Featured in this edition

Trustee tira haere huri noa i te rohe.

Te Rau Tau o Te Whare Karakia o Te Ahupehio o Hata Maria, Motukaraka.

Rededication of Te Maru o Te Huia, Pawarenga.

Te Rarawa sports stars.

Te Kukupa

Runanga Trustees and supporters on their arrival at Matihetihe Marae, Mitimiti for lunch as part of their recent tira haere around the rohe.

WINTER Edition, 2010

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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

Noho Marae Our last noho marae back at the hau kainga ended our set of five noho for the kaupapa whaikorero and karanga. This was an awesome experience and some-thing to remember.

Whangape Our hikoi to Whangape was a journey well planned. While the weather was threaten-ing to dampen things, it couldn‟t have worked out better. Tama-nui-i-te-ra was out, making our hikoi most enjoyable. Nga mihi ki a Matua Willy, Whaea Pera and the whanau for the powhiri into Ngati Haua, under “nga rekereke o Rangiputa”. Acknowledgement to Jazmin for assisting her nana Pera in the karanga and also to Jimmy Pereira for his mihi. Both rangatahi are examples of succession planning and a better future for our marae.

Rangiputa Rangiputa Maunga has significance. It was the powerhouse of Kahi raua ko Kaimanu. Kahi was the son of Tarutaru and Te Ruapounamu. Tarutaru and his party invaded Ngati Whatua to avenge the death of Te Ripo, and Te Rarawa Kaiwhare te ingoa me te iwi, was born.

Ueoneone raua ko Reitu Our journey continued towards Ahuriri. It was there that Rawhitiroa Heke told us of Ueoneone and Reitu. As you know, Ahuriri marks the place where Reitu washed her-self after her flight from Tainui on Karearea, the pet bird of Ueoneone. Ra Heke may have embellished the story a little with Ueoneone and his delight of seeing Reitu. His „rakau‟ parted the sea when he ap-proached her off the shores of Hautapoki and Te Tomo. Ra also indicated that Ueoneone left part of himself at Mehopa, in the form of two boulders.

Marae DIY Waihou styles Sept 3rd-5th We are having a working bee to put up, repair, paint and replace old worn out fixtures and fittings and to give our Marae a much needed face lift. The project manager - John Collins has put out a re-quest for skilled trades people to come but really everyone is welcome. Facebook Whanau will know of facebook and the web page set up by Shirley Frost. This initiative has had an explosion of mem-bers, now heading towards 200 and climb-ing. Robyn Kamira, Whina Te Whiu and Makarita Ngaropo have been working hard to get our own Waihou Marae web-site up and running. This whakaaro is sup-ported by the Trustees and by the whanau in general. This is an awesome initiative which will build upon the success of face-book, giving our whanau who find it hard to come back home greater access to what‟s going on and allowing them to play a part in their marae. Watch this space.

Next round of noho marae The kaupapa of this next round of hui is Waiata Tawhito. We will look at waiata familiar to us, as well as pao, patere and waiata which relate to common tupuna, Hokianga and Te Rarawa. The hui have already started with the following to come in September. Sept 10

th Te Tira Hou

Marae, Panmure. Sept 24th Waihou Marae Nau mai, haere mai.

Right: Whanau gather at Willy and Pera Leef kainga, Whangape.

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Te Uri o Hina

Ko Kokohuia te maunga Ko Ti Paki te awa

Ko Hohou Te Rongo te whare tupuna Ko Ngamotu te whare kai Ko Te Uri o Hina te hapu

Ko Te Rarawa te Iwi Tihei mauri ora

Water quality The Northland District Health Board keeps a close eye on water quality in the rohe. A recent test by them of our water indicates we need to make improvements to our water management. As we collect our water primarily from the roofs of our build-ings we need ensure gutters and drains don‟t collect decaying material that will ultimately affect water quality. A working bee was organised to deal with the issue.

Marae finances Finances are a struggle for most marae and ours is no different. Although our book-ings have increased a lot thanks to our hardworking ahika, we‟re still not in a sustainable financial position at this time. The committee has now taken steps to minimise all costs and develop a plan.

Strategic plan In late 2009 the committee developed a strategic plan for Te Uri o Hina Marae working with the Runanga which is seeking to assist marae to develop and establish a sustainable and positive future for their hapu. In this regard encouragement and assistance was provided to by the Runanga for the exercise to be undertaken. After discussion and consultation with our hapu, Te Uri o Hina submitted our plan to the Runanga late last year. The plan gener-ally covers eight areas:

Our identity as Te Uri o Hina

The involvement of our whanau

Te reo me ona tikanga

Kaitiakitanga

Our economic environment

Our social environment

Our facilities

Our partnerships

This plan is available on request by contact-ing committee members. We will also be sharing this with you at future wananga.

