Issue 23 Sept 2011

WAIRARAPA M OANA ISSUE TWENTY-THREE: RUA TEKAU MA TORU SEPTEMBER 2011

Kohunui Marae Gets a Makeover Kohunui Marae Whānau

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A Walk Down Memory Lane

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Wairarapa Moana He Pātaka Kai, He Pātaka Kōrero

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Te Pātaka o Te Ao Hou

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Shareholder/Beneficiary Search

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Where in the world are they reading our Mailer?

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Takitimu Māori Land Court at Wairarapa Moana House

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Professor Liz McKinley

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2011 Annual General Meetings

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Ngāti Kahungunu ki WairarapaTamaki Nui ā Rua Trust

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This year Kohunui Marae was selected for the Māori Television series Marae DIY. The resulting programme screened on Māori Television Wednesday 15 June 2011.

Kohunui Marae gets its name from Kohunui Pā which is the papakainga consisting of several whānau whare that stood on the surrounding land during the 18th and through into the middle of the 19th century. The name probably refers to the dense fog which bears testimony to the large wetlands that once existed from below the Marae grounds to the Ruamahanga River some kilometres away and beyond to nearby Wairarapa Moana.

Kohunui Pā is home to Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne rangatira Piripi Te Maari who led the resistance to the alienation of Wairarapa Moana repudiating the 1876 sale known as Te Hiko’s Deed which was signed by several of Piripi’s extended whānau. The Marae and Pā was the centre for carrying out customary seasonal food gathering at Wairarapa Moana during the tuna heke by Māori who came from all parts of the Wairarapa.

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During the late 1940s and early 1950s Kohunui Pā experienced, as did the Pirinoa School, a significant depletion in numbers as whānau left the area for ‘richer’ pastures in the Mangakino area.

The existing wharenui, Tuhirangi, was built in the 1950s as a community facility where whānau could hold hui and tangihanga after the older meeting house became derelict. The land for the new wharenui was gifted by the Aporo whānau as a Marae reserve for all Ngāti Kahungunu hapū in the South Wairarapa.

In the 1980s Kohunui Marae underwent a major refurbishment under the direction of the Hon. Ben Couch which resulted in a new kitchen, ablutions, an outer (Kōkiri) building and a fully carved wharenui.

The 2011 Marae DIY project was to re-landscape, replace the asbestos marae atea surround, some painting, a new kitchen and preparation area. Between the 10th and 13th of March around three hundred helpers in all from Kohunui and other Wairarapa Marae, whānau, local community and various supporting organisations, including a group of international students, came from all parts of Aotearoa and Australia.

The energy captured created a beautiful landscaped area that any professional landscaper would be proud of and a modern kitchen that will help make preparing and serving kai pleasurable.

FROM TOP: Hei Tuna Matau with sculptor Darcy Tilyard (front left).

Māori Television Marae DIY whānau with Hori Ahipene (2nd from right).

A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE

Our whanaunga and actor ‘par excellence’ Hori Ahipene was the film director and said of the show “It is a humble lovely little piece and I have tried to capture the aroha and essence of the Marae and the whānau”.

TUHIRANGI RUGBY CLUB c1900s.

Early 1900s photograph of the Tuhirangi Rugby team. The photo was taken in front of the old wharenui at Kohunui. The only identified person in the photo is Te Taka Hemi Te Miha, left hand side sitting, middle row. Can you help identify the rest of the team? Contact Henare at 06 370 2608 or henare@wairarapamoana.org.nz The office has received a wonderful response to our first, “A Walk Down Memory Lane”.

Marilyn Wightman, a great-granddaughter of Henry Workman has made contact with Wairarapa whānau to share information and photos and to further the whānau history.

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Wairarapa Moana He Pātaka Kai, He Pātaka Kōrero A total of around 41,000 people visited Wairarapa Moana, the landmark social history exhibition which closed on Saturday 7 May. The exhibition, which opened in November 2010, was one of the largest and most ambitious exhibitions ever curated by staff at Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art & History, in Masterton. It explored the rich and sometimes turbulent history of the lake, which is the largest lake and wetland area in the lower North Island. The success of the exhibition owes much to its sponsors including Wairarapa Moana.

