ISSUE 09 TIHEMA 2015

CONNECTING OUR

SERVED WITH AROHA THE IWI HAS SPOKEN NAILING IT! CARVING A NEW FUTURE A new café in puts Meet the newly elected Natis who made it The revolutionary influence the ‘Hati’ into ‘Nati’ TRONPnui board happen in 2015 of Porourangi wharenui MANA ATUA MANA WHENUA MANA TANGATA For tour bookings and Hikurangi dawn ceremony info contact:

Experience Hikurangi Tourism Ngati Porou Email: [email protected] Mob: 021 865 316 www.ngatiporou.com MANA ATUA MANA WHENUA MANA TANGATA For tour bookings and Hikurangi dawn ceremony info contact:

Experience Hikurangi Tourism Ngati Porou Email: [email protected] Mob: 021 865 316 www.ngatiporou.com Contents

04 | COASTIE SUMMER EVENTS GUIDE nati biz nati news 25 | COVER STORY: SERVED WITH AROHA A new café in Ruatoria puts the ‘hati’ in to ‘nati’ with 07 | TRONPNUI GROUP NEWS their hearty kai served with our special brand of down home Ngati Porou hospitality. The latest korero from Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou Group includes: a profile on the new CE; the 28 | MANUKA FOCUS OF WHANAU introduction of the new TRONPnui board; and a ENTERPRISE historic signing between Ngati Porou and the GDC. A new eco-sourced manuka venture aims to unlock 18 | 21 TAU – RA WHANAU TE WAIU! the potential of their whenua and their whanau. Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou 30 | NATI LAND ON AIR celebrates turning 21 over Labour Weekend. Te Amokura Productions is a Nati owned and 20 | NGA TAMA TOA – HE TOA WHAKAIHU operated television company with two new projects WAKA currently on screen. Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust takes home the supreme award at the recent Nga Tohu Reo Maori awards. nati story 21 | LEAN ON ME 33 | NGA TURE O TE NGUTU AWA O WAIAPU An upcoming concert to raise awareness about the issue of suicide within our community. The rules of fishing at the river mouth are shared in this reprinted archival article. . 22 | KAUPAPA NATI: THE IWI HAS SPOKEN 34 | TE WANANGA WHAKAMAUMAHARA Kaupapa Nati is a newly introduced section in Nati KI A TA APIRANA NGATA Link that provides a platform for kaupapa of interest to Ngati Porou to be discussed and critiqued. In this Korero and images from the 2015 Ta Apirana Ngata edition, former political journalist Tina Wickliffe Memorial Lectures. analyses the results of the recent TRONPnui election and the wider issue of voter participation. 40 | CLIFF WHITING, POROURANGI & CARVING TODAY An interview with Tohunga Whakairo, Cliff Whiting about the significance of Porourangi wharenui. Meri Kirihimete me nga mihi o te tau hou 44 | REGENERATION & UNIFICATION: ki a tatau katoa. THE VISION BEHIND TE TINI O POROU With 2015 about to draw to a close, and with 2016 just around the corner, the December Former TRONPnui CEO, Teepa Wawatai shares his edition of Nati Link is inspired by several korero about the inspiration behind the new Te Tini kaupapa: reflecting back on the last 12 months; o Porou Whanau and Youth Centre. returning back to the Coast to renew whanau ties; revitalising our stories and our history. Nati Link takes a new direction with this nati life issue. After much contemplation we have decided to revamp the look and feel of the 49 | DRIVING RANGATAHI ON AIR magazine in line with our thinking about how best to communicate to Ngati Porou. As a result Moerangi Tihore is Radio Ngati Porou’s youngest we have aligned the structure of the magazine and newest announcer. in keeping with our online communication 50 | NAILING IT! NATIS WHO MADE IT platforms and considered what is the overall HAPPEN IN 2015 purpose of the magazine. Our aim is to position Nati Link as a vehicle which can help advance 2015 was a big year for Ngati Porou. Three Natis the interests of Ngati Porou people, express share their own personal achievements from this year, and strengthen the richness of our Nati identity and look ahead to 2016. and reinforce and reflect our cultural values. We hope we have achieved some of these 56 | LIVING THE EAST COAST DREAM objectives, and that you enjoy reading the stories within this issue over the summer A whanau from share their story about holidays. moving back home to build on their whenua. 62 | HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY (AND GOUT FREE) CHRISTMAS EDITOR Jasmine Kaa Ngati Porou Hauora shares helpful advice about what CONTRIBUTING kai to choose this coming holiday season. WRITERS Tina Wickliffe 64 | NATI KAI: SUMMER AT TE TINI Jasmine Kaa Edwina Hema, the Sous Chef at Te Tini o Porou Phil Heeney Mero Irihapeti Rokx provides two light and tasty recipes from their Dr Jennie Harre summer buffet selection. Hindmarsh Emma Marino 66 | IN SEARCH OF THE EAST COAST VIBE Dr Ngarino Ellis Maria Wynyard Now in its fourth year, East Coast Vibes is making ON THE COVER Taiarahia Melbourne its mark on the national music festival circuit. In this Ned and Kura Tibble Teepa Wawatai article meet the Nati organisers behind this popular enjoy the manaakitanga event. ADVERTISING from Hati Nati Café Trudy Lewis owner, Donnette Kupenga. Recently 70 | GOSPEL ROOTS FESTIVAL DESIGN the couple celebrated Sarah Gibson Three days of incredible music, culture, art and kapa their 60th wedding Susie Gibson haka are part of the line up of this inaugural festival. anniversary, and will PHOTOGRAPHY soon be celebrating 72 | GODS & MONSTERS Trudy Lewis their 80th birthdays. Images from a new exhibition from an emerging Ngati Porou artist. Nati Link is a quarterly publication 78 | REMEMBERING THE FALLEN of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou. To subscribe, comment or get A Ngati Porou film-maker’s new short film project is in contact, email Jasmine Kaa: based on the story of a renowned Ngati Porou First [email protected]. World War soldier. Coastie summer events guide