Annual plan Stemming from the strategic plan is the an-nual plan for 2010. This plan outlines those things we wish achieve this year in support of our long term goals. This includes collecting and recording whakapapa, waiata and paki-waitara of Te Uri o Hina; holding wananga to share these; establishing communication channels to the hapu; developing a database of the whanau; encouraging development of te reo; promoting marae leadership; develop-ing a kaitiakitanga strategy; developing in-come streams and a business strategy; de-veloping an up-grade plan for facilities; and developing a strong partnership with our sis-ter marae Te Rarawa. This is quite a stretch for this year. We welcome anyone interested in getting involved with this exciting opportu-nity to shape the future of our hapu.

Taonga The committee have discussed considering the return to Pukepoto of taonga held in various institutions to allow us to access taonga more readily. We will need to ensure the appropriate protective measures are in place to hold and protect these taonga. This is a definitely a significant issue for our hapu and a key item in our strategic plan. Next Te Uri o Hina Marae komiti hui Sunday August 29

th 2010, Pukepoto.

Tena koutou te whanau whanui o Te Uri o Hina. Nga mihi mahana ki a koutou.

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Kahukura making a comeback In July in Nelson, Kahukura Bentson fought in the Senior Elite Welterweight division, ful-filling his ambition of once again becoming a NZ Champion. He is now a five times New Zealand Champion also holding titles from 2000- 2002 and again in 2004. He has now been selected for the New Zealand Boxing Team which will travel to Canberra for the Oceania Championships. It is anticipated that this tournament will be a Commonwealth Games qualifier. Kahukura is currently work-ing as a cadre with the Leadership Academy of A Company. His primary role is as a physi-cal training instructor providing cadets and staff with fitness and health programs. In this role he is also the mentor, caregiver and ad-visor to the cadets. Kahukura has always wanted to work with youth and thoroughly enjoys this work as he is able to interact, in-spire and mould the young cadets that they

may achieve their highest potential at what-ever they aspire to be. To all his supporters in the Far North he says he will keep on do-ing his best. Kahukura is not the only one from his family winning medals. His young-est sister, Ngawari recently came first at a gymnastics competition in Kamo.

Above: Kahukura & his supporters after his win.

Owhata Marae

Ko Te Rawhitiroa te maunga Ko Puhata Wairere te awa

Ko Owhata te wahapu Ko Nga-Tai-o-e Uru te moana Ko Kingi Hori te whare tupuna

Ko Maraea te whare kai Ko Ngati Torotoroa, ko Tahukai,

ko Te Popoto nga hapu

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

Notes from Owhata:

The McDowell whanau are planning un-

veilings for October. (tbc)

The Korewha whanau are planning a

reunion and get together along with the kawe mate for their mother Aunty Tangi in December.

The Owhata water project has been

underway since January.

Congratulations to Whaea Clara

Kiikoro graduated from Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi.

Congratulations to whanau mem-

bers Kura Heke and Pat Heke and others who competed with distinc-tion at the World Waka Ama Cham-pionships held in New Caledonia recently.

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Waipuna Marae

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

Ko Waiariki, ko Kaitutae, ko Ngati Manawa e toru nga hapu o Waipuna

Panguru Maunga A hui was held in February at Waipuna to discuss the need to replace trustees on Panguru Maunga and Nahareta Urupa. The following were nominated as trustees for Panguru Maunga: Pa Henare Tate, Joseph Cooper, Rudy Taylor, Fred Peita, Les Job, Jose Te Wake and Wa Thomas. The following people were nominated as Trustees for Nahareta Urupa: Les Job, Wa Thomas, Fred Peita, Pa Henare Tate, Jose McLean, Tom Green, and Buddy Wihone. A follow up hui will be called in the near future because of Maori Land Court processes and some whanau hav-ing concerns regarding these nominations and the process undertaken. A copy of the Maori Land Court Schedule of Sharehold-ers can be obtained by contacting the Waipuna Marae Delegate.

Te Whakaputanga/ Te Tiriti hearings Waipuna whanau recently took part in hosting one of these historic Tribunal hearings. Waipuna Marae on behalf of the Panguru community won the bid from three other venues to host week three of the hearings from the 8th–13th August. It is estimated that well over a thousand peo-ple participated in the hearings. Kaikorero representing Waipuna Marae were Hine Puru and Abraham Witana. Wayne Te Tai joined the team as kaikorero for Waimirirangi Marae.

Te Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti Tupuna, Papahia signed Te Whakapu-tanga along with Te Tiriti. His son Wiremu Tana Papahia, and two of his nephews Nga Niho (Re) Te Tai and Te Hira, (sons of Ngakahuwhero) also signed Te Tiriti. These rangatira are the only ones throughout the whole country that signed as father, son and mokopuna (Te Kotahi).

Tinorangatiratanga Research to date has reaffirmed that our tupuna did not cede sovereignty to the Crown. Te Whakaputanga, signed in 1835 created a framework for the maintenance of self autonomy. The extract below taken from Papahia‟s korero in 1840 illustrates the point. “What is the Governor come for?” exclaimed Papahia. “He, indeed, He to be high, very high, like Maungataniwha and we low on the ground; nothing but little hills. No, no, no! Let us be equal; why should one hill be high and another low? This is bad."

