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Puketeraki Marae open to the community following water contamination scare
Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki is working to ensure anyone whose water supply may have been affected by lead contamination has access to safe drinking water. Last week, residents in…
Waitangi Day commemorated at Te Rau Aroha Marae
An estimated 500 people from throughout Murihiku, Ōtākou and around Aotearoa have today commemorated Waitangi Day at Te Rau Aroha Marae in Awarua Bluff. Manuhiri – including Deputy Chief of…
Hari huritau ki a Tahu FM! Tahu FM turns 30!
Tahu FM is celebrating 30 years on the airwaves this February with a month of birthday celebrations. Commemorations include special guest appearances, giveaways and flashback video reels that will be…
Ngāti Kahungunu joins Ngāi Tahu freshwater court action
Two powerful iwi, Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kahungunu, both of the Tākitimu waka, have joined forces in legal proceedings against the Crown. Ngāti Kahungunu, the country’s third largest iwi, is…
Significant funding for new marae facility a boost for Southland
Waihōpai Rūnaka is delighted by today’s announcement of a $9 million grant to upgrade its marae complex from the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment Hīkina Whakatutuki. The money is…
Infrastructure works begin at Te Pā Tāhuna
Ngāi Tahu Property has appointed civil construction company Downer to carry out the new infrastructure work for Te Pā Tāhuna – the residential development under way on Gorge Road in…
Funding for Te Waihora restoration project celebrated
Te Taumutu Rūnanga and the Co-Governors of Te Waihora / Lake Ellesmere, have welcomed the recent announcement that their application to the Ministry for the Environment’s Freshwater Improvement Fund for…
Ngāi Tahu & ACC to build new central city Dunedin ACC office
Ngāi Tahu Property and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) today signed an agreement to build a new state-of-the-art ACC office building in Ōtepoti Dunedin. Construction is set to get under…
The All Blacks Experience is the next closest thing to being an All Black
Following seven years of planning and more than a year of construction, the All Blacks Experience has been officially launched at a VIP function in Auckland tonight. All Blacks Experience…
Lisa Tumahai re-elected Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere
Lisa Tumahai, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu representative for Ngāti Waewae Rūnanga, has today been re-elected as Kaiwhakahaere (chair) of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. The result follows an election…