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L I N KNovember/December 2002

ISSUE 23

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Report from the chairman Apirana Mahuika

Runanga Anniversary

Anniversary well wishes for TeRunanga o Ngati Porou were madeon Hikurangi Maunga to celebrateits 15-year milestone.More than 300 people gathered atthe Pakihiroa Station woolshed toshare in the celebrations which in-

Ngati Porou pakeke Jacob Karaka (91), Hine Tawhirangi (Constance)Katae (91) Katarina Haig (86) and chairman Apirana Mahuika cut theanniversary cake to celebrate TRONP’s 15th year.

volved an early morning ceremonyat Te Takapou o Maui, presentationsof the Ngati Porou owned PakihiroaStation and TRONP’s history.September 1 marked the legal es-tablishment of Te Runanga o NgatiPorou 15 years ago.continued on page 3

Nga whanau tokomaha o NgatiPorou tena koutou, tena koutoukatoa.Tena tatau i a tatau tini mate ehaere toopu tonu nei ki tua o te arai,ki te kaenga tuturu mo tatou mo tetangata. Kanui te pouri me te pourimo ratou kua wehe atu i a tatau, a,kanui hoki te aroha mo nga morehue pakia kahatia nei e te mamae.Heoi ko nga mate ki a ratau, a, kotatau ko te hunga ora ki a tatau.

This year is drawing to a close.TRONP elections have come andgone. Of the new board, 14 of theprevious board were re-elected andsix new members were welcomed.This year we had about 60 NgatiPorou candidates offering themselvesfor elections to the TRONP board.This is a record number that soughtelection to the TRONP board and forme this is a very healthy, positiveresponse and indication of support

for TRONP as an iwi organisation.Fisheries is of course an ongoingdebate between iwi and Te OhuKaimoana. Some iwi are in favourof TOKM’s model and other iwi sup-port the mantle of the Iwi Forummodel - “He Amorangi Hei mua.”While the debate has been long suf-fering, I am optimistic that someresolution will result which will endthis matter once and for all.

Ngati Poroucall for Treatyhearings tobe heard in

te reo MaoriChairman Apirana Mahuika is call-ing for the up and coming NgatiPorou Treaty of Waitangi ClaimsHearing to be heard in Maori.

He says most of the evidencepresented by many of theclaimants and their witnesseswill have to be in te reo o Ngati

Porou because it is the most ef-fective medium for expressing theculture and tikanga of Ngati Porou.He says many of the claimants aremore comfortable speaking in Maori- their first language.

“The Maori language is an official lan-guage of New Zealand therefore whyis it that people have a problemwhen we wish to speak formally inthis official language?”

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Report from the chairman (continued from page 1) Apirana Mahuika

Report from the chief executive officer Amohaere Houkamau

Our position in all of this has beenwith the Iwi Forum in that we hold tothe view that this was the only av-enue available under the current cir-cumstances which will protect andenhance – “Te Tino Rangatiratanga”of Ngati Porou and our taonga tukuiho.My optimism for a result comes fromthe fact that the Iwi Forum andTOKM are in dialogue with eachother in an attempt to come up withan acceptable model which we canboth live with.I attended the first Maori AcademicAward for Excellence at WaikatoUniversity in October. It was a veryinspiring event which signalled to methat the future of our people are as-sured in part by the academic suc-cess and achievements being madein a very diverse field of disciplines.There were 17 awards. Of these -14 were for PHD students includinga Ngati Porou woman – Ocean Mer-cer who has a PHD in physics.Ocean is a mokopuna to Waitai (neePokai) and John Taiapa. Hinehou,Ocean’s mother, reflected the prideand joy for all Ngati Porou at the cer-emony. Tena koe Ocean!Ngati Porou are maintaining a tradi-tion set by Sir Apirana Ngata in edu-cation, judging by the number ofuniversity scholars we are produc-ing. Katrina Kirikino recently re-ceived her results from “med school”declaring her success in this field.In 2003 she will be undertaking herintern year, partly overseas and at

home. Ka paimoko!Another suc-cess has beenN e d i n eThatcher whocompleted herMasters inEducation andis currently

with the Education Review Office inWellington.Tena koe Nadine!There are many others of whom weas Ngati Porou must congratulate, talkabout, support and encourage.We likewise have many at homehere proving that the academiaskills of our people are emergingin our schools. Evidence of thissuccess was the achievementsmade by some in 2001, in Bur-sary and sixth form examinations.Te Reo as a medium for attainingthese accolades was demon-strated by the academic successof our kids from Te Kura KaupapaMaori o te Wai U o Ngati Porouin maths, chemistry, te reo, phys-ics etc. In terms of judiciary, we havethree with Ngati Porou whakapapa onthe bench of the Maori Land Court.In fisheries we have many of ouryoung pursuing degrees in marinefarming and agriculture. We haveHerewini Ngata and Dr ParateneNgata in medicine at home here work-ing among our people.In farming we have Lance Rickardand Hilton Collier, both of whomare agricultural science gradu-

ates, providing important adviceto our people on the land.We have many lawyers practising indifferent fields of law – from criminal,to commercial and legal research.Derek Lardelli and Steve Gibbs haverevived, sustained and utilised ourtraditions as the inspiration for themore contemporary art forms.The old vanguards are still verymuch alive as in the case of Profes-sor Dr Tamati Reedy, pro chancellorMaori, Waikato University. There isof course the “old cantankerous”Koro Dewes of former academicfame now being chased about on theroads of Horoera and Rangitukia byhis stock!I have devoted much of this koreroto educational achievement for threereasons viz:

1 – to demonstrate that we canachieve educationally in any field ofendeavour we may elect to take.2- to instil in us and our young rolemodels a sense of achievement canbe emulated.3 – to embed a sense of pride in ourselves as a people.