Te Heke Rangatira, the 14.5 metre waka taua, which was formerly a fishing waka and also used as part of the ferry service to carry goods across Lake Onoke has been ‘the star of the show’ and won the hearts of many visitors, so much so that community leaders are crying out for the waka to return permanently and last month approached the Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, Hon. Chris Finlayson. A proposal is being considered to extend Aratoi for this purpose.

The exhibition has gone a long way towards realising the hope that every child in Wairarapa would come to know the story of the lake. Over 800 children from schools throughout the region, and further afield, including Mangakino, visited the exhibition and got involved in the hands-on education events, organised by Wawaro Te Whaiti and Catherine Day. “It was great to see children who came with their school bringing their families back to see the exhibition,” said Wawaro.

The programme of free talks held over three months between February and May was attended by over 400 people from various sectors of the community. The talks featured artists, scientists, conservationists, engineers, historians, descendants of original Māori and Pākehā settler families and traditional stone-tool makers. Subjects ranging from the ecology and geology of the lake, to its history, and artists’ responses to colonisation were explored. There were also speakers on the development of Pouakani and the Treaty of Waitangi claims relating to Wairarapa Moana.

Many people returned repeatedly to absorb the wealth of information and materials on display for six months, according to staff. One visitor stayed for five hours: “It was his intention to find out how long it would take to read everything and watch every audio-visual.”

The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive from those who attended the exhibition and associated events. Marcus Boroughs, Aratoi Director, said of Wairarapa Moana: “There is certainly a sense that the exhibition has raised awareness.

We have shared the stories of the lake and its people and there is now a palpable sense of hope that the future of the lake will be safeguarded and that its mana and wairua will one day be restored.”

PHOTOS: Te Heke Rangatira: Wairarapa Moana display, Main Gallery, Aratoi

Tuna Painting at Aratoi: Mangakino Area School Rumaki Reo – Pareiha Kingi, Noelene Reti, Moe Jones

Anne Taylor/Haami Te Whaiti

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Shareholder/ Beneficiary Search The Incorporation has had mail returned to the office for the following shareholders or trustees.

If you are able to provide any relevant information or contact details, please call Ngaere Webb on 06 3702608 or 0800 662 624.

Kevin Pearce Tangopakiha Babbington Tuatara Mitchell Hemi Monica Flutey Danger James Wilson Ashley Karaitiana Ruru Otene Leon Lane Otene Joanne Gypsy Kama Maynard David Pestno Katherine Martin Maurice Tiramorehu Rehu Jacqueline Anita Owen-Jones Hine Martin Gregory Mita Lavelle Meredith Loretta Maynard Lynette Matekino Ashby Anthony Peri Ashby Tennille Ashby

Te Pātaka o Te Ao Hou The Tokoroa Talking Poles originated from an idea as far back as 1996.

To date, the project has produced over 40 talking poles in a variety of different themes and styles where they proudly stand around the central shopping area.

The sculptures have helped to build pride in the town and wanting to continue with the same theme, New World Tokoroa Manager, Damon Jakeman, approached Master Carver Lionel Matenga about carving a taonga that would complement and embrace the New World vision.

Lionel Matenga and Rex Hemi.

On the 4th April 2011, designer and leading carver Lionel Matenga unveiled Te Pātaka o Te Ao Hou at the opening of New World Tokoroa. The cultural traditions of opening a new whare followed Raukawa tikanga, with the same privilege accorded Te Pātaka o Te Ao Hou. Te Pātaka is carved from the base of a Totara log approx 800 years old and has been described as the largest talking pole in Tokoroa.

The paua shells are grouped in threes and represent God the creator and the giver of life, Jesus the messiah and saviour and the Holy Spirit that empowers and enlightens us for the provisions and blessings that come upon those who honour the Lord.

