Te Rūnanga o Waihao

He pēpi

Our congratulations to all the whānau who have welcomed a pēpi.

Notice of Appointment – Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Representative and Alternate Representative – Te Rūnanga o Waihao

We are pleased to announce the re-appointments of Jo McLean as Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Representative and Juliette Stevenson as Te Rūnanga Alternate Representative for Waihao.

Congratulations to them both on their re-appointments.

Nicole's MMIL journey continues...

We reached a milestone on our MMIL journey last weekend as we reached the end of our Māori and Indigenous Leadership papers and our six wānaka in Rotorua, back at Wai Iti Marae, where our journey began.

We celebrated our classmates who ended their journey leaving to graduate with the Graduate Certificate in Māori and Indigenous Leadership, it was a happy time and a sad time. Their presence in class will be greatly missed. We all greatly appreciated having Rangi as our pou for these six wānaka, from his encouragements to the knowledge and understandings we have gleaned in his presence.

I look forward to continuing my journey and meeting up with my classmates again in Te Kuiti in November as we join the other cohort of first year MMIL students for a combined wānaka.

Ngā mate

Waihao Rūnanga extends our deepest sympathy to all our whānau suffering the loss of a loved one at this time.

Elected Executive Board Members Update Notification

We are pleased to announce the following elections at the AGM, the members of the Te Rūnanga o Waihao Executive Board are now:

Chairperson – Graeme Lane

Vice-Chairperson – Trudy Heath

Board Member – Rynee de Garnham

Board Member – Dardanelle McLean-Smith

Board Member – Jo McLean

Events:

Taonga Pūoro ki Waihao wānanga series

The Taonga Pūoro ki Waihao wānanga series has had its last official wānanga, culminating in the blessing of our new whānau taonga pūoro for Waihao Marae that can be used by all whānau members when they return home.

Over the past several months whānau have learnt to forage and create their own taonga pūoro from bone, clay from our whenua, hue (gourds), and many other elements from te taiao. A highlight of the recent wānanga was playing up at the White Horse, to our beautiful new pou and letting our oro travel across our takiwā. Everyone involved has bought their own individual talents to these wānanga including kōrero about the stars, kōrero about wāhi tapu, weaving, and so much more. We have very talented and special whānau members at Waihao and we're all looking forward to having more wānanga taonga pūoro in future. We will continue to put out the karanga to whānau to return here to start their taonga pūoro journey.

The rōpū shared our new waiata with all at the AGM, and presented on their work during Hui-ā-Iwi. Pūoro atu! Pūoro mai!

Te o Waihao | the Waihao Education Committee is pleased with the uptake of the Te Ara Reo o Tapuiti online learning journey with the continuation of a range of whānau participating and increasing the understanding and use of te reo in their whare.

Pānui Whānui

We email out a weekly pānui every Friday. If you are not receiving this and would like to, contact the office on 0800 924 426 or email waihao.manager@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

Waihao Website

Whānau are reminded that we have a website that has lots of information for you. If you do not have a password for the registered members area of the website, you can obtain one from the office.

Meri Kirihimete

Kia pai ō koutou haerenga me ōu rā whakatā. Ka kite anō i a koutou I te tau 2023. Stay safe, and happy holidays. See you in 2023.

Please note that the Office will close at midday on Thursday 22 December 2022, and reopen Monday 9 January 2023.

Telephones and emails will not be monitored during this time as the staff take a break. Any urgent correspondence can be directed to the rūnanga Chairperson, Graeme Lane via email to gl.waihao@gmail.com or phone 027 351 0381.