TE ŪKAIPŌ NGĀ RANGATAHI Ō NGĀRUAHINE RANGI 2021-2026 STRATEGY
He kōrero timatanga: About Te Ūkaipō: Ngā rangatahi ō Ngāruahine Rangi
Te Ūkaipō is a recognised rangatahi kaupapa within Ngāruahine Rangi and we hope to work in partnership with Te Korowai o Ngāruahine Trust, Ngāruahine Iwi Authority and hapu to deliver positive outcomes for our rangatahi. Our kaupapa is a “by rangatahi, for rangatahi” approach with the support of our whānau, hapu, and iwi.
Whakapapa: How Te Ūkaipō came about
Tātai hono:
In 2019 a Ngāruahine rangatahi dinner was called by Tātai Hono, which is a Ngāruahine Rangi iwi research project funded through Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Waikato University. The research aimed to enable the best engagement between Te Korowai o Ngāruahine Trust and the people of Ngāruahine. Dr Dee Sciascia was a part of the Tātai Hono research project alongside Will Edwards and Arama Rata, all uri of Ngāruahine. Puawai Hudson, Te Wehi Wright, Kahurangi Chase, Te Raunatanga WilliamsEdwards, Tamaari Kupe-King, Hapeta Nuku, Keonte Ngatai and Wairingiringi Hemara-Wahanui were the rangatahi in attendance.
Rangahau:
Dr Dee Sciascia simultaneously had a research project 'Digital Solutions to Support Knowledge and Connection'. The primary aim was to review Māori and Indigenous approaches to developing and establishing digital platforms; both for knowledge storage, knowledge transfer and knowledge preservation. Puawai Hudson was contracted into this research and thus Te Ūkaipō was designed, developed and brought to life.
Te Ūkaipō
Te Ūkaipō started as a ‘virtual ātea’. There was a passion within rangatahi for te ao Māori and a desire to create a safe and interactive platform to inspire innovative discussion amongst our people. The vision of Te Ūkaipō has always been to transfer the knowledge systems and whakaaro from the 'virtual ātea' to our marae ātea.
Key drivers of starting Te Ūkaipō:
There were no rangatahi focused kaupapa ā iwi within Ngāruahine Rangi, many of our rangatahi today remain disconnected to our iwi, we wanted to encourage our rangatahi to come to the pā as kanohi kitea, we wanted to create safe spaces for our rangatahi, for our rangatahi to be proud to be uri of Ngāruahine and to advocate for the intergenerational succession of our iwi.
He kaupapa: Purpose
This document sets out the strategic direction for the Te Ūkaipō Kaupapa (ngā rangatahi ō Ngāruahine) for the next five years. The aim is to ensure that we remain focused on delivering the outcomes aligned to our strategic priorities.
Whilst Te Korowai ō Ngāruahine Trust, Ngāruahine Iwi Authority and hapu have various strategic goals, the kaupapa of Te Ūkaipō is strategically focused on building sustainable connections to whenua, uri and other kaupapa relative to the priorities of this strategy. We aim to accomplish this by strengthening whakawhanaungatanga, upholding the mana motuhake of Ngāruahine Rangi, building rangatahi capabilities, understanding connection as tangata whenua, and ensuring that our engagement with relative entities and people(s) are contributing positively towards our rangatahi being proud uri of Ngāruahine Rangi and the implementation of intergenerational succession of our whanau, hapu and iwi.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION PATHWAYS MEASURES
WHAKAWHANAUNGATANGA: BUILD AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH RANGATAHI
Create wānanga framework
Y1
15-25 uri attendance
80% positive feedback
25-35 uri attendance
Y2
85% positive feedback
To be a catalyst for rangatahi to weave themselves into Ngāruahine Rangi
To actively be strengthening the relationships and connection between our rangatahi
To build rangatahi relationships with the wider iwi through acts of service
Facilitate quarterly wānanga specifically targeted towards rangatahi and strengthening hononga within the iwi
Y3 35-45 uri attendance
90% positive feedback
45-55 uri attendance
Y4
95% positive feedback
55-65 uri attendance
100% psotive feedback
Y5
Teina from year 1 able to cofacilitate and run a successful wānanga
Co-ordinate the creation and management of Ngāruahine Rangi sports teams
Host an iwi whānau day designed, organised and delivered by rangatahi of Ngāruahine
Y5
Establish and manage 3 Ngāruahine represented sports teams
Y1
Gather expression of interest from rangatahi for whānau subcommittee
Plan whānau day
Y2 Successfully run a whānau day
Y3 Off year to gather feedback
Y4 Successfully run our second whānau day
Y5 Off year to gather feedback
TE MANA MOTUHAKE Ō NGĀRUAHINE RANGI: THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF NGĀRUAHINE RANGI
To gather interest from Ngāruahine uri around the revitalisation of our paepae and hold a series of hui to develop and design a kaupapa.