Tony Pearce Lois Te-Hunuku Peakman

“Where in the world are they reading our Mailer?”

Wairarapa Moana office administrator Ngaere Webb went on holiday to China in May this year and while there she had this photo of her taken on the Great Wall of China.

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Te Waka Whakapono is carved from Matai and represents the journey New World has undertaken in the past to the present and where they plan to be in the future.

Te Pātaka is where food is stored and represents New World where people can acquire food and other provisions.

On the inside, the walls have been carved in a range of forms that reflect key aspects of New World’s vision of honesty, loyalty and relationships.

Te Poutokomanawa, Ko Te Ao Hou makes reference to New World’s central focus being the people they serve in and around the greater region of Tokoroa.

The carved hand on the thigh symbolises tangata whenua and Raukawa. The hand on the stomach represents the abundance of food.

PROFESSOR LIZ MCKINLEY (BSc,Med, PhD, DipTchg)

Alice Hiha (left) and Rawinia Paringatai (right), Advisory Officers of the Māori Land Court, Takitimu.

Takitimu Māori Land Court at Wairarapa Moana House Rawinia Paringatai of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga and Ngāti Porou has worked for the Māori Land Court for a few years and is passionate about assisting our people with their whenua.

Alice Hiha of Rongomaiwahine and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa had been employed with Land Information New Zealand for a number of years and works with the Māori Land Court in an advisory role – assisting all whānau with their whenua.

We hold fortnightly Wednesday clinic days from 10.30am – 3.30pm at Wairarapa Moana House, 4 Park Avenue, Masterton in the boardroom. These clinics are free and available to anyone who is seeking information, guidance and assistance in relation to Māori land.

We also offer group information seminars and trustee training, both upon request.

Appointments can be made but are not always necessary. Contact the office on 06 974-7630.

MASTERTON CLINIC SCHEDULE Clinic

Clinic

September 2011 10.30am - 3.30pm Wednesday 21st October 2011 Wednesday 5th Wednesday 19th

10.30am - 3.30pm

Clinic

November 2011 Wednesday 2nd Wednesday 16th

10.30am - 3.30pm

Clinic

December 2011 Wednesday 7th

10.30am - 3.30pm

In the most recent round of academic appointments Associate Professor Elizabeth (Liz) McKinley has been appointed to the position of Professor in the School of Te Puna Wānanga, Auckland University.

Liz is of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa/Ngāi Tahu descent. She is the daughter of Te Kura o Te Rangi Wi [Buff-deceased] and Eileen Alice McKinley. A mokopuna of Paora Taki and Hineariki [nee Te Apatu] McKinley, and Beatrice and Tom Mouldey. Raised in Carterton, Liz attended Kuranui College and received her Science Degree at the University of Otago.

Her research in education is informed by twelve years experience in teaching and leadership positions in New Zealand secondary schools in the Waikato and Rotorua.

Liz joined Hamilton Teachers College of Education, Waikato University in 1991, where she received her Doctorate. She was appointed to the position of Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Auckland in 2007. Liz has been the Director of the Starpath Project, a Partnership for Excellence between the University of Auckland and the New Zealand Government.

Liz’s work addresses the capability of the New Zealand education system to meet the complex changes of transforming the educational outcomes for Māori. In particular, Liz has published extensively in the field of Māori/Indigenous students, science and science education. A frequent keynote speaker she addresses conferences world wide.

More recently her work has focused on systemic changes in secondary schools that can make the largest positive difference to Māori student outcomes. Liz has an outstanding record in research leadership, having led the Starpath Project for over four years and recently successfully secured multimillion dollar funding for Starpath Phase 2.

Her brothers and sisters, Jean Field, Diane Rewi, Rhys, David and Sheridan McKinley, congratulate her on this great achievement and her academic career, to date, which continues to be one of excellence.

Diane Rewi

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2011 Annual

General Meetings

WAIRARAPA MOANA INCORPORATION WAIRARAPA MOANA TRUST

What’s happening at the AGM? This year shareholders and whānau will have the opportunity to stay at Papawai Marae, with accommodation and meals provided. The mihi whakatau will commence at 5.00pm on Friday October 28, 2011.

