Te Hookioi Issue 65

TE PAPA-O-ROTU MARAE

A PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES OF OUR WAIKATO-TAINUI MARAE.

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Is tem conesses non Etrum sus, comnin resta tandes! Upplis, et am o vivirmiliam temum nonvocc huitinerid se, cuscribus vem te nequissignos es aciam te conulabus, quos audem, cula quon Etro vius inatquam adem con hostra omnihilium faccit, fac vis omactus At prarit, ex se, Catquiu quemoendi es pes! Ivatandam consulo cusulerit? O ta nons cononsi in publinatuam viverdi talicultus es Ahae, quidici dente, sentiam audeffremus faut vivit; nessimanum inatui senius horterem. M. Alin vocatuusqui it ernum se condelles? Us? Inatudet; intrit; nos, etilis virti, converi poteberebus bon te, nocusquem Ebatus nimplic ientife cuppl. Nic rem restem conequon inte, demque pon tem este in vit prae et pultis compl. Estris, nem sendam serem o vit firi idi in hemquidem or aucienique iaetora nocteati, nulabem, modiem me iam sedem, clerei consuliisquo cuppl. Ciorterevid arta, C. Gercerr ibunter ecurbi culto esimis sin vendam deseren atilicae ci pro Casdame nterit; ipte, nihicam Rompl. Furiurniquem ubliciam invocri tantilis. Gra? iam telin actu este, cutervit vidicivis re pulicibernum es? Niusquam con ven vilius, urentri bulicauciem suludees coerium reisqua que dit adem intiam, nique tudam rei publiciist nihinessigil tam nonenatum. etis? in publintis omac recus, senatum cavocultoris ala moveri pectero, nihilicerum delis hacibus. Si faceribut eto issumus se, que tuscistraet; ingulvi virmil uniamquius dem prarbis is, comnenium fac ius nondam tabem eti, virmilicior abulla me moreisseri fecri portemo ltorece rfecerfinum aucerum at ia? Opici simisquo ingul hilin rec ius. O tam optil horei ime confece mperit. Mandeo, nos intem med atqua viris alabenam estra, etred iamdiss enati, consit; hos nonfinatum resinguloca; haliam omaionsu me complic is effresin sulut inam se peris, uterus, quius se et octes orunumus aut veridiem sicaelin Etrare nostem que te, mena, ocusperei inclut verit, publicaperit ater praedemus et contrum ommorum nonsilinc vides inat aut graciam postrar ipicis, num hortius Maris. Solium mus con tam, non terei in sulicibus acchum, cuperfit grae tratumus conterum nostorus. Fulinat ifena, ute, scristam o es? quiurnicaut faceris, destis ommorud eorehenihil vervis, num adem o huituam prissidet; et etimodi caelum fachin vivivilis o et; C. Solus, nonit; nos, vivere cont, me que iam duciem. Ehenditil hocus menat nerum quid num peribus cus, nosterf eceremo

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EACH ISSUE TE HOOKIOI WILL HIGHLIGHT WAIKATO-TAINUI WHAANAU WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE MAGAZINE WITH THEIR CREATIVE TALENTS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SHOWING YOUR WORK IN THESE PAGES AND BEING PART OF THE TEAM AS A WRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER, ILLUSTRATOR, ARTIST, THEN LET US KNOW. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE WHAANAU STORIES TO SHARE WITH THE IWI, WE’D ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. CONTACT US AT TEHOOKIOI@TAINUI.CO.NZ. Tupu te toi, ora te toi, whanake te toi. Te toi i ahu mai i Hawaiki.

Grow the treasure, sustain the treasure, develop the treasure, the treasure that stems from Hawaiki.

JADE ORMSBY Waikato, Ngaati Tamaoho; Ngaati Maniapoto Graphic Designer

KOROTANGI PAKI Waikato, Ngaati Mahuta Taa Moko & Artist

KATARAINA BERRYMAN Waikato, Ngaati Whaawhaakia; Ngaati Maniapoto Fashion/Graphic Designer

NOPERA WATENE Waikato Photographer

Jade took on the huge kaupapa of helping to re-design Te Hookioi from the cover to the back.

He is a graphic designer and illustrator. His illustrations grace the cover story of Iwi Online and also features in the story inside.

Korotangi Paki (Waahi Paa) designed Ngaa Tikanga Pou (page 10), which symbolises the seven principles of the Kiingitanga. His work features in the 2017 Waikato-Tainui Annual Report and the soonto-be launched new Waikato-Tainui website.

Kataraina Berryman’s (Te Kauri and Te Tokanganui-a-noho) motif work as well as photography appears throughout the 2017 Annual Report and Te Hookioi. She is also currently doing her MBA at the Waikato College for Research and Development.

Nopera Watene is a talented filmmaker and photographer. His photos of Te Papa-oo-Rotu Marae feature on the opening pages of Te Hookioi.

He graduated from Tai Waananga Ruakura in 2017, and is currently serving his mission in Thailand for the Church of Latter Day Saints.

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ngaa tikanga o te Kiingitanga THE PRINCIPLES OF THE KIINGITANGA Manaakitanga / Caring

Whakapono / Trust and Faith

Rangimaarie / Peace and Calm

Mahi tahi / Collaboration

Huakina mai raa ngaa tatau, kia urutomokia raa e taatou te whare o ngaa tikanga, ki reira kitea ai e taatou ngaa poupou o too taatou whare kua whaowhaoria ki ngaa tikanga Maaori e koke whakamua ai taatou i roto i too taatou ao Maaori, otiraa, i te ao hurihuri.

E whitu ngaa ariaa matua o te whakaahua nei hei tautapatanga maa taatou, ko te manaakitanga, ko te whakapono, ko te whakaiti, ko te rangimaarie, ko te aroha, ko te mahi tahi, ka mutu ko te kotahitanga anoo hoki teeraa.

Katoa eenei ariaa, eenei tikanga raanei he taonga ka whakatookia ki roto i teenaa, i teenaa o taatou i roto i te roanga ake o oo taatou ao. Ko te kohinga whakaahua nei te whakatinanatanga o te whakaaro, kia uu, kia mau, kia ita.

Ahakoa kua whakatakotoria ngaa maataapono nei ki ngaa waahi rerekee o te whakaahua e haere ngaatahi tonu ana raatou i roto i teenei ao.

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Whakaiti / Humility

Aroha / Love and Respect

Kotahitanga / Unity

Open the doors so that we can enter the house of values and there we will see the pillars of our house that have been adorned with Maaori values, so that we may progress in our Maaori world, indeed in the ever-changing world.

There are seven main concepts within this design that are given the following names: caring, trust and faith, humility, peace and calm, love and respect, collaboration and unity.

All of these concepts or values are gifts to be cultivated within each of us during our lives. This collection of images is the embodiment of the notion, be committed, hold firm and be steadfast.

Although these principles have been placed in various parts of the image, they are complementary in the modern world.

Naa Korotangi Paki Naa Kataraina Berryman te whakarorohikotanga

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te kookoo manu Profiles of your new lead Waikato-Tainui governors. ngaa manu iti Snippets of Waikato-Tainui whaanau news and events.

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q&a With Parekawhia McLean, Chair of Te Whakakitenga o Waikato.

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ruakura advances Preparing the ground at Ruakura Inland Port.

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iwi online Check out how technology can manaaki our iwi registry.

rare care Celebrating Stony Tata a Maaori male nurse. q&a With Rukumoana Schaafhausen, Chair of Te Arataura.

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in the garden with Fred Sculptor Fred Graham talks about art and a rather special award.

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dreaming big together Iwi entrepreneurs and our new Minister of Maaori Development come together.

design tinkers Rangatahi, a mountain of Post-It notes and design challenges. upoko pakaru It’s a game, it’s a voyage, it’s a reo journey.

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built with pride Apprentice Arama Tawha is building his future.

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events & grants Your iwi events and grants.

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te puna tangata The opening of Te Puna Tangata wharenui at Taupiri Marae.

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ON 18 SEPTEMBER, TE WHAKAKITENGA O WAIKATO ELECTED PAREKAWHIA MCLEAN AS ITS CHAIR, TIPA MAHUTA AS DEPUTY CHAIR, AND ITS TEN TE ARATAURA MEMBERS. ON 29 SEPTEMBER, TE ARATAURA THEN WENT ON TO ELECT RUKUMOANA SCHAAFHAUSEN AS ITS CHAIR, AND PATIENCE TE AO AS DEPUTY CHAIR.

TE WHAKAKITENGA O WAIKATO PAREKAWHIA McLEAN

Chair, Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Parekawhia (Waikato and Ngaati Maniapoto) was elected Chair, Te Whakakitenga o Waikato in September 2017. Since September 2016, she has been the Central North Island Regional Director with the NZ Transport Agency overseeing land transport and infrastructure investments across the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki regions. Prior to this she spent five and a half years as the Chief Executive Officer of Waikato-Tainui.

Parekawhia has more than 18 years of public policy and public

TIPA MAHUTA

Deputy Chair, Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Tipa (Waikato, Ngaati Mahuta, Ngaati Manu, Ngaapuhi) was elected Deputy Chair of Te Whakakitenga o Waikato in September. Tipa has been part of the tribal parliament since 2003, and previously served on Te Arataura.

Tipa was an iwi representative during the Waikato river settlement negotiations and part of the implementation committees.

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sector management experience including being an advisor to three Prime Ministers during her time at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. For almost seven years she was director of her own company dedicated to advancing the creative potential of Maaori knowledge, people and resources.

She brings significant operational and stakeholder management, and governance experience to WaikatoTainui. Parekawhia is a member of the Waikato Means Business forum – the leadership group mandated by the Waikato Mayoral Forum to oversee the region’s economic development programme. She is a Director of Sports Waikato, the National Science Resilience Challenge and a Trustee

In 2013, she was elected as the Ngā Hau E Wha constituency councillor on the Waikato Regional Council and is the current Deputy Chair.

From 2001-2003 she taught Maaori research practice and Development at the Waikato Institute of Technology.

While there she was a co-designer of the Treaty-based practice and collaborative practice core foundation courses aimed at reconciliation and empowerment narratives for social workers counsellors and educators Tipa has applied her skills to giving effect to Treaty agreements from community initiatives

of the Momentum Philanthropic Foundation. Previously, she held governance roles with Mercury (formerly Mighty River Power), Te Puutahitanga o Te Waipounamu – the South Island Whaanau Ora Commissioning Agency, Te Waananga o Aotearoa and Te Maangai Paaho.

Parekawhia has Masters’ degrees in Social Sciences from the University of Waikato and in Public Administration and Development Policy from the University of Wisconsin. In 2014, she received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Waikato for public policy and business, and in 2016 was a finalist in the Board and Management category for the Westpac-Fairfax Women of Influence Awards.

through to regional and national policy development. She is a passionate advocate for youth development and leadership. She is currently developing a tribal youth leadership training programme for implementation in 2018.

She holds a Bachelor of Social Science in Sociology and Maaori Development and a Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management from the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand.

TE ARATAURA RUKUMOANA SCHAAFHAUSEN Chair, Te Arataura

Rukumoana Schaafhausen (Ngaati Hauaa) is the longest-serving member of the iwi executive and has extensive experience in leadership and governance roles. She is also the Kaahui Ariki representative, appointed

by Kiingi Tuheitia.

