Tīrama Matariki Light Glow
A magnificent celebration of the Māori New Year, bringing together an estimated 10,000 people over two nights, 30 and 31 May, was held at Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton, to honour Matariki through a vibrant and immersive light festival.
This year’s event featured a special impromptu kapa haka performance from students of Lakeview School and Masterton Primary School, adding a heartfelt and spontaneous element to the celebration.
Beautiful maumahara lanterns and candles were provided, offering spaces for reflection and remembrance. The number of interactive light installations were expanded for tamariki and whānau to enjoy, along with additional
light displays.
It was extremely pleasing to see that all of the stallholders were local community or fundraising organisations, ensuring every aspect of the event directly supported our tamariki, whānau, and the wider Wairarapa region.
Due to a decrease in the usual funding sources, the event organisers – Kahungunu ki Wairarapa reached out to additional organisations for support, including Wairarapa Moana.
Tīrama Matariki 2025
Shareholder emails
Do you still have an active email address?
With Pre-AGM Roadshows in September and the AGM in October are we able to contact you by email?
The office has experienced a number of email bouncebacks resulting in the shareholder not receiving important information.
The majority of the bouncebacks appear to be a result of an email mailbox being full or the email address being invalid. If your email address has changed, or is no longer operating please contact Amethyst on:
06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or at wmoffice@wairarapamoana.org.nz so she can update your details on the Share Register.
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Without the generosity of the additional funding stream, the event would not have been possible, however, this year the organisers were able to offer free public entry; secure professional lighting; hire the Māori wardens; and promote the event widely through local media and social platforms, allowing our whānau to fully enjoy this special celebration. This year’s Tīrama Matariki was the largest event held to date.
A volunteer team dedicated three days in all weather conditions to setting up the lights and one day to taking them down. An on-the-ground team worked tirelessly each evening to ensure the event ran smoothly, while the overnight security volunteers undertook 12-hour shifts to keep the lights and venue safe throughout the night.
Community feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with many commenting on the beauty of the event and describing it as one of the best lightshows they have ever seen.
Planning for Tīrama Matariki 2026 is already underway.
Tīrama Matariki 2025
Wai Manawa Whenua
Call
For Urgent Action
To Honour Te Tiriti To Restore The Health Of Water
Māori groups representing landowners, hapū and iwi filed proceedings in the High Court on the 26 June, against the Crown, citing its repeated failure to uphold the tikanga-based and Tiriti guaranteed rights, interests and responsibilities of Māori in relation to freshwater.
This legal challenge comes after over a decade of broken promises and Crown inaction, despite clear obligations under Articles 1 and 2 of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, repeated Tribunal findings affirming Māori proprietary rights and repeated court findings affirming kaitiaki rights. Successive governments have refused to establish a fair and durable water allocation system that enables Māori to exercise their rangatiratanga rights and their role as kaitiaki, even as both water quality deteriorates, and water quantity diminishes across the country.
Despite a 2012 Crown assurance — led by then Deputy Prime Minister Bill English — that the Crown was committed to recognising and making appropriate provision for Māori rights and interests in water and geothermal resources, and the Supreme Court’s endorsement of the Tribunal’s ruling that the Crown must urgently address long-standing Māori proprietary rights in water, little has changed. The Crown continues to allocate water on a “first-in, first-served” basis, ignoring the deep spiritual, cultural, and practical responsibilities of Māori as kaitiaki, and depriving Māori landowners and communities of the water rights they need to thrive.
The group is calling for:
Recognition of Māori tikanga and proprietary rights in water and geothermal resources.
Immediate action to halt further decline in the health and wellbeing of water bodies.
A fair and durable water allocation system that enables Māori to fulfil their responsibilities as kaitiaki.
“Under the Crown’s watch, our waterways have become degraded, over-allocated and increasingly vulnerable. This is about restoring balance. It’s about acknowledging that Māori have never relinquished our relationship with water. We are doing what we’ve always done: standing up for the health of our water, our whenua, and generations to come,” says Kingi Smiler on behalf of the claimant group.
Source: Scoop Media
Pitopito Kōrero
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-aRua Settlement Trust met with senior officials from twelve Crown agencies during July to begin the development of a new strategy to transform social and economic outcomes for whānau.
Settlement Trust Chair, Paora Ammunson, said the inaugural hui was a formal discussion to begin to realise the opportunities of ‘He Kawenata Hōu’, a commitment included in the iwi’s Treaty settlement legislation.
