākau. It’s always great to see the tamariki at play and having fun. Remember whānau, a hug a day makes a smile go a long way.

Nā, Squirrel on the Hill.

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Ōraka Aparima Rūnaka Tēnā tātou e te whānau

If you have enjoyed a birthday in the last month or have new additions to your whānau, congratulations and here is wishing you all good health and prosperity for the year ahead.

The last month has been a fairly busy one as we ensure everything is in order for our financial year-end on 30 June. Some of this has been around reviewing our filing processes. We have made a few changes to our systems which we hope will speed up the audit process.

Aside from Kobi who lives in Dunedin, all the others live in Perth, Australia. The family all got together earlier this year at Wānaka and enjoyed a wonderful catch up time – a great time was had by all.

By Shona Fordyce

This period has also seen us welcome back many whānau from the Tītī islands and beyond. To date we have received mixed reports as to the quality and quantity of the birds.

During Queens Birthday weekend we ran another volunteers trip to Rarotoka to complete some much needed mahi before winter sets in. If you’d like to join us for a working trip please contact us here at the office for further details.

L-R; Henrietta Bell, Evie Capolicchio, Katharina Bell, Isla Capolicchio, William Bell and Kobi Guise with their great grandmother Reina Guise (née Crengle) who they all call Neina.

Porpoise Stranding

The three DOC staff refloated the creature and assisted it in shallow water for several hours and it looked as if it was gaining strength. Unfortunately, it eventually returned to shore looking very sick. Gemma and others stayed with the creature till sunset when it eventually passed gently and peacefully away and a karakia was performed.

Late in April a call was received from the Department of Conservation (DOC) regarding a dolphin stranding at North Beach by the Flax Mill.

Gemma McGrath attended the site on behalf of Ōraka Aparima along with DOC staff. Gemma lives in Colac Bay and is involved with monitoring mammals through her work with cetaceans over the last 20 years (Whale Watch Kaikōura, University of Otago, various NGOs).

It was ascertained that the creature was in fact a young female spectacled porpoise. They are a porpoise of the circumpolar area. It was 1.3metres in length (adults can grow to 2.2metres) and was relatively easy to lift and move around.

This species is one of the most rarely encountered cetacean species in the world. It is mostly in deep water around the Sub-Antarctic – very little is known about them and they are hardly ever seen at sea. Nothing is known about their abundance or conservation status.

Only around 10 have ever washed up around the NZ coast in post-colonial times. The creature has now been sent to Massey University so that we can hopefully learn more about it and its life.

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Rarotoka by Jade Maguire (pictured right)

We had a great few days on Rarotoka over Easter. The first day was spent exploring the dune system on the northern side where the pīngao patch (all 350m of it) is doing very well. We then explored the rest of the island by following the shore.

By the time this goes to print we will have had another volunteer trip during the Queen’s Birthday break to carry on with the plantings and restoration works. If you or any of your whānau would like to volunteer to be part of this awesome mahi then please contact us here at the office for more details.

On this trip we were joined by PhD candidate Johannnes Fischer who is studying the conservation of the Whenua Hōu diving petrel – one of the most endangered species of bird in the world. Through Johannes’ knowledge, we were able to identify various seabirds present on the island based on bird droppings, bones and bird calls.

The planting we did last year has shot away and doing really well. It is so rewarding to see the fruits of your labour – a mānuka tree in flower!

We also managed to clear away a good amount of gorse that surrounded an old planting area and did some spraying of the other planting areas. We accomplished a lot with our small band of volunteers. A big mihi to our volunteers – your mahi is truly appreciated.

Ngāi Tahu Holdings Board hui

The Ngāi Tahu Holdings Board recently visited Takutai o Te Tītī Marae. The purpose of the visit was primarily to strengthen the relationship with papatipu rūnanga and to share information about their future strategic direction.

This was also an opportunity for them to listen to our own economic aspirations. Overall this was an informative and interesting hui.

Back row L-R: Nuk Korako, Debs Tikao, Mark Tume, Rewi Davis, Jana Davis, Mike Sang, Charisma Rangipunga. Middle row L-R: Ann Wakefield and Lynley McKay. Front row L-R: Muriel Johnstone and Shona Fordyce.

Takutai o Te Tītī Marae

Central Southland College A group of teachers from Central Southland College visited the marae with the purpose of advancing their te reo and cultural knowledge. The feedback we received was that the staff were initially very apprehensive about the pōwhiri but were soon put at ease by the lovely welcome and the smiley faces. After the pōwhiri, staff split up into a series of group activities. Thanks to everybody who made this day a great success.

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Te Kōawa Tūroa o Takitimu

Volunteers

We have had a few bookings recently including whānau from Te Ara Whakatipu and a team from Adventure Development in Otago. As we move into the winter there are plenty of opportunities available for whānau and any other groups who wish to stay at this beautiful venue.

Alternatively, if you would like to be involved in any of the restoration or pest eradication work at the property please contact us here at the office for details.

We are always looking for volunteers to help out with the various projects and commitments that we have.

There are many diverse roles that we need help with, some of which include; representation on boards or appointment panels, helping with bird transfers, assisting at the marae or working in the nursery or the wetlands and many more. If you are keen to play a more active role within the rūnaka please contact us here at the office to discuss the options.

Holiday Home in Te Ānau

Communication with whānau

Did you know that we have a comfortable house for whānau to rent within the township of Te Ānau in Fiordland? This property sleeps eight and is situated in the heart of the town. It is within walking distance of all amenities and only a short distance from many of the tourist attractions the region has to offer. Contact the office for further details or to make a booking. Please remember that this property is used by whānau and is not serviced. You will need to leave the place clean and tidy for the next person.

We are looking at ways to improve our communication with whānau by limiting the amount of email traffic we generate.

We have created an opportunities page on Facebook, which will carry details of any opportunities for our members such as: scholarships, bird transfers, vacancies for representatives on various boards and much more.

Check out Ōraka Aparima Rūnaka pānui for more information.

Membership

We will continue to keep our registered members updated via email. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list please let us know.

You are probably reading this pānui because you or a whānau member is registered with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Ōraka Aparima Rūnaka has a separate membership list and you will not be added automatically when you register with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Please contact us by phone: (03) 234 8192 or email: office@orakaaparima.org.nz to register or with any questions about our membership process.