However we must not forget themore practical but equally importantskills of fencing, shepherding, farm-ing etc as these are also aspects oflearning without which our resourcesof land, fisheries and forestry wouldnot be developed and grown.

Let me therefore end this korero bywishing everyone a Merry Xmas anda prosperous New Year.

E te iwi, tena tatou.tena tatou i otatou mate te pukahu e hinga mainei e hinga atu ra i nga marae o tekainga. No reira i nga mate, haere,haere, haere. Haere ki te kaingatuturu o te tangata, ki te huinga o teKahurangi, ka oti atu ai.Tatou nga waihotanga iho o ratouma, tena tatou, tena tatou, tenatatou katoa.This past few months has createdan environment of retrospection andreflection as we farewelled manypeople who have contributed somuch to Ngati Porou in manydifferent ways.

At the risk of notm e n t i o n i n geveryone who isdeserving ofmention, I reflecton the lives ofAnaru Takarua,Wally Kaa, PareR a n g i a h o ,

Mattie McLean Anaru Paenga,Scarlett Poi and the many others whohave passed on and I think of the hugeloss to Ngati Porou and the huge gapthat now exists.I am also overwhelmed with a senseof gratitude and appreciation for the

wonderfully full lives that they livedand the legacy that they all leave inthe arena’s of culture, reo, tikanga,mahi whenua, marae and hapudevelopment.They were all in the words of the lateRev Anaru Takarua, “he wiwi nati,which is not just any breed of nati,they are the true blue nati wheneverything about them is nati”.Reflection is part and parcel of theanniversaries that have occurred overthe past few months. The Runangacelebrated it’s 15th Anniversary atPakihiroa with 300 whanau membersfrom throughout the rohe.

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Mr Mahuika says Ngati Porou claim-ants during a hui at Hiruharama thisyear mooted the idea of making sub-missions, to the tribunal, in Maori.Mr Mahuika says the claimants havespecifically asked for people who arehearing the Ngati Porou cases to beproficient and fluent in te reo, in theevent that submitters might wish tospeak in Maori.“What we want are people, Maori or

Pakeha, who are fluent in te reo. Wewill not be performing our haka TeKiringutu or Ruaomoko in Englishnor our moteatea which we will beusing to support our evidence.”Mr Mahuika says truly bilingualpeople on the tribunal would be mosthelpful. A recently released Te PuniKokiri Health of the Maori Languagereport states that the East Coast at34 percent has the highest propor-tion of Maori speakers in the country.

Lets tell our story in Maoricontinued from page 1

Whale Ridermovie scoopsinternational

awards

Whale Rider has won the interna-tionally acclaimed People’s ChoiceAward from more than 300 films atthe Toronto film festival this year.The movie was decreed by the judgesto be “luminous’ and “ultimately up-lifting”.Previous winners of the award in-clude movies Crouching Tiger, Hid-den Dragon and American Beauty.These movies went on to box-officesuccess in North America and Os-car nominations.The $10 million film is an adaptionof the book written by Witi Ihimaerawhich was published 15 years ago.Whale rider encapulates the korerotuku iho of Paikea and the Wainuibeach whale stranding of 1968.Woven amongst these significantevents is the story of love, rejectionand the challenges of traditions.A number of local budding actors arefeatured in the movie, including HeniLeach, Rawinia Okeroa, ApiataApanui and Waiotemarama Haua -Parata.Keisha Castle-Hughes who is alsoa Ngati Porou descendant plays thelead role of Pai.The long awaited movie will be show-ing in movie theatres throughout NewZealand from January 30.It is a must see production.

Young Nati leaders nominatedto ride knowledge wave forum

Glenise Philip Barbara and Hera Ngata Gibson are emerging young leaders whohave been nominated to represent the region during a Knowledge Wave Forum atAuckland in February.

Glenise is the daughter ofMateroa and Kevin Philip.Not backwards in coming forward,the multi talented Te Whanau a Rangiwoman is involved in a variety oftasks ranging from the recently heldgovernment elections where shestood as a candidate for Mana Maori,to being actively involved with theMaori Women’s Welfare League andthe anti-GE movement - Nga WahineTiaki o te Ao.As a Gisborne Girls High School stu-dent she took part in the Springbokprotests at Gisborne in 1981 and ac-tively supported the HomosexualLaw Reform Bill which was beinglobbied in 1985.At grassroots level, Glenise is in-volved in a papakainga project atReporua which has an environmen-tally-friendly focus to encourage thepeople to come home.She is described by friends andwhanau as a battler for many causeswho has a great desire to help herpeople.Glenise also has a strong passionfor te reo me ona tikanga.

