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We have a range of kaupapa to share with you on what we’ve done in the past quarter and what is upcoming as well. Enjoy this edition and if you have any kaupapa that you wish to cover, please contact the office.

Inside This Issue

1 Mihi

2-3 Mandate Road Show

3 Fish Finders

3 Environmental Planning

3 Exploring our places

4 Ridding ourselves of pests

4 Ngati Rangi join in the

Pakaitore Celebrations

4 Kaitoko Updates and links

5 Upcoming Events

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PUTANGA 7, POUTŪ-TE-RANGI

PAGE 2 TE REO KŌRUARUA

From the 9-19 February 2013 the Ngāti Rangi Trust and our Mandate & Negotiations Sub-committee were on the road seeking the mandate (support) of Ngāti Rangi uri to start negotiations with the Crown regarding our comprehensive settlement of Treaty of Waitangi claims. We had a grand total of 372 attend the mandating hui at nine venues around the motu including: Tirorangi Marae, KARIOI – 75 attendees Telstra-Pacific Centre, MANUKAU – 54 attendees Kingsgate, HAMILTON – 41 attendees James Cook Hotel, WELLINGTON – 51 attendees Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, HASTINGS – 27 attendees Te Ao Hou Marae, WHANGANUI – 84 attendees Mana Tamariki, PALMERSTON NORTH – 24 attendees Sudima Hotel, CHRISTCHURCH – 41 attendees Maungārongo Marae, OHĀKUNE – 72 attendees Connecting with our whanaunga was awesome and it helped people to understand the mandating process and to know what is happening at home. It was also great for people to connect and learn more about their Ngāti Rangi whakapapa. Here’s a log of our road trip … Tirorangi Marae – Sat 9 Feb The morning started off with some fog that blanketed the land as a protection over us and as it got closer to our start time of 10 am the fog and cloud was burning off and Tirorangi started to hum with uri and a sense of excitement. We had at least 10 pāhake between 70 and 83 years of age and number of less than six month old pēpē as part of the range of ages that were in attendance. We had 75 in attendance but that didn’t include all the tamariki and some of the ringa wera.

The hui went well and was completed within an hour so we had to extend the kōrero to keep the cooks happy. As part of this improved extension we watched the DVD of Marae Investigates that showed our tamariki from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Rangi and the documentary article ‘Hanging out with Koro’.

Following a beautiful kai we had karakia and loaded the cars to travel to Palmerston North so that we could fly to Auckland … Manukau – Sun 10 Feb After arriving in Auckland the evening before, we went to the Telstra-Pacific convention centre in Manukau for our first hui. After great attendance in Tirorangi it was hard to know what the attendance would be like in other centres.

We prepared the room and then the people started to arrive and it was great as 54 people attended and our pāhake enjoyed meeting uri with names of whānau they remembered. This was a great start to our actual road trip and even a friend that attended found out that she had whakapapa and land in Ngāti Rangi. Hamilton – Sun 10 Feb As we head south from Auckland to Waikato for our evening presentation at the Kingsgate Hamilton, we get prepared with a really tight schedule and manage to get everything sorted as all our families arrive with 41 people attending. Was good to see a range of all ages attending tonight’s presentation and even willing to come and join us for parakuihi(breakfast) as well.

Ngāti Rangi Mandate – on the road around the motu


Ngāti Rangi Mandate – on the road around the motu – cont.. Wellington - Mon 11 Feb After a great night in Waikato we continue south bound for Wellington. We arrive on a traditional Wellington day as the winds blow and the chill makes goose bumps, we keep our pahake inside what is a busy terminal and Koro Mark finds a sign NGĀTI RANGI. We transfer to the James Cook Hotel with a chance to settle in before and afternoon hui, prep for our evening presentation and then the people start to arrive with a great turnout of 51 having attended.

Hastings – Tue 12 Feb With a chance to have a sleep in this morning we were set for our last one for the first round before we head home to catch up with our own families. We head off to the Sunny Hawkes Bay and check into our accommodation, have a lunch, a rest for some and swim before we head to Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga to prep for our hui. We had 27 attend all keen to listen and know what was happening?, where we are at? And where to from here?. A great few days enjoyed by the travelling party and those who joined in on parts. We head home for a few days so the journey continues………

Whanganui – Sun 17 Feb With a few days to unpack and repack for the second round we arrive at Te Ao Hou Marae in Whanganui and good to see so many people coming to attend with 84 attendees from as far as Hamilton and Wellington. Another great trun out, Iwi registrations roll in and we continue on to Palmerston North for another hui this evening.

Palmerston North – Sun 17 Feb A great day we have had the sun was shining for us as we head to Palmerston North for a whakaeke at Mana Tamariki in Palmerston North, with great hospitality from the kura we have 24 people attend and we continue to update our people on the purpose of our hikoi. Joined by some who enjoyed it that much that they come for another update.

Christchurch – Mon 18 Feb We journey to the South Island this morning to Christchurch enjoying the great views from above as we are all excited to see what is install for us and are all looking forward to our presentation tonight. Meet and greet by Aaron Rice-Edwards who organised a tour of the earthquake zone which was very a sight but as they are progressing work continues. We were very excited to see the 41 people who attended the hui and great to catch up with uncles, aunties, cousins and mokopuna. Last one on the road as we head home to finish off.

Ohakune – Tue 19 Feb Arriving home to prepare for our last presentation for our mandate and how excited is everyone to see us. So good to be home now as we finish this hikoi off in great style, everyone is buzzing and we have 72 attend. With over 150 new registrations received over the past few weeks have been awesome. Excited for the result as Elections nz take care of our voting, we will keep in touch with everyone and thank-you all for your time for those who could make it. Ngā mihi.


Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Ngati Rangi

E nga iwi, e nga reo, e nga manu tioriori, tenei te mihi kia kautau i tenei wa o te

mahanatanga o Hine Raumati.

It is with gratitude that we welcome Joanne Peacock to our staff, Jo comes to us from

Ohakune Primary School and previously from Te Kura Kaupapa o Nga Ruahinerangi in

Taranaki where she has gained most of her expertise in Te Reo and the Marautanga o

Aotearoa. Jo’s connections to the area of Ngati Rangi is through her father Geoff Peacock

who is from Pokaka and went to school with the likes of Koro Mark Gray, Aunty Raana

Mareikura and great friends with both uncles Richie Mareikura and Akapita alike.

Our current roll is 26 students and this term our tamariki have been able to display to us their

swimming skills and it is pleasing to know that a number of them have been enrolled in

swimming club and in private lessons with Jonelle Hiroti. Jonelle’s expertise are certainly

coming to the fore and we are looking to put their skills to the test during the interschools

swimming at Waiouru and later on in the term at National Park.

In week four we had Hadi Gurton the educator for Zero

Waste work with the tuakana class on Hangarua –

Recycling and the teina on Lunchbox Rubbish. Our day’s

work with Hadi helps towards our status as a Kura Taiao – Te

Aho Turoa.

For the past eight years we have been part

of the annual hikoi wairua to Rotokura

during the Ra on February 28th. It was

interesting to see the drop in the water level

and the colour. To think as ‘te iwi maori’ we

have been fighting for those rights and to

see now that there is little water in our

waterways throughout the country, he tohu

tenei peange!

The children and their parents are currently

preparing for our annual Hui Aranga so lots

of time and effort goes into this part of the

year.


Ngāti Rangi joins in the Pakaitore Celebrations Another successful year celebration of Pakaitore bringing together the people of Whanganui supporting the kaupapa of Whanaungatanga. This year was different whereby a triathlon was implemented to promote health. In support of this some of the staff from NRT registered a team as an active social team building day. This was a fun day and looking forward to next year! The success of this day was great and seen by the number of people all ages participating. The highlight for me was seeing our young tamariki keen and participating which is a huge benefit in the health and wellbeing of the people and community. Also, the benefit of this is that those younger generations will continue to promote health and fitness no matter what age or fitness level.

Another successful Whānau Day The Ngāti Rangi Trust Kaitoko hosted another Whānau Day at Christie Park in Ohākune last year. There was fun and games, spot prizes, face painting, tug of war, lolly scramble and lots more. Whānau had a wonderful time and the weather was great. To end the evening, Santa arrived and handed out presents to all the tamariki.

Tane Wananga Every Monday evening, 6pm-7:30pm. This is a 20 week DV Programme Dispel the illusion that violence in anyway shape or form is acceptable. This programme calls out to Tane to come and learn what being Tane means in te Ao Turoa. For further information or to register contact Pete Porter.

White Water Years This is a free 6 week parenting course for parents/care givers that wish to gain new tools on how to deal with challenging teenagers. For more information contact the office.

Kaitoko Updates


ENVIRO UPDATE

The last month has seen Hannah and the passionate team of Ngāti

Rangi field workers – Ashley Brown, Fraser Hammond, Marama Gray

and Te Kuia Peretini-Teepa – done their waders and wander off into

the night in search of fish and other goodies. They have pushed up

swift creeks, squelched through muddy streams, ducked under

fallen willows and climbed down steep banks to get an idea about

the health of the fish and koura in our area. Some streams have no

fish at all while others are home to some good eels, koura and

bullies. Unfortunately trout are found in many of our streams, and

while they might be fun to fish and nice to eat they are not good

news for native fish. Trout eat the food our native fish need and also

prey directly on the native fish themselves.

Hannah, Fraser and Troy Brown also spent a couple days with

researchers from Tonkin and Taylor looking at the health of the

Waitangi Stream above and below the Waiouru sewage treatment

plant discharge. It was interesting to see the changes after the

sewage discharge enters the water, with healthy bugs disappearing

from the stream below the plant. Hopefully we will see a change to

this in the near future as the army starts upgrading the sewage

plant.

Fish Finders

With two streams on the Eastern Diversion of the

Tongariro Power Scheme now having a connecting

flow in place, work continues on the two remaining

streams named in our Relationship Agreement with

Genesis. Cam Speedy took uri out in November last

year and again in early March to measure flows on

the Tomowai and determine how much water is

needed to get a visible surface flow. We are

continuing to talk with Genesis about the water to be

returned.

Getting the flow on

Exploring our places

Ngāti Rangi uri have been getting out and

about with DoC exploring the special

places in our region. We went to

Raketapauma Swamp with ecologist Nic

Singers and learnt about the insect-eating

sun dews, waded through Mangaehuehu

Swamp to look for rare orchids, and

tramped through Karioi forest looking for

the parasitic but beautiful mistletoe. If

you’re keen to be involved in work like this,

remember to contact Hannah – we’re

always looking for more people to come

out with us.

Ridding ourselves of pests

Hikoi and his new land-based training

course have also been hard at work

protecting our native species, having

taken on the work of checking stoat traps

on some of the lines in the Karioi Rahui.

DoC will continue to work on many of the

other lines, but they are certainly thankful

for the helping hand Ngāti Rangi is

providing here, and it’s good to be able to

contribute to the health of our forests, ka

ora a Tāne, ka ora ko tātou!


Ngāti Rangi Trust 1 Mountain Road Ohākune Junction

OHĀKUNE

Phone: 06 3859500 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kahuimaunga.com

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