Nati News

Te Tini o Porou is the new name of a well-known Gisborne institution, which will soon be transformed into a multi-purpose facility serving Ngati Porou and the local community

Over the past three years Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou and Skills Active Aotearoa have partnered together to offer Ngati Porou communities the opportunity to attain a National Marae Catering Level 2 certificate.

Investing in the long term infrastructure of Ngati Porou and the East Coast is one of the objectives shared between Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou and a national Civil Engineering company. An educational scholarship awarded recently has helped cement this relationship further and provides another step towards achieving their mutual goals.

Te Reo was the winner on the night at the recent Iwi Radio Awards, and Ngati Porou was there in full force to help celebrate the vital role Iwi stations play in contributing to tribal language development.

Na te upoko pakaru, na te pukumahi ka eke, eke Tangaroa, eke panuku ki te taumata e tumanakohia e te whanau, e te hapu, e te iwi.

Ka hoki nga mahara ki nga kupu o te waiata tangi i titongia e te papa e Pine Tamahori, "Ma wai ra e taurima te marae i waho nei

The Waiapu River provides the lifeblood of Ngati Porou. It is of great cultural and spiritual significance to us.

The Ngati Porou East Coast Women’s Rugby team celebrated the end of their first season with a special prize giving held at Shed 3 in Gisborne last month.

Marae have long been recognised as being the focal point of any thriving Maori community – providing a place for our people to celebrate, to hui, to wananga and to mourn.

In June 2012, Ngati Porou Holding Company (the commercial arm of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou) was established.

A combined entry by the Te Aitanga ā-Hauiti Centre for Excellence and Radio Ngati Porou saw the East Coast group win the supreme award at the national Maori language awards in Gisborne on Friday 15 November 2013.

The relationship between Te Runanganui o Ngāti Porou and EIT Tairawhiti moved to a new level last month with the graduation of the first carpentry students, and scholarships awarded to a new crew, all of whom will be working on Tikapa Marae near Ruatoria.