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2020 2020 / Pipiri June | #17 ISSUE | kawerongo

ISSUE #17 | June2020 / Pipiri2020

All whānau who completed the survey will also receive an A word from your poari email this week providing more information about how the navigator service works. Ngā mihi i te wā Matariki, te tau hou! The survey identified five priority areas of need in our TE KAWERONGO KI NGĀ PŌTIKI | TE KAWERONGO Our last kawerongo, sent out in March, arrived in your community and at the top of that list was ‘dealing with debt, email inboxes in the midst of Aotearoa’s Covid-19 rent or mortgage payments’. lockdown. One way we have responded to that is by hosting a money Our staff were out of the Ngā Pōtiki office at the time and so management webinar earlier this month via the video were unable to print and mail out the hard-copy version of conferencing tool Zoom. the newsletter. Our Ngā Pōtiki host and an expert panel from Westpac It was a time of great uncertainty and change and, for many New Zealand answered questions from attendees and of our whānau, that might still be the case. covered topics including: the impacts of Covid-19 and what Sadly, over the past few months, businesses have been help is available for people struggling to pay their mortgage forced to close, jobs have been lost, and budgets have been or rent, traps and risks that people should be aware of and tightened. try to avoid, advice on how to start tackling your debt, tips While many people might feel like their lives have pretty around managing your KiwiSaver fund, and more. much returned to ‘normal’ now, there are members of our It was a very successful session and we will be looking to community who are still doing it tough. host more webinars in response to some of the other areas of At the start of May, we launched the Ngā Pōtiki Covid-19 identified need. Response Survey to try and understand the unprecedented Despite the difficulties of the past few months, there have situation we were in and what urgent assistance our also been some milestones to celebrate. whānau needed. People could fill out the survey online or Tahuwhakatiki Marae (Rōmai) has launched The Urupā over the phone. Restoration Project and the response from the people of the Thank you to all of you who completed the survey, your marae and the wider community has been incredible. answers helped inform our response and are continuing to Even more incredible is the amount of progress that has do so. already been made. There is more information about that As a result of the information gathered in the survey, the project in this newsletter. Ngā Pōtiki board has decided to create ‘navigator’ capacity There is also a very exciting announcement from our within the organisation to help guide and support members housing team in this newsletter. of our whānau through this difficult period. Meanwhile, Ngā Pōtiki has also been involved in the If you need help accessing services – budget advice, finding blessings of two new school sites in Pāpāmoa in the first half affordable accommodation, supporting the education of this year – Te Okuroa Drive School and Suzanne Aubert of your tamariki etc. – you can contact our navigator by Catholic School. emailing [email protected]. Continued next page. >

Continued from previous page. Whanaungatanga June We are looking forward to building In this issue, four of our trustees answer a few questions about themselves. | a solid partnership with these two — #17 new schools, as we have done over

What is something unusual or ISSUE the years with all local schools in interesting about you that many Pāpāmoa. people wouldn’t know? Unfortunately, we also have some sad In 2000, I travelled to London to attend news to share at this time. a Privy Council hearing as part of a Our general manager, Erana legal team representing Māori land- Brewerton, will be leaving Ngā Pōtiki owners against the Hastings District ā Tamapahore Trust at the end of Council, which was trying to take this month to return to her whānau Māori land under the Public Works Victoria Carroll Act. Technically we lost the case, but fulltime in the Waikato. Deputy Chairperson and Trustee Hastings District Council never built We are so grateful for the time she has — given us and the way she has led the the road through our client’s apple My Ngā Pōtiki connection is through orchard and the case set a far-reaching organisation.