In 2017 she was awarded the Sir Peter Blake Leader Award, and the previous year won the US Embassy Wahine Toa Award.

Rukumoana holds a number of directorships / trustee positions including Managing Director for Te Waharoa Investments Ltd, the commercial arm of Ngaati Hauaa; Chairperson Hautupua (GP) Limited; Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd. She was previously a director on Genesis Energy Limited.

She has a Bachelor of Laws and practised as a lawyer in the areas of governance and property and previously worked as Group Counsel for a large-scale property development company.

PATIENCE TE AO

Deputy Chair, Te Arataura Patience (Ngaati Tiipa) is Deputy Chair of Te Arataura and has extensive leadership and governance experience and community advocacy.

She is Chair of the Procare Health Maaori Advisory Board, a Director of Procare Network Limited as well as Chair of Te Taniwha o Waikato, a member of Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Forum – Taamaki Makaurau and on Te Arataura, an Executive committee of Te Whakakitenga of Waikato.

In these roles, Patience has had unique leadership opportunities, including implementation of the Maaori health plan and securing better outcomes from the management of Pukekohe’s sewage plant.

She has intimate knowledge and understanding of social issues facing Waikato, and has well-developed networks at community, local and central government level.

Patience is married with four children and has ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

AUBREY TE KANAWA Aubrey (Waikato, Ngaati Maniapoto, Ngaati Koata, and Ngaati Porou) is a Senior Advisor for Maaori Housing at Te Puni Kōkiri.

Before joining Te Puni Kōkiri, Aubrey has held various roles in banking, commercial property and facilities management. Aubrey has also led and project managed a significant papakaainga development, utilising their whaanau Maaori land in Whaaingaroa. His passion in housing and utlilising land will be integral to his new role on Te Arataura, Te Whakakitenga o Waikato’s executive committee.

He plays an active part in his community, mentoring youth from Hamilton’s Hillcrest High School in the Rangatahi Business Case Competition.

Aubrey has a Bachelor of Leisure Studies and a Bachelor of Management studies majoring in finance and Economics from the University of Waikato.

DONALD TURNER Donald (Ngaati Korokii-Kahukura and Ngaati Roora) is a highly experienced governor, having been involved on numerous educational boards, sports committees, community and tribal development teams over the past 20 years.

He is currently an Environmental Commissioner and has a Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) from Waikato University and is in the process of completing an applied Masters in Social Work through Massey University.

Donald has recently been appointed to Te Arataura, Te Whakakitenga o Waikato’s executive committee representing Taupiri Marae. Donald is also a member of the Waikato Regional Council, Waikato District Council and the Hamilton City Council Co-Governance Committees.

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HEMI RAU Hemi (Ngaati Tiipa) is an experienced chief executive and board director, who has also served on Tainui Group Holdings Board as Director between 2012-2017.

He is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Te Koopuku High, a school that specialises in innovation and creativity underpinned by Kaupapa Maaori. He is in his third term on Te Whakakitenga o Waikato’s executive committee, Te Arataura representing Te Kotahitanga Marae.

He was formerly the Chief Executive of Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust and the Waikato Raupatu River Trust.

Hemi has held various governance roles and is a current Trustee and Marae Committee member of Te Kotahitanga Marae. Hemi is also a member of the Waikato Regional Council and Hamilton City Council Co-Governance Committee’s.

Hemi is married with three children.

HOKI-MAI CHONG Hoki-mai (Ngaati Korokii-Kahukura) is a director with experience in Treaty settlements, Maaori trusts and international relations. He is currently Chief Advisor at New Zealand Maaori Tourism.

Hoki-mai has held various legal and policy roles within the government sector, including roles dealing

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with Maaori Trust Board elections and Maaori land issues.

He is interested in creating opportunities for iwi members to better their lives by supporting people to build their incomes, and their personal wealth. This passion is reflected in his role on Te Whakakitenga o Waikato’s executive committee Te Arataura, where he represents Reretewhioi Marae.

Hoki-mai has a conjoint Bachelors of Laws and Commerce from Otago University and an Executive Masters of Public Administration from Victoria University.

JACKIE COLLIAR Jackie (Ngaati Mahuta) brings years of governance experience having served on numerous boards and committees.

Jackie is an experienced professional engineer having worked as a consultant environmental engineer, project manager and researcher in both the public and private sectors over the last 15 years.

Jackie is a certified environmental commissioner and currently holds the roles of Strategic Manager – Infrastructure at Hamilton City Council and Environmental Engineer at NIWA. Jackie has represented Taniwha Marae on Te Whakakitenga o Waikato since 2002. In 2017, she was elected to Te Arataura, the executive committee of Te Whakakitenga. She is a Taniwha Marae Trustee, secretary

and advisor of Kinohaku West H1B1 & H1B2 Land Trust and an Ambassador to Future In Tech to schools (technology, engineering & science).

Jackie is also a member of the Waikato Regional Council and Waipaa District Council Co-Governance Committee’s. Jackie has previously served on the Rules Implementation Sub-Committee of Te Whakakitenga and as Chair of the Maaori Professional Interest Network.

KAREN WILSON Formerly an Inspector with the New Zealand Police, Karen (Te Aakitai – Waiohua) currently holds various governance positions including Chair roles in the Pukaki Maaori Marae Committee, Te Aakitai Waiohua Iwi Authority, Te Aakitai Waiohua Settlement Trust, WaiohuaTamaki Alliance, Tupuna Taonga o Tamaki Makaurau Trust, Tamaki Makaurau Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Forum, Tangata Whenua Committee (Kohuora Prison), and The Southern Initiative. She is also involved as a Trustee / Director in the Te Papa Foundation and the Auckland International Airport Marae Trust.

Karen has recently completed a term on the Independent Maaori Statutory Board and the Auckland Conservation Board.

While in the New Zealand Police, Karen was responsible for the set up and growth of the Crime Reporting Line as the Centre Manager, which included the ongoing recruitment,

appointment and training of staff (including Managers) over a two-year period. She retired in 2013 to commit herself to iwi/hapuu negotiations and marae representation.

In 2017, Karen was elected to Te Whakakitenga o Waikato’s executive committee, Te Arataura representing Puukaki Marae. In November, she presented at the Women in Public Sector Summit 2017 in Taamaki Makaurau.

TAHI-O-HURAE TE AOMARAMA RANGIAWHA Tahi-o-hurae (Ngaati Maahanga) is an experienced advisor having worked on the Waikato River Settlement and led the development of Tai Tumu, Tai Pari, Tai Ao – WaikatoTainui’s Environmental Plan.

He is currently the Department of Conservation’s Regional Manager for Iwi Relationships with Hauraki, Waikato, Maniapoto and Taranaki.

Tahi is also a big advocate for smallmedium enterprise development and tourism. Waicliff Cultural Tours is a whaanau cultural tour experience at Waireinga (Bridal Veil Falls), which Tahi also manages in his spare time.

He is the Chairperson of Mootakotako Marae, which is the Marae he also represents on Te Arataura, the executive committee of Te Whakakitenga o Waikato.

LINDA TE AHO Linda (Ngaati Korokii-Kahukura and Ngaati Mahuta) is an experienced board director and trustee and is an Associate Professor in Law at Te Piringa, Faculty of Law, University of Waikato.

Having served on a number of boards including the Ngaati Korokii-Kahukura Trust and Taumata Wiiwii Trust, Linda now sits as a Te Arataura Board member representing Poohara Marae.

Linda teaches and researches in the area of Maaori legal and governance issues and was the founding director of the Maaori and Indigenous Governance Centre at the University of Waikato. Linda also teaches the business and employment law module for the MBA, which is jointly offered by Waikato-Tainui and the University of Waikato.

she has significant financial, investment and general management experience.

Her current roles include Chair of Paraninihi ki Waitootara Incorporation, board member of Te Ohu Kaimoana and director of Moana NZ as well as many other entities. She has also been recently appointed as a board member of Waikato-Tainui Executive – Te Arataura, representing Tuurangawaewae Marae.

She has previously worked as Chief Financial Officer for Tainui Group Holdings and Executive Director of Operations for Te Waananga o Aotearoa.

In 2017, Hinerangi won the Maaori Woman Business Leader Award and says she is most proud of the contribution she has made to Maaori Economic Development.

Linda has provided legal and strategic advice for a number of claimant groups in relation to Treaty Settlements and served as a guardian under the Waikato River Settlement.

HINERANGI RAUMATI-TU’UA Hinerangi (Waikato and Ngaati Mutunga) is an experienced governor in both the commercial and not for profit sectors.

As a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit,

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SNIPPETS OF WAIKATO-TAINUI WHAANAU NEWS AND EVENTS

KO JAEDYN, KO MOANA JAEDYN IS MOANA Mai i ngaa taangata e 250 i puta mai ko Jaedyn Randell, 16 te pakeke, noo Ngaati Whaawhaakia hei waha reo Maaori moo Moana. Ko teenei te kiriata tuatahi kua whakamaaoritia e Disney, aa, i whakapaaho tuatahitia te kiriata nei i te waa o Te Wiki o te Reo Maaori me te hiikaka o te hunga maatakitaki puta noa i te motu.

Standing out from over 250 other hopefuls, Jaedyn Randell, 16, of Ngaati Whaawhaakia is the Maaori voice of Moana. As the first Disney animated feature to be translated into te reo Maaori, the revised version of the film premiered during Maaori Language Week with screenings selling out across the motu.

TE RAUTAU O TE KAUWHANGANUI O MAHUTA Hei whakanui i te rautau o Te Kauwhanganui i te 14 o ngaa raa o Hepetema, ka poowhiritia e Ngaati Hauaa ngaa iwi puta noa i te motu ki Rukumoana Marae. Naa Kiingi Taawhiao i whakatuu te Kaawanatanga Motuhake a te Maaori i Maungakawa hei whakatutuki i te rangatiratanga o te iwi Maaori, naana anoo hoki i whakatuu te rangatira o Ngaati Hauaa, a Tupu Taingakawa Te Waharoa hei tumuaki tuatahi. I ngeenei raa, neke atu i te 20,000 ngaa karere tawhito me ngaa whakaahua, otiraa ngaa karere ki waenga i te tumuaki, i a Tupu Taingakawa Te Waharoa me te Kaawanatanga, me ngaa niupepa tuuturu o Te Paki o Matariki, e tiakina ana e Te Kauwhanganui.

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TE KAUWHANGANUI O MAHUTA CENTENARY To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Te Kauwhanganui on 14 September, Ngaati Hauaa welcomed iwi from around the motu to Rukumoana Marae. Kiingi Tawhiao first established the independent Kiingitanga Maaori Parliament at Maungakawa in an effort to achieve Maaori autonomy and appointed Ngaati Hauaa leader Tupu Taingakawa Te Waharoa as its first tumuaki.

Today, Te Kauwhanganui houses over 20,000 archival manuscripts and photographs including correspondence by the Tumuaki Tupu Taingakawa Te Waharoa to the Government and original copies of Te Paki o Matariki.

WAIKATO REO ON WESTPAC ATMS KO TE REO O WAIKATO KI NGAA MIIHINI TANGO MONI A WESTPAC Kaatahi anoo ka kitea e te marea te reo o Waikato ki runga i ngaa miihini tango moni a Westpac – koinei hoki te waa tuatahi kua whakaurua e te peeke te mita reo o teetehi iwi.