Awarua Rūnanga Kā mihi aroha

Rā whānau

Welcome for new Marae Cook/Cleaner

Awarua Rūnaka Membership Database

Gina affiliates to Te Rau Aroha Marae through the Wixon and Fowler lines and is very excited to be a part of the marae environment. Welcome aboard Gina, your skills will be put to great use.

If you are one of these people, we encourage you to contact us: phone (03) 212 6029 or email: office@awaruarunaka.iwi.nz to request registration form/s or update your details.

Communicating with Members

Please note if your enquiries relate to registering with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu please contact the Whakapapa Unit directly on 0800 524 8248.

To all our whānau suffering the loss of loved ones at this time, Awarua Rūnaka extends all our love and sympathy.

Happy birthday to all those celebrating birthdays this month.

Last month we farewelled our long serving Marae Kitchen Coordinator, Sharon Malofie and this month we welcome Gina Ryan who replaces Sharon in a newly created role of marae cook/cleaner.

We are constantly updating our membership database at Awarua Rūnaka and have found many members’ children have had children of their own and/or residential and email addresses require updating.

Our members are encouraged to check out our rūnaka Facebook page (Te Rūnaka o Awarua) for updates on hui and job opportunities, as well as our marae Facebook page (Te Rau Aroha Marae) which highlights all the wonderful activities happening at our marae under the guidance of our friendly marae coordinator, Mali Morgan.

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Taurahere Groups Ngāi Tahu ki Tauranga Moana

Tribute for Laurie Loper He Aituā Ka taki te tītī Ka taki te kākā Ka taki hoki ahau Tīhei mauri ora Sadly, Matua Laurie, a highly respected kaumātua on our committee passed away on May 13. Laurie had been a committed member of our taurahere group since 2002.

After retirement he and Beverly relocated to Tauranga.

Even in retirement, Laurie stayed actively involved in education working to promote programmes for disadvantaged children. He was actively involved with Ngāi Tahu both locally and nationally.

Laurie’s lifelong dream was to effect change in our education system to better address the needs of those who performed poorly. With a bequest from his brother (James Loper of Alexandra) and with the support of Ngāi Tahu and Uncle Joe Briggs, he sponsored a trial of the Developing Mathematical Inquiry Communities Programme (Bobbie Maths) for Shirley School in Ōtautahi. As recently as two years ago he was still making trips to Ōtautahi to actively support the Bobbie Maths Programme, which has now spread to 130 schools.

Laurie was born in Ōtautahi on the 23 May, 1931.

Because his father worked for the Ministry of Works on dam construction projects, the family moved around, living in worker camps. Despite attending several schools, Laurie strove to do well academically. He won a school prize at aged eight, a copy of Robin Hood, which was much read and became a trigger for Laurie’s commitment to social justice.

Having lived a full life, Laurie passed away peacefully in the presence of his three children and he now rests next to his late wife Beverly. Laurie always attended our hui and committee meetings and we were all very privileged to know him. He was a lovely humble man who made a difference to the lives of others. Our taurahere group will miss him very much. Moe mai rā e te rangatira.

After boarding at Timaru Boys High School, he went on to teacher’s college in Ōtepoti and following that, attended Otago University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts.

He began his Master’s degree in education and after four years of tertiary study, Laurie became a qualified educational psychologist. He moved north working as a counsellor at Hamilton Boys' Home where he met Beverly Broad, a Matron’s Assistant and they married.

They had three children, Suzanne, Brett and Grant. After two years as a counsellor at Gisborne Boys' High School the family returned to Hamilton. Laurie then began his 23 year career as an educational psychologist with Psychological Services, working to improve the learning of children with behavioral issues.

Outside of work Laurie enjoyed playing sport, coaching his son and running - completing 17 half or full marathons. He loved motorcycles, was a keen DIYer and had a special interest in family genealogy.

Photo taken in Christchurch at the launch of the Bobbie Maths Programme – June 2016. L-R – Dr Jodie Hunter, Dr Roberta Hunter, Laurie Loper, Hekia Parata, Joe Briggs, Mark Solomon, Adrienne Alton – Lee, Regional Manager for Education in Christchurch, Representative from Ngāi Tahu Education.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Te Whanganui-a-Tara rōpū has not met yet this year as the organisers have been over-loaded. However, with the Road Show coming to town in August, it will be an opportunity to reconnect for the rest of the year! Make sure you register for the Road Show and make the effort to come along.

Have you connected with our Facebook page: Ngāi Tahu ki te Whanganui-a-Tara? We will plan for a hui a couple of months after the road show to get us all connected again on the kaupapa. In the meantime, contact for queries: karen.coutts@xtra.co.nz or 027-365-3993.

See you all at the Road Show on 11 August!

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Kāi Tahu ki Ōtaki

Kei te tangi tonu te ngākau ki a Johanna WateneWilliams he uri nō Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, nō Muaupoko me Ngāpuhi anō hoki. Kua ngaro nei a Jo i te tirohanga tangata i ngā wiki tata nei. E te mokopuna o Te Whānau Bradshaw, kua hikina ngā taumahatanga o te ao kiko nei, kua rere arorangi te wairua. Waiho mā tō pā harakeke ō wawata te whakatinana. E te tau, moe mai, moe mai, okioki atu e.

Pēpi Hou Taua Mariana and Koro Matt (pictured right) are chuffed to announce the arrival of another mokopuna – Dayna Kotahi Aroha Takuira.

Congratulations to all the whānau. E te kuru pounamu, e te uri o Tahu, nau mai ki te ao!

Mate atu he tētēkura, ara mai anō he tētēkura.

Tamariki achievements Whānau and the wider Ōtaki community are super proud of the achievements of a couple of our tamariki, who are competing successfully nationally and internationally in their chosen sports.

Lukah Richards (pictured right) has been selected for the NZ Basketball Academy’s U14 boys’ team after attending three trial camps last year. His team travel to Las Vegas in July for two weeks to play against other high school teams – Congratulations Lukah!

Tahu Potiki Tirikatene and his J16 waka ama mixed crew Va’arauna from Ōtaki Waka Hoe, recently won their long-distance paddling campaign held in Auckland at Easter weekend.

This is one of a number of successful races for the talented crew. Ka mau te wehi tamariki mā!

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Do you have a cultural project that you, your whānau or marae would like to run? Applications for the second round of the Ngāi Tahu Fund for 2019 are now open! All applications must be received on or before Friday, 27 September 2019 – late applications will not be accepted.