Hikurangi Dawn Ceremony: January 1 Welcome in the start of 2016 by taking part in an uniquely Ngati Porou experience. 4AM-10AM PAKIHIROA STATION, TAPUAEROA VALLEY ROAD, RUATORIA East Coast Vibes: Lean On Me Concert: For more info contact: January 4 December 5 Paora Brooking, Now in its fourth year, East Coast Tourism Ngati Porou Vibes is the biggest gathering for Chad Chambers, Darylene E: [email protected] lovers of Soul, Roots and Reggae. Rogers and the G Knights M: 021 865 316 Headline acts include Kora, are among the home grown www.ngatiporou.com Ardijah, Savage, Sammy J and talent supporting this whanau Sons of Zion. focused event held to help raise awareness about suicide AWAPUNI STADIUM, prevention and intervention. CENTENNIAL MARINE DRIVE, GISBORNE 9AM–8PM, , RUATORIA To check out the rest of the acts on offer visit For more info contact Tuta www.eastcoastvibes.co.nz Ngarimu – ph 021 139 5800

Ngati Porou Inter-Marae Sports Festival (aka Pa Wars): January 3 Support your marae by taking part in the 2016 Pa Wars, hosted for the first time by Te Whanau a Hinerupe. Over 20 events are on offer for all members of the whanau to participate in. 8.30AM–5PM, TE WAHA O REREKOHU, For more info contact Hiria Shaw or Leeanne Morice, Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou. Email: [email protected] or [email protected] tel: 0800 833 502 or go to www.ngatiporou.com.

Gospel Roots Festival: January 15-18 Three days of amazing music and arts inspired by the spread of the Gospel in Tairawhiti, Aotearoa. Stan Walker, Rob Ruha, Maisey Rika and Kirk Franklin and his Gospel Choir will be among the line up. AWAPUNI STADIUM, CENTENNIAL MARINE DRIVE, GISBORNE For the full programme visit www.gospelroots.nz

4 Nati Link PA WARS 2016 Ngati Porou Inter-Marae Sports Festival

Sunday 3rd January Te Waha o Rerekohu, Te Araroa

Marae Registration Packs are available online at www.ngatiporou.com For more info contact Tel. 0800 NPOROU (0800 676768) | Mob. 021 864209 | Email. [email protected] For Pa Wars updates go to facebook.com/Ngatiporoupawars nati news GROUP NEWS