Hera who has no doubts, Uawa isa prime piece of paradise, is pas-sionate about keeping the arts andtaonga of Hauiti with its people.As part of a student scholarship,she works in Wellington with the Min-istry of Health which ties into herstudies in international relations andconflict studies. Hera returns toTolaga Bay once a month and worksvoluntarily for Te Aitanga a Hauiti inestablishing and maintaining work-ing relationships with Te Papa,Tairawhiti and Auckland museums.She is also involved in resource man-agement issues, researching sub-missions and raising the awarenesswith regard to certain impacts on theTolaga Bay area.Ongoing projects are - establishinga museum educational outpost forthe taonga of Uawa and the art ofHauiti and the organisation of Te Pouo Te Kani Iwi Arts extravaganza forlate 2003. Hera also helped to co-ordinate the Hauiti exhibition at theTairawhiti Museum earlier this year.

Hera is the daughter of NgahuiaNgata and Hataka Gibson.

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Ngati Porou East Coast rugby round up

Joe McClutchieNgati PorouEast Coastrugby coachcomments onthe season.

“I have been asked on a number ofoccasions - what went wrong? AndI have to say we can all hold ourhands up. Mistakes were made onand off the field. Having said that welost three key players through injury,Wiri (skipper Wirihana Raihania) T-Bone (Tyronne Delamere) and Doone(fullback Doone Harrison) and youcan’t afford to lose players of thatcalibre. Other teams also steppedup this season. We didn’t takethem by surprise like we did lastyear. One of our strengths is ballretention and we just didn’t value theball highly enough this year.I also believe the unity that made ussuccessful in the past three seasonsjust wasn’t there. As coach I holdup my hand but it’s about more thanone man. We win as a team - welose as a team and that applies rightacross the board, on and off the pad-dock. I firmly believe however thatthe lessons learned from this sea-son will stand the team in good steadfor next year.

Tribute song for teamThe tune and words of “Tribute” by musicians Tenacious D come to mindwhenever the trials and triumphs of the Ngati Porou East Coast rugbyteam in 2002 are remembered. Very briefly, those NPC home game de-feats against Marlborough (especially) and Nelson Bays were painful butwe are definately ‘over it’. Lets dwell instead on that turnaround game,against top of the table range, Counties Manukau. And who can forgetthe lovely, lovely victory against NPC first division team Bay of Plenty inthe pre NPC season. Okay so we finished sixth out of eight teams whowere vying for the second division NPC title and a shot at entry into firstdivison - ho-hum it wasn’t to be, so lets still celebrate the successes ofthe past three years which includes two third division titles and a finalplay off in the first year of second divison competition (2001) and let’salso remember ... Ngati Porou East Coast is still in the NPC seconddivison and this at the end of the day was always the main aim of one of,if not the smallest unions in the country. So when sitting around with thewhanau and you hear that catchy ‘tribute’ tune - cheers a Xmas toast tothe Nati boys in blue because it might not have been the best season inthe world, but hey, as the song says .. it’s a tribute.

Horace LewisNgati PorouEast Coastcaptain con-g r a t u l a t e splayers andsupporters for2002 season.

At the end of the day, I’m proud ofthe boys. We had our success sto-ries like the emerging talent of ournew and younger players. Their rawenergy and skills will be honed andready for next years rugby fieldbattles. Before I finish I want to thankall the loyal supporters who have con-tinued to support us. We really dovalue your support and hope nextseason we can give you somethingto shout about.

“This is not the best song in the world ... it’s just a tribute.”


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CEO reportcontinued from page 2

Henarata Ham - Principal Te Kura Kaupapa

Maori o Mangatuna

Henarata Ham (nee Ngata) is pleased to beback home at Mangatuna where her grandpar-ents Peta Komaru Maurirere and Ruth Walkerraised her.As a young girl she attended the school whereshe is now principal.“He tika kia hoki te tangata ki te whenua i motuai tana pito,” e ki ana ia.For the past three decades Mrs Ham lived atTokaanu. While there, she taught at the Turangiand Hirangi Primary Schools.She graduatedfrom Hamilton’s teachers training college in1971. Mrs Ham’s focus is to lift the all roundachievements of the school children and to raise their expectations also.“We will be working towards instilling a sense of self-discipline and self-confidence in our tamariki and whanau,” she says.

Bert Grace has settled comfortably into his firsttime role as principal at Te Puia Springs School.He says he loves the atmosphere of the ruralschools because of the committment that coun-try communities have to their families.“Te Puia School has a wonderfully dedicatedcommunity and a very supportive BOT. Our fa-cilities are excellent. I guess we’re really verylucky.” Mr Grace has been teaching for morethan thirty years. He last taught at WharekahikaSchool. Born and brought up at WairongomaiMr Grace moved to Gisborne at the age of five.

Bert Grace - Principal Te Puia

Springs School

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Vickie Mihaka took up the reins of her new po-sition this year and is enjoying the scenicTokomaru Bay area and its community. MsMihaka describes the whanau of Hatea-a-Rangias being very friendly. “The staff are committedin everyway to the children and their learning.”She says everybody is giving 100% to keep thechildren’s faces, ‘bright and cheery’. “Collectivelywe are moving forward to ensure the absolutesuccess of our tamariki achieving in all areas.”Of Maniapoto descent, Ms Mihaka, has a Bach-elor of Education from Wellington University. Lastyear, she taught at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Oparure – Te Kuiti. Her hoarangatira is Ngati Porou Radio manager Ken Eruera.

