Uri Engagement

August 2020 - August 2021

A priority for our Taranaki Iwi Engagement team was our kaupapa - taking the iwi to the people. This kaupapa provided a space for Taranaki Iwi uri and whānau to come together and connect with each other to build and strengthen relationships and our collective Taranaki iwi identity.

One of Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi strategic goals is to ‘strengthen our Taranaki Iwi cultural identity and bring us together as whānau – as identified in our whenu, Taranakitanga – Whiria te Muka.

Our Uri Engagement kaupapa commenced in August 2020, at home under our mounga Koro Taranaki. The first engagement hui took place in Ōpunakē with further hui held in Waitara and Te Hāwera in November. Following these hui at home, the team held a series of regional uri engagement hui from April 2021. The first hui took place in Te Upoko o Te Ika ā Maui, with further hui held in Ōtepoti and Ōtautahi in June 2021, Tāmaki Makāurau and Kirikiriroa in July 2021 and Papaioea in August 2021. After each regional hui, many whānau expressed their interest in being part of a Taranaki Iwi Ohu for their respective wāhi. We are really excited that we now have Ohu established in each of these regional areas. By creating these