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua Settlement Trust is the Post-Settlement Governance Entity (PSGE) responsible for receiving and administering settlement assets on behalf of the iwi.
Beyond the Cape Palliser Lighthouse lies
an unformed paper road.
This stretch of coastline crosses both privatelyowned Māori land (Matakitaki blocks) and Crown land managed by the Department of Conservation.
While the paper road passes through this private land, it continues to be accessed by members of the public and has a long history of being damaged by off-road vehicles, illegal camping and other harmful activities. Landowners have been seeking the council’s support to find a solution to this for many years.
If you're starting to plan for Christmas, here are two upcoming social events you might like to consider attending:
November 28 – Te Rangimarie Marae Kaumātua Christmas lunch 12pm to 5pm
December 6 – Mātua Pā Christmas at Mātua Pā 11:30am to 4:30pm
Source: Rangitāne o Wairarapa website
After careful consideration, South Wairarapa District councillors instructed council officers to work alongside hapū, Ngāti Hinewaka, community and other interested parties on a solution by proposing a Paper Road Access Bylaw 2025 to prevent further environmental harm and protect cultural heritage. The bylaw would restrict access to the paper road for three years, limiting it to landowners and Government agencies, to allow the land to recover. It would also enable future discussions about potential pedestrian access. Community feedback on the proposed bylaw closed on 19 August.
Source: Wairarapa Midweek
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua and Crown agency representatives at the inaugural He Kawenata Hoū hui in Masterton.
Photo courtesy: Wairarapa Times-Age
Pūkaha Taking New Path
Leaders of Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre have announced a significant milestone in its financial recovery, centred on the transfer of its newest asset.
Last week, Pūkaha’s board and the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust completed a sale and purchase agreement that would transfer ownership of the $7.3 million Te Wānanga Taiao o Manukura education facility at Pūkaha, 30 kilometres north of Masterton, to the trust.
Pūkaha chairperson Shane McManaway and Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust chairperson, Sonya Rimene, said the agreement would help Pūkaha to manage its debt, which at the end of 2024 stood at more than $3 milion. It would transfer ownership and operation of the whare wānanga to Rangitāne and allow both parties to strengthen their partnership and focus on sustainability.
“This week marks a significant milestone for us, following a careful and thorough process,” McManaway said.
“We’ve signed an agreement with Rangitāne that allows us to responsibly address our debt and will ensure Pūkaha continues to operate smoothly throughout our recovery phase.
“We are developing a clear, confident plan to revitalise Pūkaha by rebuilding stronger than ever and focusing on what matters most: our core strengths in tourism, conservation and advocacy, and the vital role we play in our community.”
“Pūkaha’s doors are well and truly open for business.”
Sonya Rimene called the transfer of the 916m2 environmental education facility, which was completed in 2023, “a strategic investment for Rangitāne that reflects our commitment to our whenua taonga.”
“Pūkaha is the heart of Wairarapa and Tāmaki-nui-a-rua and has the potential to be a world-class facility. We look forward to working with the Pūkaha Mt Bruce board and our communities to bring new energy to our place.”
Source: Wairarapa Times-Age
The office is seeking the whereabouts of these shareholders, descendants, or trustees.
Amos George Ross
Christopher Tare William Rangi
Maria Threese Willoughby
Damien Te Rangi Teuea Reiri
Clayton Te Rangikaiwhiria Reiri
Reihana Ashley Reiri
Jade Reihana Ashley Seaman
Natasha-Lee Kamau
Rae Newport
Janice Mita
Judith Paradise
If you are able to provide any relevant information or contact details, please contact Amethyst on 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or wmoffice@wairarapamoana.org.nz
Where are you?
Te Whare Wānanga o Whātonga
Pre-AGM Roadshow Meetings 2025
Wairarapa Moana Incorporation invites shareholders and whanau to join us at the Pre-AGM Roadshows to hear an update on the business and activities of the past year.
To help us with venue and catering arrangements please register your whanau numbers attending by contacting the Masterton office on info@wairarapamoana.org.nz or phone 0800 662 624 or 06 370 2608
Saturday, 27 September
Novotel Auckland Ellerslie
72/112 Green Lane East, Ellerslie
Auckland
Sunday, 28 September
Roadshows and WMI Annual General Meeting
What you need to know for the 2025 AGM
AGM INFORMATION
The Wairarapa Moana Incorporation meeting is outlined in the Annual General Meeting booklet. Please contact staff at the Masterton office if you have any queries.