Wananga in December 2015 In December the first round of a series of consultation hui will be held. These wananga will provide an Have your say opportunity for attendees to share their experiences, practices and aspirations about Ngati Porou for good environmental and conservation management into the future. Conservation TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER 10am–3pm, Hinerupe Marae, Te Araroa WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER Strategy 10am–3pm, Taumata o Mihi (Rauru) Marae, Ruatoria A key component of the Ngati Porou Treaty Claims THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER Settlement included the provision for a strategic 10am–3pm, Marae, Whangara conservation partnership to be created between the Crown and Ngati Porou. Nga Whakahaere Takirua is Online surveys the name of the conservation management strategy Share your whakaaro about which will help give effect to this partnership. nga Paanga Whenua o Ngati Porou, or other conservation sites and places in the Over the next 18 to 24 months, Te rations and concerns about conservation East Coast and why they Runanganui o Ngati Porou and the areas within the Ngati Porou rohe, there are significant to you by Department of Conservation will be are a number of options available to have completing an online survey at working together to facilitate opportu- your say. the website www.doc.govt.nz/ nities for Ngati Porou whanau and hapu, nga-whakahaere-takirua. and the other members within our East You can also download the Coast communities, to help shape what FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE UPCOMING WANANGA OR NGA WHAKAHAERE survey form from this site and this strategy will look like. Once final- TAKIRUA post or email it back. ised, Nga Whakahaere Takirua will pro- Go to www.ngatiporou.com vide a long-term strategy for the care, use and management of conservation Contact Tina Swann, Te Runanganui Submission areas across the whole of Ngati Porou. o Ngati Porou, email: tswann@tronp. org.nz, tel: 06 867 9960 process in 2016 Included as part of the strategy will include Nga Paanga Whenua o Contact De-Arne Sutherland, In mid-2016 there will be an Department of Conservation, Ngati Porou, 22 conservation lands with- opportunity for individuals, email: [email protected] hapu and other groups in the Ngati Porou rohe administered by tel: 06 869 0460 DOC. Nga Whakahaere Takirua will within Ngati Porou to make Nga Whakahaere Takirua: submissions on a draft version contain policies, objectives or outcomes www.doc.govt.nz/nga-whakahaere- for the integrated management of the takirua of Nga Whakahaere Takirua. natural and historic resources of Nga Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Act: These submissions will all Paanga Whenua o Ngati Porou. www.legislation.govt.nz/act/ be considered before Nga If you would like to share your aspi- public/2012/0031/latest/DLM3548725. Whakahaere Takirua is html finalised.

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Chairman’s korero

Tena tatau Ngati Porou, otira nga uri o te maunga e kore e nekeneke. Tena hoki tatau i o tatau mate huhua, kaoreha ki taku tuakana, Pihopa John Gray, Te Pihopa o Te Amorangi o Te Waipounamu haere e te hoa, nahau i whakapau to kaha mo Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa, okioki mai koe i to ukaipo o roto o Tokomaru akau. Ma te aio o te rangi e takai i to whanau, otira i a tatau katoa.

As 2015 draws dedicated Whanau Oranga team. A ma- years but it provides a vital service to our to a close, and jor focus of the centre revolves around whanau. I am delighted to see that the the dawn of a developing the potential of our rangata- Hauora has recently been rated one of New Year fast hi and helping them to succeed. It was the top performing primary health care approaches, we heartening to see children from the local organisations and that its enrolments are can reflect on the schools well involved in the opening. on the increase. major events and Last month the Runanganui, on be- The Runanganui board elections were undertakings of the past 12 months. half of Ngati Porou, signed a joint man- also held this year, with over 4,000 reg- We cannot contemplate the last year agement agreement ( JMA) with the istered members casting their votes. I without remembering the loss of one of Council for the Waia- write this report to you as a re-elected Ngati Porou’s great sons and leaders, Api pu Catchment. The JMA is the first of Trustee, and ahead of the new board’s Mahuika. Uncle Api chaired the Runa- its kind in the country and will enable first meeting in December. I look for- nga, and then the Runanganui, for close Ngati Porou to share decision-making ward to participating in the new board to 30 years. He was a fearless advocate responsibilities with the Council for and, collectively, to taking the Runanga- for all matters of importance to Ngati the care and management of the Waia- nui forward for our people. I also want Porou and he built a strong foundation pu river and catchment area. This is a to acknowledge the trustees who are not for the rest of us to build on. E te tipuna significant step forward in recognising returning to the board and thank them papa, te kaingakau, te kaiarahi, te tohun- the rights and interests of Ngati Porou for their commitment to their board and ga whakairo i te kupu, te Poupou atawhai whanau and hapu in their freshwater rohenga responsibilities while in office. o tenei reanga haere! Haere! Haere! resources. The GDC should be acknowl- As an organisation we look to the Mid-way through the year, during the edged for showing its faith in our people year ahead with a sense of optimism and time of Matariki, the Runanganui allo- to make decisions in the best interests of confidence about the future. With a new cated $500,000 towards the retention the community and our awa tupuna. board, a new Chief Executive and many and revitalisation of Te reo ake o Ngati This year the Runanganui’s commer- new initiatives and projects upon the ho- Porou. The funding was generated from cial arm continued to grow the Ngati rizon, these are exciting times for Ngati our commercial assets, managed by our Porou settlement and pre-settlement Porou. In closing, please enjoy the up- Holding company, and the Reo strategy assets it holds on our behalf. The assets, coming Christmas and New Year’s holi- was put together by Toitu Ngati Porou which are mix of businesses, fish quota day period with your whanau. For those in consultation with the people. We face and financial investments are now val- of you who are coming home, we invite the loss of our native speakers, and less ued at $224m, up 9% from last year. But you to attend the Hikurangi Dawn Cer- use of our reo in general, so it is critical the important point is that the assets emony on New Year’s Day and Pa Wars that we act with urgency and real com- also generated an income that allowed which will be celebrating its 21st anni- mitment. We cannot expect the Crown, the Runanganui to deliver real benefits versary in Te Araroa on the 3rd January. or anyone else, to value our reo more to our communities. Te Tini o Porou is than we do. So, we’re putting your mon- one example. In addition the income re- Meri kirihimete me te Hape Nuia ey where your reo is. ceived also allowed us to put two large Tipu Matoro ki te ao. In August we opened Te Tini o Po- cash injections into Ngati Porou Hauo- Kia tau te ia o te mauri kia tatau katoa rou Whanau & Youth Centre. The new ra, our iwi-led health service that sup- facility provides a “one stop shop” for ports all of our families and communi- SELWYN TANETOA PARATA TIAMANA many Ngati Porou whanau in Gisborne ties on the East Coast. The Hauora has TE RUNANGANUI O NGATI POROU to access support and services from our struggled financially over a number of

