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Pages 2-3 Kutai Festival, Mitimiti.

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Page 12 Communications Coordinator vacancy, page 18 secondment.

Page 17 Asset Holding company looking for new director.

Te Kukupa

Runanga Executive members take a break from a recent hui-a-marama held at Ngati Manawa Marae in Panguru. Left to Right: Ra Heke, Sam Tecklenberg, John

McLean, Haami Piripi, Katie Murray, Wayne Te Tai, Frank Herbert

SUMMER Edition,

2010

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Matihetihe Marae

Ko Tarakeha te maunga Ko Moetangi te awa

Ko Matihetihe te marae Ko Taomaui ko Hokokeha nga hapu

Ko Te Rarawa te iwi

Kutai Festival: Mitimiti

Hundreds again turned out at Mitimiti for the annual Kutai Festival. Whanau came from far and wide. It was an awesome day with a huge variety of kutai and fun events. The festival is now a major annual fund raiser for the school and this year raised over $12,000.

History The Kutai Festival began four years ago. Students at Matihetihe School did a study on the life cycle of a kutai, and they designed kutai recipes with their whanau. The kutai dishes were then displayed and tested at school. There were so many yummy dishes it was decided to have a fundraiser. This is where the Kutai Festival started from.

Funds Over the years we have raised funds to support our tamariki to make sure that they have the same opportunities as kids from wealthier areas. This year our tamariki and whanau wanted to give back to the commu-nity. They decided that the funds raised would go to purchase two defibulators, and water rescue equipment. One of the defib-ulators will be going to Panguru to support whanau in and around their community. The other defibulator and water rescue equipment will be kept in Mitimiti.

Right: Some of the local pros vying for a spot in the kutai shelling grand final including Mai Martin, Peter Martin, Kura Kendall and Mane Ratana.

Below: The crowd intent on watching the tai tamariki compete in the kutai opening competition.

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Kutai Festival Acknowledgements The organising committee would like to sin-cerely thank staff, school board of trustees, students, whanau, friends, organisations and businesses for their awesome support. Nga mihi nui ki a koutou mo to koutou tautoko.

Aquatic Park, Parakai Springs, Copthorne Hotel Omapere, Sky City Auckland, Makana Confec-tions Kerikeri, Sandtrails Hokianga, Rainbows End Auckland, Beach House Mitimiti, New World Kai-kohe, Soul Within Kaikohe, Pak n Save Kaitaia, Wayne & Ani Leef Mitimiti, Fullers Bay of Islands, Beachcomber Restaurant Kaitaia, Waireia Trust Hokianga, JNL Kaitaia, Te Runanga o Te Rarawa, Te Puna Topu o Hokianga Trust, Rogers Motors Kaitaia, Maori Television Auckland, Birdies Café Kaitaia, Lloyd Latimer and film crew, 100% Electri-cal Kaitaia, Lu Morz Florist Kaitaia, Archibald‟s Kaitaia, Quality Meats Kaitaia, McCoy Fishing & Hunting Kaitaia, Shackleton Pharmacy Kaitaia, Lemonwood Pet Shop Kaitaia, Aquapulse Kaitaia,

The Warehouse Kaitaia, Stihl Shop Kaitaia, New World Kaikohe, Rogers & Rogers Plumb-ing Kaitaia, Finders Kaitaia, Mitre 10 Kaitaia, Whaiora Hotere Mitimiti, B&G Flooring Kaitaia, Morton Logging Kaitaia, Waitiki Landing Com-plex, Panguru Tavern, Club Physical Kaitaia, Riders Sport Shop Kaitaia, Aroha Harris Auck-land, BNZ Kaitaia, $2 Coin Shop Kaitaia, Beta Body Kaitaia, Liquor King Kaitaia, Gub and Tania Rule Auckland, Matihetihe Marae, Trudie Abrahams Whangarei, Jacinda Herring Kaitaia, Lucy and Don Ripia Auckland, Charlotte and Stan Abraham Auckland, Justin Ferguson Auckland, Josie Te Wake Panguru, Elaine Bow-man Broadwood, M&B Bold Auckland, Pio, Deb Terei and Whanau, Tupu Campbell.

To all our workers and to all who travelled from near and far to support us, he mihi nui tenei ki a koutou i haere mai ki te tautoko te ra mai i nga hau e wha .