Waipuna Maori Wardens Waipuna Marae Trustees would like to acknowledge the commitment made by Maori Wardens Freda Takerei and William Morunga for making themselves available for all hui recently held at Waipuna. The dedication of these two people in providing a safe and secure venue for our whanau and manuhiri is very much appreciated.

The World a Click Away We have now moved into the 21st Century! We are pleased to announce that Waipuna is now wireless providing the ability for whanau and marae users to access the internet on the Marae computer (restricted access) and personal laptops.

Above: Wayne Te Tai and Abraham Witana before their presentations to the Tribunal.

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Ko te Rautau o te Whare Karakia o Te Ahupehio o Hata Maria, Motukaraka, Easter 2010

Ngai Tupoto Marae

Ko Rakautapu te maunga Ko Tapuwae te awa

Ko Hokianga te moana Ko Ngahuia te whare

Ko Ngai Tupoto te hapu

Hundreds celebrate centenary Ngai Tupoto celebrated the centenary of Our Lady of the Assumption church at the marae on Easter Sunday. Hundreds of visitors joined with hapu members for this historic occasion. The day commenced with Mass at 11.00am followed by a powhiri, hakari and entertainment at the marae. The church was formally blessed and dedicated on the 3 April 1910. Our Lady of the Assumption is a prominent landmark which can be seen from the Hokianga car ferry which runs between Rawene and Rangiora (the Narrows).

It was built by the local Maori community on marae land under the leadership of Nui Hare. Timber was sourced from Tapuwae, and whanau members dug gum to raise the funds necessary to complete the church.

Preparations Planning and fund raising for the centenary celebrations began several years ago. The church has had structural repairs, a new roof and a face lift for the occasion.

Above: Plaque that was unveiled to mark

occasion.

Below: Religious, readers and Katekita during the Mass.

Above: Kai Powhiri before Mass

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Centennial publication A book, which had been written to mark the occasion, was launched at the celebrations. The book entitled, Ko te Ahupe-hio o Hata Maria; 100 years of Motukaraka church history, looks at Catholicism in Hokianga, the Purakau Mission, Te Huahua convent and memories of church events over the past 100 years. It also profiles nine religious who have come out of the Motukaraka Parish. Copies of the book are available for $25 plus postage from the Ngai Tupoto Marae secretary, PO Box 47, Rawene or by emailing raywen@igrin.co.nz.

Above: Manuhiri coming on to the marae and during mihimihi in the whare, Ngahuia

Above: A large marquee was erected on the water’s edge for the hakari.

Above left: Official party arriving at the church.

Above: Whanau from Taranaki. Left: Mangamuka whanau.

Top right: Marae workers take a break. Right: Whanau after Mass.

Above: The marquee team waiting for the arrival of manuhiri for the hakari.

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Ohaki Marae

Ko Kurahaupo te waka Ko Hinerake te maunga Ko Whangape te moana

Ko Te Maru-o-te-Huia raua ko Te Urunga-mou-tonu nga whare tupuna Ko Te Oranga te whare kai

Ko Ohaki o Pawarenga te marae

Tree planting on Pukepoto River Two hundred trees from Tuia Nursery were planted along the river in Pukepoto by this group of young people recently. Supervisor for the gang was Poppy Davis (nee Yates). Working with

Frank and Harata turn 70

Whanau and friends gath-ered at Te Ohaki Marae recently to celebrate the joint 70th birthday of Frank and Harata (nee Rudolph) Herbert.

The birthday couple are photographed with their tamariki and one of their many mokopuna during the official speeches.

Nga mihi nui ki nga whanau o Te Uri o Tai, me Te Rarawa whanui hoki. The marae has been busy over recent months with several big events.

Te Rarawa Marae

Ko Taumatamahoe te maunga Ko Tangonge te wai

Ko Rangihaukaha te wahi tapu Ko Ngati-Te-Ao, Te Tahaawai me Te Uri-o-Hina nga hapu

Ko Te Rarawa te marae

them were horticulturist Danny Lambourn from Tuia Nursery and Rongo Bentson. Everybody worked hard and consistently, getting the job done in one day. It was a great day and Te Rarawa Marae organiser Mary Anderson and other members of the community were very happy to see the work getting done and found the young kaimahi hard working and well mannered.

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Above: Mosaic by Te Kura o Hata Maria.

Above: New caretaker facilities opened in the old Nga Hoe Horo building.

Above: Te Maru o Te Huia after the rededication.

Rededication of Te Maru o Te Huia

The old whare hui Te Maru o Te Huia at Ohaki Marae in Pawarenga was re-dedicated over the Easter weekend after a major makeover. The marae was badly effected by the 1999 floods and over the last ten years the Ohaaki whanau have been systematically upgrading all their buildings and attempting to protect them against future flood events. Along with the rededica-tion of Te Maru o Te Huia a newly renovated caretaker flat was opened in the old Nga Hoe Horo building at the back of the marae.

