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Whitu November 2009 Tēnei marama • Inter-marae pā wars – Page 3 • Scottish MP visits Puketeraki – Page 12 • Hui-a-Tau – Page 17 • Successful Ngāi Tahu Fund recipients – page 25 Nō te Kaiwhakahaere legislation, whether by attending hui or by speaking to your representatives. Keep monitoring the Ngāi Tahu On the second day of this month website for updates as the government moves to repeal the government stated its intention the Foreshore & Seabed Act. to repeal the Foreshore & Seabed Act. This announcement is the As we contemplate the likely significant outcome of result of the combined efforts of iwi the Foreshore & Seabed debate, I am also pausing to to highlight a considerable injustice reflect on the achievements of the year. There have and to effect change. been improvements to our governance rules and systems; increased efficiencies and alignments of our As you will recall Te Rünanga, as organisational efforts as part of the kotahitanga focus; a member of the Treaty Tribes staff across the Group worked hard to find savings in Coalition, was responsible for taking response to the recession; work plans were completed; the matter to the United Nations. Te Rūnanga was also accountability mechanisms were strengthened and involved in discussions with the government in a series communications to whānau increased. It was not an of high level forums. It is a much fairer situation that easy year but as we find ourselves heading into yet now seems likely thanks to our submissions, letters, another Hui-ä-Tau, I am reminded by staff that our waka argument and protests. We should all be proud of our has been on course and has covered considerable contribution to this kaupapa and the result so far. distance. I am looking forward to meeting you all at Hui- ä-Tau to discuss the challenges both behind and in front Of course, there is still work to be done so we must of us. It will be a time for acknowledging the gains in continue our efforts and not allow the government to a year dominated by economic hardships, for sharing be distracted as it moves to establish a fair regulatory what we’ve learnt, and for planning the year ahead. regime which recognises our rights and improves the management of the marine and foreshore environment. I urge you all to follow the process closely and to seek to have input into the formulation of any new Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Happy Birthday Congratulations to Delia Stirling, who was 50 on 1 October – lots of love from Takuta, Alisha and moko, Poututerangi and the Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-a- Apānui Whānau. Birthday greetings to ngä mokopuna o Tai and Delia Singapore Salsa Stirling of Kaiköura: Haiven Waititi celebrated her first Emma McMillan (10) has been chosen to repesent New birthday on 8 October, and Harmony Waititi celebrated Zealand as part of the first Star NZ Youth Salsa Team, her fifth birthday on 27 October. Our aroha to you both, who are travelling to the Singapore Salsa Congress in Nana De, Poua Tai and matua Poututerangi. November. 2 The team to travel to Singapore has 12 members aged included whānau from Australia who whakapapa to the nine to fifteen years and they will be there for ten days. Cootes. The team was picked by Stayz Raukawa – National director of Star Dance Academy and also the NZ Youth Marae hui still held every second Saturday morning of Salsa Team national director and founder. He has the month. Any enquiries around staying at the marae worked with the team to fine tune their talents, with each should be directed to Phyllis Papworth 03 3197914 of them having worked tirelessly until they got it right. Well done Māori Tours Kaiköura Emma has been fundraising Congratulations to Maurice and Heather Manawatu to assist with the cost of the of Māori Tours Kaikōura for taking out this prestigious trip and sends out a big thank award. Well done whānau. you to all who have supported her. Emma’s mum, Carole, Internet-based Rankers.co.nz recently announced will travel at her own cost to the winners in their inaugural Traveller Voted Tourism Singapore. Awards 2009 and Māori Tours Kaiköura has taken out one of the biggies. Emma has been a student of the Star Dance Academy Rankers lists all NZ’s tourism operators in categories for three years, attending her ranging from 4WD tours, to whale watching, museums weekly class at Grovetown and zoos. Visitors are invited to log on, rank their Hall. She is also a junior experience and write a review for fellow travellers to leader at the Picton Star read. Dance Class. ‘Cultural Experiences’ is one of the largest categories and features 54 operators from throughout Aotearoa. Māori Tours