If you have any questions for the Committee of Management, we would like to receive these by Monday September 29th, 2025, so responses can be covered at the AGM.
For those that are unable to attend the meeting you will be able to view the livestream on our website at www. wairarapamoana.org.nz
The AGM will commence at 1.00pm on Saturday October 18th, 2025, and will be completed by 3.00pm.
AGM MAIL-OUT
Saturday, 4 October
BDO Gisborne 1 Peel Street, Gisborne
Masterton
Sunday, 5 October
James Cook Hotel
147 The Terrace, Wellington Napier
Christchurch
East Pier Hotel
50 Nelson Quay, Ahuriri, Napier
Saturday, 4 October
Copthorne Solway Park High Street, Masterton
Wellington
Sunday, 5 October
Commodore Airport Hotel 449 Memorial Avenue, Burnside
Included in the AGM mail-out to shareholders will be the Information Sheet; the Expression of Attendance Form; the Proxy Form; Issue 79 of the Mailer; and the 2025 Annual General Meeting Book. The Annual Report will be distributed at a later date.
EXPRESSION OF ATTENDANCE FORM
Please return this form to the Masterton office by Monday September 29th so you can be catered for.
PROXY FORM
If you are voting by proxy, the form must be returned by 12.00pm, October 14th to the Masterton office.
VOTING PAPERS
Voting papers and supporting information will be posted to shareholders from electionz.com by September 18th, 2025. You have several options to cast your vote –electronic vote, postal vote, proxy vote or in person at the AGM.
If you vote by post, you must send your vote to Christchurch in the envelope provided by electionz.com DO NOT send your postal vote to the Masterton office.
TRAVEL TO THE AGM
A travel subsidy will be available to each shareholder who lives further than 50km from the venue. The travel rates are included on the subsidy form. Completed travel forms and bank details must be received by Tuesday October 21st and payment will be by direct credit.
POUĀKANI MARAE
There will be a pōwhiri at 5.30pm on Friday 17th October. Accommodation and meals are available for those who would like to stay at the marae Friday evening.
Please fill in the Expression of Attendance form so our marae whānau can accommodate and cater for those wanting to stay Friday evening. As the meeting will finish mid-afternoon accommodation will not be provided Saturday evening.
Nomination to the Committee of Management
Sonya Rimene and Kingi Smiler retire by rotation and are available to seek re-election at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday October 18, 2025.
Nominations for election to the Committee of Management closed September 5, 2025. Profiles of all candidates will be distributed with voting papers to shareholders on September 18, 2025.
Annual General Meeting 2025
Wairarapa Moana Incorporation
17 October 2025 (Friday) Pouākani Marae
Pōwhiri, Pouākani Marae 5.30pm
Kai o te Pō / Dinner 6.15pm Noho mō te pō / Overnight Stay
Shareholder Registrations at Pouākani Marae 7.15pm–8.15pm
18 October 2025 (Saturday) Mangakino Sports Hall
Wairarapa Moana Farm Visit
7.30am
Lunch at Pouākani Marae 11.30am
Leave for Mangakino Sports Hall
Wairarapa Moana Incorporation AGM 1.00pm-3.00pm
Shareholder Registrations at Pouākani Marae 11.00am–12.30pm
Dates to remember...
September 18 Voting papers and candidate profiles for election to Committee of Management and AGM Resolutions will be posted to shareholders from electionz.com
September 12 Notice of General Meeting will be posted to shareholders.
October 14 All proxy voting closes at 12.00pm.
October 16 All postal & electronic voting closes at 10.00am.
October 18 Annual General Meeting, Mangakino.
Wairarapa Moana Staff Awards 2025
The annual Wairarapa Moana Incorporation Staff Awards were held on 12th July 2025 at the Great Lake Centre in Taupo. This provided an opportunity to acknowledge achievements and commend the team's dedication.
Prior to the commencement of proceedings a moving tribute took place honouring the late Catur Dewi (Dewi), wife of Jay Arifin, of Farm 3, who suddenly passed away while the family was visiting back home in Indonesia.
We welcomed back as Master of Ceremonies Tamati Rimene-Sproat. Tamati is a descendant of one of the 139 original tīpuna of Wairarapa Moana. Tamati kept us entertained and had us on our feet teaching the haka “Ko Wairarapa”.