Ki taa Pānia Papa, ki teetehi Kaiaarahi Reo o Waikato-Tainui, maa te urunga o te reo o Waikato ki ngaa miihini tango moni e tautoko te whakamahinga o te reo i ia raa, i ia raa, i roto i te hapori, aa, maa reira e piki ai te mana o te reo.

“Ko te wawata hoki, kia whaaia teenei tauira e ngeetehi atu peeke me ngaa raatou kiritaki kia nui ake ai te koorerotia o te reo i ngaa mahi peeke.” “Ka kaha tautoko a Westpac i te whakarauoratanga o te reo Maaori me te whakamahinga o te reo i ia raa,” te kii a Karen Silk, Westpac NZ General Manager of Commercial, Corporate and Institutional Banking. Maa te whiriwhiri i te koowhiri ‘Language’ me te ‘Reo Waikato’, ka taea e ngaa whaanau te whakamaatau i te koowhiringa hou. E tautoko ana hoki teenei kaupapa i te rautaki ‘Tikanga Ora, Reo Ora’ a te iwi hei whakapiki i te kitea o te reo o Waikato me te matatau o ngoona iwi ki te reo.

Te reo o Waikato can now be seen on Westpac automatic teller machines across the motu – and it’s the first time a bank has offered a language option distinct to one iwi. Waikato-Tainui Te Reo Advisor Pānia Papa says normalising te reo through ATM interactions lifts the status of the language by bringing it into everyday use in our communities. “Hopefully this will prompt more banks and their customers to speak Maaori more in their banking interactions.” “Westpac is hugely supportive of the move to revitalise the Maaori language and promote its use in everyday life,” says Karen Silk, Westpac NZ General Manager of Commercial, Corporate and Institutional Banking. Whaanau can try out the new option by selecting ‘Language’ then ‘Reo Waikato’ on ATMs. The Westpac initiative also supports the tribe’s Tikanga Ora, Reo Ora strategy to increase the visibility of Waikato reo and the fluency of its iwi members.

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PAATAKA KAI Ko Paataka Kai teetehi kaupapa hou naa Tainui Group Holdings, ka tuku i ngaa hipi e ono ki teenaa, ki teenaa o ngoo taatou marae e 68 hei koha, aa toona waa. Moo ngaa marae ka whakatuu poukai, e whaa atu anoo ngaa hipi ka tukuna ki a raatou. E aahei ana ngaa marae te tono miiti hipi maa oo raatou mema o Te Whakakitenga, maa te iimeera hoki ki paatakakai@tgh.co.nz, maa te waea raanei ki 0800 PAATAKA. I tiimata a Paataka Kai i te waa i tukuna ai ngaa maatene 18 ki te marae o Tuurangawaewae Marae moo te Koroneihana 2017 me toona whakarewatanga i te marama o Oketopa. I wikitooria a Wairangi Paki, e noho ana ki Poipiripi, i te whakataetae Paataka Kai i te Koroneihana. I koha atu a Wairangi i ngana maatene ki toona marae, ki a Waahi Paa, moo taa raatou poukai.

Paataka Kai is a new initiative from Tainui Group Holdings that will eventually see all 68 of our marae receive a koha of six sheep to every marae. For marae that host poukai, they will receive an extra four sheep. Marae can place an order for their mutton through their Te Whakakitenga members and emailing paatakakai@tgh.co.nz or 0800 PAATAKA. Paataka Kai began with a koha of 18 mutton to Tuurangawaewae Marae for Koroneihana 2017 and was officially launched in October. The winner of the Paataka Kai competition held at Koroneihana was Wairangi Paki, who lives in Melbourne. Wairangi kindly donated both mutton to his marae, Waahi Paa, for their poukai.

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TE TAONGA WHAKAIHUWAKA A TE PIRIIMIA PM SUPREME AWARD Kua whakaingoatia a Taakuta Te Taka Keegan o WaikatoManiapoto hei kaiwhiwhi i te Taonga Whakaihuwaka a te Piriimia i ngaa National Tertiary Excellence Awards.

He puukenga matua a Te Taka moo ngaa mea hangarau rorohiko i Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, aa, ka moohio whaanuitia he maatanga ia moo te whakarauora i te reo Maaori maa te hangarau. Ko ngeetehi o ngaana mahi ko te Kohinga Niupepa Maaori, ko te papa paatuhi a Microsoft, me ngaa kaupapa reo Maaori moo Windows me Office. I te tau 2009, i mahi ia hei kaipuutaiao tuuaarangi i Google ki te aawhina i ngaa mahi moo te Google Translator Toolkit for Maaori.

Dr Te Taka Keegan of Waikato-Maniapoto was named this year’s Prime Minister’s Supreme Award recipient at the National Tertiary Excellence Awards. Te Taka, a senior lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Waikato, is considered a trailblazer in the revitalisation of te reo Maaori through technology. His projects include the Maaori Niupepa Collection, the Microsoft keyboard, and the Windows and Office in te reo Maaori projects. In 2009, he also spent time with Google as a visiting scientist assisting with the Google Translator Toolkit for Maaori.

KUA TUWHERA A PUURUA PUURUA OPENS Kaatahi anoo a Tainui Group Holdings kia tuwhera i a Puurua, kei te tiriti o Wikitoria i Kirikiriroa. Puurua – ko te hononga o ngaa wai e rua toona whakamaarama – he waahi e waatea ana maa ngaa uri, ngaa hoa me te hapori o Waikato-Tainui ki te mahi i a raatou mahi. He waahi e whakaatu hoki ana i ngeetehi o ngaa mahi whai rawa a te iwi wheeraa i a Ruakura, ngaa hooteera, te Base me ngaa paamu.

Tainui Group Holdings recently opened Puurua – a partner centre located on Victoria Street in Hamilton.

Puurua, meaning the confluence of rivers, is a space for our partners, our people and our community to use for their own mahi. The space also showcases some of the tribe’s big commercial projects such as Ruakura, the hotels, the Base and our farms.

WHIRINGA TOA Ko Te Maire Martin o Ngaati Mahuta ki te Hauaauru teetehi i taakaro i te keemu whiringa toa o te NRL. He kaitaakaro ia maa ngaa North Queensland Cowboys i te tuuranga five-eighth, naana hoki te paneke kotahi o te keemu, noo raatou i hinga i te kapa o Melbourne Storm, 34 ki te 6 te tatau. Ahakoa te hinganga o ngaa Cowboys, ka whakanuia tonutia e Te Maire toona putanga tuatahitanga mai i teetehi keemu whiringa toa, naa te mea hoki i haere te tokomaha o toona whaanau mai i Tahaaroa ki Poihaakena ki te tautoko i a ia. Karangahia ana ia he kaitaakaro me aata maataki e taatou, ka mutu, ka taapirihia e te tama kakama nei toona urunga ki te kapa Kiwi moo te Whakataetae Riiki o te Ao i te tau 2017 ki te raarangi o ngaa mahi kua riwha i a ia. I uru atu a Te Maire ki te kapa Cowboys i te marama o Hoongongoi, aa, hei te tau 2019 mutu ai tana kirimana. I mua, i taakaro a Te Maire maa ngaa Wests Tigers me ngaa Penrith Panthers. Ko tana tohu ki ngaa rangatahi kia whakaharatau moo te hemo tonu atu.

CULTURAL MATERIALS PLAN – KUA EA CULTURAL MATERIALS PLAN LAUNCHED Kua whakarewangia e Waikato-Tainui toona Cultural Materials Plan – he momo mahere e tautoko ana i ngaa uri o Waikato-Tainui ki te whakamahi i too raatou mana motuhake, kaitiakitanga hoki i runga i ngaa whenua hapori o te papa atawhai. I mahi tahi ai te iwi me Te Papa Atawhai ki te hanga i te mahere e whakatuuturu ana i ngaa here a ruruhi maa, a koroheke maa ki te haumanu, ki te tiaki anoo hoki i too taatou taiao, otiraa kia noho ai a taatou taonga ki te rae o ngaa mahi taiao.

Waikato-Tainui has launched its Cultural Materials Plan – an innovative plan supporting iwi members to exercise mana whakahaere and kaitiakitanga over public conservation lands. The tribe worked with the Department of Conservation to develop the plan, which ensures our ancestral obligations to restore, protect and care for our environment and our taonga remain at the forefront of conservation initiatives.

GRAND FINAL Te Maire Martin of Ngaati Mahuta ki te Hauaauru featured in this year’s NRL Grand Final. Representing the North Queensland Cowboys, the 22-year-old, who plays at fiveeighth position, scored the team’s only try in their 34-6 loss to the Melbourne Storm. However, the Cowboy’s loss didn’t deter Te Maire from celebrating his first appearance in a grand final especially as many whaanau from Tahaaroa travelled to Sydney to support him. Regarded as a player to keep your eye on, the young playmaker can also add being named in the Kiwis 2017 Rugby League World Cup tournament team to his list of achievements. Te Maire joined the Cowboys in July and is contracted until 2019. Previously, Te Maire played for the Wests Tigers and the Penrith Panthers. His advice to younger players is to train hard.

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NGAA TOA TAIAO Ko Ngāpera Keegan (noo Waikato-Maniapoto) raaua ko Nevada Huaki-Foote (noo Waikato me Ngaati Porou) ngaa kaiwhiwhi o te karahipi 2017 a Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu.

Naa Te Kaunihera aa-Rohe o Waikato me Waikato-Tainui i whakatuu te karahipi i te tau 1991 hei tautoko i ngaa tauira Maaori e whai ana i te tohu paetahi i Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, otiraa i ngaa akoranga taiao. E ako ana a Ngāpera i te taiao me te reo Maaori, ko Nevada e ako ana i te maatauranga toorangapuu me te taiao. I riro hoki i a raaua he tuuranga i roto i te Waikato Regional Council Summer Student Programme. Ko Ngāpera i te roopuu Science and Strategy, Land and Soil, ko Nevada i te roopuu Community and Services, Tai-ranga-whenua.

TAIAO WINNERS Ngāpera Keegan (Waikato-Maniapoto) and Nevada Huaki-Foote (Waikato, Ngaati Porou) are recipients of a 2017 Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu Scholarship.

The scholarship was established in 1991 by the Waikato Regional Council and Waikato-Tainui to support Maaori students who undertake full-time undergraduate study at Waikato University, particularly in environmental fields. Ngāpera is studying Environmental Sciences and Te Reo Maaori, and Nevada is studying Politics and the Environment. They also secured roles in the Waikato Regional Council Summer Student Programme. Ngāpera in the Science and Strategy, Land and Soil Team and Nevada in the Community and Services, Tai-ranga-whenua Team.

Te Whakakitenga Deputy Chair Tipa Mahuta, Waikato Regional Council chair Alan Livingston, Tekiteora Rolleston-Gabel (Ngaai Tuuhoe/Ngaati Kahu/Ngaai Te Rangi), Lynley St George (Ngaati Porou), Te Ariki Tamaroa Whatumoana Paki, Ngapera Keegan (Waikato/Maniapoto), Nevada Huaki-Foote (Waikato/Ngāti Porou), and Waikato University Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley.

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Q&A PAREKAWHIA McLEAN Waikato, Ngaati Maniapoto Chair, Te Whakakitenga o Waikato What would you like to see achieved in your first year as chair?