Agenda 28 October (Friday) Papawai Marae, Pah Road, Greytown

1. Mihi Whakatau

5.00pm

Sites of Significance Bus Tour

2. Dinner

6.00pm

On Saturday morning buses will leave Kuranui College promptly at 8.30am to visit sites of significance in and around the Papawai area.

3. Registration

7.00pm – 8.00pm

There will be no services available at the school during the sites of significance bus tour between 8.30am and 11.30am.

29 October (Saturday) Kuranui College, East Street, Greytown

1. Registration

7.30am – 8.15am

2. Greytown Sites of Significance

– Departing Kuranui College

3. Arrive back at Kuranui College

8.30am – 11.30am 11.30am

4. Lunch

11.30am – 12.30pm

5. Registration

11.30am – 12.30pm

6. Wairarapa Moana Incorporation AGM 7. Wairarapa Moana Trust AGM

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12.30pm – 3.00pm 3.00pm – 5.00pm

To ensure there is sufficient transport for those wanting to go on the sites visit please fill in the attendance form that is with the AGM information and return it to the office.

Waiata Wānanga The Wairarapa Moana Trust trustees are organising a wānanga for Saturday evening at Papawai Marae. The wānanga will focus on learning items from the booklet Nau Mai Taku Kura Mokopuna. We look forward to your participation, so please fill in the attendance form if you wish to attend.

2011 2011 PRE-AGM MEETINGS The purpose of these meetings is to review the Annual Report and to discuss ordinary and special resolutions as indicated in the Notice of Meeting booklet.

If you are unable to attend this year’s AGM in Greytown, here is an opportunity to hear what’s been happening with the Incorporation and the Trust.

At the completion of the meeting a light lunch will be provided so please ensure you contact the office on 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 so we can confirm numbers for venues and catering.

We look forward to seeing you and your whānau at a meeting near you.

GISBORNE Portside Hotel, 2 Reads Quay, Gisborne

Saturday 1 October 10.00am – 12.30pm

WELLINGTON James Cook Hotel, 147 The Terrace, Wellington

Saturday 1 October 10.00am – 12.30pm

CHRISTCHURCH Tuahiwi Marae, 219 Tuahiwi Road, Tuahiwi, Christchurch

Saturday 1 October 11.00am – 1.30pm

ROTORUA Millennium Rotorua, Cnr Eruera & Hinemaru Streets, Rotorua

Sunday 2 October 10.00am – 12.30pm

NAPIER East Pier Hardinge Road, Ahuriri, Napier

Sunday 2 October 10.00am – 12.30pm

AUCKLAND Jet Park Hotel & Conference Centre, 63 Westney Road, Mangere, Auckland

Sunday 9 October 10.00am – 12.30pm

Elections

WAIRARAPA MOANA TRUST Pani Himona retires by rotation at this year’s Annual General Meeting and will not be standing for re-election.

Nomination forms for the vacancy are available from the Wairarapa Moana Office and will close Friday October 14, at 5.00pm. Late nominations will not be considered.

Voting will take place at the Annual General Meeting to be held in Greytown on Saturday October 29, 2011.

WAIRARAPA MOANA INCORPORATION Ron Mark and Te Horipo Karaitiana retire by rotation at this year’s Annual General Meeting.

Both members are available for re-election.

Nominations for the two vacancies close Friday September 16, 2011 at 5.00pm. Candidate profiles and postal voting papers will be distributed to shareholders, with a current address on the share register, by Friday October 7, 2011.

Postal votes must be received at the office by 5.00pm, Wednesday October 26, 2011.

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What hapū/marae make up the Trust?

In December, 2010, the following hapū/marae held elections to choose their representative who became a trustee of the NKKW-TNAR Trust: Akura hapū karanga; Wairarapa Moana hapū karanga; Ngāti Hinewaka hapū karanga; Papawai Marae hapū karanga; Hurunuiorangi hapū karanga; Te Hika o Papauma hapū karanga; Ngāi Tumapūhia a Rangi hapū karanga; Te Ore Ore Marae hapū karanga and Tāmaki Nui ā Rua.