While the list of awards primarily encompasses our core business, there are several others that recognise a wider range of contributions, such as the “Wairarapa Moana Incorporation Values Award” recognising excellence within the team and aligning with the core values of Tika, Whanaungatanga, Rangatiratanga, Wānanga, and Kotahitanga; and the “Te Aka Totara Award” embraces Wairarapa Moana’s vision ‘to nurture our people, our place, our future’. This award recognises an individual’s commitment to our shareholders and whanau.
This year Adrian Orr was welcomed as our after-dinner speaker. Adrian is a New Zealand economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Of Cook Islands heritage through his grandfather, who moved to New
Zealand in the 1930s, and Irish descent through his father, Adrian was born and raised in Taupō. His father died when Adrian was 13. At the time his father died, he had almost finished building a motel in Taupō. The family received help from his father's workmates to complete the building. The family then ran the motel during Adrian's secondary schooling. As a young man, Adrian worked in a range of jobs, including as a plumber, sewerage pipe layer, short order cook, dishwasher, and driving machinery for a local Taupō firm.
Adrian went on to study at a tertiary level and holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Economics and Geography) from the University of Waikato, and a Master's degree in development economics (with distinction) from the University of Leicester, England.
Adrian provided a light-hearted commentary sharing personal stories and insights from his illustrious career on the global economic stage.
One entertaining moment, Adrian recalled, was the time he was asked to make a presentation on AI. The audience listened with great interest, however, following the presentation Adrian learned that the subject was AI as we know it today, not AI (Artificial Insemination).
MC for the evening Tamati Rimene-Sproat
As happened last year, Saturday 12th July saw the second encounter between the All Blacks and France. In the breaks for kai and refreshments we did spot a few keen rugby fans watching the action on their mobile phones. Enjoying the Evening.
This event is fully sponsored by our contractors and suppliers. Their support reflects a desire to give back to WMI, and they do so generously through sponsorship.
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THE 2025 AWARD WINNERS AND SPONSORS:
Dairy Support Unit Best Stock Management Award
Kaharoa
Sponsor: Midlands Rural Transport & Midlands Groundspread
Best Calf Rearing Award
Farm 14
Sponsor: Farmlands
DSU Reproduction Award Kaharoa
Sponsor: JD’s Rural Tyres
Dairy Reproduction Award
Farm 4
Sponsor: FMG Insurance
Best Whare Award
Maui and Keti Wikeepa
Sponsor: John Stevens Electrical
Dairy Financial Management Award
Farm 14
Sponsor: FARMit Accountants
Farm Dairy Hygiene & Management Award
Farm 3
Sponsor: Donaghys
Farm Pride Award
Farm 3
Sponsor: Seay Earthmovers
Health & Safety Award
Farm 7
Sponsor: Mainland Engineering
Pasture & Feed Management Award
Farm 3
Sponsor: Piako Tractors Rotorua
The Extra Mile Award
Mac Phillips from Farm 15
Sponsor: Promoto Motorcycles
Mahi Kapa Nui Award (Great Team Work)
Farm 15
Sponsor: Vetora Waikato
Farm Environment (Te Taiao) Award
Farm 4
Sponsor: Arco Environmental Contracting
Nga Tangata Award
Farm 8
Sponsor: LIC
Te Ara Miraka Award
Farm 1, Farm 3, and Farm 4
Sponsor: Miraka
Dairy Support Unit of the Year Award
Kaharoa
Sponsor: Pro-Ag Contracting
Dairy Unit of the Year Award
Farm 4
Sponsor: Balance Agri-Nutrients & Super Air
Te Aka Totara Award
Amethyst Tauese
Sponsor: Wairarapa Moana
Wairarapa Moana Incorporation Values Award
Karol Good
Sponsor: Wairarapa Moana
Te Ara Miraka Award – Farm 1, Farm 3, and Farm 4
Farm update
High Care, High Efficiency: Protecting Water and Supporting People
Wairarapa Moana farms continue to lead the way as kaitiaki for our waterways and whenua. This season, we’ve been focusing on the further rollout of our successful high care, high efficiency farming model.
Drawing on insights from our research on Farm 4, a really important part of our Ahuwhenua Trophy win, we’ve seen how this system can enhance profitability while reducing our environmental footprint, including in our precious waterways. As our confidence and capability in operating this system grows, we are continuing its implementation on Farms 1, 3 and 11 this current season.