1. Te Whakakitenga meetings: decisions are made on those agenda matters that require them.

2. Work in partnership with the Chairs of our tribal entities so that we are unified to provide strategic leadership and direction.

3. Work proactively with Te Whakakitenga so that concerns are responded too, and addressed.

4. Establish a stakeholder network of relevance to the affairs of Te Whakakitenga – be it central government, local government, not-for-profit or corporates.

And by the end of your term?

Where do you draw inspiration from as a chair for Te Whakakitenga?

Values are important to me and have helped guide and shape me. The values of humility, respect, loyalty, persistence and hard work were instilled in me by my grandparents and parents. So, firstly I draw inspiration from them because they were very focused on building a better future for their own whaanau and that’s been a part of my DNA for a long time. I’m also grateful to have worked alongside some influential leaders over my professional career who I’ve observed and learnt from. A common factor was their unstinting belief in making a difference and that is what motivates me.

Acknowledged for making a difference and adding value.

You are a fierce advocate of mana wahine, what is your advice to young Waikato waahine?

Believe in yourself and that you can do anything. Set out to make a difference for the benefit of others. Work hard but have fun along the way and don’t take yourself too seriously.

Look after your wellbeing because no-one else will.

What are the most valuable traits a Waikato leader needs to have?

Empathy, a good listener, commitment, humility and determination.

How does your experience as former CEO of the Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust enhance your role as chair?

I understand the business and operations across the tribal group but the roles are very different. As Chair of Te Whakakitenga, my focus is on providing strategic leadership and direction, and working collaboratively with my governance counterparts. We need to be united, focused and purposeful so that our people are at the centre of our thinking, planning and delivery. As CEO you are responsible for executing the strategic direction and delivering against it.

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Phoenix Manukau (Turangawaewae Marae) spent three days with Boffa Miskell and two days with the Waikato Raupatu River Trust working at the Ruakura Port.

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THE NEW INLAND PORT AT RUAKURA IS STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE, JUST FIVE MONTHS DOWN THE TRACK SINCE THE FIRST SOIL WAS TURNED

BY KIINGI TUHEITIA IN LATE MARCH THIS YEAR.

Over the last few months a large fleet of trucks has delivered a significant amount of aggregate to site. With Fulton Hogan’s expertise and experience as the construction contractor for Stage 1 the new six hectare Port is beginning to take shape.

Tainui Group Holdings (TGH) General Manager for Operations, Robert Batters, says that health and safety and care for the environment are extremely important to us as the project heads into spring.

“First and foremost, we want everyone who comes to work to build the Ruakura inland port and logistics zone to get home safely at the end of the day. The team is also focused on making sure the environment is protected and where possible enhanced. Recycling concrete and untreated timber from the demolition of old buildings to reduce the waste to landfill is just one of a number of our initiatives,” Robert says.

Earth walls and sediment control ponds have been constructed around the site to protect the awa. Rangatahi from Waikato-Tainui have been active in helping project ecologists Boffa Miskell to capture and transfer native fish and tuna to a suitable habitat downstream of our site.

With the new inland port planned to open in early 2019, conversations are underway with more than 200 potential customers and tenants.

These include a large number of major importers and exporters who can take advantage of the great connections with the new Waikato Expressway and the East Coast Main Trunk Line that runs directly beside the site.

TGH has formed a Joint Venture with a world class port operator; LINX Cargo Care to develop and operate the port. Day-to-day port operations will be managed by C3, New Zealand’s largest on-wharf cargo handler. In coming months TGH, working closely with the employment team at the Lands Trust, will hold an employment summit to look at future job opportunities as Ruakura comes to life.

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THE IWI IS GROWING. THAT’S FOR SURE. THERE’S 72,000 MEMBERS AND LOTS MORE WHO ARE NOT REGISTERED YET. SO HOW DO YOU TRY TO MANAAKI THE EXPANDING TRIBAL REGISTRY AND CREATE A SPACE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE? WELL, PART OF THAT SOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND IN TECHNOLOGY.

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Gathering iwi data is about kaitiakitanga – and being guardians of the people.

“We have a very emotional connection to our tribal register and how we look after it. We collect our peoples’ whakapapa, marae and hapuu affiliations as well as personal contacts and demographic data, so it’s vital for us to respect that data and protect it.”

That’s Waikato-Tainui Business Development Analyst Karleen Turner Puriri speaking. She is spearheading the project and ensuring that the heart and head are both working together.

“The team that manages our iwi registry sees iwi data as an extension of the people who register,” says Karleen.

The new iwi registry of Waikato-Tainui gives members a secure online facility to access and store information and engage with the iwi from anywhere. The iwi website has a new section called My Waikato-Tainui where registered iwi members can login and apply for grants online and keep track of them, check and update their details.

In the future they’ll be able to browse resources and opportunities in areas such as education, waananga and housing.

The promotion of the online tribal registry at the iwi AGM and then at Koroneihana saw record numbers of new registrations, with 279 in August and 282 in September respectively.

One of the newest entrants on the Iwi Registry is 21-year old Shem Taiapa (Ngaati Hauaa, Ngaati Porou).

It was the recommendation of his mother and younger brother that drew him to the site, and he’s glad he’s signed up.

“In the past I’ve registered online for Greenpeace, Facebook and other social media stuff so I thought why not this,” says Shem. “With the iwi registry I gave my grandparents’ names on Mum’s side, my parents and my home address. It was easy as.”

One feature that blew him away was the range of scholarships and the chance to identify himself as part of Waikato-Tainui.

“I wish I knew what iwi scholarships were available when I started my teaching degree at Waikato University in 2014,” says Shem. “I was the first of my whanau to go to university. I was there for one year and picked up a job in the summer. I didn’t know how to access funding or scholarships and focussed on working and to earn money and didn’t go back.”

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Shem’s now assistant manager at Hallensteins in Hamilton where he’s worked for three years. He’s also training to join the police force as a frontline or community officer.

“It would be handy to look at the iwi site on my mobile phone,” says Shem. “I like being in the know about things that are happening.”

Shem’s now encouraging other whaanau to register saying they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

“There’s a lot of information and opportunities on there.

I’m proud to be Ngaati Hauaa. I love my marae, my people and family.”

With a new project like this, milestones abound such as the first online Kaumaatua Grant being received in October.

What started out as a paper-based system then moved on to a computer database has now turned into a sophisticated iwi registry using customer relationship management software called Salesforce Karleen says: “As we’ve evolved as an iwi organisation over 22 years of settlement, so has the complexity of our data needs in terms of the amount of data we have and the programmes we’re running and the strategic priorities we have.

“When we settled with the Crown in 1995 we had a statutory obligation to keep a record of each of our members. We’ve been doing that to support our strategic

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priorities and comply with the settlement but we’ve actually been collecting data on our people since the 1950s.”

New members can register online and parents can register their children easily at any time. Whakapapa is validated by Moera Solomon, who has run the registry since the beginning and Teeny Tukere before being entered into the iwi registry and there are different levels of access to the information.

Moera and Teeny say there are strong benefits to registering with the tribe. Membership keeps people informed, it enables them to vote on tribal matters, and it allows access to a funding through a range of grants.

The iwi registry is already helping to improve outcomes for Waikato-Tainui in the areas of education, employment, health, wellbeing, matauranga Maaori and preservation of tribal knowledge.

“Until recently our whakapapa had only been used for tribal verification, but it could serve a wider purpose,” says Karleen.

“Our Mokopuna Ora programme aims to improve outcomes for our tamariki by providing improved options for our most vulnerable babies and keeping them in the care of whaanau. We are able to find whaanau members who have opted into this program through whakapapa searching. This is a tribally driven solution that is supported by whakapapa.”

for driver’s licences and defensive driving courses, but it has always been an arduous process to get the necessary verification to receive the discount. Membership cards would offer instantaneous verification of tribal membership.

On top of this, work is being done to connect the 68 marae with tribal members. A team has worked closely with eight pilot marae over the past year to develop an online presence for each marae.

MY WAIKATO-TAINUI About two-thirds of Waikato-Tainui tribal members live outside the rohe – either in New Zealand or overseas.

It’s hoped the initiative will help iwi diaspora feel more connected to their Waikato-Tainui whakapapa and more engaged with tribal resources.

‘My Waikato-Tainui’ is the tribal member portal where members will be able to access tribal content. Karleen says Waikato-Tainui is currently able to provide live tribal statistics in the portal and will be extending on the types of information available to members and marae.

The iwi is also introducing membership cards, which could help registered members more easily access the benefits of tribal resources and partnerships. For instance, Waikato-Tainui members can access discounts

Through the Waikato-Tainui online marae app, available on iPhone or Android, every marae in the rohe will eventually offer details for a designated contact person, a booking system, trustee details, waiata and histories.

The first eight marae are live and the next 10 will start to be developed soon.

In education news, Tertiary Grant applications this year will open in December and also be available through 'My Waikato-Tainui'. Students applying for the first time need to ensure they’re on the register so they can access grants.

The online platforms are important to support iwi development and comply with settlement requirements.

Work is also underway to improve the collection and use of land information and statistics collected by agencies.

Ownership of our data and access to external sources mean that Waikato-Tainui can make informed decisions and provide relevant programme development for our people.

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STONY TATA IS RARE IN THE NURSING PROFESSION AS A MAAORI MAN. HIS CHOSEN PATHWAY CAN BE EXPENSIVE TO PURSUE, SO WINNING A DAME TE ATAARANGIKAAHU NURSING SCHOLARSHIP THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A BOOST.

Kua waia noa a Stony Tata o Horahora Marae ki ngaa paatai e paa ana ki a ia me taana whai i te umanga neehi; heoi, ki a ia, ko toona tuuhaahaa te take e marihi ana tana whai i te pae tawhiti.

Stony Tata of Horahora Marae is used to the questions that come with being a Maaori in the nursing field, but he says his point of difference is what makes his career pursuit even more worthwhile.

“I te waa i tiimata ahau, 150 pea ngaa tauira i te urunga tuatahi, engari karekau he taane Maaori i taku karaehe ake me te torutoru noa iho o ngaa Maaori i ngaa karaehe whaanui,” te kii a Stony Tata. Inaaianei, kua tae ia ki tana tau whakamutunga moo te Bachelor of Nursing ki Wintec.

“When I first started there was around 150 of us in our intake, but there were no Maaori males in my class and very few Maaori in general,” says Stony Tata, who is now in his last year of a Bachelor of Nursing degree at Wintec.

“Naa te mea he taane, he Maaori hoki ahau, e rua eeraa nohoanga hei tokoiti,” taa Stony, i roto i te kata. “Engari, ka taea tonutia e koe te huri ngeenaa aahuatanga hei painga moou naa te mea he tokoiti noa iho maatou, ka whai painga tonu koe.”

Naa aua whai painga, kua tonoa keetia ia ki ngeetehi tuuranga mahi i mua tonu i te rironga o tana tohu neehi.

“He hemanga nunui me whakakii i roto i te umanga neehi, me taku waimarie, ko au teetehi i eke panuku.”

Ko te hemanga nunui e koorerohia nei e ia ko te tokoiti o ngaa kaimahi Maaori e mahi ana i te raangai hauora – he iti iho i toona whitu oorau o raatou e mahi ana hei neehi i Aotearoa me te waru oorau he neehi taane.

