Rongowhakaata

From the Matatini to Turanga FM recording studio, kia mau te wehi o Rongowhakaata whanui, Phillip Tarawa (Raewyn Edwards mokopuna) and Hukanui Brown (son of Whata and mokopuna of Aunty Maude) have provided our Iwi with a classy jingle for radio, which celebrates who we are and encourages whanau to connect with our website – tino ataahua tenei taonga – thank you Phil me Huka – beautiful talented Rangatahi who love their Whanau,  Iwi and Manutuke, very humbling their awhi and aroha.

Nga tini nga whetu – we are blessed with beautiful stars whanau

Click here to listen:   Rongowhakaata Trust Song Jingle

As we all know Rythym and Vines fever hits Turanga with a vengence for a week over the new year period, what many of us don’t realise is that Te Kuri a Tuatai Marae Whanau have a contract with the R&V team and for the last 3 years have provided a camp site for approximately 7,000 people to date. This year Te Kuri efforts hit 3,500 people catered for at the Marae, with a working team of 44 whanau covering all aspects of manaakitanga, apart from the cooking, (watch this space) with no issues, just happy people.  Big steps for the Marae whanau in meeting the overall objective ‘Marae development’ check the photo’s on their page and ka nui te mihi ki te Te Kuri a Tuatai mo tena ‘skills ; organisation / event management

Rongowhakaata Settlement – we need your support…Your views are really important in shaping the new Rongowhakaata entity for our iwi settlements – please provide your feedback here.

This information goes to our PSGE post settlement governance group (whanau specialists committed to making this work for our iwi – mahi aroha) – all feedback will be posted generically by the end of Jan, with Wanaanga scheduled for Waitangi Day, 4^th Feb 2011, Manutuke.

Ka nui te mihi kia koutou – kei te maumamahara matou kia Uncle Darcy ma ko tenei kaupapa

Ko tenei korero e pā ana ki te pukapuka rongonui nei, ara Nga Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship.

Kei te whakamāoritia nga korero, ā, ko Te Runanga o Ngati Porou kei te whakahaere i te kaupapa nei, i raro ano o te mana i tukua mai e nga morehu o C Company o Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust.

Ko te reo ake o nga iwi o Te Tairawhiti te reo e whaia ana. Kei te rekoatatia nga korero, ā, kei te whakaahuatia hoki nga wānanga nei i te paetukutuku. Ka whakamāoritia nga korero kua putu ki roto i te pukapuka nei, kia mau tonu ai te ia me te mita o nga reo o nga iwi o C Company, hei taonga tuku iho ma nga uri whakatipu. Ko te reo, ko nga reo ake o Te Whanau a Apanui, Ngai Tai, Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Ngai Tamanuhiri me Ngati Porou.

I whakaarohia me whakahaere nga korero kua whakamaoritia hei kura wananga, ā, hei wenei wānanga ka puta nga uiui me nga whakautu mo nga take e pa ana ki nga whakamāori kua oti. He painga ka puta i nga wānanga nei mo nga tauira o Te Tairawhiti whanui e hiahia ana ki te ako me te pupuri i te reo ake o konei hei taonga mo ake tonu.

No Rongowhakaata te karanga kia huiNga Tama T hei te tau hou ki roto tonu o Manutuke. Ko Papa Lewis Moeau kua whakamaori i a Chapter 7 Wiriwiri Kau ana: Crete coming of age.

A te:    Taite 27 o Hanuere 2010

11am – 2pm

Ki:       Manutuke Marae

Nga take:

1. 1. Wānanga i te kaupapa – Walton Walker
2. 2. Pānui i te Chapter 7 – Lewis Moeau

Na reira  nau mai haere mai! Mo wetahi atu whakamarama, whakapa atu ki a Sarah Pohatu ki 06 8679960, ki runga imera rānei ki spohatu@tronp.org.nz

Our Iwi website was blessed yesterday alongside the Rongowhakaata Combined Marae Rangatahi Programme at Manutuke Marae. Kaumatua and rangatahi were presented with the new look by Heather and Ron Stallmach, local web designers and part of the Waipara Whanau. Those of us in attendance appreciated that our website is a place of  whanaungatanga for Rongowhakaata and a necessary tool of communication for this day and age especially when we are endevouring to share as much information as possible about the Claims, Settlement and Ratification of Rongowhakaata Waitangi Tribunal grievances.