Kaiköura squeezed out two other finalists, Tamaki Heritage Experiences in Rotorua and The Great Ngä Uri ö Mangamaunu update: Storm of 1968 based in Oamaru, to win the award in Whānau are invited to the last hangi noho to be held this category. in conjunction with a pöwhiri for the new principal of Kaiköura High school. Well done to all the whänau at MTK. Date: Saturday 5 Dec. Contact: Darran Kereikeepa for details 03 3197113. Disappointment It is most disappointing and disheartening to find out Mangamaunu has new Reservation Land Trustees. WhaleWatch Kaikōura our ‘successful Māori’ company, Current trustees are now: Rewi Pacey, Johnny Ropata, has chosen to host the Prime Minister/Minister of Tourism Norm Kereikeepa, Terry Starkey, Tania Poharama, to launch their new boat Wawahia, by taking him past and Maraea Love. The trustees, in conjunction with Takahanga Marae to the Kaikōura Winery for a powhiri. the Māori Land Court, recently visited urupā between As a member of Takahanga Marae, I assumed tikanga Waipapa Bay and Mangamaunu to identify designated was one of the fundamental principles of this company. sites and clarify correct locations. Little information is I can now see it is not, how very disappointing. available on the exact location of these urupā and they would welcome any information that whānau across the Raewyn Solomon on behalf of Te Runanga o Kaikoura motu may have. P O Box 39 Takahanga Marae Some months ago, Ngä Uri whānau made a trip to Kaikoura Christchurch and presented an oral submission to PH: 027 2627280 Environment Canterbury. This submission opposed a proposed passing lane along the Mangamaunu straight. Kia ora koutou from the Chair Some of the reasons for opposing were the location Nau mai, haere mai whānau! We hope warm weather was on a school bus stopping route, safety for traffic is coming your way. We intend to try and keep you and pedestrians when we have tangi, increasing traffic updated regularly with news, views and goings on from use of Kiwa Road, and the misnaming of the proposed Takahanga. We will be emailing out a pānui to whānau area as Häpuku straight. We have recently heard that whose email addresses we have and making it available our submissions were successful and the planning of on our website. So come on whānau let our office know any passing lane in our rohe has been deferred until your email address so we can keep in touch. And do us 2019 when the Canterbury Regional Land Transport a favour, forward this on to your contacts, so we can get programme is again reviewed and rewritten. Mihi aroha our news out. Plus, we will be having regular info in Te to whānau who took time out to make either an oral or Pānui. written submission. Recent visitors to the marae have 3 Farewell to Tim Manawatu National Outdoor Leadership School We farewelled our general manager Tim Manawatu. Our Māori Tours thanks go to Tim for his time with us. He has headed off Kaikoura District Council: Inter Council Sports to join his whānau in Australia, we wish him all the very St Albans School best. Te Korowai o te Tai O Marokura, Kaikōura Coastal Pā Wars – Intermarae sports weekend with Tūāhuriri Marine Guardians and Rāpaki, Labour Weekend at Kaikōura Te Korowai is a group of local people who have been Wow what a weekend we had! Our good lookin cuzzies working together for some time to develop a coastal headed up from Rapaki and Tūāhuriri and we were management strategy for our area. The upshot is pleased we had plenty of kaimoana to share with whānau, if we want to continue gathering our kaimoana them. On Saturday our weather was looking dodgy, for a feed we need to make sure that our kaimoana freezing cold - obviously sent to us from the south – is going to be out there to gather. We have plenty of but on the day, like always, Rā was high up in the sky rūnanga representatives on this committee. There will making it a gorgeous day. Queues of whānau packed be a presentation from Te Korowai at our next rūnanga our school grounds, our wāhine were able to bronze meeting on 15 November. What we need to hear from up and cheer their tāne on. All of a sudden there were whānau are your ideas on how we can sustain and cries from the crowds, is it an earthquake, the ground preserve our coast, so that there is always a feed out was shaking, had the train derailed over the back? No, there for us and our kids after us. it was Takahanga Tāne – our warriors were throwing out their challenge with our haka, the wāhine had to be Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Meeting Dates held back, they were struggling to contain themselves Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura meets the second Sunday of with the sights of hot rippling MEN before them.