Vicky Mihaka - Principal Hatea-a-Rangi School

Darrell Waiti - Principal Ngata Memorial Collegel

Darrell Waiti who has a passion for teachingsays he has no qualms about making the harddecsions if it’s the right decision for the overallbenefit of the tamariki. He says he has settledinto the job and has met met lots of wonderfulpeople and students. “I believe I’ve made a goodchoice coming here to the coast.” Mr Waititraded his career as a lawyer for that of a teacherin 1988. For the past six years he has been prin-cipal at Te Aute college. Mr Waiti is of NgatiPikiao (Te Arawa) and Taranaki descent.

This years Tamararo Competitionssignaled the beginning of a year longprogramme developed to celebrate50 years of friendly but fiercelycompetitive kapa haka exchangesamongst Tairawhiti cultural groups.Celebrations occurred across theCoast as Ngati Porou kohanga reogathered for the 20th anniversary ofKohanga Reo. This occasionenabled people to reflect on thekohanga pioneers that took up thekohanga reo cause at a time whenthere were a number of skeptics.They believed in the kaupapa ofpromoting, protecting and enhancingte reo and ensuring that themokopuna of the day were given theopportunity to learn and be immersedin to tatou reo rangatira.Our Chairman, in true Ngati Poroustyle, asserted the right of NgatiPorou claimants and witnesses topresent their Treaty claims evidencein Maori. It is critical that thewitnesses and claimants are able toexpress themselves in the languagethat they are most comfortable in andthe language that appropriatelyexpresses the tikanga and taongatuku iho that will form the basis fortheir evidence. Critics immediatelyreacted by inferring that we werebeing prejudiced against the nonMaori members of the tribunal, apoint that was widely promoted bythe press.All the critics failed to recognize thatour issue was with the capability oftribunal members not their ethnicity.In closing, I invite you all to pick up acopy of the latest Runanga AnnualReport and those that live away fromhome, write in and we will post youout a copy. The report makes goodreading, if you want to know what theRunanga does, how it is organised,and its fiscal and non-fiscalperformance for the period ending 30June, 2002. I would also like to wishyou all a merry, safe and prosperousfestive season and trust you take thetime to enjoy being with your whanau.Do remember the dawn ceremony -January 1, 2003 on Hikurangi and theNgati Porou inter-marae sportsfestival in Uawa, January 3, 2003.Naku na - Amohaere Houkamau

Ngati Porou kohanga reo celebrated its 20-year anniversary with fun day activities taking place throughout therohe. Te Araroa kicked off the celebrations with Awatere, Hinerupe, Te Aotaki and Te Whanau a Pani kohanga reogathering at Hinerupe Marae. Further south Ngati Porou ki Turanga kohanga reo - Te Putake Whakatupuranga, ItiNoa, Turaki Ao, Whanau Aroha, Kimihia, Te Poho o Rawiri, Whakaruruhau and Te Tihi o Titirangi gathered at theGisborne Showgrounds while Ngati Porou mai i Tikitiki tae noa ki Uawa kohanga reo - Nga Whanau Whanui,Marotiri, Te Ao Tawarirangi, Hiruharama, Hinetapora, Whakarua, Waiapu and E Tipu held their special day atTokomaru Bay’s rugby grounds. A static exhibition at the Tairawhiti museum displayed past kaiako, kaiawhina,kuia and koroua of the kohanga reo centres in the Tairawhiti. A ceremony for the very first kohanga reo graduateswas held at Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae. This ceremony which was attended by Kohanga Reo national chief executivelIritana Tawhiwhirangi and Kohanga Reo trust board chairman Timoti Karetu also acknowledged kohanga reopakeke, kaiako and kaiawhina.

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Kohanga Reo celebrates 20th Anniversary

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Te Runanga o Ngati Porou NATI November/December 2002

50-years of kapa haka celebrated. . . with events scheduled throughout the year . . .

Ngati Porou Maori culture teams regrouped to rekindle the kapa haka magic of yester-year. Performing in theentertainment section of the competition this year were, Whangara mai Tawhiti, Hauiti, Hikurangi Pariha, TeHokowhitu-a-Tu and the Ngati Porou Rangatahi. On the competition side Turanga Wahine - Turanga Tane camein second to national kapa haka champions Waihirere. The festival celebrations will be a year long affair whichends with the Tamararo competition’s golden year anniversary. The first year of Tamararo competition was 1953.A special feature highlighting Tamararo history will be published in Nati Link issue 24.