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Motuti Marae

Ko Tamatea te maunga Ko Waipapa te awa

Ko Hokianga te moana Ko Ngati Te Maara, Ngati Tamatea nga hapu Ko Motuti te marae, Ko Tamatea te whare nui

Motuti honours Pa Henare Around 200 people gathered recently at the marae in Motuti to honour Pa Henare Tate for the completion of his PhD.

Pa Henare has been studying through the Melbourne College of Divinity in the field of theology for a number of years. His PhD thesis was titled Towards some founda-tions of a Maori theology. His degree was conferred over in Melbourne earlier in the

year and only a few support people we able to attend. Motuti whanau decided to hold a celebration at home so that Pa‟s achievements could be honoured in front of his own people. Celebration of graduates from Motuti After the success of this day it has been decided to call all graduates from Motuti back to a celebration in December to pro-file the achievements of hapu members.

Above: Pa Henare Tate in PhD robe.

Above: Pa Henare with Runanga Chair, Haami Piripi and Housing New Zealand official Tamati Olsen.

Above: Visitors socialising out in front of Tamatea

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Marae houses opened

Along with Pa Henare‟s PhD celebration the Marae Trustees took the opportunity to open the new houses that have been built on the marae. A dream that goes back 20 years was fulfilled and there are now four brand new homes at the marae. Three of the houses have been built in partnership with Housing New Zealand.

Right: Kai Powhiri Joanie Daniels leading the ope into one of the new homes.

Above: Te Uri o Tai whanau who came to support the day. Above: Joanie Daniels and Kevin Robinson inspecting a new kitchen.

Above: Pa Henare, Emma Davis and Freda Takerei outside one of the new rental homes that have been built at the Marae.

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Tira haere o nga kaitiaki o Te Runanga

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During March and May the trustees of the Runanga embarked upon two tira haere around the rohe to familiarise themselves with issues relating to the Treaty settlement process. The first excursion was from Kaitaia to Pawarenga via Takahue, Mangamuka, Te Karae, Motukaraka, Panguru, Rangi Point and Mitimiti. Highlights included historical korero from the mana whenua of each takiwa, a road side hui with Kohatutaka in the gorge, lunch at Matihetihe, an overnight stay at Taiao in Pawarenga. The next day the group journeyed to Owhata, and out to Tauroa.

The second tira haere began with a wananga at Roma Marae before the roopu embarked on a trip through the Sweetwaters farm, up to Waipa-pakauri and then up to Hukatere. The photos included in this spread clockwise from the top left were taken at Taiao Marae, Owhata, Sweet-waters, Ahipara, Te Oneroa a Tohe, Hukatere, Owhata, Tauroa, and Matihetihe.

o Te Rarawa huri noa i te rohe

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Noho whenua at Moringai

Ahipara whanau have occupied an area near Paripari maintaining that it was wrongfully included in a gift transaction. A general store was located on the land by store keeper James Work Reid around the late 19th century. In 1904 the land was par-titioned into 2 blocks with Moringai A granted to the Reid family and Moringai B granted to 23 Maori owners. The owners were Atariana Kingi Wiremu, Mihi Tipene, Nuhaka Kingi, Nuhaka Kingi, Mere Tipene, Amiria Te Tai, Mangu Te Tai, Erina Hopa, Neri Puhipi, Honetana Papahia, Peri Ti-pene, Hone Tipene, Pene Ruki, Huia Ti-pene, Poroa Puhipi, Ihapera Tipene, Rihi Pota, Ihapera Riiwhi, Riapo Puhipi, Iehu Puhipi, Hohepa Te Tai, Kahi Tipene, Re Te Tai, and Karana Tipene.

Reid died in 1897. His daughter Johanna Reid gifted the land to the Bishop of the Catholic Church. The original store which had become a boarding house was gifted as a retreat for the Brothers. The Reid family occupied Moringai A but not Moringai B which was wrongfully included. In recent years the Catholic Church sold the land to a developer and it has been sub-divided into 13 sections The develop-ment called Ocean View Estate has been placed in receivership and the land was due to be auctioned in Auckland May. A group of kuia Makanihi (Maggie) Petera,

Francis Halkyard, Emere Murray, Mere Simons and Mereana Matiu went down to Auckland to try to stop the auction along with reporters from Te Kaea. They were met by the receiver, a bank manager and a lawyer. The protest was enough to put the buyers off and the auction was called off.

On their return from Auckland it was discov-ered that land agents were continuing to show people the sections so a decision was made to occupy the land. The occupation is to make any buyer aware that the ownership of the land is disputed. An application has been made to the Maori Land Court to deter-mine the status of the land. The receiver has visited the whenua since the occupation commenced. He maintains he has proof that the land was sold to Johanna Reid for twelve pounds in the 1920s. His research has revealed a resolution to sell which was supposedly passed unanimously by the owners of Moringai B . Further research has found that only two persons out of 23 were physically present and three by proxy which makes the transaction dubious.

A determination from the Maori Land Court is awaited and in the mean time organisers are trying to rally the descendants of the owners. They can be contacted by email at moringai@live.com or phone Mereana on 021-0611974. The whanau would like to thank everyone for the support that they have received to date. Below: Kuia preparing for the

noho whenua

Below: Moringai looking from Te Oneroa a Tohe.