8 Nati Link Te Wiwi Nati theme of Annual Report

In March 1917 as the First World War raged in Europe, Ngati Porou recruits gathered with Ngati Kahungunu at Pakipaki marae in Heretaunga. During the hui a composition by Ta Apirana Ngata was first performed in tribute to his kinsmen, who were readying themselves to go to war, as well as to acknowledge the return of his great friend, Ta Timi Kara (Sir James Carroll), from overseas. The waiata would not only go on to become a Ngati Porou national anthem, it would also help popularise a term of endearment we have for ourselves as people. Te Wiwi Nati was the name of the waiata, and although written almost a century ago its meaning still carries resonance to this day. Ta Apirana likened the people of Ngati Porou to the wiwi, a hardy native reed along our coastline that is resilient and resolute against the elements. The image on this page shows clusters of wiwi growing along the shoreline of , with Whangaokena, a Ngati Porou landmark also referenced in the waiata, in the background. This image also appears on the front cover of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou’s 2015 Annual Report. The theme of the publication was inspired by the lyrics of Te Wiwi Nati, which also features other indigenous flora including the Pohutakawa, Pinatoro, Kopakopa, Ngutu Kaka and Titoki.

Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou would like to thank local DOC Ranger, Graeme Atkins from Tikapa, for sharing his knowledge of indigenous flora during the production of the report. To download a copy of the Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou 2015 Annual Report, go to www.ngatiporou.com ROHENGA 1: POTIKIRUA KI GROUP NEWS WHANGAOKENA

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ROHENGA 2: WHANGAOKENA KI WAIAPU

Patrick Tangaere Matanuku Mahuika Meet the new ROHENGA 3: POHAUTEA KI board TE ONEPOTO Lilian Tangaere Heni Tawhiwhirangi Every four years Ngati Porou has the Baldwin opportunity to have their say about who will represent their collective interests around the Te Runanganui ROHENGA 4: TE ONEPOTO KI o Ngati Porou board table. RAHUIMANUKA

In September voting for the TRONPnui 2015 election began, Tui Warmenhoven Mei Reedy-Taare and four weeks later on October the 20th the final results were announced. From a field of 38 candidates, fourteen were elected by adult members on the Ngati Porou Register. The 2015 elec- tion saw the return of six sitting board members: Rei Kohere, Ani Pahuru-Huriwai, Lilian Tangaere-Baldwin, Tui Aroha ROHENGA 5: Warmenhoven, Selwyn Tanetoa Parata and Kody Koroumatai RAHUIMANUKA Pewhairangi. Joining them are eight new incoming Elected KI MATAAHU Representatives: Patrick Tangaere, Matanuku Mahuika, Heni Tawhiwhirangi, Mei Reedy-Taare, Te Rau Kupenga, Na Rai- Selwyn Parata Te Rau Kupenga hania, Maui Tangohau and Kelly Blackman. Eleven of the fourteen Elected Representatives are Noho Kaenga (living within the Ngati Porou rohe), while the remain- ing three are Kei Te Whenua (living outside the Ngati Porou rohe). The gender split between the board members is 50/50, ROHENGA 6: with Ngati Porou women sharing equal responsibility in the MATAAHU decision making processes around the board table. KI KOKORONUI During the month long voting process 4152 registered adult members exercised their tribal democratic rights by casting Koroumatai Kody Na Raihania their votes online, by post or at a Wahi Pooti (polling booth). Pewhairangi Four years ago 2659 registered Ngati Porou voters participated in the inaugural 2011 TRONPnui Election process. The 2015 election symbolises a new chapter in TRONPnui’s development. Earlier this year the organisation marked the passing of former Chairman, Dr Apirana Mahuika, who had ROHENGA 7: led the organisation for three decades. Over the next four years KOKORONUI KI the new board will make decisions about the tribe’s $224 mil- TE TOKA A TAIAU lion dollar collective asset base, and advocate on behalf of our people, our taonga, our whenua, our heritage and our future. Maui Tangohau Kelly Blackman

