Nati News

The door remains open for the eight hapu who have yet to make their decisions, as well as the two hapu who have said ‘no’ to come back in. This has always been a process of hapu deciding how they want to proceed, no one is forced to be involved in it. Kei a ratau te mana.

In receiving this first report the Board sees real scope to address its suite of recommendations, though it recognises that further feedback will come from the readers of this report and via the second stage of consultation in August and September.

Takutaimoana ratification hui for Ngati Oneone, Saturday 22 July 2017, 9am, Te Poho o Rawiri marae, Kaiti, Gisborne

The first of the five programmes is called Nga Pu Whakaha i te Reo ( Reo Champions), and nominations are being called for hapu, marae, rohenga tipuna and taurahere whanau to nominate a Reo champion to help lead their local reo revitalisation activities.

This hui will be to share information about the programme and allow our whanau hapu communities to ask the questions and raise concerns or issues.

Members of nga hapu mai i Kokoronui ki Te Toka a Taiau now have the opportunity to decide, by way of formal ratification, whether to support or not support the Deed to Amend the Foreshore and Seabed Deed of Agreement 2008 and the Management Arrangements.

Nga hapu mai i Onepoto ki Rahuimanuka Ratification Hui - Sunday 21 May, 11am, Uepohatu marae, Ruatoria

After both resolutions had been passed, the trustees of the inaugural Whangaokena ki Onepoto Takutai Kaitiaki Trust were introduced and endorsed.

Are there some things TRONPnui SHOULD be doing, that we are not doing? Are there some things TRONPnui are doing, that we should STOP DOING or IMPROVE upon?

We as Ngati Porou have amazing stories to tell and there is a world out there waiting to hear them. This can also help us to provide a unique value proposition for our products, and in turn deliver greater texture and pattern to the wider NZ economy.

Collaboration is a key element identified to support a thriving Tairawhiti economy.

Nga hapu mai i Whangaokeno ki Onepoto Takutaimoana Ratification Hui, Sunday 19 March, 11am, Rahui marae, Tikitiki