Issue 4 December 2006

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Wairarapa Moana Incorporation

ISSUE FOUR: TUAWHA DECEMBER 2006

Wairarapa Marae Goes Smokefree Te Rangimarie Marae situated in Cole Street, Masterton, has become the first Marae in Wairarapa to go totally smokefree.

IN THIS ISSUE: Kapa Haka Group Did Things Their Way Highlights From Incorporation AGM Dr Robert Joseph Scholarship Recipient Wairarapa Moana Trust Elections Memories Of A Life In A Showband Funding Boost For Wairarapa Moanatanga From the WMT Office Rural Skills Programme Te Pouakani Farm Update Amy Matenga Scholarship Recipient 2007 Calendar A Bit Of History Naomirose Aporo Scholarship Recipient Shareholder/Beneficiary Search Unclaimed Dividends Shareholders – Bank/ IRD Details

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From left: Wai Quayle, Nico Lopa (bottom), Mereana Matete and Archdeacon Hariata Tahana. PHOTO COURTESY WAIRARAPA NEWS

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The Marae is run by the Wairarapa Anglican Maori Pastorate, the ministry headed by Wairarapa Moana shareholder, Archdeacon Hariata Tahana. So, how does a Marae community make a major decision to revoke hundreds of years of habit. Chairperson, Wai Quayle, explained that initially an informal approach was made by Mereana Matete. Mereana formerly worked with the Auahi Kore campaign and as a coach with the Aukati Kaipaipa smoking cessation programme and now leads the Health Promotion team at Whaiora Whanui Trust in Masterton.

The concept of ‘smokefree’ was presented to the vestry committee members at Te Rangimarie who were receptive to the concept for change. Worthy of note is the fact that no member of the current committee is a smoker so maybe the decision wasn’t hard to make! Mereana says the main initiative for change was the health and well-being of the Marae community as Maori present the highest statistics in smoking and illnesses related to smoking. For Mereana, there was a need to ‘drive’ the process in a positive manner that would be

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