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Tai Tamariki Noho Taiao After the success of the Noho Taiao 2010 another summer hui is planned for our tai tamariki in January 2011. The hui will be hosted by Kotahitanga Marae, Whangape and run from 12th-15th January. Last year about 30 Te Rarawa tai tamariki from 10 schools as far afield as Te Waipounamu and Australia participated in the inaugural Noho Taiao hosted by Ngai Tupoto Marae in Motukaraka.

Are you a secondary school student?

Do you whakapapa to a Te Rarawa marae?

Are you between 13 and 17 and going back to school next year?

Do you have an interest in your iwi, science and the environment?

Do you want to do something different over the summer holidays?

If you wish to register yourself or someone for this noho please email Mina Pomare mpomare@panguru.school.nz or Paul White toreatai@xtra.co.nz with your details.

Above: Tai Tamariki at Noho Taiao January 2010 posing on the Motukaraka wharf.

Te Runanga o Te Rarawa has developed a long term strategic plan which aims to build whanau strong in their identity, active with their marae, and making a contribution. Our stra-tegic direction envisages a focus, among other things, on ecological restoration, conserva-tion, land development, marine industries, and economic development. We do not currently have the young people coming through the education system to lead our future development.

The noho is aimed at tai tamariki at secondary school with promise in science, technology or business drawn from across the iwi. The aim of the marae noho is to lift the horizons of the participants and show them the relevance of science to Te Rarawa and our iwi environ-ment and future. It is hoped that the noho will inspire them to pursue careers relevant to Te Rarawa in science, technology or economic development so they can make a contribution in the future. Over a four day period we hope to create a focus for our young people, show them where they could fit in to our development and support them in their cultural development.

The noho will be run by a group of science practitioners in targeted fields. They will be sup-ported by some of our promising young people who are at or recently graduated from University and pursuing different careers. There is a general lack of engagement from young Maori in science education, and very low levels of achievement. Te Rarawa wants to do to do something about it. A key goal is to strengthen educational achievement in science/ putaiao. This noho is to encourage our tai tamariki to give it a go.

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Te Rarawa Waka Ama champions

The 2010 World Waka Ama Sprints event in New Caledonia for 260 Aotearoa paddlers resulted in the best medal haul ever. New Zealand with a medal total of 42 including 11 gold was second behind Tahiti who with 67 (30 gold). Fifteen countries competed at the ten day event in Noumea. The conditions were challenging at Anse Vata beach with very windy but warm weather. Even a South Pacific Tsunami warning midway through race days didn‟t hinder keen kaihoe. A relaxed holiday atmosphere pervaded the beach front while the competition was hotly contested out on the Pacific Ocean. Intermittently, the sound of the New Zealand contingent‟s resounding karanga, haka and excited voices added colour and volume.

Three Far North teachers featured in the Golden Master Women‟s Team, Maranga Mai which won three gold medals. The “Grunty Grans”, a nickname given by the rangatahi, won all three races in their division. The trio, Hilda Halkyard-Harawira, Kura Heke and Magz Brown also paddled in the individual W1 500m division with Kura winning the silver medal and Hilda placed fourth. Kahi Harawira, paddling in the J16 and J19 men‟s division performed with distinction winning silver (W12 500m) and 3 (W6 500 and 1000m) bronzes. Taitokerau J19 girls, Maria Heihei, Makaia Toby, Madison Munro and Riana King also featured winning a silver and bronze. Nyree King continued her winning ways, with a gold, silver and bronze medal. She was also coach to the three Nga Kaihoe O Aotearoa teams. She is an inspiration to Far North kaihoe. The Taitokerau Junior Men‟s team Hurupango won silver in the W12 500m. Their coach and mentor Pat Heke, won a bronze medal in the Senior Master Men‟s division. The Junior 16 Women‟s team Arai-te-Uru fought hard to win their bronze in the same division. The Junior teams not only lead with distinction on the water but also in kapahaka and haka powhiri for each of the paddler‟s who took out the top honours.

Special acknowledgement also to the many people who sponsored by giving their time and support. We thank Manuera Riwai of Betta Bodies Gym and Jim Larkins, Swim Coach at Te Rangi Aniwaniwa, Nga Hoe Horo and Rangaunu Sports Club, Nga Kaitaiaki Waka Ama, the business community of Kaitaia, Awanui, Taipa, Mongonui, Opononi, Omapere, Waimamaku, and Ahipara and the Kaitaia Market Stalls. The kind generosity of our community certainly aided hard working managers and coaches; Esther Wiki, Rob Warwick, Kura Heke (J16 Women), Laurence Wikaira, Pat Heke (J.16 Men), Lena Adams, Mere Taylor-Tuiloma (J19 Men), Dave King, (J19 Women), Nyree King (NKOA Senior Master Women), Don Munro, Shelley Arlidge (NKOA Golden Master Women).

