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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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Kaimahi hou: Te Whare Rangahau o Tokomaru
On Monday 18 September Trustees, kaimahi from Motueka, Whakatū and Wairau and manuhiri welcomed Dr Lorraine Eade and Rowena Cudby into their new roles at Te Whare Rangahau o Tokomaru (Tokomaru Research Centre).
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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.
Hononga
Marlborough Lines Tertiary Scholarship for Māori 2023
Tonoa mai tēnei karahipi mā te Māori! Marlborough Lines Tertiary Scholarship for Māori applications are open to school leavers and adult learners. Closing date is 31 October.
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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Register now for Te Uru Ahupūtea wānanga
Lots of our registered whānau have already signed up to Te Uru Ahupūtea wānanga – and there’s more courses starting very soon. Run online by Ka Uruora, the free, four-week course teaches financial literacy skills with the aim of developing a plan to help you prepare for home ownership. Completing
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Te Āwhina Marae Wānanga
There's a double wānanga at Te Āwhina Marae at the end of September. Mike Matchitt will run a wānanga whakairo - mahi toki (working with an adze) and Shelley Davies will run a writing workshop unlike any other - check out the details and the videos.
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Nau mai, haere mai kaimahi hau
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.
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Nest float blessing at Cawthron Institute
New technology that will help Ngāti Rārua get hourly data on sea temperature is about to be deployed on our mussel farms.
Matauranga
Expressions of Interest - Iwi Monitor Roles
Iwi monitors perform a vital role representing Ngāti Rārua when construction or development projects engage in earthworks. Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rārua is wanting to extend capacity and capability for iwi monitor mahi across the rohe.