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Te Mana o Te Wai

Overlooking the mouth of the Waiapu, Tikapa marae provided an appropriate setting for a historic signing ceremony last month. The occasion marked a watershed moment in the recognition of Ngati Porou freshwater rights.

On the 7th of November over sixty peo- resources. The signing of the JMA marks the ple gathered at Tikapa to witness the “The signing marks the beginning of culmination of over thirty consultation signing of a Joint Management Agree- a new chapter in partnership between hui that the Runanganui has conducted ment ( JMA) between Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou and the Gisborne District with Ngati Porou hapu and landowners Ngati Porou and the Gisborne District Council,” said Te Runanganui o Ngati over the past twelve months. Partici- Council. The JMA is the first of its kind Porou Chairman, Selwyn Parata. “The pants who attended the hui shared their in , and as a result Ngati JMA gives us more opportunities to uti- views about their relationship with the Porou in partnership with the council, lise and sustainably manage resources for waimaori/freshwater in their rohe and will share decision making responsibil- the benefit of all the people living in the identified ways in those relationships ities for the care and management of the Waiapu Catchment area. For Ngati Po- could be recognised and given effect to. and catchment. These joint rou this is a big step forward under the Tina Porou is a member of the Nga- responsibilities will include perform- Resource Management Act and I believe ti Porou WaiMaori working group, and ing or exercising the local authority’s that other iwi will push harder now to attended the JMA signing at Tikapa. functions, powers, or duties under the get to the decision-making tables with She said, “The JMA represents one of Resource Management Act and other their own local councils on their rivers the building blocks required along with legislation relating to natural or physical and lakes.” Ngati Porou hapu Taiao (Environmen-

12 Nati Link OPPOSITE PAGE Te Whanau a Pokai hosted the historic signing ceremony held at Tikapa marae. LEFT (L-R) TRONPnui Chairman, Selwyn Parata, Gisborne Mayor, Meng Foon, GDC Chief Executive, Judy Campbell and TRONPnui Chief Executive, Herewini Te Koha. BELOW During the ceremony Mayor Meng Foon gifted Ngati Porou a painting of the Waiapu on behalf of the GDC in acknowledgement of the event.

tal Management) Plans that will enable the health and wellbeing of our whanau, try. nga hapu o Ngati Porou to give effect to hapu and communities.” The next steps of the process will in- ‘Te Mana o te Wai’, a tikanga (values) Te Mana o te Wai is a values based volve the joint development of a Waiapu based framework for freshwater man- framework, adopted by Iwi Leaders in catchment management plan with the agement. If we, through the JMA, are 2012, to ensure the health and wellbeing council, and in consultation with the lo- able to restore the health and wellbeing of the wai (freshwater) and, for enabling cal community. “The onus is on the Run- of the Waiapu and its many tributaries, iwi and hapu as Kaitiaki to be more pro- anganui and senior council staff to make through sustainable freshwater and land actively involved in the governance and our shared aspirations under the JMA a management, then we will have a bet- management of the wai for the better- reality,” said Mr Parata. ter chance of restoring and improving ment of iwi, communities and the coun-

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New CE starts

At the beginning of October, Herewini Muturangi Te Koha began his new role as Chief Executive of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou.

