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A joint project between Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Archives New Zealand, Land Information New Zealand, and Environment Canterbury is bringing the original survey plans of Canterbury to life on a new digital platform. During the European settlement of Canterbury in the 19th Century, land was surveyed for the legal purchase and sale of land…
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Isobel Prasad (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Huikai) is the inaugural recipient of the Te Rokohira Scholarship, a new and exciting scholarship launched late last year for Ngāi Tahu whānui who have a passion for broadcast journalism. Isobel, who is 18 years old and former Head Girl at Burnside High School, has received a full scholarship…
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Being able to say he built a house was something Adam Lord would not have dreamed of when he signed up to He Toki in 2011. But this year working for McKenzie Builders, Adam has officially completed his first build. While Adam (Ngāi Tahu, Tuwharetoa, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) had been…
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Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is proud to announce the launch of Te Pou Here – an exciting new tool to grow iwi capability and lift the horizon of opportunity for whānau members – wherever you are in the world. Te Pou Here refers to the mooring post and stems from “te pou here takata,…
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Earlier this year Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu announced they would match funding with the Ministry of Youth Development (MYD) to provide $100,000 of programme support to Ngāi Tahu rangatahi. The agreement saw the Government and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu each invest $50,000 in a pilot programme to grow youth development opportunities. The following…
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In its second year, Te Ara Ruakura, is building momentum, enhancing the leadership capability of just under 140 young Māori, and supporting tauira and whānau to build stronger connections to culture, language and identity. Te Ara Ruakura is a partnership between Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Te Tapuae o Rēhua, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu with seven…
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The Rakiura (Stewart Island) Deed of Purchase was signed at Awarua (Bluff) on 29 June, 1864 by 34 Ngāi Tahu signatories. It gave ownership of Rakiura to the Queen, together with “all the large islands and all the small islands adjacent.” This was the last of the major land purchases in Te Waipounamu. The price…
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The Canterbury Purchase, commonly referred to as Kemp’s Deed, was signed by a group of Ngāi Tahu chiefs on board the HM Sloop Fly in Akaroa Harbour on 12 June, 1848. It was the largest of all the Crown purchases from Ngāi Tahu and the least carefully transacted. In 1848, Henry Tacy Kemp, acting on…
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A magical combination of wishful thinking and pro-activity changed Ana Mayo’s life, energising her for a career in electrical engineering. Mayo, raised at White Rock, near Rangiora, says her fortunes turned for the better after she gave up a workaday job in a Christchurch skincare factory. At the time, Mayo was struggling for direction, both…
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Alex Kitson, the 2016 recipient of the Beca Scholarship, is excited about her new position at Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu as a member of the Puna Mahara team within Te Ao Tūroa. Ngāi Tahu and Beca formed a partnership in 2015, which resulted in a new and exciting one year scholarship opportunity available to…
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