The Ngāi Tahu Fund is available to Ngāi Tahu whānau, hapū, papatipu rūnanga and organisations, and aims to help revitalise, strengthen and grow Ngāi Tahutanga.

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He kaupapa iti – small projects for individuals (up to $5,000) He kaupapa nui – medium projects for legal entities only (up to $30,000) He kaupapa nui rawa – (over $30,000). A written expression of interest should accompany all large/ transformational applications, please contact the team in advance if you intend to submit a large project. Only available for legal entities.

The full criteria for accessing the Ngāi Tahu Fund is contained in the application form, which can be downloaded from our website: www.ngaitahufund.com.

For more information contact Ngāi Tahu Funds Advisor, Morgan Lee by phone: 0800 KAI TAHU (0800 524 8248) or email: funds@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

Areas we support:

The Fund focuses on supporting cultural projects around: • Whakapapa – kinship • Tikanga – protocols and customs • Te reo – language • Mahi toi – creative expression • Whenua – landscape, place and locality • Mahinga kai – customary food gathering, species protection and restoration • Ngā uara – values and beliefs • Ā kāinga, ā hapū, ā iwi – community engagement and participation; and

Note: the Ngāi Tahu Funding Committee will meet in midNovember to make decisions on all applications received in September 2019. Projects should begin after application decisions are delivered and not before this time.

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Ngāi Tahu Road Shows 2019

Our Whakapapa Unit are averaging 50-60 new registrations at each Road Show, and have met with 73 whānau on the Saturdays prior to each Road Show.

We have received 136 new registrations for Whai Rawa across the three Road Shows, which is a fantastic result. Please see the ad on page 52 for details on our upcoming Road Shows as well as instructions for registration!

So far 779 whānau members have attended Road Shows in Tauranga, Auckland and Napier, and by the time this goes to print we will have visited Hamilton as well. 586 whānau have completed our onsite satisfaction survey and answered that they were “happy – very happy” with the day’s events, which is a fantastic outcome for our hard working team!

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Ngā Kaitiaki Moni is live!

It has been a very exciting few weeks for our Whai Rawa tamariki with the launch of our exclusive Whai Rawa kids’ club, Ngā Kaitiaki Moni, which is already 200 members strong – ka rawe!

Ngā Kaitiaki Moni is a fun and interactive space for Whai Rawa tamariki aged 5-15 to engage with financial capability learning. It is a tool for Whai Rawa to communicate directly with our tamariki members and teach them about money, savings, ways to help out their whānau and long-term money goals.

Our Ngā Kaitiaki Moni website is full of cool games, quizzes and fun stuff to do as well as competitions and giveaways. Each tamaiti who joins receives an initial launch pack with a welcome certificate followed by another mīharo activity pack with collectable stickers and cards. If you’re aged between 5-15, join today. We can’t wait to see what you think!

Sign up now at: whairawa.com/tamariki/

Matched Savings

Whānau, have you started saving to hit your targets?

We are halfway through the year already and we hope you are well on your way to achieving the maximum matched savings for 2019!

Whai Rawa Member Statements

How Matched Savings works: for every $1 saved by adult members aged 16-64 in the calendar year, Te Rūnanga will contribute another $1 (up to a maximum of $200* per year). For child members (under 16 years-old as at 31 December), Te Rūnanga will contribute $4 for every $1 saved (up to a maximum of $200* per year).

Te tīma Whai Rawa is hard at work on your twice yearly member statements and these will be on the way to you very shortly. We will be sending your statements via email or post if we don’t have an email address for you.

To update your email address, give us a call on 0800 WHAI RAWA (0800 942 472) or email us with your full contact details: whairawa@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

New Pēpi?

Remember to tell whānau who are expecting a new pēpi to register them with Whai Rawa before their first birthday. Sign your pēpi up to Whai Rawa before their first birthday to receive a $100* Newborn Distribution into their account from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. They will also receive any Annual Distribution plus any Matched Savings.

Whānau, this is an amazing start for any tamaiti.

Opening a Whai Rawa account for your pēpi can help teach them good money management from an early age, setting them up with the right skills as they get older. If time is on your side, your money has the potential to grow significantly too. You can also preregister for the amazing Ngāi Tahu pēpi pack here: https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/whanau/opportunities/pepi-pack/ * Te Rūnanga matched savings and distributions are available to all members under 65 years of age (see the Product Disclosure Statement) and are subject to RSCT (retirement scheme contribution tax) deducted at your personal RSCT rate (see the Other Material Information document at www.whairawa.com). Distribution payments are made no later than 31 March in the calendar year following payment. Download our PDS at www.whairawa.com/pds 41

A Guide to Registration

Whakapapa Ngāi Tahu has recently released a new booklet – ‘A Guide to Registration’. The booklet is a reader friendly guide that outlines our processes, providing step-by-step instructions on how to enrol both online or hardcopy.

Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E! Māori in the First World War Book Launch

On 5 May Arapata Reuben (Whakapapa Ngāi Tahu, Manager) and Allanah Burgess (Whakapapa Ngāi Tahu, Projects Advisor) attended the launch of Whitiki! Māori in the First World War, by Dr Monty Soutar.

Allanah said, “It was an absolute privilege to receive a personal invitation to attend the official launch of Whitiki!

Whiti! Whiti! E! Māori in the First World War from Rt Honourable Jacinda Ardern, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage.” The book’s author Dr Monty Soutar, is the historian in residence at Tāmaki Paenga Hira – Auckland War Memorial Museum.

It also features some frequently asked questions that might come in handy too. If you are enrolling whānau and finding the process difficult feel free to request a copy through our email: whakapapa@ngaitahu.iwi.nz or call our contact centre on 0800 KAI TAHU (0800 524 8248).

Whakapapa Ngāi Tahu has supported Dr Soutar in his work over the last five years by identifying Ngāi Tahu soldiers from their research for He Rau Mahara. Support provided included soldiers’ names and iwi affiliations, contacts of whānau members for further information and photographs and sourcing high resolution images.

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu got a special mention from Monty on the night for our support. We were also gifted a copy of the hard copy version of the 576 page taonga.

The book is a fascinating look at the Pioneer Battalion that sheds light on the reasons why some men signed on to serve, and others staunchly resisted the call to join the imperial conflict.