Herewini is the mokopuna of the late chief executive of Te Puni Kokiri; chief hi and the new incoming board of Te Tipene and Hokinga (Girlie) Ngata of executive of Te Mangai Paho (the Maori Runanganui o Ngati Porou over the new Waiomatatini and is married to Kim Broadcasting Commission) and Deputy year. Herewini replaces outgoing chief Ngarimu (Te Aitanga a Mate). Among Director of the Office of Treaty Settle- Executive Dean Moana who resigned the hapu Herewini affiliates to include ments. due to personal reasons at the beginning Te Whanau a Karuai, Te Whanau a In 1994 he also spent a year working of September. Hunaara and Te Aitanga a Mate. He is for Te Runanga o Ngati Porou and, later, also of Nga Puhi and Ngati Tamatera was one of three Runanga-nominated descent. appointees to Te Haeata, Ngati Porou’s Over the last 20 years Herewini has Treaty of Waitangi claims negotiations held a number of senior roles within the team. Herewini says he is looking for- public sector, including former deputy ward to working alongside the kaima-

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TRONPnui News Update

Marae grants – close off date In the last financial year $1.26m paid was distributed by TRONPnui to Ngati Porou marae through the Marae Grants scheme. Of this $1.09m was paid in annual grants and $170,000 in capital grants. Applications for marae grants are available on a quarterly basis, with the next round closing on the 12th of December. Application forms are available from TRONPnui’s Marae “One Stop Shop” Te Reo Ake Kaitakawaenga, Leeanne Morice. for whanau open o Ngati Porou [email protected]. 0800 833 502 for business In July TRONPnui announced $500,000 would be committed The new Tini o Porou Whanau and towards investing in Ngati Marae Insurance Youth Centre (Te Kainga Manaaki Porou language acquisition, i nga taitamariki me te whanau) promotion and inter-generational Sign Ups proudly opened its doors in transmission. Toitu Ngati Porou, the September. A few weeks after the cultural development arm of the Last November Nati Insure, a official opening around thirty staff organisation, will be charged with collective insurance scheme for from the Whanau Oranga Social the responsibility of distributing this Ngati Porou marae, was launched Services and Te Taitai Hono (Iwi putea. at the TRONPnui AGM. The scheme Justice) divisions of Te Runanganui Earlier this year Toitu Ngati Porou is a partnership between TRONPnui o Ngati Porou moved to their new commissioned the development and Aon Insurance and provides the Tyndall road premises in Kaiti. of a Ngati Porou Reo Strategy. opportunity for marae to lower their Previously the kaimahi were housed This strategy was endorsed by annual insurance premiums. in five separate office sites along the TRONPnui board in June, and Since the launch 31 marae have Wainui Road, however families and the half million dollar investment taken up the opportunity to have young people can now access a range will help implement the strategy’s their building valuations assessed, of services at one central location. recommendations. A Ngati Porou which has involved a series of site Among the programmes and Hui a Iwi will be called to seek visits by Aon’s Insurance Team and services offered by Te Tini o Porou feedback into the strategy, and help TRONPnui’s Marae Kaitakawaenga, Whanau and Youth Centre are: determine how the putea will be Leeanne Morice. Recently the Tuhono Whanau – Family Start; distributed. process of signing marae up to Youth Services Support; Budgeting; the collective commenced, and 16 Counselling; Restorative and Youth marae have now officially joined the Justice and Te Tatai Hono (Iwi scheme – 2 of which were previously Justice). uninsured. The majority of these marae have received 30% to 50% off For more information current premiums. Contact 06 8679960

16 Nati Link TE RIPOATA O TE TAU ANNUAL REPORT TE RIPOATA O TE TAU Hikurangi Dawn TRONPnui 2015 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 TE RIPOATA O TE TAU ANNUAL REPORT Ceremony 2016 Annual Report 2015

On January the 1st (weather 2015 available permitting) the Hikurangi Dawn In the last financial year Ceremony will again take place the total number of assets for on the maunga, amongst the the TRONPnui Group increased spectacular whakairo, Te Takapau by 9% to $224 million, and 4,275 a Maui. Participants will meet at was the total number of whanau the entrance to Pakihiroa Station members accessing our Whanau (Tapuaeroa Valley Road, Ruatoria) Oranga services. These statistics at 4am that morning, before making and many more are published in the journey up the maunga. Please Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou’s Ngati Porou note 4 wheel drive vehicles are Annual Report. required to travel along the 10km Inter-Marae long trek. After the ceremony a The publication also contains hearty new years day BBQ breakfast reports from the governance Sports Festival will be provided inside Pakihiroa’s and operations divisions of the (aka Pa Wars) Wool Shed. TRONPnui Group, including Ngati Porou Holding Company, Ngati On January the 3rd Te Whanau To register or more info Porou Hauora and Toitu Ngati a Hinerupe will host the 2016 Pa contact Paora Brooking at Porou. Wars in Te Araroa. This event is now Tourism Ngati Porou. entering its 21st year, and over 20 Hard copies are available from our events are on offer for all members [email protected] Ruatoria and Kaiti office sites. of the whanau to participate in, with 021 865 316 Download a digital version the day ending with the popular www.ngatiporou.com at www.ngatiporou.com Tug-o –War. To register your marae or for more info contact Hiria Shaw or Leeanne Morice at Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou. [email protected] or [email protected] 0800 833 502 www.ngatiporou.com

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21 Tau – Hari huritau ki Te Waiu!

