Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae

A big mihi to everyone who has celebrated their birthday in recent months. If you aren't on the lists below, aroha mai and Happy Birthday!

April

Tanya Weepu, Joe Mason, Julie Campbell, Blossom Meihana-Eiffie, Karley Tauwhare, Sue Meihana, Tiare Mason-Couston, Tui Tauwhare, Quentin Johansson, Tamia Osikai, Ngariki Tamainu, Benjamin Price, Awatea Tamainu, Flynn Sargeant, Teena Henderson, Matthew Sollis, Luke Jones, Hektor Simpson, Lucretia Treadgold.

May

Shannon Robinson, Tahana Tauwhare, Moria Tainui, Emma Tainui, Karen Coakley, Papakura Tainui, Lionel Tainui, Hector Tainui, Henare Mason, Eniitan EwebiyiMeihana , Tainui Coakley, Tahu Coulston, Te Rua Mason,

Jayne Dottie Morrision, Adiriana Weepu, James Tuhuru Gibbs, Vicki Ratana, Donald Mason, Ari Royal-Tamainu, Kourtney Lang, Anika Ngaamo, Paige Hutana, Hector Tainui Jnr., Aaron Tainui, Hugo Davies, Liam GutsellCoakley, Harley Panapa.

Hei pēpi

Congratulations to Delane Luke and Jahkaya Tukaki on the safe arrival of their twins in the early hours of 7 February. Kahotea Ramari Luke was born at 1.26am weighing 6lb 6oz and her brother Kerei Kapene Luke followed quickly after at 1.36am weighing 7lb 5oz. Mama and Papa are doing really well and Kaiaio is a great tuakana to our two little blessings.

Who raises our tamariki?

Who raises our tamariki?

Who binds our people together?

Who binds our people together?

Who builds our communities?

Who builds our communities?

Who leaves our legacy?

Who leaves our legacy?

And who guides our future generations?

...it is whānau.

And who guides our future generations? ...it is whānau.

That’s why the Whānau as First Navigators programme helps empower whānau to care for our greatest taonga of all, our tamariki.

That’s why the Whānau as First Navigators programme helps empower whānau to care for our greatest taonga of all, our tamariki. The programme ensures whānau are connected with local providers who help with early and preventative family support services.

The programme ensures whānau are connected with local providers who help with early and preventative family support services.

For more information visit www.ngaitahu.iwi.nz/wafn

For more information visit www.ngaitahu.iwi.nz/wafn

Kōmiti Mātauranga

Kia ora, e te whānau!

We have some news to share from our Komiti Mātauranga (Education Committee). Please check out the pānui – we hope to see you at one, some or all of our upcoming hui and wānanga.

To register for any of the wānanga, or if you have any questions etc, please send an email to: matauranga@ngatiwaewae.org.nz

Upcoming Wānanga / Workshops

• May 12-14: Matariki is setting, and we’ve got Victoria Campbell coming to support us with a wānanga around Puanga, Matariki, and how our tīpuna may have interacted with the stars and environment.

• June 10: Join us for a kōrero on how we can protect and engage with the kōrero held in our wharenui, Tūhuru. We’ll have support from a lawyer skilled in supporting Māori to understand the rules around IP (intellectual property). We’ll also have support from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, including the whakapapa team - this will be a great chance to check if all your whānau are registered with our iwi and with Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae.

• July 9-12: Kura Reo ki Arahura – we’re coming back with another opportunity to learn te reo on our marae, with your whānau. More details to follow.

Website www.ngatiwaewae.org.nz is live now!

Please check it out and register so you can access our whānau only content including videos, downloadable resources and more. Make sure you sign up for the newsletter so you get the pānui/notices when we have kaupapa coming up.

