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Here-turi-kōkā 2017

Matarikion Main

Tākoha Kai Foodbank Drive

Maramataka Launch

RongoaaUnveiling bilingual signage

Maramataka Launch 2

Waahi Tapu tour 4

Rongoaa 5-6

Farewell to Monica 6

Whitebait season set to begin 6

Tākoha Kai Foodbank Drive 7

Matariki on Main 8,9

Cover: Image courtesy of Simon Neale

Nau mai haere mai

2 May, 13 June, 1 August, 12 September, 24 October, 5 December.

a tatou mahi kia kahaunited efforts win

The ART confederation of the three coastal iwi, Āti Awa, Raukawa and Toa, was set up in the 1930’s as a forum where iwi could negotiate their affairs. When ART sought a memorandum of partnership with Kāpiti Coast District Council in the 1990’s, they established Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti in 1994.

The Kāpiti Coast District Council and Iwi of this district have looked after their relationship for more than 20 years, making their collaboration unique in terms of Treaty partnership arrangements in New Zealand.

From the beginning Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti has focused on harmonising different cultural attitudes to resources and solve local issues according to national legislation.

Primarily involved with issues to do with resource management, it has also worked to ensure that the Māori World view is better represented and understood in the broader community.

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meetings 2017

On Monday 26 June the annual Maramataka was officially launched in the Council cham-bers with special guest speaker, Mereana Selby.This is the 10th year that tāngata whenua and council have produced the Maramata-ka.The theme this year is a continuation of the World War 100 commemorations and remembers ancestors of the ART Confeder-ation.The Maramataka is the traditional Māori lunar calendar, and is launched around the time of Matariki. Matariki starts when the first new moon can be seen following the pre-dawn rise of Matariki, also known as the Pleiades constellation. Traditionally, Matariki was both a time to commemorate those who had passed on, and celebrate a time of plenty when stores were abundant from horticulture, hunting and fishing. The most important function of the Māori lunar calendar was to regulate planting, harvesting, fishing and hunting. Rupene Waka, chair of Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti

and Mayor K Gurunathan.

Report back

Maramataka Launch 2017-18

Mereana Selby speaking to invited guests.

for Council staffThe Kāpiti Coast District Plan (2010) de-fines waahi tapu as:

On the 29th of June, the iwi partnership team hosted a waahi tapu tour to sites of significance to tāngata whenua for council staff. Our guide was Te Waari Carkeek who has considerable knowl-edge on the landscape in the district. This provided an awesome opportuni-ty for council staff to understand the district from a tāngata whenua lens and get a better understanding of their cultural footprint on the land. The tour was a district wide tour, from Te Paripa-ri and the Kapukapuariki Rocks at the southern end to St Mary’s and Puke-karaka in the South.This included a mihi whakatau at Ka-tihiku Marae, followed by lunch and a planting session.

Sites deemed sacred and which are imbued with a spirituality that distinguishes them from other areas. Waahi tapu may be associated with creation stories of Tangata Whenua, a particular event (such as a battle or ceremony); it may be where the whenua (placenta) was returned to the earth, or where a certain type of valued resource was found.

Waahi Tapu tour

Rongoaa

In 2011 a report was commis-sioned by Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti into the investigation of Rongoaa in Kāpiti Re-serves/Parks. The findings of this report provided the basis for the development of a list of 10 common rongoaa plants found on the Kāpiti coast.

Under the guidance of Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti infor-mation panels in the Reo and English were also developed to sit alongside the plants providing information about the history, identification, me-dicinal use and preparation of each of the ten rongoaa plants/trees.

As a part of Matariki Cele-brations 2017, educational panels were erected in the Kaitawa Reserve, along with a small planting session as the Kaitawa Reserve has been well restored by Friends of Kaitawa Reserve, who can be credited with the abundance of Rongoaa species that are available at Kaitawa Reserve today. The educational pan-els sit alongside the plants that pertain to and are easily accessible on the walking track at Kaitawa Reserve.

The bilingual unit from Para-paraumu School, Te Whānau Kōtuku, came along on the day to help with the planting and support the blessing of the panels. Representatives from the Friends of Kaitawa were also there on the day. It was a beautiful winter’s day and the sun was shining.

Council Kaumātua Koro Don with council staff Rob Cross, Programme Manager Biodiversity, Laurence Silas and Friends of the Kaitawa Reserve John McLachlan and Helen Mitchell with children from Te Whānau Kōtuku.

John McLachlan and Helen Mitchell, Council kaumātua Koro Don and Te Waka staff.

Whatangarongaro te tāngata, toitu te whenuaAs man disappears from sight, the land remains

to Monica On Tuesday 11th of July we handed over Monica Fraser to the Greater Wellington Regional Council, to take up her position as Te Pou Whakarae, Te Hunga Whiriwhiri.

As many of you will know Monica has spent the last 10 years working passionately within the iwi relationship space at the Kāpiti Coast District Council and has worked tirelessly to achieve aspirations of tangata whenua.

We are happy to say that Mahinarangi Hakaraia has taken up the position of Iwi Relationships Manager on a fixed term contract for 3 months.

The whitebait fishing season for most of New Zealand opens on 15 August and runs until November 30.

Farewell

Hoea tō waka, reia te moana.Paddle your waka, leap over the ocean.

Whitebait season

Paraparaumu Foodbank volunteer Toni Weir.

Foodbank DriveTo celebrate the boutiful time of Matariki the partnership committee Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti introudced the Tākoha Kai/Foodbank drive as a way of sharing in the bouty at this time of year. Tākoha Kai bins were avaialble for donations in Council Service Centres and this year included participating schools and kinder-gartens.

Ōtaki School ran a Cannes/Cans Film Festival Day and collected over 350 cans on the day.

Participants in this initiative this year were: Raumati South Kindergarten, Raumati South School, Waikanae Kindergarten, Waitohu School and Ōtaki Pri-mary School.

Tākoha Kai

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi.With your food basket and my food basket, the well being of the community will be ensured.

Children from Ōtaki School, Tai Tahere-Katene, Ray-Jean Pasene-Mahakitau and Siale-Maia Pasene-Mahakitau, Manaia Williams-Waiti, Ramari Winter-burn-Payton with kaiako Alice Derbidge, foodbank volunteers Lucy Tahere and Cheryl Holmes.

on MainŌtaki Promotions Group supported by Kāpiti Coast District Council and the partner-ship committee Te Whakaminen-ga o Kāpiti held a street party in Main Street, Ōtaki on July 7, 2017 to celebrate Matariki.The weather played its part and we had a fine, calm, cold night to celebrate. Thousands of people came out to enjoy the celebra-tions!

Matariki atua ka eke mai i te rangi e roa, e Whāngainga iho ki te mata o te tau e roa, e. Divine Matariki come forth from the far-off heaven,Bestow the first fruits of the year upon us.

Matariki