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His sons and people continued todwell for some time at that place andby and by they exhumed the bodyof their dead father Tuere andmanufactured his bones into fishinghooks and when all was done theycarried them out to sea and fishedand caught a large quantity of finefish. Then they paddled back to theshore. But on reaching it they didnot take a single thing out of theircanoe, leaving therein the fish, thehooks and the lines, the paddles andthe balers - all everything, landingstark naked, and so going to theirresidence.Now all this was not of themselves,nor of their own devising - for theirdead father had planned all this andbound them by his last words - theperformance only at this time beingpretty sure that it would soon reachsome other inhabited village on thecoast, where the people would seizeand eat the fish which was in thecanoe, that by their so doing, theymight all die - through the powerfulmalevolent influence of the bones ofTuere (The words are - ‘Kei ngaiwi o Tuere te mana, te atua’).And so at last the wished-forslaughter was made, and the battlewas gained by Tuere and his sons.And they (the sons) having done allthis left those parts, where they hadlong lived, migrating northwards toMaketu and Tauranga, where someof their descendants are to this day,the offspring of Te Rangihouwhiri.”This fragment from the past isquoted in Colenso to rescue it fromthe pages of a publication, which isnot readily available to students.Kite flying held a prominent place inthe life of those early days. It pro-vided not only amusement but amode of divination.Great skill was required in the con-struction of the kite. The materialswere of the lightest, including theaute or paper mulberry, dried andbeaten out as in the making ofbarkcloth (tappa in the islands).Retaliatory cursing of high chiefs in-

evitably led to fighting from which avendetta resulted and continued forgenerations. Even the bones ofTuere, made into fishhooks and thefish caught with them became themeans of a deadly reprisal againstthe descendants of his enemy.It is probable that Tangihaere mi-grated to the lands aboutWhareponga in consequence of thefeud with the people of Te Awariki.The latter were determined to oustthe Tuere and Tangihaere familiesfrom the region of Whangara. Wehave no record beyond the fragmentquoted for the migration to the Bayof Plenty of the descendants ofTuere. On the other hand traditiontells of them lingering on atWhangara or its neighbourhood tothe period of Uekaiahu and his sons.It was not until the latter had reachedmanhood, that Ngai Tuere migratednorthwards to the territory ofRuawaipu.

We may here dispose of two of thechildren of Tuere shown on our table17. Tamateataharoa became thechief wife of Hingangaroa and hasbeen dealt with in the notes on thatancestor. Niwa married Tanetangiia,who is traced on the table II fromthe marriage of Taiau with TeAriaterangi. Niwa and Tanetangiiagave rise to a line of ancestors iden-tified with the lower Waiapu Valley.We shall deal with them when wecome to the history of that part ofour canoe area.

It is with the descendants of the firstchild, Rongomaikairae, that we arechiefly concerned in this lecture.She became the wife of Whatiua-Whatiwhati-Kauamo, a descendantof Ruawaipu. All authorities areagreed that this gentleman with thelong name was the husband ofRongomaikairae, but there is notsimilar agreement about his ances-try. The original Whatiua was oneof the many sons of Uenuku, thegreat chieftain priest in Hawaiki withwhom Turi of the Aotea migrationand Tamatekapua of the Arawa mi-gration disagreed and left Hawaikiin consequence. He was namedWhatiua-Takamarae, a name givenlater of the father of the Whatiuaunder discussion.

Rongomaikairae had Whatiuaroa,who took to wife a younger sister ofMuriwhakaputa, his grandmother.We may expostulate with the eldersfor handing down to us such an im-probable tradition. They make itmore difficult still for us moderns,when they go further and tell us, thaton the death of his first wife,Tamakihi, he took her younger sis-ter, Pamoana, to wife. While on herdeathbed Tamakihi sent for her sis-ter Pamoana, and enjoined her totake Whatiuaroa. He appears tohave been an excellent husband toTamakihi who had by him two chil-dren, UEKAIAHU and MATUA.Pamoana protested that she had ahusband. “Leave him” cried the dy-ing woman, and Pamoana left herhusband and became the wife ofWhatiuaroa. These men andwomen who lived in the early part ofthe sixteenth century were of theMaori aristocracy of the East Coastand demonstrated in their social re-lationships the moral code of theirpeople and time. It did not differmaterially from the codes of civilisedraces of the period or the obser-vances in our enlightened age amongeducated Christians.There is no doubt, that thedescendant of Rongomaikairaecontinued to live in theneighbourhood of Whangara until thegeneration after Uekaiahu. He wasthe chief of Ngai Tuere and was heirto the bitter feud between thedescendants and followers of Tuereand Tangihaere.The period was one of great unrestall along the shores of the easternsea from Mahia to Whangaparaoa.Hauiti had lifted his hand against hiselder brother and driven them to thehills and forest north of Uawa. Hehad raided the Uepohatu territory andlater made a slave of and taken as aconcubine the eldest daughter ofUepohatu.Ngati Ruanuku and Te Wahineiti hadsown the seed of their future destruc-tion by slaying the son of Tangihaerewho was Poroumata.In the Turanga district Kahungunuhad appeared on the scene, a con-temporary of Ruapani,Rongowhakaata, Tahitotarere andother notables. There were enforcedmigrations southwards from the

The following korero is takenfrom the Rauru-nui-a-Toi lecturesby Ta Apirana Ngata. The previ-ous korero in Nati Link issue 22ended with the battles betweenTe Awariki and Tuere.. lets con-tinue