Our focus on environmental care is also supported by investment in technology. Recent upgrades to water monitoring on our farms include automated shut off controls that ensure irrigation only occurs when conditions are right. Flow rates, river volumes, and application levels are all watched carefully, with systems automatically stopping if environmental thresholds are reached.
In other news, we are in the thick of calving season now, which is always demanding, but the team is in good spirits as we work through this period. Food drops, careful rostering, and a focus on wellbeing are all part of ensuring our team is supported through this challenging time of year.
Calving is well underway on Wairarapa Moana farms
A Walk Down Memory Lane
HOANI PARĀONE TUNUIĀRANGI –
Original Owner 111
Hoani Parāone (Brown) Tunuiārangi was born probably in 1843 or 1844 in the Whakatomotomo valley near Palliser Bay in southern Wairarapa. It is thought that his father, John Robert Brown, was a whaler, possibly one of John Wade's men stationed at Te Kopi.
Tunuiārangi recorded his mother's name as Hine-iwhakaruhia (Ruhi), daughter of Tiramehameha of Ngāti Rākairangi, but other information suggests that his mother was Kaipaoe III of Ngāti Kahukuranui. He belonged to these hapū, and also to Ngāti Hinewaka, to the Rangitāne hapū Ngāi Tūkoko and Ngāti Hikarāhui, and to Ngāi Tahu of southern Hawke's Bay and Palliser Bay. Although he had lines of descent from Tahu, Ira and Rangitāne, he was usually known as a chief of Ngāti Kahungunu. His sister was Hera Te Miha, possibly also known as Hine-ki-te-rangi; Pūhara and Taiāwhio Te Tau were his half-brothers.
Little is known of Tunuiārangi's childhood or upbringing, except that he was Anglican and literate. His elders, Paratene Te Okawhare and Āporo Piritaha, were among his teachers in Māoritanga. Tunuiārangi was living at the mouth of Lake Ōnoke, but by 1880 he had moved to Hīnana near Gladstone, where he was appointed an assessor of the Native Land Court. He resigned in 1892, possibly as a result of the call by the Kotahitanga movement to abolish this role. Like many of his contemporaries, Tunuiārangi spent much time in the Land Court in the 1880s and 1890s presenting his own claims and those of his people. He was listed among the owners of the Wairarapa lakes in 1883, and gave evidence to the commission of inquiry concerning them in 1891.
Tunuiārangi was a member of the Māori parliament for Wairarapa and a minister in the Kotahitanga government from 1892. Some Wairarapa Māori felt he had not sufficiently supported them in their attempts to retain the Wairarapa lakes, and in the Kotahitanga parliament of 1893 Tunuiārangi supported the findings of the commission
which in 1891 had worked out a compromise between Māori and Pākehā.
In January 1896 Mahupuku and Tunuiārangi obtained an agreement with the government stipulating that in return for giving up the lakes, the Māori owners would be compensated with a sum of money and the opportunity to select suitable lands elsewhere. Tunuiārangi, now seen by Pākehā as a friend of the government, received his reward. On 22 April 1897 he was appointed captain in a contingent of the Volunteer Force, temporarily attached to the Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers, to accompany Premier Richard Seddon to Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee celebration. After training a group of 18 Māori as a guard of honour, he sailed with them to Lyttelton on 27 April. Three days later they embarked for London on the Ruahine. The voyage was spent in training and in composing a waiata in honour of the occasion. The Māori contingent participated in the various official parades marking Jubilee Day on 22 June 1897. On 2 July the colonial troops were reviewed by Queen Victoria, and Captain Tunuiārangi was presented to her. He was given a jubilee medal and an inscribed ceremonial sword.
On his return to New Zealand, Tunuiārangi commemorated his role in the stirring events of 1897 by renaming his Pirinoa property on the Whakatomotomo Road Rānana II (London II). Jubilee Day was adopted as a special day of celebration for several years, marked by parades of uniformed Māori volunteer units in which Tunuiārangi played a prominent part, until enthusiasm waned in 1906. In 1900 Tunuiārangi was transferred to the Wairarapa
Hoani reading to his daughter Inuwai in August 1904
Mounted Rifle Volunteers at Papawai. Two years later, it seems, he retired. Europeans usually referred to him as Major Brown from this time.