Dr Soutar said on the night that if the reader doesn’t understand this then he hasn’t done our tūpuna the justice they deserved. It is amazing to see the work that Dr Soutar has done for this publication to come to fruition, and, that he was able to capture so much a century after the war.

Road Shows

We continue to have amazing turnouts to the Ngāi Tahu roadshows – keep it up whānau! The Whakapapa tīma enjoy this time of the year because it’s a chance to get out and about to engage with you all. If we haven’t been to one near you yet, we look forward to meeting you at one soon!

Please remember If you are keen to come and have a one-on-one session with a member of our team (at a North Island road show) please get in contact at least one week prior to the event. This gives our team enough time to be as prepared as possible for the session. Whakapapa Ngāi Tahu will hold these sessions for every North Island roadshow on the Saturday prior.

You can book a time for a private session by emailing: whakapapa@ngaitahu.iwi.nz We would also like to take this opportunity to apologise to the whānau who missed their sessions in Tāmaki Makaurau. Unfortunately, the tīma were grounded at Christchurch Airport due to fog and couldn’t make it. Hopefully you still had a chance to see us at the Auckland roadshow – if not, we have sent out some information to support you on your whakapapa journey.

Allanah Burgess (Whakapapa Ngāi Tahu, projects advisor) with Bill Henry (Willie) Apiata, VC.

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Nō reira e te hākui moe mai, moe mai, moe mai rā. E te whānau e noho pani ana i raro i te parekawakawa, nei hoki te taki aroha, te taki mōteatea ki a koutou. Tukua kā roimata, kā hupe kia rere hai rokoā i te mamae e pēhi kiho nei ki a koutou. Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui.

Hoki atu ki a tātou kā konohi ora. Tīhei Mauriora!

Takiauē are one of the few spaces left for us to practice and observe our tikaka tuku iho, those treasures passed down to us from our tīpuna. As takiauē will always take precedence over our events, the team made the decision to postpone the Kia Kūrapa ki Tuahiwi in May due to a loss in the whānau. The team would like to mihi to the wānaka participants for their patience and understanding at that time. Nei mātou e mihi ana. We will roll out the event again in August.

Mauriora e te whānau!

Kia Kūrapa ki Tuahiwi

Tātai whetū ki te raki mau tonu mau tonu; tātai tākata ki te whenua karo noa karo noa. E rere ana te puna aroha, te puna roimata i te riroka atu o te tuhi māreikura nō Kāi Tūāhuriri .

KMK supports Little Landers literature programme

Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha/Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature has linked with the Pulse Energy Highlanders to create the Little Landers literature programme.

KMK advocate Tūmai Cassidy supported the facilitation of the event with some warm up games and waiata before Highlanders, Rob Thompson and Te Ihorangi Walden, shared a number of pukapuka with tamariki from schools across the city including: Te Rōpū Manaaki (North East Valley bilingual unit), Kā Puananī o te Reo (one-day immersion class) and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ōtepoti (full immersion school).

KMK has worked alongside Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha to include a focus on te reo Māori within the programme.

A key goal of the programme is to encourage a love of reading in children from an early age. What better way to promote the importance and value of te reo Māori than to have te reo Māori speaking Highlanders sharing their love of te reo and pukapuka Māori with te reo speaking tamariki!

It was great to meet Katie Smith, (Kāti Māhaki, nō Makaawhio, Te Tai Poutini) who is head of Sponsor Relations for the Pulse Energy Highlanders. We look forward to seeing Katie at future KMK reo wānaka!

Ko Tūmai Cassidy e tautoko ana i kā Little Landers.

Ko Rob rātou ko kā Little Landers.

Little Landers literature .

Ko Paulette rāua ko Katie.

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Road Shows

Hai Reo Tuku Iho

Te wāhi tamariki – Auckland Road Show.

We will be hearing from Hai Reo Tuku Iho ki Ōtautahi in next month’s issue.

Kotahi Mano Kāika has attended four road shows this year (Tauranga, Auckland, Napier and Hamilton).

Make sure to come and say kia ora to us if you have any burning pātai about te reo Māori. You can find us near the tamariki area, singing waiata or near the opportunities stand.

Ōtepoti – Nā Jaime Tutbury During the past three months 10 whānau from across Ōtepoti came together to participate in the Hai Reo Tuku Iho programme. Our time together was spent focusing on continuing individual whānau reo journeys and supporting one another to keep working toward using more te reo Māori at home with our tamariki.

We enjoyed making and using new resources which included games, kī waha, posters and a number of kōrero and videos online. One of the highlights was having a wānanga at the local kura kaupapa where we were graced with some fantastic kaikōrero and had the opportunity to practise waiata. Whānau appreciated being able to bring their tamariki along to all of our sessions and thoroughly enjoyed being a part of a supportive community whose focus was on reo revitalisation. He mihi nui ki a Kotahi Mano Kāika me ngā kaimahi for both the instigation of the kaupapa and the continued support throughout. We as whānau look forward to developing what the next step looks like for us to continue on the awesome mahi and momentum that has been created.

KMK Funding Rounds

E kā manu taki, e kā manu tāiko e tuku nei i tō tātou reo kia rere ki tōhona Aorakitaka. Kia kūrapa mai! Kia kūrehu mai! E rere kau ana kā mihi ki a koutou te kāhui e whaiwhai ana i tō tātou nei tino taoka, arā ko te reo kāmehameha o Pōua mā, o Taua mā.

There are different contestable funds available to assist you in achieving your individual, whānau, group or marae goals for te reo Māori over the next 12 months. Applications are open to all registered Kāi Tahu individuals, whānau and whānau cluster groups (a group of four or more whānau) who are wanting to develop their Māori language.

There are three funding rounds each year, closing at 5.00pm. Closing dates for upcoming rounds are: 18 October 2019 and 14 February 2020.

Kā Manukura o te Reo

Whānau Reo

Kāika Reo

Papakāika Reo

Intermediate-advanced

Intermediate-advanced

All levels

Papatipu Rūnaka only

Kāika Reo is a fund to support Kāi Tahu whānau groups to strengthen the use of te reo as an everyday language of communication within the home. The fund will consider funding initiatives focused on learning and using te reo as an everyday informal language within the home and community.

The Papakāika Reo Fund supports Papatipu Rūnaka to develop te reo pathways within their papakāika community.

This fund provides targeted financial assistance to be used towards the te reo development of registered Kāi Tahu members.