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Turanga district as the result of thenew and complicated relationshipsintroduced by the marriage ofhighborn women with highborn mennewly come among them.In all the quarrels and deadly fight-ing which took place the root causewas the jealousy of the native popu-lations and the fear, that their landsand mana might pass to strangers.This was probably the reason for theattack by Te Awariki on Tuere andhis people. The ‘kiteflying’ wasmerely an excuse for his outburst ofcursing, the overt expression of thedeepseated resentment at thegrowth of the following of Tuere, re-inforced as it was from time to timeby the influx of Ruawaipu blood fromthe north. NGAOHOIt was in the time of Uekaiahu andhis sister Tuiti-matua that a tribecalled NGAOHO found its way intothe territory of Ruawaipu. The originof this tribe is obscure, but it camefrom the Bay of Plenty and wasprobably one of many tribes overwhich the mantle of the name of Toihas been spread.These tribes were now feeling theweight of the virile hands of thedescendants of the crews of thecanoes of the 1350 A.D Fleet.Ngaoho were driven to seek newlands and penetrated the lands ofRuawaipu by war of Whangaparaoa.Tamateaarahia, a great grandson ofRuawaipu, was then the chief of theRuawaipu people living on the westside of the Awatere River. He hadtaken to wife Tirahapare, a greatgranddaughter of Ruawaipu. Thislady was the younger sister ofMuriwhakaputa, wife of Tuere, andelder sister to Tamakihi andPamoana.Ngaoho came in overwhelming num-bers. They were not long picking aquarrel with the Ruawaipu people andat Pungaruku, where the beach thatstretches from the mouth of theAwatere River northwards ends. Theykilled Tamateaarahia and slaughteredhis kinsmen and followers.They overran the lands west of theAwatere River and occupied pointsof vantage on the semi-circle of hillsfacing the sea and harvested thefruits of their conquest.

Poroporoaki

Anaru (Skip) Paenga

Bill (Scarlett) Poi

E te karangatangamaha o roto o NgatiPorou, haere.E te rangatira Scarlet,kanui te pouri me temamae mou kuatangohia atu nei i amatau e te ringa kahao aitua.

Ka tanuku ka tanukuKa tanuku te tihi oPukehapopoKa tanuku!Ki te karangamaha ki te hoaki te ringa raupaa te iwiKi te uri a Paikea

Tu mai ra a Hikurangimaunga iwhaikorerotia ra e koeki a kaua e tukuna kiariro ki waho i ngaringaringa o NgatiPorou. Kua mau aHikurangi, engari kokoe tana uri kua

mawehe atu i a matau.Haere e hika ki te ao kei te po ki tehuinga o nga mana o to iwi.Ko matau ia, ko o koutou morehuhei muri nei tangi atu ai mo koutou,Haere! Haere! Haere!

Ariki Moana, a Porourangi, a Konohi,a Ruataupare, a Hinekehu.Ki a koe Anaru - Haere! Haere!Haere! E piki ki runga o Hikurangi oAorangi, he ingoa ia no Hawaiki maitawhiti. Na o kau i tapa e huri toaroaro ki Paraweranui kiTahumakanui ko te ara tena iwhakaterea mai ai o tipuna e tekauika Tangaroa - Te Urunga Tapu oPaikea!Haere te pononga a te iwi, te kaimanaaki a te iti a te rahi, te kai hapaii nga taonga tuku iho, te kai kawe inga korero tuku iho. Te pononga ate Atua.E ki ana te korero - “Ma o mahi ka

kitea koe e te ao e toiwi Maori”. Ara kuapuawai Te Runanga oNgati Porou, kei tewhitiki te WhareWananga o NgatiPorou, kei te paohotonu te Reo Irirangi oNgati Porou. Kei te

rangona tonu te haka me te waiataki roto i nga uri whakatipu.Kei te pakari haere te reo ake o NgatiPorou. Kei te koiri te matauranga aiwi ki roto i te rohe puta noa i Aotearoa.Ko koe i kite, ko koe i rongo, ko koeano te tautoko i enei kaupapa.No reira takoto marie koe i tookiokinga whakamutunga ki te ruakoiwi o ena o matua tipuna kiPouawa kia papaki mai nga ngaru ote moana a Tangaroa me kore emahea te pouri te mamae e ngaunei i enei o hoa kaitiaki o to tatouRunanga.E kore koe e ngaro i o matouwhakaaro.

Ngati Poroutanga questions1 - Where is Okuri wharenui?2- What is the river closest to Tina Toka wharenui?3- How many Kura Kaupapa in Ngati Porou and where are they?4- Who is the sister of Hau and Ueroa.5-Ruataupare was the wife of ...?6 Who did Apirana Ngata send to Taitokerau to prepare them for thehaka for the 1934 Waitangi celebrations?

This korero will continue inNati Link issue 24

Haere e te ringaringa raupa o ngatake ahuwhenua o roto o to Pakihiroame Punaga.Koinanei etahi o nga tohuwhakamaumaharatanga ki a koe, amohou hoki mo ake tonu.