my tino kuia, Tiria, who was one of legal precedent for other Māori to KI NGĀ PŌTIKI | TE KAWERONGO Erana has skillfully steered the three Ngā Pōtiki women taken after protect their whenua. We were paid Ngā Pōtiki waka towards a bright the battle of Te Tumu and then re- in apples, pumpkin and kūmara! And future and has built a team of ensconced onto Ngā Pōtiki whenua by celebrated the end of the hearing at one dedicated staff, all of whom are very Eru Tamapahore Te Tauhau. of the cousins’ places in Mayfair, next sad to see her go. door to Madonna’s house! One of my E te māreikura, nāu te waka i What is your favourite place in best experiences. urungi kia ū ki ūta, nāu i tū hei Aotearoa, and why? Since becoming a Ngā Pōtiki trustee, poutokomanawa mo tātou, nāu Toki Toki Point, Ranginui Rd, because what is something that has stood out i poipoi, nāu i akiaki. Nā mātou te it’s home. to you, or something you have learnt? waimarie e te tuāhine. Pūhaehae What is the best piece of advice you Just how awesome our people can be katoa tātou i ngā taniwha o Tainui. have ever received, and who was it and how much I miss our loved ones Kua oti pai ngā mahi, kei te tū tonu from? and kaumātua who have passed on, te mana o Ngā Pōtiki. they were a fountain of knowledge and 'He Toka Tū Moana'. 'Measure twice, cut once.' In other words, if you’re going to do something, a great strength to us to get to where Ngā mihi mahana do it properly – from Jimi Cookson, we are today. I hope we can honour Colin Reeder and the board of my grandad. their memories and make this a better Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore Trust. place for our tamariki, mokopuna. — If you could have an evening of kai and conversation with three other people, who would they be? Mum, Dad and Elvis. — Ngaro ake ngā tāngata, waiho ma ngā pāpaka o Rangataua e mihi

'While the people are absent, the crabs of Rangataua will welcome you'

Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore Trust Tel. 07 572 3344 | Level 1, 34 Gravatt Rd, Fashion Island, Pāpāmoa Beach, Pāpāmoa 3118, New Zealand | [email protected] | ngapotiki.org.nz recharge and adventure in the warmer

waters of the South Pacific Ocean. 2020 I have always had whānau on the Date set for mainland to visit as well. Bula vinaka! Annual General Since becoming a Ngā Pōtiki trustee, Meeting

what is something that has stood out 2020 / Pipiri to you, or something you have learnt? The Annual General Meeting for Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore Trust will be June The number of important issues that

held on Saturday, November 14 | Lara Burkhardt the Trust is engaged in to support and from 10.30am. further the interests of Ngā Pōtiki. #17 Advisory Trustee The meeting will be held at Mangatawa — I am excited to be part of some of the Marae (Tamapahore). incredible work the Trust does. ISSUE My connection to Ngā Pōtiki began in There will be an election process this a solicitor/client capacity some years — year. Details and nomination forms will ago, after I returned to Tauranga be sent to all adult registered members in 2009. As a lawyer specialising in at the beginning of August. environmental law, I have had the opportunity to assist Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore Trust with some of its work in this area, most notably the early release and development of Te Hou Hou. I whakapapa to Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi, and also have Danish, Swiss and English heritage. TE KAWERONGO KI NGĀ PŌTIKI | TE KAWERONGO What is your favourite place in Aotearoa, and why? Peter Stokes Colin Reeder Ōmanu, where we live, still stands out Trustee Chairperson and Advisory Trustee as my favourite place. I would have — — loved to grow up right next to a beach Te toto te toto, I am Ngā Pōtiki through My Ngā Pōtiki connection is through (I grew up in Whangārei), so now that my mum, Iria Stokes (nee Taite). my koroua Riini Paraire. I have children (Zoe and Leo) it's really Iria is a daughter of Te Rahui Kura special to me that they will never know Taite (nee Ngatai) and Haimona What is your favourite place in any different (and hopefully swim Taite – my grandparents. Haimona’s Aotearoa, and why? like fish). grandparents were Titihuia Raimona What is your favourite kai? (nee Haimona) and Kirikau Raimona. Kairua – because I live in the old It's boring, but I still love having what family homestead surrounded by Ngā was my favourite childhood/birthday Pōtiki whānau and pā maunga. Kairua What is your favourite place in is the centre of the universe. dinner – pork chops carefully grilled to Aotearoa, and why? make it crackle. The trade-off is tough- What is the best piece of advice you as-gumboots meat, which is why you Hauraki Gulf – plenty of fish. have ever received, and who was it need heaps of apple sauce, mashed What is the best piece of advice you from? potatoes and peas. have ever received, and who was it ‘Kia tau te rangimarie’ – from whaea What is the best piece of advice you from? Ani Tia, Ngāti Kuri. have ever received, and who was it 'Marry a Māori, boy' – from my aunty. What is your favourite kai? from? What is your favourite kai? Cook Island umukai and ika mata, and I have always liked and remembered Kaimoana. Samoan palusami. the lyrics from The Sunscreen Song Since becoming a Ngā Pōtiki trustee, Since becoming a Ngā Pōtiki trustee, from the late 90s, like “Whatever what is something that has stood out what is something that has stood out you do, don’t congratulate yourself to you, or something you have learnt? to you, or something you have learnt? too much, or berate yourself either. Amazed at the leadership of our That Ngā Pōtiki is, for all intents and Your choices are half chance; so are wāhine. purposes, an iwi. everybody else’s”. What would your dream holiday If you could have an evening of kai What would your dream holiday involve? and conversation with three other involve? Rest, relaxation, and good kai. people, who would they be? Going anywhere along the Yasawa Jesus, Muhammad and Buddha. Islands chain in Fiji. Best place to relax, — —