Kā Manukura o te Reo provides intermediate to advanced Kāi Tahu learners and speakers of te reo with targeted financial assistance to further develop their Māori language proficiency.

Whānau Reo Fund provides financial assistance for Kāi Tahu whānau to attend immersion initiatives such as: Kāi Tahu Papatipu Rūnaka whānau-based te reo wānaka and events; and/or KMK whānaubased te reo wānaka and Participants can apply for events within the Kāi Tahu up to $5,000 per person, takiwā. per year.

Applicants can apply for up to $2,000 per whānau per year.

Participants can apply for up to $3,500 per whānau cluster (four or more whānau) per year.

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KMK Wātaka Kaupapa

Āhea/Kai hea

Ko wai? Taumata Reo

Kia Kūrapa

Tuahiwi (August)

Beginner-Intermediate

Initiative

Who/language level

When & where

Reo o te wā Kai hea/I hea – where is/will/where was Kai hea koe āpōpō?

Where will you be tomorrow?

Kai te kura ahau āpōpō.

I will be at school tomorrow.

Kai hea koe ā te whitu karaka i tēnei pō

Where will you be at 7.00pm tonight?

Kai te whare pikitia ahau ā te whitu karaka i tēnei pō.

I will be at the movies at 7.00pm tonight.

Kai hea tō hoa ināianei?

Where is your friend now?

Kai tōna ake kāika tōku hoa ināianei.

My friend is at his house now.

I hea koe i muri i te kura?

Where were you after school?

I te whare o tōku hoa ahau i muri i te kura.

I was at my friend’s house after school.

I hea koe i te ata nei?

Where were you this morning?

I haere ahau ki te whare hākinakina i te ata nei.

I went to the gym this morning.

I hea tō kaiako inanahi?

Where was your teacher yesterday?

I te toa tōku kaiako inanahi.

My teacher was at the shops yesterday.

Te Pia Tāpoi Scholarship

Are you a Ngāi Tahu student keen to get into tourism?

Ngāi Tahu Tourism is looking for Ngāi Tahu whānau to apply for its Te Pia Tāpoi scholarship.

The scholarship is an opportunity for someone who wants to start or is already studying towards a tourism qualification.

If you are interested in tourism and keen to make your mark on the industry, you should apply for this scholarship and get support with your study fees. You will also get the chance to do paid holiday work, and opportunities to grow your cultural skills and learn more about your iwi.

Scholarship criteria and conditions Students must: • be registered with the Ngāi Tahu whakapapa unit • be enrolling or currently studying an NZQA approved tertiary qualification in tourism • have a satisfactory academic record or suitable personal references • be available to work in either Queenstown, Rotorua or Franz Josef during the summer holiday period • have an interest in working in the tourism sector • be committed to participating in a cultural programme • be committed to learn or improve te reo Māori skills.

Ngāi Tahu Tourism owns and operates some of the most iconic experiences in Aotearoa, from the thrills of Shotover Jet to the tranquillity of the Hollyford Valley.

We have 14 businesses in spectacular locations, and we host over one million manuhiri each year. It is our goal to make the connection with our visitors through our team, to Aotearoa and to Ngāi Tahu, ensuring they have an experience they will remember forever.

If this sounds like a great opportunity for you or someone you know, please go to workforus.nttourism. co.nz/home or contact people@nttourism.co.nz for more information.

Scholarship details: • Up to $6,000 toward course fees per year for three years • Opportunity to participate in Aoraki Bound • Paid summer holiday work in one of NTT’s businesses. No accommodation will be provided.

Last year’s scholar, Heaven-Lee Kaka, is studying Tourism Management at the Auckland University of Technology.

Applications close on Sunday, 28 July.

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Ngāi Tahu Archives

Whakaahua Tīpuna/Whānau In April Te Pānui Rūnaka published this image on the back page and requested names or information be provided about the photograph. A number of whānau members contacted us to advise names, however most contact was made after last month’s cut-off date for publication. Our thanks and appreciation for this information goes to Marg Jones, Rima Menzies, Terry Ryan, Pam Cooke, Joan Bergman, Koa Whitau-Kean, Pat Bette and Aroha Reriti-Crofts.

At the time of going to print, we have received feedback from Diane Head, Wendy McNaughton, Sue Ellis, Julie Stevens, Mike Stevens and Dardanelle McLean-Smith.

Thank you for making contact and providing information.

In the photograph with the crowd of people, we have been advised of the following: the taua in the middle of the image, wearing a grey jacket and skirt is Amy Scoringe (née Heath), and standing next to her wearing the red tartan jacket is Echo Malcolm (née Te Whao).

The young man standing behind Echo Malcolm, taking a photo, has been identified as Mike Stevens. We would love to see a copy of the photo you took there, Mike.

This digital image came to us from Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, the New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound. We were advised that it is a photograph of the Ōtautahi Māori Concert Party members in the 3ZB Studio at the Industries Fair, Christchurch.

It was possibly taken in the 1950s. Whānau members identified the people in the photograph as follows: Back row men standing left to right: Male first left is Teone Tini, second from left is Johnno Crofts, third from left is Andy Phillips.

Middle row women standing left to right: Taua Hariata Baker (née Nihoniho), Wilhelmina (Mina) Stirling, Maureen Briggs (later Maureen Tuatini), Rima Bell, Dot (Heni) Hutana, Huia Baker. To the rear of Huia Baker is the wife of Andy Phillips (unfortunately we did not get her name). Middle row women kneeling left to right: Ana Tini, Betty Tini, Noeleen Pitama, Martha Ruru (later Martha Whitau), Marama Ruiha Ruru (later Marama Gibbons), Tini Hinewetea (Biddy) Paahi (later Biddy Tirikatene). Front row woman kneeling is Rakanui (Billy) Paahi (later Billy Manawatu). The young girl in front at the microphone has been identified as Aroha Manawatu.

In the second image, where we had already identified Tokerau Werata-Osborn as being first on the left, Sue Ellis identified herself as being the woman in the middle, and Sue’s daughter Ana Ellis to her side.

The Archives team at Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu love receiving feedback regarding the photographs that we publish as part of Whakaahua Tīpuna/Whānau. Thank you all for taking the time to make contact with us, it is much appreciated.

Last month two photographs were published on the back page of Te Pānui Rūnaka. The photographs were taken in parliament at the time of the passing of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act in September 1998.