Ngāti Kahungunu ki WairarapaTāmaki Nui ā Rua Trust Update on historical Treaty of Waitangi claims Kia ora koutou katoa,

Tāmaki Nui ā Rua have two trustees because of the number of marae and the large area they represent.

Why are they called hapū karanga?

Each marae/hapū are called ‘hapū karanga’ because they represent a number of hapū who have historically been associated with that marae/hapū through close whakapapa and whenua[land] links.

Who are the Trustees?

Ron Mark [Hurunuiorangi Marae], Haami Te Whaiti [Ngāti Hinewaka], Hayden Hape [Tāmaki Nui ā Rua], Robin Potangaroa [Te Hika o Papauma], Hone Oneroa [Akura]

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The Ngāti Kahungunu ki WairarapaTāmaki Nui ā Rua Trust would like to welcome you to this, our first pānui.

Kāore i kotahi te whakahaere o ngā tikanga ā iwi He iwi āno me ōna tohunga me ōna tikanga me āna whakahaere Hiki atu he iwi, pērā tonu. Nō reira, kia mau koe ki ōu ake.

Mā ō rātau uri e mau ō rātau nā kōrero.

Engari kia mau koe ki ngā kōrero a mātua, ā ōu t īpuna.

Inā ka tika, ka waiho mai ētahi mātauranga hei taonga mōu.

Translation

There was no one universal system of teaching in the Whare-wānanga Each tribe had its own priests, its own colleges, and its own methods From tribe to tribe this was so. My word to you is: “Hold steadfastly to our teaching Let their descendants adhere to their teaching, and you to yours So that if you err, it was we who declared it unto you, and if you are right, it was we who shall leave to you these valuable taonga.”

[Te Whatahoro Jury, 1865]

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Front Row: Pani Himona [Te Ore Ore], Kahu Pene [Tāmaki Nui ā Rua], Ian Perry [Ngāi Tumapūhia a Rangi, Chairman], Marama Tuuta [Papawai Marae, Deputy Chair], Mark Rutene [Wairarapa Moana, alternate for Kingi Smiler]

Important to note is that trustees are elected to represent the entire claimant community and all claims.

What is the purpose of the Trust?

The Trust’s purpose is to seek a mandate [approval] from the people of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tāmaki Nui ā Rua, to enter into negotiations with the Crown to ensure a comprehensive settlement of all historical claims with regard to breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Meetings to seek mandate will be held throughout the country. The Trust encourages everyone to attend. Notices regarding these meetings will be given at a later date.

How long has the Trust been running and what has it achieved thus far?

The first meeting of the Trust was in January, 2011. The majority of the work to date has been laying down strong foundations by which the Trust must operate [policies

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and procedures] and ensuring these are robust, transparent and that the Trust is answerable to you, the people. So far there have been eight Trust meetings. However, because of the amount of work involved, other meetings have also taken place by small groups tasked with specific jobs.

To date the Trust has secured Crown Forestry Rental Trust Early Preparation funding, of up to $50,000, to assist the Trust to prepare for and engage in formal Deed of Mandate activities with the Crown.

A series of shared interest hui with the Rangitāne Settlement Negotiations Trust have commenced.

Several Trust wānanga have been held with Grant Powell [interim Legal Counsel] and the Crown Forestry Rental Trust to: a. Finalise the Trust’s Mandating Strategy document and Trust Deed to meet the Crown’s requirements. b. Consider land-banked properties and issues, in particular the Masterton Hospital site, to be shared with the Rangitāne Settlement Negotiations Trust. c. Inform trustees of the Treaty Settlement process and the resourcing required for the Trust to effectively engage in settlement negotiations with the Crown. d. Tendered and appointed a Project Manager to assist the Trust through the claims process.