Heoi, ka whaaki mai a Stony, ehara te mahi neehi i tana koowhiringa tuatahi.

“I tere taku wehenga atu i te kura tuarua. I ahau i te kura e mahi tonu ana ahau, noo reira i pai ake taku tere mutu i te kura, heoi anoo e whakapono ahau ehara te kura i te mea o ngaa mea katoa – kei reira tonu te maha o ngaa ara kei waho atu i te kura, ko taau he rapu i aua ara.”

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“Being male and being Maaori is like a double whammy minority,” laughs Stony. “But you can work all that in your favour if you wanted to because there are hardly any of us and so you kind of become valuable.”

So valuable in fact that he’s already had a number of job offers and that’s even before he finishes his nursing degree. “There’s this void that needs to be filled within nursing and fortunately, I hit that target group.”

The void he speaks of is the underrepresentation of Maaori workers in the health sector – they make up less than seven per cent of New Zealand’s nursing workforce with male nurses making up just over eight per cent.

Although Stony admits nursing wasn’t his original career choice. “I dropped out of high school early on.

I was always working while I was at school so it just made sense but I’m a big believer that high school isn’t everything – there are always pathways outside of school, you just have to find them.”

For Stony, 27, his pathway eventually led him to Waikato University’s Te Timatanga Hou – a bridging programme for promising tertiary students. “I wasn’t planning on going to university when I dropped out but after a while I got bored with my job and wanted to do more.

“I wasn’t planning on going to university when I dropped out but after a while I got bored with my job and wanted to do more.”

Stony Tata receiving his Dame Te Atairangikaahu Nursing Scholarship from Ngawai Hono i te Po Paki, daughter of Kiingi Tuheitia.

Naawai raa, i whai a Stony, 27 tau toona pakeke, i te ara ki te Tiimatanga Hou i Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato – he momo whakaakoranga honohono maa ngaa taangata e hiahia ana ki te haere ki te whare waananga ako ai.

“Kaaore ahau i hiahia ki te whai i te tohu maatauranga i te waa i mutu atu au i kura, naawai, naawai ka hoohaa katoa au i taku mahi me te taku hiahia kia mau ki te pae tawhiti. Ko TTH te tino arawhata ki ahau nei naa te mea koia te tuuaapapa moo ngaa mahi i whai i muri mai.”

Oti tonu i a ia te tohu Bachelor of Maaori and Pacific Development, aa, i a ia i te whare waananga ka whai mahi ia ki Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa – ki teetehi ratonga hauora Maaori. I reira i paa mai te rongo ki a Stony e anga ana ngana mahi ki te mahi neehi.

“Kaaore rawa au i te hiahia ki te whai mahi hei neehi, heoi i a au e mahi ana ki te ruunanga, kaatahi anoo au ka rongo i te harakoa ki ngaku mahi, aa, naa teetehi o ngooku hoa mahi i reira i whakatoo te kaakano kia tirohia e au ngaa mahi neehi.” Kaarekau he heke, he piki noa iho ka kitea, aa, ka tiimata a Stony ki te tirotiro ki ngaa momo ara mahi neehi ka taea e ia te whai me tana moohio ko te hauora hinengaro te waahi e rata ana ki a ia. “Ko te nuinga o ngaa mahi a te neehi hauora hinengaro he whakarongo, he whakawhiti koorero, aa, ko aua mea raa aku tino puukenga.”

Naa ngana mahi i te ruunanga ka moohio pai ia ki ngaa mahi hauora hinengaro. “He tino pai ki a au te

TTH was a good stepping stone for me as it set the foundations for what was to come.”

He went on to complete a Bachelor of Maaori and Pacific Development degree and it was during his time at university that he took a job with Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa – a Maaori health and wellbeing service provider. It was at the rūnanga where Stony found himself being unexpectedly steered towards nursing.

“I had no intentions on becoming a nurse, but working at the rūnanga I found myself for the first time really enjoying what I was doing and a worker there suggested I look into nursing.”

With nothing to lose and everything to gain, Stony looked at the different career pathways within nursing and found the area of mental health to be “a better fit”. He says, “Mental health nursing involves a lot of communication which I’m good at.”

His experiences at the rūnanga sees him work across all their mental health services so he knows what he’s getting himself into. “What I love is acute mental health which is working with people out in the community who could be suicidal or gone off their meds and hallucinate – out the gate cases pretty much. I find engaging with those sorts of people really fascinating and at the end of the day, they’re just like everybody else.”

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mahi tahi me ngaa taangata o te hapori kua paa ki te whakamomori, ki te wairangi anoo pea – raatou maa e tino whakapaarewa ana. Mooku ake, e manawaruu katoa ana au ki te whakapaapaa ki ngeenei momo taangata me te mea hoki, he oorite te katoa o raatou ki a taatou. Heoi, ki taa Stony, ehara ngaa mahi hauora hinengaro i te mahi maa te katoa. “Ka taea e ngeetehi, kaaore hoki e taea e ngeetehi atu. Me moohio, me tahuri hoki te tangata ki ngaa heke me ngaa aahuatanga manawarau. Meenaa he pai noa iho ngeenei aahuatanga ki a koe, ka ora pai koe.”

Naa te pakeke o ngana mahi i te ruunanga me te whare waananga ka tono atu a Stony i te karahipi neehi a Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu. Ko te whaainga o te karahipi nei he akiaki i ngaa uri o Waikato-Tainui ki ngaa rapuara hauora maa te whakangaawari i ngaa utu ki ngaa maatauranga matua. Ka whakawhiwhia ngaa kaiwhiwhi karahipi ki te $6000 hei utu i ngaa utu ki Wintec moo ngaa tau e toru (aahua $18,000 ki ia karahipi).

Ki taa Stony, “Nooku te waimarie i whiwhi karahipi ai au naa te mea ko wai e hiahia ana ki te noho nama ki teetehi atu.”

I teenei tau i riro hoki i a Zaraden McGregor, noo te marae o Kahotea, te karahipi, raatou ko Te Waimaarino Patena, ko Te Iti o Hauaa Marae; ko Dayna Samuel, noo Raungaiti Marae; ko Kerry Watene, noo Te Papa o Rotu Marae; ko Vair Ngatoro-Jackson, noo Te Tokangaanui a Noho Marae; ko Hollie Scott, noo Puurekireki Marae; ko Joanne Mark, noo Te Papa o Rotu Marae; ko Renee Smith, noo Te Kauri Marae; ko Airini Thompson, noo Maungatautari Marae.

Ki ngaa uri o Waikato-Tainui e whakaaro ana ki te whai i te umanga hauora, e kii ana a Stony, me whakarere ngoou whakaaro ko too mana kei raro i teetehi atu, engari whaaia kia tina! “He herenga nunui, engari he nui ake ngaa piki i ngaa heke.”

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However, working in mental health isn’t for everyone says Stony. “Some people can do it and some people can’t.

You need to be a person who is able to take it like it is and accept that you’re going to have challenging situations and going to be in uncomfortable positions. If you can accept that, you’ll be alright.”

Balancing his job at the rūnanga with fulltime study hasn’t been easy so that’s why he applied for a Dame Te Atairangikaahu Nursing Scholarship. The scholarship aims to encourage more Waikato-Tainui iwi members into health careers by helping to ease the financial burden of tertiary study. Scholarship recipients receive a maximum of $6000 towards the cost of their tuition at Wintec for a period of up to three years (approx. $18,000 per scholarship).

Stony says, “The scholarship couldn’t have come at a better time because who wants to have any kind of debt hanging over them.”

This year the scholarship was also awarded to Zaradene McGregor, Kahotea Marae; Te Waimaarino Patena, Te Iti o Hauaa Marae; Dayna Samuel, Raungaiti Marae; Kerry Watene, Te Papa o Rotu Marae; Vair NgatoroJackson, Te Tokangaanui a Noho Marae; Hollie Scott, Purekireki Marae; Joanne Mark, Te Papa o Rotu Marae; Renee Smith, Te Kauri Marae; and, Airini Thompson, Maungatautari Marae.

Iwi members considering a career in the health sector should forget about being in the minority and just go for it says Stony. “It requires a lot of commitment, but the benefits from a career in nursing far outweigh the challenges.”

Q&A RUKUMOANA SCHAAFHAUSEN Ngaati Hauaa Chair, Te Arataura What are the key challenges for Waikato on the horizon?

You are the longest serving Te Arataura member with more than 20 years of service, what are your key learnings during this period?

The best leaders (past and present) have taught me to keep an open mind and take nothing for granted. I’ve tried hard to follow that advice, especially in the tough times.

Leadership starts with knowing who you are, where you come from and where you’re going. I also believe leadership is about serving people and helping them achieve their aspirations. This includes identifying and nurturing future leaders too. To do all these things requires listening carefully to what people say AND what they don’t say.

You are both the Kaahui Ariki representative and the chair of Te Arataura - how do these roles complement each other?

It was an honour to be appointed Kaahui Ariki representative by our King and Chair of Te Arataura by my fellow board members. I believe both roles are about serving the interests of all our people – something I’m completely committed to. Holding both roles is not unprecedented, but I know that I’ve got to earn the trust and confidence of everyone by managing them with integrity and professionalism. Any real or perceived conflicts of interest are managed through a formal process that can require me to step aside from the Chair’s role on certain issues. It’s important to remember, the Chair has only one vote like all other members, which means decisions are made by the collective.

Like our forebears, our key challenges are economic, social, cultural and environmental wellbeing. Rapid advances in technology present both risks and opportunities across all these areas. In the economy, many of today’s jobs will be replaced by machines while tomorrow’s jobs haven’t been thought of yet. In terms of our social and cultural wellbeing, the pressures remain constant to keep our people and our culture alive and well, which requires ongoing support of the Government and sufficient funding. In terms of the environment, the biggest issue facing Papatuanuku is the impact of climate change and threats to biodiversity and quality of our water. The threats of urbanisation on food production is happening in our rohe and we need to think carefully about our role as Kaitiaki. These issues are huge and all-consuming, and we have to tackle them one piece at a time.

Life is a learning journey, what area of your professional life would you like to improve?

Two things – balance in life and becoming proficient in Te Reo Maaori. As the mother of two young boys, I’ve learned that life is very precious and we don’t get much time, so we must use it carefully. That means balancing family life and work commitments and sometimes joining the two, like going to hui and learning our culture together. Though I grew up on my marae – Rukumoana – and learned our tikanga from my Nana and parents, which included mowing the lawns, washing dishes at the marae, waitressing at many Koroneihana, I didn’t learn to speak fluent Maaori and that’s something I’m trying to do for myself and my whanau and future mokopuna.

Which particular tongikura is most important to you and your life?

All tongikura are important because they provide us with wisdom for everyday living. One tongikura that is special to me is. “Me wehi ki te Atua, me whakahonore te Kiingi”, which means to fear God and honour the King. These words were declared when my tupuna Wiremu Tamehana anointed the first Maaori King Pootatau Te Wherowhero.

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SCULPTOR AND CARVER FRED GRAHAM IS DISARMINGLY HONEST ABOUT BEING HONOURED WITH A PRESTIGIOUS ART AWARD. “WHEN YOU LIVE AS LONG AS ME, THEY’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING,” HE SAYS WITH A GRIN.