Bring on the 2012 IVF Waka Ama World Sprints in Calgary, Canada. Any one wanting to learn more about paddling waka are encouraged to join a club. More information is available from the Taitokerau Canoe Polynesian Association Chair Rob Gabel, 094041292, Hilda Halkyard-Harawira 094067304 or Lena Adams 094058401.

Major sports achievements for Te Rarawa

Bronson Murray back in the Maori All Blacks

Te Rarawa is proud that Bronson Murray was named as part of the Maori All Black squad for the centennial series played recently. This year‟s Sealord Centenary Series celebrated 100 years of the Maori rugby with the team winning against the New Zealand Barbarians in Whangarei, Ireland in Rotorua and England in Napier.

Bronson, son of Rex (Whangape) and Katie (Rangikohu) played the Super 14 season as prop for the Highlanders and is part of the Northland Taniwha team in the national provincial series. The Northland team has gotten off to a promising start.

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Above: Kaitaia College filling in while the outside stage was drying off after a shower.

Above: Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Pukemiro entertaining the audience.

Above: Te Kura Taumata o Panguru haka Above: Te Ropu Ara Whanui from Northland College

Regional secondary schools kapa haka

Te Rarawa soccer star hits international headlines

Winston Reid hits the big time

The small community of Mitimiti and Te Rarawa whanau across the country cele-brated as one of their young people shot to international prominence at the Soccer World Cup. Winston Reid is from the Kendall and Reid whanau of Matihetihe. There was great excitement as All White Winston scored New Zealand‟s first goal at the World Cup. He managed to head in a goal just be-fore full time to land a 1-1 draw with Slovakia and earn New Zealand its first World Cup point ever.

Winston has been living and playing soccer in Denmark since he moved there with his Mum, Prue Reid, in 1999. Since the World Cup he has taken up a new contract with prominent English Premiere League club West Ham United.

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With the signing of the Te Hiku AIP in January Te Rarawa‟s Negotiation Team is now work-ing towards a deed of settlement. The Te Hiku AIP established a framework for commercial and shared and overlapping interests. The team is now working on several fronts to get the necessary work and agreements in place for the deed.

Te Rarawa focus Work has commenced on a series of projects and consultation rounds. The Negotiations Team is holding meetings around the rohe talking to hapu/marae and claimant groups about specific details of the settlement process that impact on the different communities. To date these have included hui concerning Tauroa, Epakauri (Te Pakauri), Warawara, marae endowment, a land acquisition strategy and an Iwi farming strategy.

Settlement Distribution Framework The Runanga and the Negotiations team have been working on a settlement framework. The following framework has been adopted in principle to guide the distribution of assets from the settlement.

Update of Te Rarawa Treaty Negotiations

Te Hiku Forum focus Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto and Ngati Kuri continue to advance the work associated with the Te Hiku AIP. Ngati Kahu has decided to focus on its own deed of settlement process as their priority. A number of work streams have been devel-oped including the following:

Te Oneroa a Tohe governance

Social Development Accord

Dept of Conservation lands

Forest Valuation

Farming and Landcorp strategy

Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti hearings Te Rarawa has joined with Ngapuhi and other to participate in the Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti hearings. We see these as complimen-tary to the historical settlement process. The historical claims are about the acknowledge-ment of grievances up to 1992, the return of Crown assets and compensation. Te Rarawa is on track to have this completed by next year. The Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti hear-ings are about the broader constitutional is-sues around tino rangatiratanga, sovereignty and governorship. These issues will take some time to work through.

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Te Rautau Tuatahi: Hauora Hokianga celebrates 100 years

Hauora Hokianga celebrates In March of this year a large crowd gathered to celebrate 100 years of the Hokianga Hospital service. The weekend programme included a powhiri, and speeches, a top town event, social evening, church ser-vice and boat trips on the harbour. There were many visitors including a number of former staff, old Hokianga families, District Health Board members and representa-tives from health providers in other parts of the country. The weekend was a great success.

Book launched A commemorative book, entitled Hokianga Health; the First Hundred Years: Te Rautau Tuatahi written by Chrissie Williams was launched at the celebrations. Copies of the book can be purchased from the hospital.

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Decision to continue rahui at Tauroa

A recent hui of the Ahipara Komiti Takutaimoana at Roma Marae has de-cided that the rahui established last year at Tauroa will remain in place with no time limit. The rahui will be reviewed in two years and will remain in the existing area out to 1000 metres. Support from the local hapu was further endorsed by unanimous vote in favour of extending the rahui. This was her-alded by the Komiti and those present as a significant move towards ensur-ing the long term vision of rebuilding the depleted fish stocks to a level that can be sustained with local management. The Komiti Takutaimoana has focused on explaining the reasons for the rahui and the benefits to the local community.