Y1
To promote, incorporate and embody Ngāruahine Rangi reo ōna tikanga
To develop alongside relevant people(s) an initiative to increase the quantity and quality of our paepae across Ngāruahine Rangi
Develop, design and create in partnership a Ngāruahine handbook that provides our rangatahi with basic information of Ngāruahine
To provide some potential guidelines on what information would be of value to put into this book.
Complete the development and design of the paepae initiative.
Y2
Design, collate and develope kōrero for the handbook
Implement our paepae initiative
Y3
Have handbooks at wānanga as a gift package for first time rangatahi
Y4
Y5
Continue with the paepae initiative
To be kanohi kitea within our iwi spaces and around Te Kahui Maunga
Co-ordinate haerenga for rangatahi to areas of significance to Ngāruahine
Y1
Build relationships with uri of potential areas we may visit
Communicate and co-ordinate rangatahi attendance to kaupapa relevant to Ngāruahine
Plan future haerenga
At all times be promoting iwi kaupapa to our uri to increase rangatahi attandance
Y3
Y4
Y5
Y2 Run one haerenga outside of the Ngāruahine Rangi tākiwa each year, with the purpose of our rangatahi understanding their connections to other iwi/whenua
NGĀ WHANAKETANGA ME NGĀ WHEAKO: BUILDING RANGATAHI CAPABILITIES
Public expression of interest
Y1
To prepare a draft proposal and find funding to finance the conference
Y2
To expose our rangatahi to opportunies that contribute towards career development and new experiences
To provide our rangatahi with mentors to provide guidance, knowledge,
To host a rangatahi conference
To design, develop and implement a mentoring programme for Ngāruahine rangatahi
To create an organising committee to carry out the rangatahi conference
Y3 Successfully run a rangatahi conference
Y4 Conference feedback will determine whether it is of benefit to rangatahi to hold another conference
Y5 Run the conference if feedback shows it was beneficial
To design a mentoring programme
Y1
Get expression of interest
To identify potential ‘tuakana’ and potential ‘teina’ for the first intake
learnings and advice around future potential career pathways
To actively promote intergeneraional succession within our governance spaces of Ngāruahine
To advocate for intergenerational succession on boards that Ngāruahine uri would have an interest in
Y2
To have 5-10 rangatahi in the first intake of the programme
Y3 To have 10-13 rangatahi in the second intake of the programme
Y4 To have 15-20 rangatahi in the third intake of the programme
Y5 To have 30-40 rangatahi in the fourth intake of the programme
Y1
To negotiate and secure rangatahi positions of the Te Korowai Board of Trustees
Y2 To advocate for rangatahi representation on boards within the Ngāruahine Rangi eco-system
Y3
To identify the intersections between our role as kaitiaki of our whenua and rangatahi wellbeing
To partner with relevant entities to contribute to a kaitiaki taiao initiative
Y5
Y4 To advocate for rangatahi representation on boards within the community of Taranaki
Y1 To identify those within Ngāruahine and outside of Ngāruahine who could provide mātauranga Māori around kaitiakitanga and it’s connection to rangatahi ora
Y3
Y2 To incorporate and implement that mātauranga into our wānanga framework
Y4 To create, design and implement a kaitiakitanga initiative
TAIAO ORA, TANGATA ORA: ENVIRONMENTAL VITALITY, PEOPLE VITALITY
To strengthen the connection of our rangatahi to the Ngāruahine Rangi taiao
To incorporate working bees into our taiao focused wānanga
Y5 To manage the kaitiakitanga initiative
Y1
Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5
Y1
To work with the hapu and pā to organise a kaitiaki working bee during our wānanga
To provide opportunities for our rangatahi to expand their knowledge and experience of the taiao
To promote rangatahi physical wellbeing
To get guest speakers who we’d consider tohunga of the taiao to come and share their knowledge at our taiao focused wānanga
To go on hikoi around Ngāruahine Rangi
Y2 Y3 Y4
Y5
Y1
Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5
To choose one guest speaker per year whose expertise is in taiao mahi to attend our taiao focused wānanga
To build strategic relationships with whanau, hapu, iwi and other organisations who are passionate about seeing our rangatahi thrive
To work in partnership with Ngāruahine Rangi uri and relevant entities to execute the Te Ūkaipō strategic work programme
Y1
Y2 Y3 Y4
Y5
To go on one rangatahi hike around the takiwa of Ngāruahine per year
To have unofficial and official partnerships in place with entities who will help Te Ūkaipō achieve it’s strategic objectives
Y1 To write a digital engagement plan
HE TUMU HERENGA TANGATA: BUILDING STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS
Ensure that we are creating pathways for rangatahi to engage in iwi spaces and conversations
To create and produce digital content relevant to rangatahi that helps them engage better with our iwi Y2
Y3 Y4 Y5
Manage Te Ūkaipō digital channels
To successfully run one successful digital campaign around a kaupapa rangatahi are passionate about per year