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Fred says early Maaori had no written language; they portrayed their stories in permanent form through their carving. He continues the tradition: “What I want to do is remind all our kids of our stories, in a different way.”

Fred Graham has just marked his 89th birthday and the “something” he’s been given is a biggie: the Te Tohu Aroha mō Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (supreme award) at the 2017 Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi Awards. The annual event celebrates achievement and contribution to Maaori arts; Fred’s award recognises his leadership, excellence and outstanding skill.

At his home near Waiuku, Fred bats the tribute gently to the sideline. He’s proud of it but says awards should be for those who do things for other people and don’t expect anything in return. “My greatest satisfaction is just in creating things.”

Fred’s iwi is Ngaati Korokii Kahukura and his marae is Poohara, near Mt Maungatautari. He has been creating things for decades. One of the most influential figures in Maaori art since the 1960s, he is a prolific sculptor whose works are displayed in many public spaces in New Zealand and overseas.

To name a handful of them: his bold 11.5m black steel plate bird Kaitiaki (Guardian) is in the Auckland Domain, poised above the country’s biggest city; his beautiful Manu Torino, a flock of birds taking flight, is crafted from stainless steel and sits in front of the Visitor Information Centre in the Auckland Botanic Gardens.

He has sculptures in Auckland’s Queen St and a memorable metal bird at Mission Bay. Earlier this year, an exhibition of Fred’s work entitled Tupuna Awa – My Ancestor the River – was held at the Don Rowlands Centre, Lake Karaapiro, in his tribal heartland. The 14 pieces have been bought by the Waikato River Authority and are now held at Waikato Museum.

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Fred’s creations embrace ancient and contemporary techniques and diverse materials. They have a strong connection to Te Ao Maaori (the Maaori world) through themes inspired by Maaori traditions and legends, as well as issues that affect modern-day Maaori.

Suzanne Ellison, chair of the New Zealand Arts Council’s Maaori committee, describes his work as a cultural touchstone infused with energy and passion, “a vehicle through which important contemporary and historic issues can be addressed”.

Fred says early Maaori had no written language; they portrayed their stories in permanent form through their carving. He continues the tradition: “What I want to do is remind all our kids of our stories, in a different way.”

His work moves past the injustices suffered by Maaori.

“You can be bitter but you destroy yourself. There is no point. I just want to tell the stories. You decide for yourself.”

Fred grew up in the long-gone Horahora Power Station village, near Cambridge, where his father Kiwa Graham was employed as a greaser, maintaining machinery.

Kiwa had left school in Standard 4, and he placed enormous value on his kids getting a sound education.

Fred was sent to board in Hamilton so he could attend Hamilton Technical College. “It was a cost to my parents to do that,” he says. “So I pulled my socks up and got on with it.”

Kiwa was Fred’s hero. “He was a very clever man. He took photographs and he developed the films in the bathroom.” Fred says he gets his artistic flair from his father and his sporting prowess, as evidenced by his turn on the wing for the Maaori All Blacks in 1955, from his mother, Lena.

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Fred and wife Norma instilled the same value for education in their own three children and Fred is proud they all have university degrees. Elder son Gary is an agronomist, daughter Kathryn is a producer with Maaori Television, and younger son Brett is an acclaimed sculptor like his father.

Fred’s step to tertiary education was through Ardmore Teachers’ Training College, near Auckland. He became an art teacher and mentor to many, before finally (about 30 years ago) working solely as an artist. “When there was no mortgage and the last of the kids had gone to university, I could afford to go sculpting fulltime.

But I loved teaching and I missed it.”

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it was designed by their friend the late John Scott, a prominent Maaori architect from Hawke’s Bay. Fred’s artwork is tucked into the lush gardens. Indoors, on the dining tables, his sculpture of the sleek korotangi bird is perched among sketches of works in progress and a silver cardboard model of a new sculpture that will be installed in Cambridge next year.

This elegant piece was inspired by the form of Paris’s Eiffel Tower. It will commemorate the 100th anniversary of a battle in northern France where New Zealand soldiers liberated the German-occupied town of Le Quesnoy a week before the World War 1 armistice on November 11, 1918.

Today, he’s happy to sit in a comfy chair and talk. But, Te Hookioi is not allowed to step inside his studio adjacent to the house. “Too messy,” he says, politely but firmly. “Nothing to see in there at the moment.”

The ladder that New Zealand troops used to scale Le Quesnoy’s ancient wall will be depicted in Fred’s sculpture as a silver fern; its many leaves are to remember the Kiwi soldiers who perished in the fighting.

Fred has lived at Waiuku for 27 years. He and Norma have a boldly shaped house hunkered among tall trees;

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Le Quesnoy have had twin-town status since 1999.

Fred’s sculpture - to be constructed in stainless steel

by Te Awamutu engineering firm Stewart & Cavalier – will be sited opposite St Andrew’s.

Alan Livingston, patron of the Armistice in Cambridge committee, says the sculpture will become a focal point at the entrance to the town. He says Fred did not charge for his design; he did not want a fee for an artwork honouring New Zealanders who gave their lives in battle.

Fred has more deadlines to meet. Among other things, there is a private commission for a sculpture near his old stomping ground of Horahora, and his artwork is needed for The Kauri Project Poster Series that aims at raising awareness of kauri dieback disease.

“Work keeps me young,” he says. He taps his head: “It keeps this going. As soon as I stop working, I want to bugger off into the sunset.”

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ON THE LAST SUNDAY OF OCTOBER, 20 IWI ENTREPRENEURS EACH TAKE THEIR TURN TO PITCH THEIR BUSINESS IDEA TO A ROOM FULL OF PEERS, MENTORS AND FACILITATORS. THE SETTING IS THE WAIKATO-TAINUI COLLEGE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT HOPUHOPU, NGAARUAWAAHIA. THE ENTREPRENEURS HAVE BEEN IMMERSED IN A THREE-DAY WAANANGA AS PART OF THE KOROPUPUU ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME, A WAIKATO-TAINUI INITIATIVE THAT HELPS BUSINESS START-UPS RIGOROUSLY TEST THEIR IDEAS AND BUILD THEIR PLANS. BUBBLING IN THE BACK ROW IS THE NEW MINISTER OF MAAORI DEVELOPMENT IN HER FIRST MINISTERIAL DUTY. LABOUR MP HON. NANAIA MAHUTA HAS REPRESENTED HAURAKI-WAIKATO FOR 21 YEARS, THE LAST NINE ON THE OPPOSITION BENCH. NOW IN CHARGE OF THE MAAORI DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO – THE FIRST TIME IT HAS BEEN HELD BY A WOMAN – SHE SHARED HER ADVICE AND LESSONS FROM THE MAUNGA OF NGAARUAWAAHIA.

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Te Puea said: “I te ohonga ake i aku moemoeaa, ko te puaawaitanga o te whakaaro. Meenaa ka moemoeaa ahau, ko ahau anake, ka moemoeaa a taatou, ka taea e taatou.” [When I awaken from my dreams, they shall be realised. But if I dream, I am alone, if we dream, we will all arise.] And she seeded just hope and aspiration and inspiration that when we dream to dream, when we dare to dream, and dream big, and we work collectively towards those types of aspirations that enhance the wellbeing of our whaanau, our hapuu, our marae, our iwi, then great things will happen. So, you know you have the seeds there.

And then If I took another koorero: You cannot stop an idea whose time has come. And I listened to all the koorero and all the synergies of what’s happening here.

This exactly what the college was set up for. On my dad’s gravestone, it’s a saying from [Charles] de Gaulle. He always saw a lot of analogies worldwide in terms of the Maaori experience, but the saying is from de Gaulle.

It goes something like: There can be no power without mystery. There must always be something that rivets and binds them, and stirs them – inspiration.

So, you know this is our time, in terms of where Maaori are at in terms of where a crossroads of informing the way New Zealand is going to go forward. And when people are talking about creativity and innovation, the world is actually in the same space. We need new ways of thinking about challenges and responding to the same challenges that there has never been cut-through.

When we think the contribution of us as Maaori, indigenous people worldwide, we can actually dare to dream big and say there is different way actually of doing it and this is what it looks like.

When I listen to the business pitches, I was fizzing at the back there. You should have seen all bubbles going off.

You know, droning I get that, but one of the biggest challenges for New Zealand in terms of infrastructure is the state of our three waters. So, take droning in the air to really assessing the state of our infrastructure underground and there’s the opportunity.

So, you might see your opportunity right here, but it could be taken and put somewhere else. Take an app that introduces you to a marae, add in a different language and enhance the quality of the tourism experience and the value of the tourism product goes up. Take beekeeping and the quality of the honey that’s coming out and put it in the pharmaceutical industry and you’re in Taiwan, or China, or Korea who have a whole industry in the health sector on these very things. Take textiles and think about our whaanau who are overseas who are hungry for connecting and re-connecting back to their Maaori identity and enhancing not only the exposure of that type of the product but the learning opportunity to our culture. So, with every kind of story I started fizzing and going bam, bam. I wish I was at this workshop too.

This is one of my first opportunities to have a koorero and as I look at the role and contribution of Te Puni Kōkiri to help and assist. And I think in that development and innovation space, if there was a legacy contribution that I could make in Te Puni Kōkiri, it is to take the role and contribution of that Ministry into the development and innovation space.

Link it more tangibly with the sectors that are going to support and enhance our aspirations as it exists today, as it exists tomorrow.

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So, my world, in terms of trying to have an impact is a world of ideas, and opportunities, and being able to think about the possibilities in the way that we then set out some actions about how we can make something happen. And the reason why is because I know our communities. Actually, the more we encourage ourselves to believe in ourselves and what we can create for our kids, for our whaanau for our broader marae collectives, for ourselves individually – and then pass it on. It’s all going to make a difference. I hope to be one small cog in the wheel. I feel like this is my pitch to you. I saw a lot of nervous people standing up here. But God, you should be encouraged to keep doing it.

There’s one whakataukii, I guess, in my life. Me and my husband when we were courting actually these maunga were part of getting to know one another. Done the crossing from Ngaaruawaahia to Huntly and Huntly to Ngaaruawaahia. We’ve done every maunga in our mihi. Part of that was to teach me about myself as much as it was for us to get to know one another.

I can tell you that the journey is the most important thing.

So, when we hear, certainly within the tribe, talk about mana motuhake – it’s actually not talk it is do. And it’s the journey as much as the destination. And if the journey means that along the way we’re helping people out to get to where they need to go, that’s about collaboration. That’s about creating a bit of a synergy, that’s about working in symbiosis with one another, working through osmosis – all of those things. And we just know this is an organic way that we determine ourselves to be here in our rohe, we‘re doing good. We’re doing really good. It is the journey not the destination. Just think about it.

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One of the most fruitful walks for me locally was Pirongia. When we got to the top of Mahaukura and looked down I thought ‘wow’. But when we got down at the end - actually learned so much about myself as a result - it was like, ‘yeah, just keep going, keep climbing, keep dreaming’.

Keep talking to one another as well. I really felt whether you knew it or not that’s why I was fizzing at the back - that you put that one together and you put that one together. Put your crazy scientist hat on and something great is going to happen.

So, congratulations, this has been a jam-packed weekend I think. And it’s felt that where you were when you started this journey on Friday, having climbed to a critical junction today, you can reflect back and say, I have definitely experienced a few things and it’s not over yet. So, thank you for the opportunity to share a korero, share a few words.