A wide range of issues were raised at the hui including suggestions that the rahui should cover the whole of Tauroa, the introduction of licensing for rec-reational fishing around Tauroa, and a challenge to consider extending the rahui to include the whole of Te Oneroa a Tohe. Different options were con-sidered including implementation of a temporary closure under Section 186A of the Fisheries Act. It was noted however that the Minister of Fisher-ies would make the final call and the application process would be lengthy. Another option considered was to designate the area as a Marine Reserve under the Conservation Act, however both options were rejected as the whanau and hapu believed that they would take away their ability to ac-tively manage the takutaimoana. The final option discussed and adopted was to extend the rahui which will remain under tikanga Maori manage-ment, within the current area from Te Omu to Te Aho out to 1000m. The first pouwhenua is located approximately 8.5 Kms from Te Kohanga (Shipwreck Bay). To compliment and further improve the information made available to locals and visitors, educational and monitoring kits will be de-veloped and distributed before the summer. The monitoring kits will include tagging material, a tagging guide and map for divers to tag and record paua so that this information can be used to increase understanding about the movement of paua and their growth rates in the rahui area.

The Ahipara Komiti Takutaimoana meets monthly on the first Thursday and extends a warm welcome to divers, whanau, hapu and community mem-bers to share their views about the future management of Tauroa. If divers and whanau come across paua that have been tagged it would be greatly appreciated if a note of where the paua was harvested from and the length of the shell is made and relayed to either Patau Tepania on 09 409 4776 or Abe Witana at Te Runanga o Te Rarawa on 09 408 1971.

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Te Rarawa Scholarships for 2011

Are you entering or currently enrolled in tertiary education? Applications for Te Rarawa Scholarships open 1

st September 2010 and close no later than 4pm on Friday 5th November 2010.

Download an application form and guidelines from the website www.terarawa.co.nz or call Te Runanga o Te Rarawa on (09) 408 1971 or freephone 0508 4 TERARAWA for more information. Please note that you must be registered with Te Rarawa to apply.

Business Development Facilitator employed

Te Waka Pupuri Putea Ltd is pleased to announce that it has recently appointed Hemi Toia for the position of Busi-ness Development Facilitator. His role is to develop a strong foundation for the company and to prepare it for the post settlement growth phase. His key areas of work will be business planning, business analysis and the develop-ment of business cases, project management, company administration and servicing the Board.

Hemi has affiliations to Te Rarawa and Ngapuhi. He lives in Kaitaia with his wife Rachael (nee Katavich) and his four children Tehya (12), Dyani (9), Nyah (7) and Vitale (3). He has a background in banking, community enter-prise and project development. Hemi says he is excited by the opportunity to contribute to the building of a sus-tainable economic base that will support Te Rarawa and its vision for the future. Hemi can be contacted by email on hemi@terarawa.co.nz .

Te Rarawa’s asset holding company

Maori maps team meets with Te Rarawa

A team from Maori Maps was pleased to visit Te Runanga o Te Rarawa recently. Maori Maps is a new website and database that has mapped most of the tribal marae in Te Tai Tokerau. Its main kaupapa is to reconnect descendants with home marae. The project is man-aged by Te Potiki National Trust, which is based at the James Henare Māori Research Centre at the University of Auckland. This charitable organisation was founded by Paul Tapsell and Rereata Makiha and its stated outcome is to provide service and benefit to tribal marae

Accompanied by kaumatua Renata Tane of Ngapuhi, Paul Tapsell and the trust‟s kaihautu Peter Dowling met Jasmine Pirini and Wendy Henwood at the runanga offices to present the work done to date. Maori Maps aims to establish a database of information, photo-graphs and maps for the more than 800 marae of Aotearoa. For Te Rarawa marae, Maori Maps outlined how it can make available information including accurate mapping and marae-controlled access to archival photographs, documents and taonga at no cost. There will also be the option for runanga or marae committees to have access-only areas for storing private information or photographs.

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Na te Heamana

E hara taku toa he toa takitahi, Engari he toa takitini e.

Victory will not be gained through the strength of one individual, But rather through the combined strength of many.

This whakatauki is a useful reminder to us all about the reasons why we regard whanaungatanga as a taonga among our communities. Whanaungatanga allows us to create whakapapa maps of our social and political groupings that are important to our ongoing survival and sustainability as individuals, as whanau, as marae and as hapu and iwi.

For some years now there has been debate and sometimes controversy about the dynam-ics between hapu and iwi. Some of the korero has been really helpful but some of it has been really wrong. For example one or two individuals have contended that our Runanga representing the Iwi of Te Rarawa is an agent of the Crown because it is engaged in nego-tiations and has contractual relationships with a number of Crown agencies. Misconceptions like this one seem to gain momentum when resources are becoming available for distribu-tion and people are led to believe they are being undermined in some way in terms of their rangatiratanga. This is hard to combat because the more momentum gained the less people want to listen to any response that would prove them wrong and the constituency becomes divided by ignorance. Division and dissent have always been the most effective tool of the Pakeha. It provided our colonisers with the means of establishing a sovereign presence, and also created situations where Iwi fought other Iwi. It is also the ngangara that divides whanau and has lead to the loss of so much of our land and resources. But amazingly we have elements of our people today who continue to fall for this old ploy of divide and rule and spend much of their time and energy attacking their own and closest allies. I have re-cently become disappointed in our battle for our rights by a minority of internal detractors whose lack of understanding threatens to weaken and undermine the gains that we are making during negotiations and our strategic development. My greatest concern is their re-fusal to listen to the other side of the argument because it is impossible to achieve pono and tika without all the information thrashed out in a robust debate. Without tika and pono we won‟t get anywhere.