The Trust Project Manager The Trust has recently appointed Robin Paratene as Project Manager. Robin has ten years policy and operational experience, primarily in the Māori land and Treaty Settlement sectors. Robin is of Ngā Puhi descent currently living in Wellington with his wife and two sons. Robin’s appointment will draw on his Treaty sector knowledge and networks, project management and contract management skills and experience, and his familiarity with the Crown Forestry Rental Trust’s funding policies and procedures.

The Trust Secretary Diane Rewi is the Trust Secretary. She has done a wonderful job keeping the Trust on track. The secretariat responsibilities include undertaking all administrative and financial management duties, liaising with the Trust’s key stakeholders, i.e. legal counsel, the Crown Forestry Rental Trust and the Office of Treaty Settlements.

Diane also co-ordinates all Trust meetings and ensures that trustees are kept informed at all times.

Treaty Settlement Negotiations Process This is a lengthy process which may take four to five years to complete. However, these things are unpredictable. We have just begun this journey and hope to enter the next phase of this process towards the end of the year. This will be the formal mandating process. Once you, the claimant community, agree that the Trust can negotiate on your behalf then all the evidence of this agreement e.g. all data from meetings held around the country, is presented to the Crown who then have to recognise the Trust as the group they will negotiate with.

It is understood that the Crown is working towards a 2014 date for settlement of historical claims. The Trust recognises that this timeframe is ambitious [if possible] and will require considerable time, effort and resourcing on the part of both iwi and the Crown if it is to be achieved. However, the regular shift in Government priorities, the 2011 and other general elections, and the resourcing constraints of iwi groups and the Office of Treaty Settlements will challenge the Government’s ability to achieve this target timeframe.

How do you contact the Trust?

For further information or queries, including registering as a beneficiary of the Trust, please contact: NKKW-TNAR Trust, PO Box 756, Masterton 5840 or email the Secretary: rewi@xtra.co.nz E mihi kau atu ana ki tō tātau kaipāruauru o te one whakarito, nāna i hanga te rangi me te whenua. Ki a rātau mā kua tīokaokahia ake nei e rātau te whārangi rau pūangiangi, whakangaro atu rā ki ngā nohoanga matamata a rātau mā, ngā kanohi te urunga o te rā kua ngaro, kua ngaro i te rā nei.

Haea te kākahu whakaruru, paea ki tua ki Paerau.

“We pay our respects to those who have passed on.”

Kāti, e kore e tawhiti te whakaaro ki ngā t īpuna kua whetūrangitia. Kua huakina mai i konei te mata nui a Kahungunu me ōna tūpuna, ōna marae, ōna papakāinga, onā māra mahinga kai, ōna pae maunga, ōna moana, ōna roto, ōna awa, whānau hoki, mai i te Wairarapa ki Tāmakinui-a-Rua. “Our thoughts be with our t īpuna who sought excellence for their uri throughout time, and today the face of Kahungunu uri from Wairarapa to Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua with all its ancestral marae, mountains, river ways, lakes, food gardens, hapū and papakāinga pay deep homage.”

[Chairman]

[Deputy Chair]

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Farm update At the time of writing we are half way through calving. So, 5,000 cows have calved to date with 5,000 still to go, this is an average of 200 per day for the past 25 days. This has kept managers, sharemilkers and staff extremely busy. Mangakino didn’t receive the snow that covered the rest of the North Island last week but it has been extremely cold with frosts down to minus 5 for the last week. This has slowed grass growth and sees all farms supplementing the cows diet with supplement from reserves or bought in.

However, spring is only ten days away and every day we are closer to the time when pasture growth is able to meet the demands of the stock on farm.

This year for the first time there will be no ewes to lamb on what is now called the Dairy Support Block. However, this doesn’t mean that they haven’t been busy on these two blocks as during June and July over 3,000 cows were grazed off the dairy farms on crops and silage at Ropiha and Ford Roads.

Miraka started picking up our milk on the 1st of August and this went ahead without a hitch. It was interesting to note last week that the Miraka tankers continued to pick up our milk when our neighbours were tipping milk down the drain under direct instruction by their dairy factory?