Above: Whanau enjoying themselves at the Kutai Festival Above: Master of ceremonies, Pio Terei

Ngati Manawa Marae

Ko Panguru te maunga Ko Whakarapa te awa Ko Hokianga te moana

Ko Ngati Manawa te marae me te hapu Ko Te Rarawa te Iwi.

Hui a marama held at Ngati Manawa

The marae hosted the November meeting of the Runanga which provided an opportunity for some of our local kuia and kaumatua to attend. The powhiri was supported by senior students from Te Kura Taumata o Panguru.

Right: Kaumatua Joe Cooper, Hone Peita and Joe Dargaville in front of the whare.

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Morehu Marae

Ko Ongaro te maunga Ko Rotokakahi te awa

Ko Kurahaupo te whare tupuna Ko Waiomionga te wharekai

Ko Te Uri o Tai te hapu

Hari huritau ki a Peka

Ripeka Rudolph (nee Pirini formerly Stevens) celebrated her 90th birthday at Morehu Marae over the Labour weekend with a large gathering of whanau and friends.

Ripeka is a daughter of Tauroa Rata Ngarangi and Paraihe Pirini. Her brothers are Simon, Mena, Kerry (Cappie) and Jim-my Pirini and her sisters Ri Campbell, Toto or Catherine Noble, & Lillian (Porky).

Ripeka is a shining example of how fit, healthy and alert one can be at 90 years of age. She was joined in the celebration by a number of her children and many mo-kopuna.

Defibrillator training for Pawarenga

A training session was recently held at Morehu Marae so we can use the defibrillator that has been purchased for the Pawarenga community. The support team included John Askew, Rawene St John Ambulance, Angela Guest and Venus Cherrington (Hauora Hokianga), and Hiku Cherrington (FNDC). They provided back-ground information about defibrillators and the way they can help a heart that has stopped due to heart attacks, drowning, smoke inhalation and other trauma. Participants were shown how to administer CPR and then practiced on dummies. Many were surprised to see how small the device is and were impressed how simple it was to use. The device analyses the heart rhythm and if a shock is required it will let you know. After the training a decision was made about where to locate the defibrillator. It was agreed to locate the defibrillator in the Hata Maria church We would like to acknowledge Daphne Cassidy and the Pawarenga Trust for initiating this kaupapa. We would also like to thank participants who kindly offered koha for the St John Ambulance and a big kia ora to Morehu Marae who provided the venue for the training.

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Waihou Marae

Ko Te Reinga te maunga Ko Waihou-nui-a-rua te awa

Ko Waimirirangi te whare tupuna Ko Waihou te marae

2010 mahi

Waihou whanau have held 10 noho ma-rae and two working bees during 2010. It has been a busy year but a year that has brought whanau and hapu closer togeth-er. Our noho have allowed us to learn about waiata tawhito, whaikorero and ka-ranga, all of which are important to main-taining the mana of our marae. We have also focused on learning about our tu-puna and the ohaki and whakatauaki they have passed on to their uri.

Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi has given Waihou Marae the opportunity to hold noho marae and achieve credits to-wards Level 2. Awanuiarangi has also asked whether we would like to enrol in their Bachelor of Matauranga Maori pro-gramme next year. This kaupapa will form part of our succession plan to keep-ing our marae and traditions strong into the future. With support from Te Runanga o Te Rarawa and the hapu of Waihou, we think that this kaupapa will work well for us and other rohe of Te Rarawa. Ultimately a wananga of our own would be favoured.

Our working bees have been awesome and have brought many whanau back home. We have also been reframing our tupuna photos to adorn the walls of the whare tupuna. Many whanau have given their precious photos to hang. He mahi nui, he rangatira tenei.

Thank you to the many who have made the mahi light, ehara taku toa i te toa tak-itahi, engari he toa takitini. Our next round of noho marae will start and the AGM will be held on the 19th Feb 2011. The kaupapa will be 'rohe potae'. This kaupapa will see the whanau learning in depth information about pepeha and wha-kapapa. Nau mai haere mai.

Top: Whina Te Whiu and Hori Te Tai framing photos.

Middle: Bully Leaf, Mere Puku & Connor Te Whiu painting.

Bottom: Whanau members lining the whare kai.