So my message to Te Rarawa is a call to unite around common understandings and gain agreements around our areas of difference. Never before in our history as an Iwi have we needed to do this more than we need to do it now. We are at a crossroad that will deter-mine our future. Right now we are poised to take the next step in our development using our skilled and talented people to secure a means of establishing enterprise and producing revenue along with numerous other benefits .This is not just about the Tiriti o Waitangi claims, it is also about sound investment and decision making by our leadership utilising our whanaungatanga as our map for allying with ourselves and our neighboring iwi. The fact that our Iwi entity is constituted by our affiliated marae positions us perfectly with strong whanau, and empowered hapu. The Iwi looks out for our needs by promoting and support-ing whanaungatanga initiatives throughout the rohe and among Te Rarawa iwi members wherever they may be in the world.

My job as Chairperson is to bring this about through applying my own knowledge and skills to facilitating effective and productive relationships. However, like the whakatauki says vic-tory simply cannot be achieved through the efforts of only one and without the support of our own rangatira victory will continue to elude us through dissent and division. This will leave a sad armory for the next generation to take their chances against the tyranny of de-mocratic process and the marginalisation of our indigenous minority through a broken Treaty. Kia kaha, kia manawanui, kia mataara tonu.

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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.

Ngati Manawa: Tiana Law Motuti: Walter Paparoa

Wainui: Ani Roberts Roma: Heke James, Tailby Snowden, Tracey Ihaka

Waipuna: Charlene Murphy, Terry Spring, Saan Te Wake, Gerard Tipene, Maria Nganeko Pomare

Ngai Tupoto: Allan Dixon, Winifreda Harris, Regina Kawi Craig, Bob Marriner, Jimmy Hancy, Sarah Beazley, Joe Harris, Maria Vujcich

Matihetihe: Bubsy Cash (nee Martin), Major Waiomio, Elizabeth King, Joe Te Wake, Mata Te Wake (nee Martin)

Whangape: Tame Ngawaka, Katie Raumati, Non Smith Waiparera: Clara Norman (nee Boyce)

Owhata: Tangi Korewha (nee Heke) Korou Kore: Edward Smith

Te Ohaki: Janie Marsh

Other: Gerard Ngawati, Ross Norman, Sissy Davis, Julia Moses, Rangi Masters, Ellen Reihana, Robert Motu, Waenga Waenga, Eva Nathan

Waikeri Culture Group 1936 Waikeri Culture Group after 1936 Tai Tokerau competition held at Whangarei.

The group won first place in action song and poi. Back L-R: Paul Armstrong, Kopa Pukeroa, Dave Pukeroa, Pania Huru, Welcome Harrison.

Middle L-R: Aroha Pukeroa, Kaiwaka Hori, Maude Hori, Mere Hori, Mereana Moses, Ngaire Harrison. Front L-R: Bowman Huru, Apihaka Pukeroa, Manu Armstrong.

Nga ra i mua

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NGA MARAE O TE RARAWA

Korou Kore Marae, Ahipara Delegate: Syd Nathan Phone: (09) 4082656

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 Ngati Manawa Marae, Panguru Delegate: Mina Pomare-Peita Phone: (09) 4095344 Wainui Marae, Wainui Delegate: Tame Murray Phone: (09) 4092073 Ohaki Marae, Pawarenga Delegate: Sam Tecklenburg Phone: (09) 4080900 Owhata Marae, Owhata Delegate: Ra Heke Phone: (09) 4095528 Pateoro Marae, Te Karae Delegate: Maide Koroi 021 12920279 Pikiparia Marae, Kohukohu Delegate: Patariki Briggs Phone: (09) 4055577 Rangikohu Marae, Herekino Delegate: Katie Murray Phone: (09) 4093405

Roma Marae, Ahipara Delegate: Catherine Davis Phone: (09) 4083322 Taiao Marae, Pawarenga Delegate: Malcolm Peri Phone: (09) 4095101 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 Te Rarawa Marae, Pukepoto Delegate: Dixon Motu Phone: (09) 4082216 Te Uri o Hina Marae, Pukepoto Delegate: John Walsh Phone: (09) 4094748 Waihou Marae, Waihou Delegate: Turi Te Hira Phone: 0272809450 Waiparera Marae, Rangi Point Delegate: William Bercich (09) 409 5013 Waipuna Marae, Panguru Delegate: Abraham Witana Phone: 0272243160 Whakamaharatanga Marae, Manukau Delegate: John McLean Phone: (09) 4084316

Te Runanga O Te Rarawa PO Box 361, Kaitaia, 0410 Phone: (09) 4081971; Fax: 4081998

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

Te Oranga 16 Matthews Ave, PO Box 341, Kaitaia Phone: (09) 4080141, Fax (09) 4080654

Printed August 2010 Website: www.terarawa.co.nz