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Pānui Hāngī pits in central Christchurch

It will be held in Christchurch central. The opening of the festival is on 26 July and runs through to 4 August.

Matapopore Charitable Trust, in partnership with Christchurch City Council and Ōtākaro Ltd, are bringing hāngī pits into the central city so that our traditional style of cooking can be enjoyed by all. The hāngī pits will be utilised for large public events such as this year’s Christchurch Arts Festival ”Winter’s Tale” and “Manaaki”.

This years Arts Festival will have a strong integration of cultural practices and experiences including: the festival opening, a market day in the Town Hall, walking tour guided by Joseph Hullen and a traditional hāngī prepared by hāngī master Grenville Pitama and the whānau.

Aroha Reriti-Crofts, chairperson of Matapopore Charitable Trust, summarised the event with the whakataukī: “Ko tāu rourou ko taku rourou, ka ora ai te manuhiri. Your basket (hāngī pit), and my basket (hāngī pit) will feed the multitudes.”

The much anticipated hāngī will sell out fast. Tickets are $15.00 and will be available for purchase at: https://artsfestival.co.nz/ from 14 June. Further information is also available on this website.

The festival will span 10 days and has previously attracted crowds of up to 10,000.

Tukuna ki te ao!

Te Whare Pora o Ngāi Tahu

National Weavers’ Hui Haere mai koutou kia whakakotahi ai tātou i ngā mahi tuku iho a ō tātou tūpuna. Te Rōpū Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa invites you to the 18th National Weavers’ Hui on October 25-28, 2019 Ngā Hau e Whā Marae, Pages Road, Christchurch.

To register, email: admin@maoriart.org.nz Phone: 04 801 7914 or web: www.maoriart.org.nz Registration fee: $300 (Non-member), $250 (TRRWOA member). Further enquiries please contact Ranui Ngarimu, email: ranui.nga@xtra.co.nz phone: 027 4382 625

The Māwhera Incorporation

They are called the successors and the process is called succession.

Unclaimed dividends The Mawhera Incorporation has a considerable amount of funds held in unclaimed dividends.

To legally transfer the land interests of a deceased person to his or her successors, a succession order is normally issued by the Māori Land Court. The person(s) entitled to receive the interests in Māori land are set out in sections 108 and 109 of the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.

You, a whānau member or someone you know, might be entitled to these dividends and we would really appreciate your help in locating missing owners or their next of kin.

It is a legal requirement to provide a detailed account of your whakapapa to validate your interest in the transfer of all shares.

We have a list of people we have noted as having unclaimed dividends. These are split into three sections; individuals, estates and whānau trusts.

To learn more about the succession process or to download an application form please visit https://www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/ succession/

Our unclaimed dividends list is published on our website www.mawhera.org.nz – please let us know if you can help us distribute unclaimed dividends to their owners.

Get in touch and stay in touch Remember that if you keep our office up to date with your shareholder details, you will always receive funds when payment is due. Phone: (03) 964 7203.

Succession to estates In the case of estates, when a landowner dies, it is important to transfer his or her Māori land shares and interests to the person(s) entitled to receive those interests.

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Pānui to descendants of James Henry Wixon and Mary Jane Owen

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Re: Return of shares to whānau from Southern District Health Board (SDHB) This pānui provides an update regarding the return of shares from the SDHB to the Wixon whānau. The shares being returned originally belonged to Edna Euphemia (Dawn) Geddes (née Wixon).

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Many of the whānau were hopefully made aware of this matter through a notice in Te Pānui Rūnaka in March 2016.

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Orders have now been made to transfer the shares from the SDHB to Mr Karl Wixon conditional upon the shares being vested into a whānau trust that is to benefit the descendants of James Henry Wixon and Mary Jane Owen. Mr Wixon has filed an application with the Māori Land Court to form such a whānau trust. Usually the particulars of a whānau trust are agreed upon by the beneficiaries and trustees. Due to the unusual nature that brought about the need for the proposed trust and the large number of beneficiaries, opinion from the whānau is sought through a notice in Te Pānui Rūnaka as outlined below: • •

Expressions of interest were sought from whānau for the roles of trustees.

Three whānau members confirmed their willingness to be trustees, namely: Peter (Pita) James Dawson, Karl Francis Wixon and Rowena Moana Beaton The proposed terms of trust are available to view. Should you wish to view these, please contact the Ngāi Tahu Māori Law Centre (details below) We have asked that the application to form the whānau trust be set down for hearing during the month of July in Invercargill. At this stage it is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 25 July but is subject to change.

Should you wish to show your support or have any questions or concerns about the proposed whānau trust, please contact the Ngāi Tahu Māori Law Centre before 4pm Friday, July 2019 and we can arrange for you to share your opinion.

Phone 0800 626 745, email haines@ngaitahulaw.org.nz post PO Box 633, Dunedin 9054 or visit our offices at level 1, 258 Stuart Street, Dunedin.

The whānau trust will be called the Edna Dawn Geddes Whānau Trust The beneficiaries will be all the descendants of James Henry Wixon and Mary Jane Owen

Important Hui on Water in Otago and Managing Manawhenua Interest Saturday, 13 July 1.00pm-4.00pm Ōtākou Marae

The objective of Aukaha is to achieve flows as near as possible to a natural state that will support Kāi Tahu cultural values.

This is an important strategic opportunity for papatipu rūnanga and membership with a stake in the water issues in Otago, particularly the Arrow, Cardrona and Manuherikia catchments, to be engaged with a Kāi Tahu strategy on water for Otago.

AGENDA • Water issues in Otago • Minimum flows and plan changes • Deemed permits and converting to resource consents • Effective engagement of Ngāi Tahu in the RMA process on water • Aukaha co-ordinating role and resourcing • Otago water strategy under development by Aukaha

Nau mai, haere mai whakatau mai Please RSVP by 1 July 2019 to: Sue Barrett Phone - 477 0071 Email - info@aukaha.co.nz

Tēnā koutou e rau rangatira mā. Some water issues in Otago have rapidly escalated in complexity and are requiring significant focus and resource from Aukaha.

They include the transition of deemed permits (formerly mining privileges) into resource consents in a planning environment that is not entirely conducive to an efficient and compliant regime.

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Tautuku Waikawa Māori Reserve Block 9 sect 1a2 (SILNA) Calling for an informal meeting of owners.