Tunuiārangi may have lived in Masterton for a period in his old age, but he returned to his house in Carterton, where he had resided from about 1912. After a lingering illness he died there on 29 March 1933, survived by James and a daughter, Inuwai Te Wharepūrangi (Kōkiri), the children of his first wife, Tarita Cameron. He may have had a daughter by his second wife, Taiewiwaru, but a third union, with Te Turiraro (Turiaru or Iwiraru), seems to have resulted in no children. He was buried at Hīnana.
Source: Angela Ballara Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
If
you would like to learn more about Hoani, here are three excellent sources that provide rich biographical details and insights into his life and legacy:
• http://www.teara.govt.nz/.../3t44/ tunuiarangi-hoani-paraone
• https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/ hoani-hone-paraone-tunuiarangi
• https://wairarapaschoolhistory.co.nz/wpcontent/uploads/Turanganui-Web-ReadyPDF.pdf
Shareholder Search –Can you help?
We would like your help to trace descendants of WI (BILLY) PAURINI
Any information you may be able to share with us will be most appreciated. Call Amethyst on 0800 662 624 or email wmoffice@wairarapamoana.org.nz
WAIR ARAPA MOANA MERCHANDISE
The office has the following merchandise available for purchase. To order, contact Amethyst at wmoffice@ wairarapamoana.org.nz or visit our website shop at www.wairarapamoana.org.nz/shop/
WAIRARAPA MOANA: THE LAKE AND ITS PEOPLE
The story of the North Island’s third largest lake complex from history to environmental problems.
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Notification of a Deceased Shareholder
If you know of any shareholder who has passed away please inform the office.
This will enable us to keep our records up to date, and we can also provide assistance on succeeding to the Wairarapa Moana Incorporation shares and any other Māori land interests.
Ma runga i te aroha, kia mau ki tō whanau me ngā whakapapa ka ora ai te tamaiti.
From a place of love, hold fast to your family and your connection to your ancestors for the wellbeing of future generations
This whakataukī encourages people to nurture, love and care for whānau members, the idea of collective responsibility which emphasises the importance of whānau and their connection to each other.
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ERENA HAPUKU
The office is holding unclaimed dividends for shareholder Erena Hapuku.
The office received a response to the article published in the June Mailer, however, following further research, new information has become known:
Other names Erena may be known by include: Erena Tawhi (Maaka).
Our records indicate that Erena Hapuku received interests from Keere (aka Keremeneta) Maaka (Original Owner 23), who was an uncle to Erena. Others to receive interests were: Henare Maaka No 2; Wiremu Maaka; and Paramene Maaka.
Erena is the daughter of Henare Maaka. Sister of Henare Maaka II; Wiremu Maaka; and Paramene Maaka. Mother of Te Hapuka Tawhi.
Any further information you can share with us would be greatly appreciated. Call Amethyst on 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or email wmoffice@wairarapamoana.org.nz
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Substantial Unclaimed
Wairarapa Moana is holding over $3 million in Unclaimed
Dividends.
We will be highlighting those shareholders in the Mailer, that are holding substantial dividends, with the aim of reducing the total unclaimed. The list of shareholders’ names whom we hold unclaimed dividends for is available on the Wairarapa Moana website at: www.wairarapamoana.org.nz > Share Registry > Missing Shareholders.
1JANICE TUI ROSS
Janice received her interests from: James Ross alias Frederick James Ross and may also be known as James Frederick Ross II, along with Edward Russell Stephen Ross, who may be her brother, and Huia Horiana Ihipera Joybird Holmes aka Ross, who may be her sister. This owner may also be known as Janice Turi Ross. There is a familial connection to the Kingi whanau at Papawai.
3
NINIWA KINGI
Niniwa Kingi received her interests from: Te One Henare Kingi along with Ngarori Kingi, Mary Ann Kingi, Raumaiwa (Raumaewa) Kingi, Duncan Kaihania (Raihania) Kingi, and Robert William Fitzgerald (Kingi). Also known as Niniwa Josephine Kingi, married name Chasland. It is not known whether Niniwa had any children.
2
HUIA HORIANA IHIPERA J HOLMES
This is what we know about Huia – known by several names:
Huia Horiana Ihipera Joybird Kingi or Wharehinga or Huia Horiana Ihipera J. Holmes. Huia’s children are: Ripeka Hira Rangimarie Te Aomarama Wharehinga (dec) and Hariata Falwasser (nee Wharehinga). Huia’s siblings may be: Edward James McDonald Ross and Aroha Rongo Atawhai Baker and a half-brother Tuta Denny. Huia is believed to have had two partners, surnamed Wharehinga and Holmes. Huia’s father was James Frederick Ross II who died at Papawai on 1st August 1948.