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Roma Marae

Ko Whangatauatia te maunga

Ko Karirikura te moana Ko Te Ohaki te whare tupuna

Ko Roma te marae Ko Tinana te waka

Sponsorship from University of Auckland, GBC Cement Company and Te Puni Kokiri were integral to the project‟s success so far. Resolutions that received tautoko at the hui were: a. Look at the whole process of resource con-sent applications, and lobby for councils to do that work at a lower rate for these kinds of healthy home projects; b. Establish a working roopu from this meet-ing; c. Establish a home-building data-base/ net-work; d. Hold follow-up meeting, and invite Maori Land Court and Far North District Council; e. Design a new permitting mechanism (including retrospective permits), and lobby for its implementation with councils; g. Request Te Runanga o Te Rarawa to give more meaningful support to this hapu project and similar projects, and to integrate the ko-rero from here into the Paa Kainga project.

Above: Rau Hoskins, Ngawai Herewini, Reuben Porter, Otane Taipari, Kepa Morgan inside Te Ohaki.

Below: Participants listening to kaumatua Tame Murray at the hui.

Ahipara whareuku housing hui In September, a hui was held at Roma Marae to share information about healthy, sustaina-ble and affordable homes for whanau wanting to build on their ancestral lands. The hui was very well attended, with manuhiri coming from Rawhitiroa, Kaikohe, Horeke and as far away as Ruatoria on the East Coast. The hui also attracted local community professionals in „conventional‟ and environment-friendly hous-ing systems, permaculture, landscaping, or-ganics, architects, engineers, builders and a strong representation of Ahipara whanau keen to come and learn about innovative housing solutions.

Dr Kepa Morgan (University of Auckland) and Rau Hoskins (Director, Design Tribe Archi-tects) presented excellent background infor-mation about the whareuku concept, valuable insights into the pitfalls and opportunities of engaging with councils on building consents, waste management, and technical construc-tion matters. As part of the day‟s activities, a site visit (hosted by Project Manager, Rueben Porter and his wife Heeni Hoterene) was also made to a whareuku built recently at Ahipara.

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Waiparera Marae

Ko Ngatokimatawhaorua te waka Ko Tauwhare, Ko Pukerangatira nga maunga

Ko Hokianga te awa Ko Te Moana-nui-a-kiwa te moana

Ko Nukutawhiti te whare tupuna Ko Ruamamao te wharekai

Ko Ripeka Tapu te whare karakia Ko Waiparera te marae

Far North Maori Arts Hui

In October, Roma Marae hosted a Maori Arts Hui funded by Creative New Zealand. The purpose of this hui, which was facilitated by BJ Ewen, was to showcase Maori art in con-junction with marae culture and korero, creat-ing an opportunity for hapu and Iwi to further explore their oral histories through the vehicle of contemporary Maori art. Maori artists from the Tai Tokerau region were invited to partici-pate in the weekend event. Those attending were a great combination of established and emerging artists including some of our local creative talent. On Friday evening, Haami Piri-pi presented a brief historical account relevant to Roma Marae and its rohe.

Artists were separated into three groups and were required to produce collaborative art works inspired by this korero.

Saturday saw the artists begin their journey. The local community were also invited to min-gle and participate with the artists. That night Manos Nathan and Colleen Urlich gave a presentation on Maori Art and its place within an international context. The weekend was a success and an amazing experience for all who attended. The art work produced was a testament to the calibre of artists attending and to their commitment to the kaupapa of the hui. The art works were gifted to Roma Marae.

Aussie Grid Iron Star

Tumoana Bercich, son of Billy and Monique Bercich from Waiparera and Matihetihe current-ly resides in Perth, Australia. He has been a member for the last two years of the Junior Australian Gridiron Team known as the „Junior Outbacks.‟ Earlier this year they travelled to American Samoa to play their national side as a curtain raiser to the American Samoan senior national team who played the Hawaiian team. The Aussies lost a closely fought game but the memories of American Samoa and their hospi-tality will be etched in the minds of the team forever. When he is not playing gridiron Tumo-ana also plays rugby union for Joondalup Brothers and has represented West Australia at the junior level. He enjoys coming back to NZ when he can and spending time with the whanau. He likes to have his photo taken out-side the whare tupuna Tumoana at Matihetihe Marae. He says his Aussie mates think its awesome to have a whare named after him but he always corrects them and says, “no way, I‟m named after my tupuna and it‟s his whare.” He is looking forward to his next visit back home.