Dates: Saturday, 20 July 2019, Saturday, 17 August 2019 and Saturday, 12 October 2019 Time: 3pm – 5pm Venue: Level 1/258 Stuart St, Dunedin, 9016

The purpose of these hui are to meet with owners of the above land block to update them on the claim currently before the Waitangi Tribunal.

RSVP: Benjamin Iwikau Te Aika

Wai 2163 (Te Aika Claim) was lodged 10 years ago and is now being considered by the Waitangi Tribunal.

Email: ben.teaika@yahoo.com Phone: 0226829364

A second agenda item is to consider an ideal model for the future governance of the land block.

Please bring a plate for shared kai.

MEETING OF OWNERS Hedgehope Ahu Whenua Trust Blocks: Lot 1 Deposited Plan 15331 (part Claim 61), Lot 1 and Lot 3-4 Deposited Plan 8310 (part Claim 61), Lot 2 Deposited Plan 15331 (part Claim 61)

When:

Thursday, 25 July 2019 at 1:00PM

Where:

Murihiku Marae 408 Tramway Road Invercargill

For further information please contact Sharon Sugden, email: mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz or phone: 03 962 4900.

Tēnā koutou katoa, The Court gives notice of a meeting for the beneficiaries of the above Trust to elect new trustees.

Meeting of owners Subdivision 152 Reserve 873 or Kaiapoi MR 873 Blk XI Sec 152 When:

Tēnā koutou katoa, The Court gives notice of a meeting for the above block for the following purposes: i. ii. iii.

Where:

Future utilisation and management of the land Owner support for the constitution of an Ahu Whenua Trust or Agent to represent owners Any specific issues regarding the current use of the land.

Thursday, 11 July 2019 at 10:00AM Māori Land Court Justice and Emergency Services Building 20 Lichfield Street Christchurch Central

For further information please contact Rireana Kirkwood, email: mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz phone: 03 367 6903 or 03 962 4900.

Rāpaki (M Res 875) Sec 8B1 – 3 Rāpaki Drive, Rapaki – Partition Order

Pānui to owners of Rāpaki (M Res 875) Sec 8B1, 3 Rāpaki Drive that a meeting will be held for all owners in this block. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposal for an application to the Māori Land Court for a Partition Order to create a new block for the shares owned by Kitti and Henry Couch.

If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact Kate McLay at the Ngāi Tahu Māori Law Centre on 0800 626 745. The details of the meeting are as follows: Where: Te Kiato Rewai Lounge, Rehua Marae, 79 Springfield Rd, Richmond, Christchurch 8014 When: 10:30am, Saturday, 20 July 2019 If you are an owner in the block but are unable to attend the meeting please email: kate@ngaitahulaw.org.nz or by post: Kate McLay C/- Ngāi Tahu Māori Law Centre, PO Box 633, Dunedin 9059, to get further information.

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Nav Nation Making Change Happen with Whānau

Navigation is a strength-based strategy; whānau utilise the kaupapa as a preventative measure before things spiral into a crisis situation. By connecting whānau with appropriate services, advocating on their behalf, Whānau Ora Navigators try their best to ensure whānau needs are addressed in an uplifting and holistic way.

The Navigator kaupapa is built on the foundation of kotahitanga, moving forward together, utilising a solution-focused, Whānau Ora approach which seeks to see whānau thriving.

The role exposes Whānau Ora Navigators to some heart-wrenching situations. A great amount of courage and tenacious determination is often required to help support resolution of challenging circumstances.

Whānau Ora Navigators are required to have strong support networks available to them and wrap around support is also provided from the Navigator Coordinators (Pari Hunt and Serena Lyders), who keep the team united.

Whānau Ora Navigators are fast gaining a reputation across the country as a key component to enabling whānau transformation. The network of highly skilled and passionate Whānau Ora Navigators are driven to make a difference for whānau and their communities.

A Whānau Ora Navigator will look for opportunities to build cultural connectedness for whānau encouraging them to attend wānanga, registering them with their iwi and connecting them within their community.

“it’s a beautiful job and it has its rewards, but it also has sadness and disappointment.”

Navigators are offered specialist training such as Taku Reo Rāhiri which is held over four noho and online where they learn the critical mātauranga, skills and attributes required in order to work in the Whānau Ora space. Navigators can also work toward their Whānau Ora Certificate or Diploma through Tipu Ora Training Institute. Other skills and training required includes motivational interviewing, PATH Plan training, Family Drug Support and bicultural supervision.

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu (Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency for the South Island) works closely with host agencies who employ the Whānau Ora Navigators across the width and breadth of Te Waipounamu. Currently some 50 FTE are employed from Motueka in the North to Awarua in the South.

Whānau Ora Navigators are distinctly different to other professions such as social workers. Whānau Ora Navigators are led by whānau and can assist with practical solutions for whānau such as helping with accommodation issues, barriers to employment, challenges that can hinder whānau to thrive, building self-esteem, goal setting, dealing with issues as they come up or build skills that will help them live more sustainably. Developing a ‘PATH Plan’ (Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope) is a key stage in their approach, setting achievable goals, uncovering dreams, aspirations and enabling what is often the latent potential within.

With a small workforce of only 56 individuals spanning the South Island, research is showing Whānau Ora Navigators are making a significant impact. Utilising a strengths-based solution focused whānau-led approach that fosters high trust relationships, Whānau Ora Navigation has enabled a new and innovative response to the complex issues faced by whānau.

There is immense value in that Navigators can tap into wider Māori response networks which can lead to opportunities for whānau to build their own capability, lead their own change, and access whānau-centred services that may not have been within their sights.

“There are people now who are prepared to be on my side. No one has ever backed me before and it is overwhelming”

Whānau can refer themselves to a Navigator at any of the agencies across Te Waipounamu. Visit our website for details: http://www.teputahitanga.org/ whanauoranavigators

Pictured left to right at the Whānau Ora Symposium are Laressa Eriha, Eileen Eriha, Megan Hadfield, Shantel Barret, Eileen Tahere and Ripeka Hook.

Pictured left to right at PATH training in Alexandra are Melanie Kuiti, Alesha Robinson, Darren Rewi, Alva Bennett and Kahutane Whaanga.

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Embracing our culture Our culture shapes who we are and how we think.

Vaea Coe from the All Right? campaign says being aware of the forces that shape us can deepen our sense of belonging, confidence, connectedness and health.