4
MANGA RENATA
BROWN
This is what we know about this shareholder. Male. Received interests from Taina Kingi (Mrs Renata), among others, along with Tiotio Kowhai aka Tio Tio Kowhai Renata aka Hohepa Renata; John Renata aka John Tamati Renata aka Hoani Kohai Renata; Parehuia or Polly Renata (Mrs White); and Margaret Kohai Renata aka Margaret Kohai.
Your help in locating descendants, next of kin, or providing any information to the office would be much appreciated.
5
PAREKURA RANGIHAEA RICE
Parekura received her interests from: Hohepa Enoka Taitea; Hemi Enoka; and Christina Josephine aka Josephine Christina Enoka. Siblings include: Josephine; Ngarongomate (Mrs Paki); Te Rena; Nihe (Mrs Warwick); Kohitau (Mrs Williams); and Waaka. Known to have children.
The office is also seeking information for Kohitau Vadiera Williams (born Enoka).
Shareholder Bank Accounts
Dividends are paid by direct credit to bank accounts.
If you are living overseas and have unpaid dividends, these will be paid by direct credit to your overseas bank account in March, June, September or December; or to your New Zealand bank account if you have one.
If you are living in New Zealand, unpaid dividends will continue to be direct credited to your New Zealand bank account.
Thank you to all our shareholders who have provided new or updated postal addresses and bank account details.
To update your shareholder details please contact Amethyst Tauese by email wmoffice@wairarapamoana.org.nz or call 0800 662 624 or 06 370 2608.
Amethyst is available Monday to Thursday 9.00am to 2.30pm.
50 Unclaimed Dividends
If you are able to provide any information that can help us to make contact with these shareholders or their descendants, please contact the office on 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or email wmoffice@wairarapamoana.org.nz
FRANCIS REIRI
MARIA PATRICIA KOKIRI
MURIWAI JEAN NORMAN
ROMEO HAMUERA
RAE ALICE WATT
ALFRED HOKOTOKI
WAYNE RAPAERA KOHUNUI
GLENNIS RANGIMARIA KOHUNUI
NGAHIWI BEAN
HOANI WALKER
HINEKURA REIRI
ERUERA MURRY TAURAU
RIPEKA RUPUHA
HIRIA YORSTON
TIKI FITZGERALD
REIMA MACMILLAN-MAYNARD
CHERYL REPIA
NIKORA WHĀNAU TRUST
MARTIN ROBERT KARAITIANA
THOMAS JAMES MCGIVERN
TORIA TE KAKAU EDWARDS
HUIA KIPA
BETTY ASPINALL WHĀNAU TRUST
JOAN OLSEN
PATRICIA O'DOHERTY
HORIANA NEPE CHRISTIE ESTATE
DANNY MEREDITH MATTHEWS
JOSEPHINE HURINUI
DAVID REREKOHU WEETI KATAE
BRISTOWE
TAKANA IHAIA RISSETTO
GRANT REWETI POUTU
RONALD WAATA
MICHAEL JOHN BRISTOWE
ELWYN MURPHY
O NGA ARIKI WHĀNAU TRUST
GLEN LUCKY RISSETTO
IAN STUART HUTCHINGS
TRACEY RUTH BRISTOWE
TIA ARAROA RISSETTO
CHRISTINA MONIQUE EDWARDS
KATHLEEN SULLINGS
STUART WILLIAM STARK
CHRISTINA JOAN MITA
ROBERT ASHTON
ROBERT JAMES PAWA
COREY RICHARD FOX
DALLAS PEITA
TIMOTI NGAHURU REEDY
JASMINE MARIA PAREKURA KAPOOR
BETTY ELIZABETH OLIVE WINITANA
Do you have a story, a news item, or a pānui you’d like to share in the Moana Mailer? Contact the Masterton office on info@wairarapamoana.org.nz or 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624.
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If you have any queries please contact Ngaere Webb, Amethyst Tauese, Cheryl Wilmshurst, Isabel Bresaz or Charmaine Kawana at the Masterton office.
Office Hours: 9.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday, closed Friday.
06 370 2608