I te mutunga wiki e kia nei, Labour Weekend, i whakawhaiti nga raukura o Te Waiu ki te kura ki te whakanui i te huritau 21 o te kura. I whakanuia te huritau 21 kia taea e nga kaiako tuatahi o te kura pera i a Nanny Peg raua ko Papa Beau te whai wahi.

Neke atu i te ono tekau ngā raukura i hoki mai ki te whakapakari i ngā hon- onga, te whanaungatanga i roto i ngā whakataetae. I hoki ngā tauira ki ā rātau whare Hinetapaiuru, Rararapaririki, Rongokako me Horowhatu. Ka mutu te whakatau me te kai, i te pō o te Paraire, i whai wāhi ngā whare ki te whakarite i a rātau anō mo te maha o ngā whakataetae. Ko te taonga mo te whare toa, te tū whakahīhī mo ngā tau e heke nei. Ko te whakataetae whakautu i ngā pātai mo ngā tau e 21 o te kura, me ngā tau i Manutahi te mahi tuatahi, ko te taupatupatu te mahi tuarua. He hātekēhi ngā kōrero i karawhiua mai, i karawhiua atu. I mutu ngā mahi i te 10 karaka i te pō. Ko te hīkoi a whare te mahi tuatahi i papa netipōro me te papa whutupōro Pārekareka ana ngā kōrero, ngā wero, ngā te ata o te Hātarei, ko te whakaatu i ngā tati, e rua ngā whare e tākaro ana, e rua karo i whakatakotoria i a Rongokako me kara me ngā pōkeka te mahi. Ka mutu anō e tākaro ana tērā atu tākaro. Kāre he Horowhatu. tērā i hoki ngā waewae me ngā mahara ki wā whakatā kia whai wāhi rānō ia whare Ka whakatakotoria ngā kai mo te tina, te Rori Pīrori, te oma 2 kiromita e māra- ki te tākaro ki ērā atu whare e toru i roto ka tirohia e ngā kaiwhakawā ngā rauma- ma ana ngā tauira katoa o te kura. Aha- i ēnei tākaro e rua. ta, ngā parareka, te paraoa me ngā mīti koa te poto o te oma i ngā raukura e kura I mua i te tina, i whakahaeretia te whi- i runga i ngā tēpū e whā i te mea, he tonu ana, kāre pērā te poto i tēnei wā. ringa toa mo te taupatupatu. “Te puku whakataetae a whare anō te mahinga kai. Ka mutu te oma i haere tōtika ki te Maori, kua pākeha noa atu” te kaupapa. I te hekenga o te marangai, i haere

18 Nati Link te whakataetae ūka i roto i te hōro o te tunga i te kura, koia nei te tākaro mo te I RUNGA Nga tauira o mua e mau ana i nga ti -hate-a-whare: Rapaea, TeMuiora, kura, te whakataetae tino whare me te hunga kua āhua rahi ake ngā tinana. Waiotemarama me Hiria Parata (Na Nori tāuronarona. I whai wāhi ngā tāngata I tū te hākari ki te whare whakamau- Parata te whakaahua). koi, ngā tāngata mahara ki ngā MAUI Nanny Mabel Aupouri, Papa Beau mūrere i roto i hoia, a Uepo- (Tuta Nihoniho Matutaera) Haereroa, Nanny ngā mahi kāri. “Ka mutu tera i hoki nga hatu. I reira i Tawhiri Reedy (Na Nori Parata te whakaahua). He nui te kōrero waewae me nga mahara whakahaeretia ahakoa he momo ki te Rori Pirori, te oma 2 te whakataetae kōrero anō. kiromi t­a e marama ana nga ICT, te whakaa- anō tērā mahi. I whakama- tauira katoa o te kura.” tu i ngā mahi I muri i ngā mahi ki Uepohatu me hia ngā pūken- o te hui ma te te tahitahi i te whare, horoi i ngā rīhi, i ga ahuwhenua, rīpene whakaata. whakawhiti atu te mahi ki te RSA o Ru- te mahi tahi, te Te miharo o ngā atoria, ki reira i whakahaeretia te whaka- whakarongo me te pakari o te tinana mahi i whakaaturia ahakoa te wā poto taetae karaoke. i roto i te mahi tino whare. Pērā i ngā ki te whakarite. Ka mutu pea te hui whakaharahara, te kaimahi pāmu o te kainga, i puta hoki I muri i a ia kaikōrero i te hākari, i tū hui whakahirahira. Na te pai o te hui, kei ēnei i roto i te marangai. tētahi whare ki te kīnaki i te kōrero, e rua te hiahia ngā raukura kia hui anō te kura Ko te tauronarona te mahi whakamu- ngā waiata, haka rānei. He whakataetae mo te huritau 25. NA PHIL HEENEY