Pukapuka – Books

Through our te reo Māori strategy we have developed a set of pukapuka for whānau. The three kaupapa covered are:

– our pepeha as Ngāti Waewae,

– some of the pou from our wharenui and the places they connect to, and

– pounamu – including some of the different varieties and the Poutini and Waitaiki kōrero. Whānau can buy these at a discounted rate through the website – you need to register to get access to the shop, let Ariana know if you need any support: matauranga@ngatiwaewae.org.nz

He Ruru Mātauranga ki Te Tai Poutini

You may have seen an invite floating around to attend some training for one of our pūrākau/narratives –we had several whānau take up the invite in March for our trainings in Kawatiri, Māwhera and Hokitika. We looked at one version of the Poutini and Waitaiki kōrero alongside whānau and kaiako/teachers from local schools and ECE centres. If you’d like to be part of future trainings, please make sure you’re signed up to the newsletter on the website.

Kaumātua

We organised a day out for our kaumātua based on Te Tai Poutini on the last Tuesday of each month. If you, or your kaumātua, haven’t been getting texts or calls from Catherine, we probably don’t have your contact details. Please send these through to matauranga@ngatiwaewae.org.nz or 027 360 5915.

In the past few months, we have had a picnic at Kaniere where we hosted kaumātua from Arowhenua at Arahura, as well as a trip to the movies in Māwhera.

Communications

Elly sends out regular emails and texts to whānau for a range of different kaupapa, please send her an email if you’re not receiving these so she can check if you’re on the list.

We also share notices through our two Facebook pages: Ngāti Waewae Rūnanga, and Poutini Ngāi Tahu. Make sure you’re part of both of those spaces so you don’t miss out!

We’ll also be using the list of whānau registered through the website, and posting updates directly to the website. We have quite a few kaupapa coming up this year, so making sure you’re on mailing lists will mean you’ve got the best chance of being in the loop.

Ngā mihi nui!

Te Matatini, Tamaki Herenga waka, Herenga tangata!!!

Congratulations to all the kapa who represented their rohe at Te Matatini held at Ngā Ana Wai, Eden Park. After four long years it was fantastic to celebrate each group that performed on stage especially our groups

Ngā Manu a Tāne, Te Poutūmārō and Te Ahikaaroa and acknowledge Whakataerangi White who stood with Te Ahikaaroa and shone bright up there in the front row! We were happy to be there and so proud to be Māori!!!

Mai i te tīmatanga ki te whakamutunga he hui tino papai rawa atu. Ki te hau kainga Ngāti Whatua, ngā kapa katoa o te motu, ngā ringawera, ngā kaimanaaki, ka mau te wehi, e kore e mimiti te puna aroha ki a koutou katoa!

Ka huri te kei ki te rohe o Aotea – 2025!

Ka Rawe Max Johansson!

Max Johansson qualified for his school athletics and then went on to compete at West Coast Districts in Greymouth. He qualified there in all events but had to pick three to go on and compete in at Canterbury Secondary School preliminaries. Max chose to compete in Shot Put, 100m Sprint and 200m Sprint and got through to the semi-finals for 100m, and finals for 200m.

The Canterbury finals were held in March and first up he had his 100m sprint semi where he placed to go through to the final. At the final for the 100m he came in 7th place and then later that afternoon competed in his 200m sprint final where he came in 2nd place.

He now has the opportunity to represent at the South Island Secondary Schools in Invercargill in April. Ka Rawe Max!

Rūnanga business

If you have any Rūnanga Business queries, please contact our Rūnanga Administrator, Elly –Elly.Mulholland@ngaitahu.iwi.nz or 037556451.

Our rūnanga hui are held bimonthly on the second Sunday of the month. Our next rūnanga hui will be held on the 11th of June at Arahura Marae.

Any marae bookings or queries please contact our Marae Manager, Miriama: Events@ngatiwaewae.org.nz or 037556451.

We welcome contributions from Ngāti Waewae Whānau for Te Pānui Rūnaka, please send any news, announcements, achievements, pānui and/or photos to Elly and we will include them.

Whakapapa registration forms can be collected from Arahura Marae otherwise you can email Elly for a digital copy.

If you are unsure which Papatipu Rūnaka you belong to the Ngāi Tahu Whakapapa Unit are always very helpful, you can contact them on 0800 KAITAHU (524824).