Last thing, I am really proud that the tribe has been able to partner something like this. To the facilitators and partners who have been a critical input into something really special I think. If we can replicate this throughout our rohe, throughout the tribes, throughout the country, actually, we are in good heart as Maaori, as Maaori who want to make a positive contribution.

So, you know, life carries on.

The thing that will be the most critical element to your success is you. But your failures will determine your success, and your ability to stand up and just keep going as much as your good times as well.

Noo reiraa, he paku taaku.

Kia waihotia i roto i too kete mo teenei aahuatanga. Teenaa taatou.

TAUPIRI MARAE OPENED ITS NEW WHARENUI IN APRIL, FULFILLING PART OF A VISION TO BRING WHAANAU BACK TO THEIR MARAE AND TO HAVE A BIGGER WHARENUI TO NURTURE THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR BENEFICIARIES AND WIDER COMMUNITIES.

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Named Te Puna Tangata, the wharenui at Taupiri Marae takes inspiration from a whakataukii from Kiingi Taawhiao when he set up annual marae poukai.

“Kua whakatuuria e ahau teenei kaupapa hei whaangai i te pouaru, te pani me te rawakore, he kuuaha whaanui kua puare ki te puna tangata me te puna kai.” (I have instituted this gathering to feed the widowed, the bereaved and the destitute; it is a doorway that has been opened to the multitudes of people and the bounty of food).

For the whaanau of Taupiri Marae, Te Puna Tangata seemed to be an appropriate name as it was also encompassing of the multiple ancestries of people from all corners of the earth that helped with the physical works to establish the Marae including Chilean, Pacific Islanders, Asian and European friends.

From the same whakataukii the name Te Puna Kai was suggested for the Marae Wharekai which serves also to acknowledge the Punakai whaanau who gifted the land to establish a Marae for Taupiri.

Project administrator Johnine Davis (Ngaati Wairere, Ngaati Mahuta) says the vision began with many of our old people from previous generations. They include the late “Chief” Tumate Mahuta, who had a desire to see the marae developed and a wharenui established for the hapuu of Ngaati Mahuta, Ngaati Paoa, Ngaati Korokii, Ngaati Wairere, Ngaati Whaawhaakia.

It was Boxer George, the Wharenui Project Manager, who relentlessly drove the project to ensure that the vision of the old people was realised. Boxer’s leadership and strength of character has ensured that Taupiri Marae has the facilities it has today.

Te Puna Tangata also had a previous history as the Tamahere Community Hall. Back in 2010, knowing that the marae wanted to build a wharenui, community constable the late Norm MacKintosh alerted Boxer George, that the Tamahere community hall was selling for $1 to be removed.

Although the Tamahere community were sad to see their hall go, they were pleased it was going to be put into a marae. The handing over ceremony also, importantly, had a kaumaatua from Ngaati Hauaa take part.

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Johnine recalls the day the wharenui arrived.

“I remember Aunty Koha calling the buildings that were sitting upon the trucks onto the marae and prior to that mum [Ella Davis] was supported by Aunty Martha, Aunty Nancy and Aunty Hekeiterangi (Ngaati Wairere) to do a karakia – the blessings over the grounds. Boxer directed the trucks to set the buildings down. Once the buildings were set down, they became a wharenui. Our whare was no longer the Tamahere Hall.”

It took several years for the wharenui to be opened because of the amount of work to be completed on all the buildings and structures both above the ground and below it.

Before the new wharenui, the marae had been using Paniora, a smaller but special whare for their events and hui. “Our Whare Paniora will always be special and will never be forgotten just like the amazing lady that whare is named after,” says Johnine.

The wharenui was also fitted new showers, toilets, wheelchair access ramps, new windows and window dressings. A whole new roof was installed by one of the whaanau.

Both the wharenui and wharekai also had to have an electrical upgrade. The wharenui also had bifold doors installed, similar to the doors on Paniora, to allow for ease of access, especially for tangi.

The master carver for the wharenui was Kingi Taawhiao from Maurea who was assisted by a number of whaanau members.

Standing as the tekoteko is Tapaue, who carries his brother, Whare Tipeti in the form of a tewhatewha above his head overlooking the marae aatea called Whakahuihuinga wai (refers to five bodies of water in Taupiri which is represented by the five pou).

The whakapapa and history of Taupiri is enshrined into the whakairo thanks to the careful research of Hone Tarawhiti.

The tukutuku panels on the inside of Te Puna Tangata was the work of many whaanau members led by Charmaine Tuala.

Johnine says the marae whaanau had cousins from Auckland turn up to a Marae working bee who ended up and joining the tukutuku team. We appreciated the support of members from Hukanui and Waingaro marae.

The seven tukutuku panels above the doors embody the seven principles of the marae – tikanga, whanaungatanga, te tiimatanga hou, ahi kaa, te kotahitanga, mauriora, manaakitanga.

At the opening in April, Ngaati Mahuta, Ngaati Pikiao and Ngaati Rereahu conducted the opening and naming ceremonies. Ngaati Rereahu who also gave the timber for the whakairo performed the waerea from the tomokanga to the wharenui. Ngawai Hono i Te Po Paki accompanied by her mother Te Atawhai and a young puhi of Taupiri Marae unveiled the naming plaques with all present proclaiming the names of the whare.

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Inside the wharenui, the karakia was done by members of Te Rangimaheuheu.

It was an honour for Taupiri Marae whaanau to witness those opening ceremonies accompanied by the whaanau of Ngaati Wairere.

Additional to Te Puna Tangata, the wharekai and waharoa were also named on opening day.

The waharoa took the name Te Kotahitanga, which the whaanau chose to reflect the call for unity of many aspects of the marae in its initial form. It was also the short form of T.K, referring to a whaanau member Tukukino, who put a lot of work into the waharoa.

The marae wishes to acknowledge the funders, which includes the Lotteries Commission, Trust Waikato, Ngaa Maramara o Raahui Pokeka, WEL Energy Trust, Te Puni Kōkiri and Waikato-Tainui.

“There are so many people who helped us to achieve this project and the official opening day,” says Johnine.

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“We can’t name them all for fear of missing someone out.

But they know who they are, and to them all, we are truly grateful.”

Since Te Puna Tangata was opened, it has seen schools, businesses, weddings, tangi, sports teams, and Ngaa Marae Toopuu hosted at Taupiri Marae.

“I’m sure the old people would be proud of Te Puna Tangata and the work that has gone in to it. It is certainly starting to fulfil the ‘chiefly’ vision of bringing back the people.”

“Mahia te mahi hei painga moo te iwi.”

PROSTHETIC HANDS LIE ACROSS TABLES STREWN WITH LARGE MARKER PENS AND BRIGHT POST-IT NOTES. YOUNG VOICES BUZZ NEARBY AS THEY FINISH THE CHALLENGE OF ASSEMBLING HANDS THAT WILL BE SENT TO ACTUAL PEOPLE IN NEED. THE NEXT CHALLENGE IS TO FIGURE OUT THE KEY QUESTIONS FOR ANY INNOVATION.

What happens when you put teams of Waikato rangatahi together on a marae for four days, nurture them and teach them lots of cool, innovating stuff?

From watching the videos from the events, you would say confidence, lifelong friendships and minds humming with ideas and opportunities for the future.

And it has been happening all year. It started with a Design Thinking waananga at Te Papa-o-Rotu Marae in Whatawhata in April, then an Animation and Creation Waananga at Kaitumutumu Marae in Huntly in July and finally a Young Entrepeneur waananga at Waimakariri Marae at Cambridge in October.

Over the past seven months, more than 100 Year 9 and 10 Waikato rangatahi invited from schools all over the North Island were immersed in these live-taster courses during the school holidays.

The waananga are run as a partnership between Waikato-Tainui and Squiggle Ltd. Hinga Whiu (Ngaati Hikairo – Waipapa Marae – and Kaai Tahu) is the Kaitiaki Akonga in Waikato-Tainui maatauranga team. Ariana Paul (Ngaapuhi, Ngaati Maniapoto and Ngaati Tuuwharetoa) is chief imagination officer at Hamilton-based company Squiggle, which offers a variety of education programmes for young people.

Together they have been guiding rangatahi on four action-packed learning days that mixed ancient tribal protocols with modern-day technology.

The rangatahi – aged 13-16 - came from wharekura and mainstream colleges and for some it was the first time they’d ever been on a marae.

Hinga says these taster courses help give rangatahi a vision, and to strive for the best that they can be in whatever career path they take. “We told them to climb that high mountain, give it everything you have, make your dream a reality.”

Ariana says that when the rangatahi meet at the waananga most of them don’t know each other.

“Whakawhanaungatanga was important; it expanded their social networks and their thinking.”

Hinga adds: “We were planting the seeds for their pathway; we were there to awhi them as tribal members.”

At the Design Thinking waananga at Te Papa-o-Rotu, rangatahi had the benefit of five mentors and three Super Squiggle co-ordinators - Pete Kerr (Ngaai Tai and Ngaati Porou), Ariana Paul and Michele Paul (WaikatoTainui, Ngaapuhi); and Hinga and husband Lloyd Whiu (Ngaati Maahanga-Hourua) as camp mother and father.

Hinga says rangatahi were immersed in a kaupapa underpinned by tikanga Maaori. They lived and breathed marae traditions from the opening poowhiri to the closing poroporoaki, and from flag-raising each day at 7am to karakia at 7pm.

“We were teaching them about mahitahi and living on a marae,” says Hinga. “We also taught them hauora kaupapa, how to look after their bodies and look after one another.”

Alongside this was the Design Thinking component, facilitated by Squiggle, which was grounded in teaching problem-solving techniques.

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Ariana says rangatahi needed to have hands-on fun while they were learning; they had just come out of a school term so it was important that the mahi was fun and engaging.

Anahera Haumaha (Ngaati Te Wehi) is 14 years old and goes to Putaaruru College. She says she has never been on a waananga like this before and loved learning about simple mechanics.

Fifteen-year-old Taioha Rautangata (Ngaati Maahanga) from Te Awamutu College enjoys the design thinking sessions and thinking about what future technology will be like.

“The trip to MOTAT was very interesting. I liked looking at technology back in the day and how, in a short time, things can change so much.”

He says it was cool to look at the iPhone and think about how to design better batteries, to look at the current design – how it fits in your hand and how it all comes together.

The Year-10 student says he likes “the vibes, and the different ways of how the teachers explain things”.

On the first day, they were introduced to the machinery design of 15th Century Italian artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci. They learned about basic engineering, how pulleys, gears, transmissions, levers and similar innovations worked, and this was related to the world around them.

The next day, the group went to MOTAT (Museum of Transport and Technology) in Auckland to see some simple machines up close, as well as technology revelations. Hinga says they were fascinated by old-school equipment such as the first cellphones and dial-up telephones. “Their eyes were as big as saucers.”

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Hinga told them about her first job as a teenager in a toll exchange in Gisborne and the complex business of plugging phone calls through to remote settlements on the East Coast. “We talked about the changes that have happened already in my lifetime and reflected on what might happen in theirs.”

There was also a waananga session on empathy.

Ariana says Design Thinking process is about empathy and understanding other people; to teach rangatahi about this, Squiggle introduced a kaupapa called Helping Hands where they worked in teams to build five prosthetic hands from a kitset.

