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Marae Update
from Issue 62 June 2021
by WaiMoana4
Te Ore Ore Marae
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Marae Development Project
On behalf of Te Ore Ore Marae, Te Ore Ore Màori Committee, we give thanks to TPK, MSD and the PDU Funding, for the opportunity to renovate our wharenui, Ngà Tau E Waru and surrounding areas.
Te Ore Ore Marae is temporarily closed until further notice to allow our contractors the time and space required to perform the huge task of upgrading and renovating our Marae.
Several hui and serious head-scratching have been going on behind the scenes.
Overseen by the Project Management Team Joe Nuku and Tia Tuuta, He Kahui Wairarapa joenuku@hekahuiwairarapa. com and Robin Potangaroa on behalf of Te Ore Ore Màori Committee/Te Ore Ore Marae Trustees, the weekly progress has been exciting to observe.
Our wharepuni, Ngà Tau E Waru, is receiving a longawaited, well-deserved makeover. Together with Suni Brown from Mahitàone Builders suni@mahitaonebuilders.com we have an inspiring vision/proposal to discuss. We appreciate the time and expertise from Suni and team. Upgrading our showers, septic system, drainage, water storage and spouting has been a mammoth task on its own. We look forward to more work ahead from Johnson Raroa, R&M Plumbing and our tractor driver, Reon Kerr.
Whànau, Chaz, Laurie and Albie Matthews, have been responsible for replacing the concrete alongside our dining room. This will ensure a safer pathway for our whànau and pakeke. Replacing our roof has also been challenging for our contractors, however, the progress so far is outstanding. Tuanui Membrane & Roofing Maintenance Ltd chris.casha@ tuanui.co.nz have the lead on this part of the project.
Special mihi to Charles Morunga and our rangatahi from Ngà Kanohi Marae o Wairarapa charles@nkmow.maori.nz We hope you are enjoying the work experience and being part of this exciting process at Te Ore Ore and the other Wairarapa Marae currently under renovation.
Marae Update
We apologise for any inconvenience with closing our Marae and appreciate patience as we move forward with these developments.
Heoi anò, kàhore ò koutou tautoko, e kore i taea e tàtau, te whakatutuki i tènei mahi i roto i tènei wà.
Demetrius Potangaroa Chairperson, Te Ore Ore Màori Committee
Kohunui Marae
Last year Greater Wellington Regional Council approached Kohunui Marae with support funding as a Pilot Project for a co-ordinator to develop a Freshwater Cultural Monitoring Plan for the waterways in the lower Ruamahanga whaitua.
Since then, over the past ten months Kohunui Marae whànau have participated in wànanga to gain màtauranga so we can be better equipped with the tools and knowledge in the aim of contributing to the revitalisation of our waterways.
The wànanga held have supported our goals to incorporate our tikanga through sharing our pùràkau, tìpuna accounts, embracing our Màori principles and ensuring the overarching framework is through a kaupapa Màori lens.
We would like to acknowledge all the contributing groups and organisations who continue to actively support this kaupapa. They are Pae Tù Mòkai o Tauira, Te Rua Mahara Wairarapa, Rangitàne O Wairarapa, Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Wairarapa Moana Trust, Lakes 380, GWRC, Kàhui Ako, SWDC, Caleb Royal, Vanessa Tipoki (Ruamahanga Whaitua Programme) and Te Wai Màori Trust.
Last year ‘Te Wai Màori Trust’ presented its proposal for Kohunui Marae to engage as a ‘Pilot Project’ on ‘Kaupapa Màori Based Freshwater Assessment and Monitoring’.
Kohunui Marae was delighted to accept this invitation presented by Carly O’Connor and Graeme Hastilow. As a bonus we have had the privilege of Caleb Royal the “Màori Guru” in Freshwater monitoring, lead and guide us in two workshops investigating the health of our tuna and taonga species from a cultural monitoring lens.
Learning to set hìnaki and to dissect tuna to learn about how to identify their age and health factors have been a highlight in this journey.
Teresa Aporo and myself are looking forward to representing Kohunui Marae at ‘Te Wai Màori Freshwater Fisheries National Conference’ to be held in Taupò later this year in November.
We welcome whànau to reconnect with each other through joining us as we prepare to monitor our freshwater taonga and the health of our waterways in the south Wairarapa on a regular basis.
(From the source to the mouth of the sea, all things are joined together as one)
If you are keen to participate, please contact:
Lead Co-ordinator – Freshwater Cultural Monitoring Project Lee Kuini Flutey – (Messenger or ph 0226098206) Kohunui Pilot Scheme – Funded by Te Wai Màori Trust
Photos courtesy of Lee Kuini Flutey