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Ngai Tupoto Marae

Ko Rakautapu te maunga Ko Tapuwae te awa

Ko Hokianga te moana Ko Ngahuia te whare

Ko Ngai Tupoto te hapu

Hari huritau waru tekau

A large crowd including whanau from Ngai Tupoto and Ngati Manawa gathered recently to celebrate the 80th birthday of Celia Harris (nee Pomare). The celebration commenced with Mass, followed by a powhiri to the manuhiri at the marae. The hakari followed along with the cutting of a birthday cake.

Celia and her late husband Simon moved back to Mo-tukaraka in the 1980s after living in Tokoroa for many years. They have had eight children and have raised sev-eral tamariki atawhai. A number of their mokopuna and mokopuna tuarua were there to celebrate the birthday.

Right: Celia cutting her cake with the assistance of her sister Bella Papa.

Ngai Tupoto success at school

Below: Tawini White, Dux of Northland College 2010; Te Hau White, Top of year 12, Deputy Head Boy 2011; and Jovan Mokaraka-Harris: Gilmore and Brown Prize for Excellence in Accounting, Boys 100m champion, Woodman Trophy for Business Studies.

Above: Whare Maori documentary

Scottie Productions film crew shooting part of a documentary about the Motukaraka church for Maori Television as part of the Whare Maori series due to go to air in 2011.

Right: Krystyl Silby Paaki joint Dux of Opononi Area School, with Mum Anita, sister Sapphire,

and grand mother Picalo Paaki.

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Trip to Europe

Te Rarawa players Paulette Lewis (Women‟s Captain) and Hohua Clark have just returned from a tour of Europe, with their squad Ki-o-Rahi Akotanga Iho. They were inspired by the tour, the respect for Maori culture, and the way the teams ob-served each others cultures. Prior to games the teams would hongi and the European teams would form guards of honour after the final whistle. “We made a lot of connec-tions whilst overseas, and it‟s exciting to think of the developments that will come from this historic tour,” commented Pau-lette.

Above: The team in London

Schools development

Ki-o-Rahi is taking off with its introduction to over 30 schools in the Far North. It seems safe to say, that this is just the be-ginning of bigger things to come in the area of traditional Maori Games. Trainer Paulette Lewis believes you only need one session of Ki-o-Rahi to learn the ba-sics. It‟s something that just comes natu-rally as you continue to play, and share knowledge with others.

If you are interested in having Ki-o-Rahi introduced at your kura, marae or commu-nity event please contact Paulette at Te Oranga phone 09 4080141 or email. paulette@terarawa.co.nz

Ki-o-Rahi takes off

2011 calendar

Feb 4th Ki-o-Rahi Primary Schools Competition (Waitangi Sports Ground) Feb 5th Waitangi Iwi Bowl Competition March 26th Ki-o-Rahi Iwi Games as part of the Tai Tokerau Maori Sports Awards April National Secondary Schools Ki-o-Rahi at Uawa, Tolaga Bay. 16th-21st May, Ki-o-Rahi Northland Area School Competition June, Matariki Games Date, Venue TBC

Above: Te Rarawa flag in front of the Louvre in Paris.

Maori Sports Awards

Te Oranga Ki-o-Rahi Delivery has been cho-sen as a SPARC Community Initiative Award finalist at the 2010 Maori Sports Awards. The winning organisation will be announced on 4 December at a black tie dinner to be held at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre in Manukau City.

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Nga Takaro o Kiritopa Hare, Toru

Annual Christopher Harris Sports The 30th Annual Christopher Harris Sports compe-tition was held over Labour Weekend at Kohukohu. The competition featuring netball and rugby began in 1980 as a tournament between the Motukaraka South teams from South Auckland and the hunga kainga of Ngai Tupoto. It grew to include Motukaraka West (West Auckland) and Motukaraka Mid-North.

The kaupapa of the weekend is whanaungatanga. In general teams must be made up of players who can whakapapa to Christopher Harris through either of his wives, Te Auparo (Rahiri/Mangamuka) or Ngahuia (Motukaraka). The Motu-Kohu rugby team plays for the ahika and sometimes an in-law makes his way into a team. There is often light hearted dis-pute about the inclusion of a classy ring in.

Results for 2010 The rugby grand final on the Sunday was a thrilling affair coming down to the wire with a 26-24 victory to the home team over Motukaraka South. In the netball final Motukaraka South beat Motu-Kohu convincingly after being beaten by them in the round robin.

