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Ka Uruora Te Tauihu pānui
In this edition you'll hear from Ka Uruora Te Tauihu Chair Hemi Sundgren, meet the Ka Uruora team, and meet whānau starting on their home ownership journey.
Our Stories
We've created a selection of Ngāti Rārua video and stories for you to share with your family, friends and the world.
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Decades of service recognised
Barney Thomas was today awarded Te Tohu Ratonga Tūmatanui o Aotearoa, the New Zealand Public Service Medal, as recognition for 40 years of civil service.
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Kopuawai Te Kōhanga Reo o Whakatū turns 40!
Kopuawai Te Kōhanga Reo o Whakatū is celebrating our 40th Anniversary and would like to invite anyone wanting to attend to register for the day or to attend te Mākete Pō.
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Te Taungahuru: You're invited!
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the signing of our settlement with the Crown, we are bringing whānau together from across the motu on 18-19 November for activities, whakawhanaungatanga and celebrations. You are warmly invited to attend the festivities – all we ask whānau to do is register.
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Kia Pai Te Reo Ki Wairau
We held our third Kia Pai Te Reo wānanga in Wairau recently.
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Pou Manaaki join forces
Our Pou Manaaki Whakatū Kiriwai Spooner (right) enjoyed the hospitality at Tokomaru House last week. Jodi has been sharing office systems and processes and passing on a better understanding of the day to day operations and mahi done in Wairau.
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Exhibition explores Te Tauihu kapa haka
As the kapa haka community in Whakatū Nelson prepares to welcome thousands of students to the country’s biggest primary school kapa haka competition, hundreds gathered in the central city last week to support the launch of a special exhibition dedicated to the performing art.
Matauranga
Kia Pai Ki Mua Wānanga summary
This summary of the wānanga first held in 2022 is being made available digitally for your benefit as whānau, to give you a record of the kōrero. This kōrero essentially tells the story of Ngāti Rārua from the time ofngā hekenga through to the present day.
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Kotahitanga mō te Taiao update
Here is the latest update from the Kotahitanga mō te Taiao Alliance pānui.
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Education Minister praises Ngāti Rārua Ka Ora Ka Ako programme
“There’s one in particular that really stands out for me, and that is Victory School in Nelson and the work that the iwi have done down there to lead that programme, and the difference that it has made to young people’s attendance and engagement in that particular school.”
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Nau mai, haere mai kaimahi hou
Last week Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rārua officially welcomed Ngawaina Joy Shorrock to her new role as Pou Mauri Ora | Cultural manager, and Nicki Kitson as Pou Āwhina Tāhūhū at Te Hauora o Ngāti Rārua. Nice to have them on board!
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'Game-changing' Te Āwhina papakāinga ready soon
Excitement is building in Motueka as Te Āwhina Marae prepares to welcome the first whānau tenants of its new 20-home papakāinga.