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Ngāi Tahu to exit Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu partnership
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu jointly announce that Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is formally exiting the partnership of nine iwi, so that it can exercise its kaitiaki responsibilities and rangatiratanga for Ngāi Tahu whānui. “This move in a new direction for Ngāi Tahu is something that Te Rūnanga…
Ngāi Tahu encourages public feedback on proposed Te Tai Poutini land classifications
Ngāi Tahu is encouraging New Zealanders to have their say on the proposed reclassification of more than 600,000 hectares of stewardship land on Te Tai Poutini (the West Coast). A Ngāi Tahu mana whenua panel has been working with a national panel to assess and make recommendations on the future use of the whenua since…
Vaccinations at Kaikōura marae realise decades-long dream
As Kaikōura prepares for a tourist boom, a decades-long dream for Te Tai O Marokura and Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura to protect its whānau with the flu vaccine and other vaccinations is coming to fruition. For the first time, Kaikōura based health and social service provider Te Tai o Marokura and its partner Māori/Indigenous Health…
New kaumātua housing units realise long-held vision for rūnaka
5 April 2022 The opening of six new kaumātua (elder) units on Te Rau Aroha Marae at Awarua/Bluff, is the first step towards establishing on-site papakāika (intergenerational) housing and the realisation of a vision the local rūnaka has been working towards for more than 20 years. The Minister of Housing, Hon. Megan Woods, and Te…