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Tekau Tau, Labour Weekend, Kohukohu

Shots taken at the finals of the rugby between Motu-Kohu and Motukaraka South on Sunday of Labour Weekend at the Kohukohu rugby grounds.

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Indigenous assessment framework

Two wahine Maori counselors at Te Runanga o Te Rarawa have constructed an assessment framework based on concepts of the realms of creation according to a Maori world vew. The framework and re-sources were developed in 2009 by our two counselors Teina Piripi and Vivienne Body.

The „Tihei-wa Mauri Ora Construct‟ is an in-digenous assessment framework that has grown out of the need to have a culturally meaningful and therapeutic way to assess taitamariki who were grappling with ideas of suicide. The framework consists of Te Korekore, Te Pō, Te Whei-Ao, Ki te Ao Mārama, Tihei-wa Mauri Ora!

The authors have begun to share the con-struct with others and have found that it has many more applications than originally en-visaged. The first exposure of the construct was within an Amokura, supervision group in 2008, then amongst staff at the Runanga in August 2009. Following that a presentation was made to New Zealand Association of Counselors national conference in Hamilton in Sept 2009. It has recently (June) been published in the New Zealand Journal of Counseling Volume 30 number 1 2010.

The korero mai nga tupuna, has universal appeal as it is taonga tuku iho. This korero of creation, of coming into being is recalled on every marae through out the land. Now this same korero has been put into a visual format making it more accessible to wha-nau.

It is a resource that Maori practitioners can use in a therapeutic way to connect and locate whanau into a healing Maori cultural paradigm.

„Tihei-wa Mauri Ora‟ was presented at the Healing Our Spirits Worldwide (HOSW) In-digenous Peoples Gathering in Hawai‟i in September 2010. This conference was an opportunity to share the construct within an international indigenous forum. The response was positive amongst the indige-nous nations represented.

Back in Aotearoa the assessment model was presented at The Pacific Research Symposium at Auckland University in Sep-tember 2010. The response from other practitioners and academics was over-whelming. Teina and Vivienne have been inundated with people wanting to access the resources to use in their work.

Vacancy for Communication Co-ordinator

Te Runanga o Te Rarawa is now ready to give effect to a communication strategy that was recently adopted. The strategy has es-tablished a high level strategic framework to bring together the multiple communications requirements of the Runanga, both internal and external.

We are recruiting for a Communication Co-ordinator whose role will be to implement the communication strategy and provide high level professional support to the CEO and the Chairperson of the Runanga.

The ideal candidate for this type of role

should have strong skills and experience in communication, planning, writing and coor-dination. It would also be an advantage to have knowledge and experience of Maori organisations and the iwi environment. An opportunity for secondment from the public service would also be considered. For a Job description or any queries please contact Bronwyn Hunt on email brony@terarawa.co.nz or phone 09 4081971. Applicants are required to pro-vide a letter of application and a CV by 21st January either by email or to Te Runanga o Te Rarawa, PO Box 361, Kaitaia, 0441

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Te Rarawa opt in to gout research programme

Above: Runanga Chair, Haami Piripi fronting up for a uric acid test with Vicky

Te Rarawa recently hosted Professor Tony Merri-man, a gout expert from the University of Otago, at a hui held at Ngai Tupoto Marae in Motukaraka. The hui was attended by a wide cross section of people and participants were given an update about what gout is and how to prevent it. The University of Otago is undertaking research into gout with several urban studies underway. After discussion it was agreed that Te Rarawa would take part in the re-search programme. Whanau member, Vicky Harris, the Maori Arthritis Educator for Arthritis New Zealand was also in attendance. She undertook uric acid level tests on many of the participants.

Below: Hui participants assembled outside Ngai Tupoto marae during the gout hui held there recently.

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Update of Te Rarawa Treaty Negotiations

Map of Warawara Example of maps currently being produced under the claims mapping project. Colour coding shows (light blue) Whenua Ngahere lands, (pink) Maori land, (pale green) private land. The maps will also show the marae, maunga, awa and roadways.