The new farm dairy has been commissioned on the new Farm 15. This has seen a new 54-bale Rotary completed

snow blizzard hits Wairarapa

Above: Miraka milk tanker Te Aonui.

Diggers working on the 5000 cu metre effluent pond.

New cowshed at Farm 15. Khardinn Wereta on for the first milking.

along with new races, water supply, three houses, calf shed and a 5,000 cubic metre lined effluent pond.

New manager Axel Nielsen-Vold and second-in-charge Khardinn Wereta have been recruited and are getting to know the new facilities at Farm 15. Both Axel and Khardinn come to us with many years’ experience milking large herds and managing staff.

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The annual accounts have been signed off and are at the printers and I look forward to attending the AGM in October. day 15 August

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This has been the heaviest snowfall in Masterton since 1939. There had been light flurries in the 60s and 70s but nothing as heavy as this.

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Chris Berry Operations Manager Wairarapa Moana Farms

Wairarapa in brief

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Nuki Gordon, the son of Hinerau (nee Mason) and Ray (Dodo) Gordon was one of the many commentary voices that could be heard at the Masterton Golden Shears.

However, Nuki wasn’t about to trade in his handpiece for a microphone yet because the old adage: ‘The grass is greener on the other side’ literally rang true for the Gordon whānau.

The Gordons are one of New Zealand’s best-known shearing families that are now living in Dubbo, NSW Australia. The whānau has earned a reputation as a hard working shearing gang. Work is available all year round, the money is better, with the weekends off and never too far away from his love of rugby, Nuki coaches the local rugby team, The Rhinos.

Carterton and South Wairarapa would end up on the streets and at a young age, could become hardened criminal offenders.

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Deborah Davidson, the daughter of Te Rau Aroha (nee Pirere) and Peter Davidson was the Office Manager for Kahungunu ki Wairarapa. Deborah was responsible for organising Matariki and described it as a unique celebration of our Māori New Year. “It’s a celebration that brings people together from all walks of life and to celebrate it during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori is an added bonus.”

It was also an opportune time for Wairarapa to showcase its musical talent and along with scrumptious food, craft stalls and a fireworks display to waiata Māori all added to a wonderful, fun and enjoyable Matariki celebration.

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Ohorere a student transition programme based in Masterton is under threat of closure. The educational unit caters for primary and intermediate students that have a history of suspension, truancy and behavioural problems.

Social agencies, the Police and schools were concerned that a large number of these children from Masterton,

Ohorere realised the need to change the attitude of disruptive children and since its inception in 2005, eighty one percent of students have been successfully returned to mainstream education while a further ten percent have been placed into alternative education centres. Yet despite MP support, a spectacular success rate and two glowing ERO reports, the Ministry of Education will cease funding the unit at the end of 2011.

There aren’t many times you can thump an officer of the law and get to shake his hand for doing it. But such was the case for a charity boxing match aptly titled, “Guns and Hoses” where the Police took up the gloves against the NZ Fire Department.

The event featured nine male bouts and one female bout, with experienced campaigners mixing it with firsttime sluggers. Money raised would go towards flying the children of Christchurch firefighters to Wairarapa for a holiday. Money would also go to Blue Light and the Wishes Trust and Wairarapa charities which benefited local youth and families.

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 14 Squadron was established in Masterton in 1942 and had the privilege of being the last squadron to fly the Aermacchi military training jet before they were withdrawn from service.

The Wairarapa Sport and Vintage Aviation Society has a P40 Kitty Hawk, the first military plane flown by pilots from 14 Squadron and with this proud association with the squadron, the Government has gifted to Masterton’s aviation museum, an Italian Aermacchi jet.

2012 SCHOLARSHIPS

The Wairarapa Moana office administers scholarships on behalf of Wairarapa Moana Trust and Papawai and Kaikōkirikiri Lands Trust.

WAIRARAPA MOANA TRUST

PAPAWAI KAIKŌKIRIKIRI LANDS TRUST

Future Leaders and Trade Training scholarships are available to students studying diploma, degree and trade training and apprenticeship courses.