“As Māori we have a lot to be proud of when it comes to culture. Our strong focus on whānau and hospitality, our connection to the land, and our holistic approach to wellbeing and health are just some of the things that set us apart.

“It is great to see the large role Māori culture plays in shaping our national identity being increasingly celebrated.”

Joseph Hullen and the Matapopore Charitable Trust team will be leading a walking tour of Ōtautahi and its cultural heritage on 3 August.

Thanks to the Matapopore Charitable Trust, Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāi Tahu identity can be seen woven into the design of our new city.

On the same day, the Christchurch Town Hall foyer will come to life with locally made kete, pounamu pendants, jewellery, poi, delicious delicacies and kai. There will be a rongoā (Māori healing) area for mirimiri (massage) and lotions crafted from native plants, and a Ngāi Tahu exhibition for raranga, jewellery, paintings, carving, prints and sculpture.

“The work of Matapopore is helping people connect, and in many cases reconnect, with our history, cultural practices and environment.”

This year’s Christchurch Arts Festival provides several opportunities to celebrate the role Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāi Tahu continue to play in the story of Ōtautahi.

To end the day, The Matapopore Charitable Trust, in collaboration with whānau of Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga are cooking a traditional Māori hāngī for around 1000 people.

Organisers have worked closely with Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāi Tahu on a special opening pōwhiri, a winter market in the Town Hall and the opening of the city’s new, unique hāngī site in The Commons, beside the Town Hall.

Full of whanaungatanga and manaakitanga, Saturday, 3 August will be a special day out for the whole whānau.

On Saturday 3 August Joseph Hullen (Ngāi Tūāhuriri/Ngāti Hinematua) and the Matapopore team will be leading a two-hour inner-city walking tour so people can learn about the innovative ways our cultural heritage and identity is being embedded and celebrated in the CBD through art, language, landscaping and design.

For more information on the Christchurch Arts Festival, and to book hāngī and walking tour tickets, go to artsfestival.co.nz

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More information is available on our website www.whairawa.com or by phoning 0800 WHAI RAWA (0800 942 472).

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Update your details to receive your Kaumātua Grant!

Kaumātua grants are paid annually in November to all registered Ngāi Tahu whānau members aged 65 and over, and can be deposited into your bank account or your Whai Rawa account, or paid to you via a cheque in the mail.

In September we will be sending letters to all of our registered kaumātua to check that we have the correct details to allow us to pay your kaumātua grant. If you have moved since last year, please get in touch with us to update your address.

Phone: 0800 KAI TAHU (0800 524 8248) Email: info@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

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For contributions to Te Pānui Rūnaka, email:

Anna Brankin tpr@ngaitahu.iwi.nz or phone: 0800 524 8248 For photographs and graphics please send to: Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu P O Box 13-046, CHRISTCHURCH ISSN 1175-2483 (Online: ISSN 2357-2051) Opinions expressed in Te Pānui Rūnaka are those of the writers and not necessarily endorsed by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Graphic Design by Ariki Creative.

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Waihōpai Rūnaka Ph: 03 216 9074 E: info@waihopai.org.nz

Ngāi Tahu ki Te Taitokerau Janet Hetaraka Ph: 09 438 6203 E: janet@hihiaua.org.nz

Ngāi Tahu ki Whanganui Aroha Beckham Ph: 021 687 6332 E: aroha.beckham@xtra.co.nz

Ngāi Tahu ki Whanganui-ā-Tara Karen Coutts Ph: 027 365 3993 E: karen.coutts@xtra.co.nz

Ngāi Tahu ki Waikato Jane Stevens Ph: 07 824 5992 E: kaitahu.waikato@gmail.com

Ngāi Tahu ki Tāmaki Makaurau Briar Meads Ph: 027 929 9992 E: ngaitahutamakimakaurau@ gmail.com

Ngāi Tahu ki Horowhenua – Kapiti Coast Ema & Amiria Whiterod Ph: 027 207 1629 E: kororia449@gmail.com or emma.whiterod@twor-otaki.ac.nz

Ngāi Tahu ki Wairau Ana Topi Patuki Ph: 022 369 1024 E: ruapuke@hotmail.com

Ngāi Tahu ki Wairarapa Karen Bast Ph: 06 378 8737 E: maungateitei_hikurangi_ aorangi@yahoo.co.nz

Ngāi Tahu ki Rotorua Anita Smith Ph: 07 345 8375 E: Anita17smith@gmail.com Ngāi Tahu ki Tauranga Moana Anna Were Ph: 07 575 5104 E: dogstwo@xtra.co.nz Ngāi Tahu ki Te Matau a Māui Julie Ryland E: keywijules@hotmail.com

Ngāi Tahu ki Taranaki Virginia Hina Ph: 021 135 3493 E: gin_1_98@live.com

Ngāi Tahu ki Te Tairāwhiti Vernice Waata-Amai Ph: 027 263 6921 E: vernice.w.amai@xtra.co.nz Kāi Tahu ki Te Urupu (Perth) E: ngaitahuinperth@gmail.com Facebook: Ngāi Tahu ki Perth

Ngāi Tahu ki Whakatāne Phil Kemp E: ptkemp@xtra.co.nz Ph: 027 478 2919

Ngāi Tahu ki Melbourne Danella Webb E: danella.webb@austin.org.au

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Ngāi Tahu ki Waikawa Marama Burgess Ph: 03 5736142 or 0276591840 E: mr.burgess@hotmail.com Te Kupeka a Tahu (Brisbane) Ph: 0488666610 (+61) E: tekupekaatahu@gmail.com Ngai Tahu ki Sydney Stefan Duley E: stef.duley@gmail.com

Whakaahua T카puna/Wh훮nau

Heslop Brothers, M훮ori woman seated beside a table, c.1870 Albumen carte-de-visite, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds (O.021392) This beautiful studio photograph of an unidentified woman was taken by the Heslop Brothers in Christchurch around 1870. It was recently exhibited as part of the Hidden Light exhibition curated by Ken Hall at the Christchurch Art Gallery. The woman is wearing a distinctive brooch with an inset that is possibly a photographic portrait. It would be wonderful if we are able to identify her. Any information you may have will be gratefully received. Please contact Robyn Walsh or Tania Nutira, at the Ng훮i Tahu Archives Unit on 0800 KAI TAHU (0800 524 8248).

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