Mapping project The Negotiations Team has been working on a mapping project with the assistance of the Crown Forest Rental Trust. The project goal is to map the whole of the rohe in a way that assists hapu to understand the historic and current make up of our when-ua. A start has been made on an underlay which shows all the original papatupu whenua blocks and allows us to see the status of all those areas today. A narrative is being prepared for each major area of whenua and this will be included on the rel-evant map. The maps will show all land cur-rently under Te Ture Whenua Maori as well as Crown and private land. This will support

the historic account and illustrate loss of land and which areas are being returned as part of the settlement process. Maps will be produced using a computer GIS system as well as in hard copy. The team is endeav-ouring to include a variety of old maps as underlays so other detailed information can be accessed. The Negotiations Team will be working with key people from each ma-rae to go through the draft maps and look at the relevance and correctness of the infor-mation. There is scope for hapu to develop the maps further to include sites of signifi-cance, old place names, and various other features. The maps will also be invaluable for planning.

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More sports achievements for Te Rarawa

Te Rarawa wins national Rugby League competition

The Te Rarawa Rugby League team took out the Waka section for 2010 at the New Zealand Maori Rugby League tournament played over Labour weekend in Rotorua beating Maniapoto 26 points to 14 in a hard fought final.

Both Te Rarawa and Maniapoto came into the final through the round robin as unbeaten teams. Centre Arden McCarthy opened the scoring for Te Rarawa with a massive effort to score in the corner. This was converted from the sideline by stand off Maui Pomare. Centre Brad Watkinson touched down soon after, be-ing the receiver of a well executed back door move and out maneuvering his opponent to break through and score. Again the try was converted by Maui Pomare.

At half time Te Rarawa held the advantage 12 points to 4. Maniapoto started strongly in the second half and by midway through the half the scores were tied at 14 all. The deadlock was broken when fullback and current Auck-land Vulcans player Johnny Aranga broke through the defense line with a strong run to score for Te Rarawa. With the conversion be-ing successful, Te Rarawa held a 20 points to 14 lead. A further converted try right on full time to second rower and Wests Tigers devel-opment player Sonny Bristow closed out the game for Te Rarawa. Steve Watkinson and,

Arden McCarthy both were successful with conversions.

Te Rarawa head coach, ex Kiwi, Warrior and Bradford Bulls player Joe Vagana, assisted by James Watkinson (Te Uri o Hina) paid tribute to the Te Rarawa play-ers saying this was the first time Te Rarawa had competed in this tournament and, that no team in the history of the tournament has won first time up.

James Watkinson said the waka section was about representing Iwi, maunga, awa, tupuna and whanau with respect and honour. Playing five games in two days was no easy task. Te Rarawa played like warriors. We look forward to their defense of the title in 2011.

Steve and Brad Watkinson (no Te Uri o Hina) hold the trophy.

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Nga kapa haka o Te Tai Tokerau

Crowds turn out to tautoko

Whanau turned out in their droves re-cently to support a fundraising tour by the four kapa haka ropu representing Tai Tokerau at the Matatini National competitions next February in Gisborne.

The teams representing us include Hatea, Te Whare o Puhi, Te Puu Ao, and Muriwhenua. They preformed in Kaikohe and Kaitaia to an apprecia-tive audience who dug deep to sup-port the groups. A highlight was the auctioning of donated baskets to sup-port the fund-raising.

Top: Muriwhenua Upper right: Te Whare o Puhi

Lower right: Hatea Bottom: Te Puu Ao

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Are you passionate about business? Do you want to help Te Rarawa?

Te Waka Pupuri Putea Ltd is tasked with managing Te Rarawa‟s assets and develop-ing an economic base to underpin tribal de-velopment. It manages current business inter-ests in the fishing, property and waste man-agement sectors. Future involvement will in-clude farming, land development, property, technology and other business sectors con-sistent with an iwi investment plan and as a result of the upcoming Treaty settlement which is anticipated in the next 12 months.

Due to the resignation of Martha (Marty) Rogers who now resides in Australia, we are seeking registrations of interest from suitably qualified individuals who can contribute to the

Te Rarawa’s asset holding company

economic development goals for Te Rarawa.

We are ideally looking for someone with;

Commercial skills and experience

Some knowledge of the Te Rarawa environment

Previous governance experience

The board is made up of five members appointed by Te Runanga o Te Rarawa. Two can be trustees of the Runanga and the other three must be independent..

Please email Hemi Toia on hemi@terarawa.co.nz or phone 027 277 0890 for an application pack. Applications close 31 January 2011.