She says: “When they saw a video of people who live without limbs and heard about the difference such prosthetics would make to their lives, they immediately got it.”

Although the hands were finicky to build they worked seamlessly, finishing them in double-quick time.

Left: Assembling prosthetic arms was part of a Design Thinking Waananga collaboration between Waikato-Tainui and Squiggle Ltd in April at Te Papa-oo-Rotu Marae in Whatawhata. Left above: Waikato rangatahi from around the motu trying out prosthetic arms for size before they get mailed out to whaanau in need. Right above: Doing some heavy thinking at an Animation and Creation Waananga at Kaitumutumu Marae in Huntly in July.

The hands were packaged and sent to a developing country for whaanau without limbs.”

young people could come together and have access to information booths as well as being entertained.

On the third day, the rangatahi began preparing in small groups with their mentors for public presentations to peers and visiting whaanau. These were held on the final day.

They said gaming tools could be used to educate young people, and they wanted a print magazine, something tangible to use. Their responses have been collated and presented as a report.

“They were nervous,” says Ariana. “They had to dig down to get their message out. We wanted them to be proud of who they were and where they were from. ”

Ariana and Hinga say they felt tremendously proud of rangatahi as they overcame their nerves, found their inner strength, and made their presentations.

They were given a real-life problem to solve, using Design Thinking process: they were asked to come up with a solution to the question of “How might Waikato-Tainui connect with tribal members by using technology?”

The two women say so much was achieved. Says Ariana: “Rangatahi had the opportunity to expand their thinking; they were exposed to things they wouldn’t necessarily learn about in their homes, communities or schools. They learned about Design Thinking in a uniquely Maaori way; Design Thinking is global thinking and I love what Waikato-Tainui is doing.”

As they prepared for their presentations, rangitahi learned about brainstorming, developing and marketing ideas, how to pitch an idea, and how to give and receive critical feedback.

“We gave them no leads,” says Ariana. “I was blown away by the breadth of their solutions.”

Hinga believes a saying by the late Waikato leader Princess Te Puea is the key to this work: “Mehemea karekau ana he Whakakitenga, ka mate te iwi; “Where there is no vision, the people will perish.”

Rangatahi said in their presentations that social connections weren’t just about technology. As well as wanting to use an app they wanted to engage more with their own age group; they suggested festivals where

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SHORT OF FUN MAAORI LANGUAGE GAMES? WANT TO BOOST TE REO IN YOUR HOME? AND IN YOUR CLASSROOM? ROLL THE DICE ON UPOKO PAKARU – THE INTERACTIVE REO MAORI GAME THAT WILL HAVE YOUR TEAM SINGING, DOING POI, HAKA, CHARADES AND SKETCHES AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY ON THE TAINUI WAKA JOURNEY.

Upoko Pakaru is fun making and reo boosting for everyone.

The game follows the migration journey of the Tainui waka and uses tools such as a mini poi to challenge players as they move their waka around the board.

With guidance from board game experts Holdson, it took just six months to turn the game concept – which had been developed by a tribal Reo advisory group - into the final product.

Te Arataura chair Rukumoana Schaafhausen says the board game is the tribe’s latest initiative to nurture Te Reo o Waikato in homes, marae, communities and schools across the rohe.

A free copy of the bilingual board game is being made available to all Waikato secondary schools in the Kawenata partnership and Maaori medium schools across the Waikato

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rohe in Term 4. It will also be available for purchase by the general public, for $40 a copy, in time for Christmas.

with her children. “The kids have enjoyed learning how to play, firstly, but also gaining extra knowledge about our reo, tikanga and history.”

Rukumoana says Waikato-Tainui is two years into a significant investment in Te Reo o Waikato.

“We have set ourselves the audacious target of 80 percent fluency across the tribe by 2050. This is just one tool which will help get us there.”

The tribe’s efforts build on three decades of nationwide Te Reo revitalisation, predominantly driven by the kohanga reo movement and Maaori medium schooling. The development of Upoko Pakaru was partially funded by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maaori.

Upoko Pakaru was developed

by Hariru Roa (Waikato, Ngaati Maniapoto) and designed by Hika Taewa (Ngaati Porou, Ngaati Tuuwharetoa). Upoko Pakaru is embedded with dialect, history and tikanga unique to Waikato-Tainui.

The board game was tested by 50 teachers and more than 100 students.

One of those teachers was Pura Hope (Hukanui and Ngaa Tai e Rua marae), who played the game

Upoko Pakaru will be available for purchase at the Waikato-Tainui Games at Turangawaewae Marae on February 4, and on February 17-18 at Hopuhopu, Ngaaruawaahia.

Teacher Pura Hope (Hukanui and Ngaa Tai e Rua marae) plays the Upoko Pakaru board game with her children (who also belong to Tuurangawaewae marae), Awarua (8), Ngakahikatea (11) and Te Hurinui Twidle (12).

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ARAMA TAWHA IS A YOUNG MAN CRAFTING HIS CAREER THROUGH A WAIKATO-TAINUI TE TOMOKANGA (EARN AS YOU LEARN) PROGRAMME. NO WONDER HE IS FEELING SO GOOD

Arama Tawha wears his yellow Livingstone-branded shirt and his Waikato-Tainui tool-belt with pride.

They’re the twin symbols of his pathway to a coveted building apprenticeship and Arama beams with pride too as he fits doors, drawers and benchtops on a Livingstone job in Hamilton. He loves the mahi. “I’m feeling good,” he says, “this is a good experience and they’re keeping me on my toes.”

Arama, 19, from Waikato-Tainui tribe and Te Kaharoa Marae, is an apprentice with Livingstone Building NZ, a Waikato-based construction company. He’s come to Livingstone through Waikato-Tainui Careers Centre’s Te Tomokanga (Earn as you learn) programme, which aims to support whaanau into strong career opportunities.

To win the Livingstone placement and the leather tool-belt gift from the tribe, Arama worked through a rigorous selection process run by the Careers Centre. There were 32

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applicants, 10 were short-listed, and five chosen to join Livingstone.

Says Arama: “Tainui supported us in getting the job, they handed us over, and they stay in touch.”

He did a 90-day pre-apprenticeship trial and moved to a full apprenticeship in July. He’s just spent four months in Ashburton with Livingstone, working on a farm supplies retail building. “It’s all going great. They’re teaching and training me and giving me tips. I want to get it done as fast as I can.

I don’t want to let Tainui down. I’m aiming for three years.”

Arama’s already had some building experience; he worked for a few months on sites in Ibiza, Spain, with his uncle Dorus Rijkers (from his mother’s Dutch family side). He learned from his uncle, and looked for a training opportunity when he came home.

His apprenticeship is the result of a unique partnership between

Waikato-Tainui and Livingstone that began when Livingstone won the tender to refurbish eight of the tribe’s marae. This contact led to discussions about the company’s potential to take on Waikato-Tainui apprentices, with benefits envisaged for both parties.

James Cullen, Livingstone’s regional manager Te Awamutu, who headed the marae tender, got together with Kawena Jones, the Careers Centre’s employment portfolio lead, and the plan quickly progressed. James says he’s been incredibly impressed with the way the centre ran the selection.

Results are showing already: “All the guys are going well, they’re neat boys.”

Kawena Jones says they were looking for potential apprentices who had drive and passion for the building industry, who wanted to be active with their hands and tools. The biggest weight was given to whaanau support. “We interview whanaau.

We know that what happens at

home is important for what happens at work so we want buy-in from families. That’s why we have a 100 per cent retention rate.”

The industry partnership with Livingstone is one of several developed by the Careers Centre.

It currently has 57 young people from four programmes – including Te Tomokanga - working in building, insurance, finance, civil engineering and more. The programmes are run with financial support from the Ministry of Social Development and Te Puni Kokiri.

The centre stays in touch with its apprentices and interns. Arama says he appreciates this. He gets emails and calls from the employment support staffer Papakura Kaa.

Arama’s doing just fine. The Melville High School graduate, the eldest of Ari and Saara Tawha’s four sons, wants to eventually learn other trades and start his own business.

He wants to give back to his tribe, support his culture and take on Tainui apprentices himself in years to come.

“I wanted this so badly. I was willing to do almost anything to get it.”

“I want to get it done as fast as I can. I don’t want to let Waikato-Tainui down.”

Papakura says they provide pastoral support, and check how everyone’s getting on. “They are representing the tribe. Providing these services for them is important.”

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WAKA AMA

BASKETBALL

NETBALL & TOUCH

POWERPULLING

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HAUORA

TAMARIKI ZONE

ENTERTAINMENT

AND MUCH MORE

events & grants December

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Reretewhioi Marae Poukai.

Ratana Marae Poukai.

TGH Asset Tour: 10am-1.30pm Contact sonya.haggie@tgh.co.nz to book. Tour sights include Ruakura Inland Port development, Hukanui Farm, Waikato Milking Systems and significant Hamilton city assets.

Kokohinau Poukai.

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February

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14-17

Waikato-Tainui Rangatahi Summit.

Waahi Pa. For 16-30 years.

Limited spaces. Email wtrangatahisummit@gmail.com for more info.

January

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Horahora Marae Poukai.

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Kokohinau Marae Poukai.

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Maurea Marae Poukai.

Owairaka/Raawhitiroa Marae Poukai.

Raakaunui Marae Poukai.

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Waipapa Marae Poukai.

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Taniwha Marae Poukai.

4

Maketuu Marae Poukai.

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Waikato-Tainui Games Tuurangawaewae Marae.

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Okapu Marae Poukai.

TBC

Tuurangawaewae Marae Poukai.

17-18

Tuurangawaewae Regatta.

Hukanui Marae Poukai.

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Maurea Marae Poukai.

TBC

Waikato-Tainui Games Hopuhopu.

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March

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Te Tokanga nui a noho Marae Poukai.

Poutuu Poukai.

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Mirumiru Marae Poukai.

Paaraawera Marae Poukai.

GRANTS INFORMATION 2018 Waikato-Tainui Tertiary Ed Grants and 2018 Mahuta Memorial Scholarships open 1 Dec 2017 and close 28 Feb 2018.

2018 Waikato-Tainui and Waikato District Council Waikato River Scholarship, 2018 Waikato-Tainui and NZTA Heritage Protection Scholarship and 2018 Waikato-Tainui and Department of Conservation Scholarship open 1 Dec 2017 and close 31 March 2018.

2018 Harbour Asset Management Scholarship opens 1 December 2017 and closes 31 March 2018 Expressions of Interest for the 2018 Waikato-Tainui and NZ Transport Agency Kapuia Ngaa Kaakaho Scholarship are due by 31 July 2018.

All other tribal grants are open all year round and close at the end of each month.

SPOTLIGHT ON KAUMAATUA MEDICAL GRANTS Grants of up to $500 per 12-month period or more are available to kaumaatua aged 60 and over to assist with certain medical and health and wellbeing purposes. Please note, due to our charitable status only registered tribal members living in Aotearoa are eligible for grants and scholarships.

Expenses that can be reimbursed through a Kaumaatua Grant are: • Family GP fees and prescription charges • Optometry e.g. spectacles • Audiology e.g. hearing aids • Dental expenses For more information call 0800 TAINUI (within NZ) or email jackie@tainui.co.nz

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