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Te Kounga Paparangi

Te Kounga Paparangi

Our 88 actions to mitigate climate change, build resilience, and promote sustainable business practices.

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26 & 27 November 2022 - Arowhenua marae, Temuka.

 TE KARAKA

TE KARAKA

 Te Ara Whakatipu

Te Ara Whakatipu

Te Ara Whakatipu is a rangatahi focused leadership program that combines Ngāi Tahutanga and outdoor leadership based in the Hollyford Valley/Whakatipu Waitai.
Applications close 12 August.

Te Kerēme and Settlement Workshops

Te Kerēme and Settlement Workshops

Our Stories

Ka Roimata o Hine Hukatere
21 Jul 2022
Ka Roimata o Hine Hukatere

It came as something of a physical shock. a blow to the senses. To visit Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere for the first time in eight years, was devastating. This mighty glacier, that sits among the ancestors, a taonga of our people, a presence once so physically commanding, is shrinking into oblivion.
Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere has been subdued, humiliated by the actions of humans, actions remote yet undeniable. To see this retreating giant is to understand impermanence, to understand the real and terrible results of industrialisation, of climate change.
Poi – it’s in the DNA
21 Jul 2022
Poi – it’s in the DNA

Ōtepoti business Pōtiki Poi is a mother/daughter duo producing poi sold worldwide. They’ve also co-written a pukapuka about the whakapapa of poi, and most recently opened the Kura Poi Dance Academy.
Kaituhi Ila Couch talks to Georgia and Anna Tiatia Fa-atoese Latu about setting up a successful kaupapa Māori pakihi, and their plans to ensure a taonga from the past will continue to evolve.

When a tiny heart pulls a ton of love
21 Jul 2022
When a tiny heart pulls a ton of love

Coming up to a year of motherhood, Chantal Tumahai has been on a rollercoaster ride of joy and heartbreak. Now the ride is slowing, and she is a mother to two healthy baby girls with strong personalities and resilience, Chantal looks back at just how many miracles have come their way.
She shares her story with kaituhi Shabnam Dastgheib.
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Whānau Opportunities

mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei
– for us and our children after us

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu exists to grow and develop Ngāi Tahu whānau members who are culturally able, well-connected to their Ngāi Tahu community and outstanding performers in their chosen field.

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Whakapapa Registration

“Whakapapa is our identity, our feet on the ground…”

Whakapapa speaks to more than our relationships with each other; it links us with the land, the sea, the environment, our world and our universe. It permeates all things Ngāi Tahu, helping us understand who we are and where we come from. It lies at the core of Ngāi Tahu knowledge and understanding – it provides an unbroken link and chain of descent between the spiritual and the material, the inanimate and the animate.

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