Do you want to support your Te Rarawa marae? Register with Te Rarawa now

Why register? By registering with Te Runanga o Te Rarawa you have the opportunity to find out about a range of iwi and marae activities and events. In addition, your registration influences the funding that is distributed to each marae. The graph illustrates the number of registrations per marae as at November 2010. Over 10,000 Iwi members have registered to date.

How to register? It‟s easy to register. You can do this either online at www.terarawa.co.nz or by completing a registration form that can be posted to you by calling freephone 0508 4 TERARAWA.

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Na te Heamana

E ōku rangatira tēnei te mihi kau atu ki a tātou katoa. Ngā ahi kaa roa o te haukainga, ngā whanaunga e noho mai ana ki ngā pitopito whenua o te motu, o te ao rānei tihei mauri ora.

It gives me great pleasure to once again provide a report on the health of our Runanga and the issues that face us as we leave the first decade of the new millennium. For the past couple of years we have been preparing the constitutional and governance aspects of our Runanga to carry us into the future. We recently amended our constitution to better meet our needs and are

currently working with tax and financial experts to prepare our legal structure for the settle-ment of our historical Treaty claims. Our Runanga is constituted by 23 Marae who are the portals to more than 30 hapu communities. Our challenge is to keep those Marae engaged and participating in the affairs of the Iwi. I am pleased to say we have had a strong and consistent input into our decision making by almost all of our Marae but there are still two or three that we need to do much more work with to gain their complete confidence.

Our hapu based initiatives are probably the most important aspects of our work at the mo-ment as we continue to build our Iwi into a position of strength. We are participating in the Iwi Leaders Forum nationally and we have also been recognized as a provider under the new “Whanau Ora” social policy. This enables us to operate effectively at a national level and we have contributed significantly to discussions on water, mining and seabed and fore-shore legislation. We have also continued to seek out opportunities to invest in infrastruc-ture that will enable our constituents and our region to access further benefits. We have been involved in some innovative work around communication technology and local initia-tives like the new Te Ahu centre currently being built in Kaitaia. Our relationships with our neighboring Iwi have been going from strength to strength as we achieve jointly agreed ob-jectives in our Treaty claims arena and in social service delivery. This unity among the Iwi of Te Hiku o Te Ika has been really empowering for all of us, providing momentum to contin-ue the collaboration into other areas of shared activity.

On another note the Treaty claims process is far from complete and even with the imminent settlement of historical claims there remains the issue of the seabed and foreshore, Wai 262, water and mining. But overshadowing all these claims is the Whakaputanga claim which we have joined, based on Te Rarawa signatories. This claim challenges the constitu-tional legitimacy of New Zealand‟s sovereignty and the assumptions around what exactly was ceded by Maori. The claim has been exciting; attracting an average of six hundred people each day to the hearings and providing a wananga for all involved.

Finally, I can report that the Runanga is in good health and operating within a positive and supportive environment that includes the dynamics of our marae. The biggest challenge for us all going into the next few months will be addressing our Iwi registration data base. In the last census over fifteen thousand people identified Te Rarawa as their primary Iwi. We have yet to connect with all of those people to get them involved in their Iwi affairs. So in ending I want to encourage our Te Rarawa people over this summer to reach out to other Rarawa descendants and encourage them to register and join the communication chain of Iwi dialogue. This is the fulfillment of the dreams and aspirations of our elders before us.

Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui. Tihei mauriora.

Stop Press: Opportunity for a Te Rarawa person to be seconded from the public service to work on Te Rarawa Treaty claims:

If you are currently a public servant and have good writing and policy skills we may have an opportunity for you. Contact Paul White on toreatai@xtra.co.nz for more details.

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Whakamaharatanga

Me mihi kau ake ki te hunga kua hoki ki te kainga tuturu mo tatou te tangata. Ko ratou ena i hoki wairua atu ki Hawaikinui, Hawaikiroa, Hawaikipamamao. No reira haere e nga mate haere, haere atu ra.