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The Maori Women’s Welfare Leaguenational conference hosted by theTairawhiti region focused on womenand the whanau, with political chal-lenges being made by representa-tives from throughout the country.Dignitaries who attended the confer-ence included League patron DameTe Ataairangi Kaahu, Prime Minis-ter Helen Clarke, Minister of MaoriAffairs Parekura Horomia, Ministerof Women’s Affairs Ruth Dyson andTe Kohanga Reo national presidentIritana Tawhiwhirangi, to name a few.Mrs Bennett described her succes-sion to national president as beinga humbling experience.“I felt very proud to be elected but Ialso felt very humble because somany people have put their trust inme.”

MWWLelects new

leader

Jackie Te Kani (left) hands on thereins of leadership to Whangaraborn Kitty Bennett (nee Leach)during the closing of the annualconference of the Maori Women’sWelfare League at Gisborne.

Waiapu River `he taonga`

Waiapu has always been part of my identity including our mountain (Hikurangi).I have lived all over New Zealand, however wherever I have lived, Hikurangiand Waiapu have always been my identification. I swam in theKarakatuwhero and Awatere Rivers. I never lived near the Waiapu and Ihave never swum in the Waiapu but I am spiritually linked to them. This ismore important than the physical connection. Wairua is always more im-portant and I believe these things. Wherever I go this river is with me.My mother is from Tuparoa, and my father is from Te Araroa. Mum neverbrought us back to her turangawaewae. She was born at Tuparoa andraised at Mangahanea by her grandmother.When I am lonely or in my lowest times I feel that connection through mymother, from my mother.The Waiapu, Uepohatu, Hinetapora, Hikurangi, Maui, are all familiar con-cepts, familiar people, we are spiritually connected. Mum always spoke ofthese things, these people.We are guardians, protectors, and caretakers. Permission is needed to fishand gather kai, otherwise it is like trespassing. It is not just the sea or thewater. Karakia must come into play. Always! We have been taught torespect. Every whanau had their cupboards. We do not just go and helpourselves. We seek permission. Respect. It’s about respect. Never lightfires on the river. Never eat kai on the beach. Go home and eat yourseafood, and Mum would make us take shells back to the water. Koinanga tikanga. Do not burn it. Do not burn kai. We listened to our mothercause her words made sense.Manuka, gravel and stones from Waiapu. The G.D.C. helps themselves.That is a no-no. You don’t do it. Just taking or helping yourself is disre-spectful. Leave things where they are.People take things for souvenirs. It’s a desecration. The river is our taongaand our life essence. Land erosion reflects how we are becoming as apeople. We are losing our mana. The river is eating away at the land.Without this land we are nothing.You can’t use the river for karakia or ritual because the mauri is not intact.Where do we then go to do those things? Dumps, forestry etc prevents usfrom doing special ceremonial things. Machinery disturbs the sanctity.Just today we are sitting on the river bank having lunch – a logging truckgoes by. It’s a struggle to be Maori, to be who we are. The river, themountains - when you know that these things are in place, still whole – youfeel you have a right to be in that place. You are tangata whenua. Youbelong to those things.The river is who we all are. The community is all of us who live within theboundaries of Ngati Porou, all who identify with Ngati Porou and all who livehere in our rohe. We are all responsible. Others are a part of this commu-nity however, Ngati Porou are the tangata whenua.

Photo Left: KuiaHinemaurea Hauitiand WaiapuResercher TuiWarmenhoven onthe banks of theTapuaeroa Riverwith Mt Hikurangiin the background.

“The community is all of us ...we are all responsible”

The following korerois an interview by MsWarmenhoven withMrs Hauiti for theWaiapu ResearchTrust..

1 - Mangatuna2 - Mangaoporo3 - Five - Rangitukia, Ruatoria, Waipiro Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Mangatuna4 - Rongomaianiwaniwa5 - Tuwhakairiora6 - Henare Teowai.

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... Nati ... news ... in ... brief ...

Ngati Porou ki Hauraki Taura Here columnHe panui no Ngati Porou ki HaurakiTena koutou nga mihi nui ki akoutou katoa te whanau o NgatiPorou whanui. Matou nga uri o NgatiPorou i noho ana i roto i te rohe oHauraki ko nga whanau o ngaHarrison, Hale, Reedy, Potae,Mareroa, Ngapo, Tuari Tamihere,Makarini-Saddlier-Teneti ma.The jewel in our crown at the presenttime is our little school, Te KuraKaupapa Maori o Harataunga.Amidst much sweat and toil, over ahundred years ago, our tupuna builtKennedy Bay Native School tohonour education and ensure thefutures of our parents andgrandparents. And in 2001 wecelebrated the opening of a brandnew kura which stands in honour ofnga taonga tuku iho. We aredetermined to whakamana te reo onga rangatira, we are committed tothe achievement of academicexcellence, we are building a brightfuture for our mokopuna and we aredefinitely going to learn more aboutour Poroutanga.Our talented whanau are never shortof brilliant schemes and dreams. Ata recent strategic planning hui, wedecided to focus on whakapapa, notthe personal bits that belong at