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Connecting with #17 Ngā Pōtiki. ISSUE If you have any questions, please Create an online Ngā Pōtiki email Linda Carroll: Housing update [email protected]. account – Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore Trust is Meanwhile, Stage 2B of the Whakauru mai! excited to announce that it will be Manawa development is now During the recent Covid-19 lockdown, building six three-bedroom rental complete. All titles have been it became clear to us that we need to homes at Manawa. Construction issued and all sites settled. A improve the way we connect, and stay of these houses, which has been financial update will be given at connected, with our members. So, funded by Te Puni Kōkiri and Ngā the Ngā Pōtiki Annual General we have been working to improve the Pōtiki, will be completed by the Meeting in November. accessibility of our registration and end of the year. The 2020 Manawa Shared Equity membership system. There will be more information in

Scheme application process is We cannot just rely on the post to KI NGĀ PŌTIKI | TE KAWERONGO the September newsletter about ongoing for the second group of send out pānui or newsletters, we also this rental housing project and the Ngā Pōtiki whānau. need to be able to connect with our process for applying to be a tenant. — members online, on the phone, and via email. We have created a new registration and membership page on our website, to help us connect with all of you online. Please visit the page and follow the Marae Development Plan Hui instructions. Click through to our new registration/membership portal and Saturday, August 8 create an online account with us. Mangatawa Marae (Tamapahore) Once you have an online account, you 10am-12pm, followed by lunch can update your contact details and receive notifications from us about upcoming events and opportunities. This is the start of a series of hui organised to discuss the future priorities of our marae. If you are not yet a registered member of Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore, you can The Mangatawa Marae Committee has prepared a 25 year strategic plan apply to become a member via this that it would like to share with whānau and receive feedback. new online portal. It is vitally important that we have up to date contact details, so that we can keep you informed about important hui like our Annual General Meeting. If you are able, please take the time to create an online account with us, and A contact form will be available to fill in on the day to create a database of update your contact details. whānau, so that we can keep in touch with you for communication purposes. If you need some help with the process, please feel free to call us at the office on For more information, contact: [email protected] 07 572 3344, or email us at: [email protected].

Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore Trust Tel. 07 572 3344 | Level 1, 34 Gravatt Rd, Fashion Island, Pāpāmoa Beach, Pāpāmoa 3118, New Zealand | [email protected] | ngapotiki.org.nz what is left of the natural environment 2020 along this significantly important 15km green corridor. One way of doing that is by carrying 2020 / Pipiri out native riparian planting along the

waterway. June Already, hundreds of thousands of |

native plants have been planted. #17 Some of the native planting along Te Ara ō Wairākei will provide edge ISSUE habitat for īnanga (which have an “At Risk – Declining” DoC conservation status), in anticipation of these fish returning to spawn. Other indigenous plant species have “Wairākei” for its translucent water. been chosen to improve water quality Te Ara ō Wairākei – (especially temperature), stabilise In summer, after long dry stretches banks, and provide aquatic habitat for the path of Wairākei without rain, algal blooms now often As many of you will know from native resident species such as tuna – flare up and the water starts to stink. whānau kōrero, the Wairākei Stream shortfin eel, and longfin eel (which also once teemed with native fish and birds. Where Wairākei Stream once flowed have an “At Risk – Declining” DoC freely through this corridor and KI NGĀ PŌTIKI | TE KAWERONGO It was connected to and fed into the conservation status). emptied out into the sea, the water vast wetlands that stretched across the The type of plants chosen will also now sits stagnant. Pāpāmoa coast behind the sand dunes. reduce the potential for public/pet And yet, remarkably, life remains – To enable large-scale flax harvesting, contact with water that is unsafe, including some of our native taonga then farming, and, later, residential reduce lawn clippings entering species, like tuna. development, those wetlands were the ponds (which contributes to gradually drained. We have been working with Tauranga the algal blooms), and provide an City Council and other iwi and hapū easily maintained edge for mowing Over time, the Wairākei was cut to make sure native species are given contractors. off from both its headwaters in the every opportunity to re-establish Pāpāmoa Hills, and its natural coastal But especially important for Ngā themselves and flourish in Te Ara ō outlet into Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (the Pōtiki, the native planting will improve Wairākei reserve. Pacific Ocean). water quality and biodiversity, and The Te Ara ō Wairākei project is an that is something everyone will benefit It is no longer a stream. opportunity to preserve and enhance from. What exists now – a few streets back © Photos: Boffa Miskell from the beach, wedged between residential subdivisions – is a substitute waterway that’s main purpose is flood control and stormwater disposal, treatment and storage. That is why, for a long time, it was known as the Papamoa Main Drain. Now, it is called Te Ara ō Wairākei – the path of Wairākei. The new name acknowledges its rich ecological and cultural history. While this meandering network of stormwater ponds and canals remains a highly modified remnant of the original coastal wetlands, it is a far cry from the stream that was named

The Urupā Restoration Project The marae trustees and hau kāinga of Tahuwhakatiki Marae Chair of Tahuwhakatiki Marae, John Ohia, said the planting (Rōmai) have launched a project to restore their urupā. day was "inspiring". During the recent Covid-19 lockdown, marae trustee Ropata Marae trustee Matire Duncan said it was "really awesome to Stephens and a small group of whānau helpers started work see the amount of people that have joined in to help us with on the project. The team live within walking distance of the this project". site and spent the quiet lockdown days clearing the bank of She said: "It's the community. It's not just people of the marae gorse, blackberry and noxious weeds. and of Ngā Pōtiki, it's actually the community." TE KAWERONGO KI NGĀ PŌTIKI | TE KAWERONGO

The main aim of the restoration project is to mitigate erosion Congratulations to everyone involved in this project. Ka rawe! on the edge of the urupā, by building a retaining wall and planting native trees and plants along the bank. We produced two short videos about The project has been funded by the Bay of Plenty Regional The Urupā Restoration Project. Council. You can watch those here: On June 13, a group of whānau helpers and volunteers from Part I: https://vimeo.com/424916889 the wider community spent their Saturday morning planting Part II: https://vimeo.com/429513462 more than 1000 native plants along the bank of the urupā.

Marae Contacts

Tahuwhakatiki Marae (Rōmai) Mangatawa Marae (Tamapahore) Follow us on Instagram 681 Welcome Bay Road, Tauranga 46 Tareha Lane, Tauranga instagram.com/ngapotiki.org.nz Contact: Janice Harrison - 027 381 6212 Contact: Donna Teiho - 021 131 7473

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