Motuti: Makarita Moka Manukau: Mita Walters

Wainui: Paraone Kerehoma Ngai Tupoto: Trevor White

Roma: Barney Porter, Koro Moses Matihetihe: David Taua, Esmay Pene, Matiu Hotere Pateoro: Caroline Isabella Tohu, Rangi Scally Piripi

Te Ohaki: Bessie Waipouri, Ernest Skinner Whangape: Rapene Murray, Scottie Hokai Korou Kore: Eliza Larkins , Huria Masters

Waiparera: Mary-Anne Smart Tauteihiihi: Toko Mete Pikiparia: Walter Haze

Other:

Peka Stewart, Dick Cassidy, Celia Nathan, Jim Julian, Bubby Reeves

Nga ra i mua

Nga Hawini: Waitresses line up in front of the Old Memorial Hall in Panguru, December 1962, on the occasion of the return of Pa Henare Tate to Panguru after exiting Holy Cross College in Mosgiel. A Mass took place outside the old Ngati Manawa whare with the reception and hakari down at the Memorial Hall. Front to back: Elizabeth Topia, Kathleen Te Wake, Mereana Leef, Mere Te Whiu, Rangi Mathews, Aggie Job, Charlotte Thomas, Annette Peita, Lucy Dargaville, Minnie Te Wake, Elizabeth Te Wake, Miria Topia, Joanna Campbell, Neta Leef, Nave Leef, Maryanne Brewer, ?, Nina Leef, ?

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NGA MARAE O TE RARAWA

Korou Kore Marae, Ahipara Delegate: Syd Nathan Phone: (09) 4082656; sidntui@xtra.co.nz Matihetihe Marae, Mitimiti Delegate: Henry Tahana Phone (09) 409 5848 Morehu Marae, Pawarenga Delegate: Frank Herbert Phone: (09) 4095380 Motuti Marae, Motuti Delegate: Joanie Daniels Phone: 027 6814103 Ngai Tupoto Marae, Motukaraka Delegate: Wendy Henwood Phone: (09) 4057857; raywen@igrin.co.nz Ngati Manawa Marae, Panguru Delegate: Georgina Neho Phone: (09) 4095344; georginaneho@hotmail.com Wainui Marae, Wainui Delegate: Tame Murray Phone: (09) 4092073

Ohaki Marae, Pawarenga Delegate: Sam Tecklenburg Phone: 09 4080900; sam@terarawa.co.nz Owhata Marae, Owhata Delegate: Ra Heke Phone: (09) 4095528; ra@broadwood.school.nz Pateoro Marae, Te Karae Delegate: Ramon Lyall 09 4055825; ramonlyall@slingshot.co.nz Pikiparia Marae, Kohukohu Delegate: Patariki Briggs Phone: (09) 4055577; patrickbriggs@slingshot.co.nz Rangikohu Marae, Herekino Delegate: Katie Murray Phone: (09) 4093405 waitomo.papakainga@xtra.co.nz

Roma Marae, Ahipara Delegate: Catherine Davis Phone: (09) 4083322; catherine@terarawa.co.nz Taiao Marae, Pawarenga Delegate: Malcolm Peri Phone: (09) 4095101; pouoterangi@xtra.co.nz Tauteihiihi Marae, Kohukohu Delegate: Maiki Smith Phone: (09) 4055826 Te Arohanui Marae, Mangataipa Delegate: Jemaima Winikerei Phone: (09) 4019920 Te Kotahitanga Marae, Whangape Delegate: Richard Murray Phone: (09) 4080900; indigenious@xtra.co.nz Te Rarawa Marae, Pukepoto Delegate: Dixon Motu Phone: (09) 4082216 Te Uri o Hina Marae, Pukepoto Delegate: John Walsh Phone: (09) 4094748: john.walsh@pkffa.co.nz Waihou Marae, Waihou Delegate: Wayne Te Tai Phone: 0276811236; Wayne.TeTai@twoa.ac.nz Waiparera Marae, Rangi Point Delegate: William Bercich (09) 409 5013; willypeach@hotmail.com Waipuna Marae, Panguru Delegate: Abraham Witana Phone: 0272243160; abe@terarawa.co.nz Whakamaharatanga Marae, Manukau Delegate: John McLean Phone: (09) 4084316; fred55@kol.co.nz

Te Runanga o Te Rarawa PO Box 361, Kaitaia, 0441 Phone: (09) 4081971; Fax: 4081998

Te Kukupa editorial team Paul; email: toreatai@xtra.co.nz Jas or Rongo; phone. 09 4081971 or drop contributions off at 16 Matthews Ave, Kaitaia

Toka Tumoana 24-26 Matthews Ave, PO Box 361, Kaitaia Phone: (09) 4081971, Fax: (09) 4081998

Te Oranga 16 Matthews Ave, PO Box 361, Kaitaia Phone: (09) 4080141, Fax (09) 4080654

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