home, but the tupuna names whichconnect and link our many whanau.On the agenda for 2003 is a trip tothe East Coast to pay tribute toHikurangi, stay at Iritekura marae,mingle with the rellies and feel theahua of Tairawhiti.Needless to say, many of us weredelighted to read about theestablishment of the Aporo HikitapuaMokopuna Whanau Trust in thelatest Maori Land Court panui.Kia ora to those who have put downthis wero, please keep us informed.In the meantime, our tamariki willhave their noses to the grindstonegetting an education and now thatour kura has its’ own server they allhave their own email addresses. Somaybe there is a Nati Kura out therewho would be willing to join us in apenpal initiative (in this case, heimara hoa) our tamariki could emaileach other with the latest Nati news!We are very keen about our Fridayprogramme which aims to teach arange of skills including gardening,cooking, sports and art but also howto make ceramic tiles, recyclerubbish, ride horses, care forkaimoana and identify native trees,plants and rongoa. We’ve even hadthoughts about setting up a radio

station, a banana plantation and arecording studio! And we have lotsof first time experiences to share aswell … for the first time our Natitamariki played an awesome rugbyseason and we’re all but undefeated!!... for the first time some of our Natitamariki are representing the localarea school at the Hauraki KapaHaka Festival and we hope that theydo well … for the first time our kuracelebrated Mataariki with a dawnceremony … and for the first timewe are contributing to Nati Link insupport of its’ vision ofwhakawhanaungatanga. We areproud to be Ngati Porou, kia orakoutou katoa

Na nga whanau o Ngati Porou kiHaurakiTe Kura Kaupapa Maori oHarataunga can be contacted [email protected]

Courthouse openThe new $770,000 Ruatoria CourtHearing Centre which also doublesas the Heartland’s Services Centrefor government agencies and com-munity groups was recently blessedand is open for business.

Nati Babe

Land of milk & honeyWaipiro Bay and Wharepongawhanau have secured a joint venturewith the honey producing companyComvita. The two projects areslightly different, however bee keep-ers hope both ventures will add upto a future of good fortunes.

Nati Babe label fashion designer TeKaihou Ngarotata unveiled her lat-est collection of clothing at HinerupeMarae in Novemebr.The multi talented 12-year-old hasher fashions on-sale in 14 retail out-lets throughout the North Island. Shelives in the central Hawkes’ Bay withher parents Matt and Tracey whoboth affiliate to Te Whanau aTuwhakairiora.

The Maori Farmer of the Yearcompetition 2003 is being held toreward excellence so that othersmay learn to enhance their ownperformance and to highlight thewider Maori farming community.Established in 1932 by Sir ApiranaNgata, the Maori Farmer of the Yearcontest was held annualy for 60years.In keeping with tradition the winnerwill be presented with the originalAhuwhenua Cup donated by LordBledisloe, a medal based on the1932 design and a generous prizepackage.Entry is free, the closing date isFriday February 14 at 5pm.For further information phone0800 647 000.

Farmer contest

GMC is coming out of recess and isplanning its 50th year celebrationsfor Auckland Anniverary Weekend2004 at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae.Club president and last remaining lifemember Toko Te Kani encouragespast members to register, he saysnew members are welcome.

GMC anniversary

A Iwi Hui to discuss whale issueswill be hosted by Te Runanga o NgatiPorou in February.

Whale hui-a-iwi


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Te Runanga o Ngati Porou

Runanga annual report

Fisheries round up

Trustees profiles

Nati Babe ... fashion

Tuhono whanau

New Managers

Tamararo history

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A new venue and exciting newevents are planned for theJanuary 3, 2003 Inter-maraeSportsday next year at TolagaBay Area School.A raft design and race compe-tition, golf tournament kareokecompetition and two man saw-ing competition are just someof the new events which will befeaturing at the Ngati Porou In-ter-marae sports day.

Gearing up for IntermaraeSportsday

Register your teamsfor the Intermarae Sportsday

Phone 06 8649004 or e:mail [email protected]

HikurangiMaunga-2003

celebration

Programme for WednesdayJanuary 1 2003

4.00am: Assemble at PakihiroaStation

4.15am: Depart for Te Takapau oMaui

5.00am: assemble in parkingarea adjacent to TeTakapau o Maui

5.20am: Dawn CeremonyCommencesKarangaKarakiaHakaWhakatau

6.30am Descend from TeTakapau o Maui

7.30am Barbecue breakfast atPakihiroa woolshed

For all those wishing to participatein the Dawn Ceremony you will berequired to1 Organise your own 4WDtransport.2 Ensure that you have theappropriate clothing and footwear.

This programme is an annualschedule for those who might

like to attend future (NewYear) dawn celebrations

CEO Amohaere Houkamautold those who attendedthe Association ofPolytechnics in NewZealand conference, thatNgati Porou had alwaysbeen a knowledge basedsociety.From Maui the entrepeuner to SirApirana Ngata, the greatest bi-cultural academic of the 20thCentury - Ngati Porou have alwaysfocused on knowledge as aneccessary tool for survival, shesaid.“We are not only clear about wherewe are going we are also clear aboutwhere we have come from.Ms Houkmau also spoke aboutNgati Porou education with special

Photo above - Key people at theconference were from left APNZexecutive director Jim Doyle,keynote speakers AssociateMinister of Education (tertiary)Steve Maharey, TRONP CEOAmohaere Houkamou, APNZpresident Pehimana Brown andTairawhiti chief executive MarkChapman.reference to Whaia te iti Kahurangithe joint Ngati Porou educationinitiative with the Crown.

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