Scholarships are available to students of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa or Rangitāne o Wairarapa descent attending secondary school in New Zealand.

Closing date 5pm, Wednesday February 29, 2012

Closing date 5pm, Friday November 25, 2011

Application forms are available from the office. Telephone Tia on 06 3702608 or 0800 662 624 with any inquiries or to request application forms.

Application forms are available from the office.

Telephone Ngaere on 06 3702608 or 0800 662 624 with any inquiries or to request application forms.

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50 Unclaimed Dividends Shareholder Bank Account Details Payment of dividends to shareholders resident in New Zealand is made by way of Direct Credit to shareholders bank accounts. Shareholders resident in New Zealand no longer receive cheques.

Shareholders residing overseas will continue to be paid by cheque unless the shareholder holds a bank account in New Zealand and elects to have the dividend paid into the New Zealand bank account.

Bank account details are required to be verified by the bank. The office cannot accept bank account numbers over the phone, fax, email or written by letter.

Please be reminded that if you are required to provide new bank account details because you have changed your banking facility or your account has been closed, please call the office to request a Direct Credit account form.

Contact Ngaere Webb for all shareholding inquiries with Wairarapa Moana Incorporation.

The following is a selection of Unclaimed Dividends that are held in the office. If you are able to provide any information that may enable the office to make contact with these shareholders or their descendants please contact Ngaere on 06 3702608 or 0800 662 624 or ngaere@wairarapamoana.org.nz GEORGE KOMENE EDWARD HENRY LUCAS-TIPENE DOREEN MAY LAMB RANGIMARIE STAFFORD MARTINI OTENE MEIHANA MASON OTENE MEIHANA WARIHI REWI TAHU EDWIN TANERAU ANARU RONGOTUA NAMANA RENA TINSLEY RAIMA MOSS LEO KAWANA ROBERT WAYNE PARATA HIKURANGI WAENGA RANGI PENE NGARANGI HAWEA BRIAN IHAKARA PEDERSON EMMA THOMPSON TAI MANIHERA JOY LYDIA BETTY PATERSON GEORGE LOVE WHĀNAU TRUST JONBOY KOROINGO POTANGAROA HAZEL MEIHANA TANGI WAIRUA HIEATT JOSEPH WIREMU TE W ANDERSON

NANCY MANIHERA CLARKE RUSSELL MIHAERE HUPRINI KARAITIANA COLIN CHARLES TUI MATENGA LURLINE KIMI REED MATEKINO TUHOE TOM PERA NAMANA TAREWA HEMI ERINA HUITAU MATE MILLIE WAIPUKA WHĀNAU TRUST RERENUI WAENGA RANGITEKAHUTIA SONNY OTENE WHETU BENNETT MARAMA BENNETT ROSE MARIE CARR REKO TE KANI TIMI TE AROHA HARAWIRA BARNETT HENDERSON MARJORIE ELIZABETH GREEN LUCILLE MANAENA JILLIAN ELIZABETH KINGI TE WHAKAHAWEA MATENGA EILEEN SMITH HUIAREI & MAUNGAHAU PAKU WHĀNAU TRUST WILLIAM WI GILLIES ESTATE

We are always interested in talking to you about news for the Mailer. Please let us know if you would like to contribute an article or pānui or if you would like us to interview someone for future editions.

Closing Date for Articles for the Mailer Closing Date Friday, November 18, 2011

Distribution Date Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Moana a p a r a r i a ing W t c a t n o C The team at the Wairarapa Moana office in Masterton is: Charmaine Kawana, Ngaere Webb, Tia Tuuta and Henare Manaena.

If you have any questions please contact us.

Freepost 158415 PO Box 2019 Kuripuni Masterton 5842

Wairarapa Moana House 4 Park Avenue Masterton 5810

Ph: 06 370 2608 Fax: 06 370 2609

Freephone: 0800 662 624 Email: info@wairarapamoana.org.nz