Nati News

Selected glossary from Ngati Porou Foreshore & Seabed Evidence Report by Dr Apirana Mahuika, 2003.

Among these activities included providing financial assistance to Ngati Porou Hauora to help cover the organisation’s shortfall in government funding. By providing financial support, Ngati Porou Hauora has been able to continue providing health services to Ngati Porou communities on the East Coast.

Ngati Porou welcomes the proposals put forward by the latest Bill (RLAB). Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou Chair, Selwyn Parata, says the Bill toughens the framework that allows local government to work alongside iwi and hapu on issues of regional interest.

TRONPnui Chairman, Selwyn Parata says Ngati Porou shares the aspirations of the 2015 Paris Agreement to commit to a decrease in global warming and a reduction in the use of fossil fuels.

We are beautiful people and there are so many things that make us a unique iwi, such as our whakapapa, whenua and stories. This really inspires me as an artist to produce work reflect­ing our world and Māoritanga is a major driving force

I talked with older, dignified women, native kuia, ready to be arrested if need be for the cause. It was wonderful having that connection. People were putting their lives on the line for what they believed in.

We can’t wait to support our teams from home and see them compete against the best 47 kapa haka teams from Aotearoa and Australia

For members of the whanau, most of whom were visiting Uncle Henry’s bur­ial place for the first time, the occasion was a blend of sadness and relief. Henare is someone who has been such an impor­tant ‘presence’ in our whanau throughout the generations

Hikurangi Enterprises recently se­cured their license from the government to grow a trial crop of hemp for seed oil and fibre this summer, and is looking at other natural fibres for construction and polymer products. The group is also leading a regional energy study for re­mote rural communities, including the opportunity to establish a solar electric­ity producer-consumer cooperative.

Interest in Sidewalk is intense with its low-fi formula setting off sparks in pro­duction houses across the globe.