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Nga Tama Toa – he toa whakaihu waka

I waenganui i nga karangatanga iwi maha i whakarauika atu ki Ahuriri, ko te tepu a nga pukorero no te Tairawhiti – ko o ratau hutu me nga panekoti ataahua e tohu ana i te hiratanga o te po.

Ae, koinei te kohinga pakeke i E ai ki te heamana tuarua o Nga whakakanohi ai i te tarahiti o Nga Taon- Taonga a nga Tama Toa, a Walton ga a Nga Tama Toa ki te Po Tuku Tohu Walker, “Ko te mea nui ki a ratau mai Reo Maori 2015. E whakamanawa ana i te timatanga o tenei pukapuka he mea te ropu nei mo te whakamaoritanga a tuku iho ki nga tamariki mokopuna, nga tena, a tena i nga tuhinga reo Pakeha whakatipuranga kei te heke tonu mai, a Monty Soutar mo te pukapuka Nga koira ta ratau nei whakahau, to ratau tu- Tama Toa, a, ko te mea motuhake rawa manako. Rokohanga te wa whakataetae o te taonga nei, kua whakamaoritia ki nei kare tera i te mea e akiaki ana ki a ta te mita ake a tena paparinga, a tena ratau hei whakamahi i te pukapuka nei. a Josie raua ko Willie Kaa koinei pea paparinga o Te Tairawhiti. Haunga ano Engari me ki he kirimi i runga i te keke te haerenga whakamutunga mo ratau, ta ratau toa i te wahanga Hapori, o nga tenei honore”. kei te ata haere i enei momo haerenga, tautapanga katoa i eke panuku i nga wa- Ko Willie raua ko Josie Kaa, ko Tussie no matau te honore i tata tonu mai ratau hanga tekau ma toru o te whakataetae, Butler-Gamble, Muriwai Jones, Kahu ki tenei po, rokohanga era atu o nga pa- i whakawhiwhia a Nga Taonga a Nga Stirling, Lewis Moeau, ratau ko te hoia keke i tae mai”. Tama Toa ki te tohu tiketike rawa o te morehu a Noel Raihania etahi i haria ki Me whakamanawa ka tika. po, a Huia Te Reo. Ka mau te wehi! Ahuriri. Hei ta Walton, “Ki mai NA TINA WICKLIFFE

20 Nati Link SUICIDE AWARENESS

Lean on me

A concert to help raise awareness about death more whanau have been affect- NATI FOR LIFE A set by Chad Chambers suicide prevention will provide the finale for the upcoming Lean ed by whakamomori (suicides) further on Me concert. and intervention will highlighting the need for some form of be held on Saturday community based action. Hamiora’s cousin Tuta Ngarimu be- awhitiri Ngatai-Mahue with main act the 5th of December gan discussions with Hamiora’s sister Chad Chambers to wrap it up. It will be at Whakarua Park in Vanessa about a response. Tuta posed the attended by national Harley Davidson idea of having a festival of music concert, organisation R.A.T.S. (Riders against Ruatorea. ‘Lean on Me’ where professionals and other experts Teenage Suicide), speakers from various is the name of the event could also discuss issues surrounding backgrounds including Green Ribbon stigmas, mental health conditions and (anti-bullying organisation) and local organised by Nati For vital information pertaining to suicide whānau affected by suicide. There will Life, a roopu formed including prevention and intervention be health professionals on the ground strategies. In August whānau (known to for whanau to approach and discuss per- recently in response to Tuta) who had recently been affected by sonal issues with including Ngāti Porou an issue affecting many suicide were invited to discuss this initi- Hauora, Te Kupenga (Maori Mental whanau within the Ngati ative. There was a unanimous consensus Health) and Victim Support, and in- by those who attended to support the formation tents. For tamariki there will Porou community. Nati event and the name ‘Nāti for Life’ was be Harley Davidson rides, a spray-paint For Life Chairperson chosen for our organisation driving this tagging board, face painting and taa kaupapa. The concert would be called moko drawing. There will also be food Taiarahia Melbourne the ‘Lean on Me’ concert with a focus on stores and a kaumatua tent. Donations provides a background supporting whanau on the East Coast. have already been received from several Nāti for Life is committed to raising marae, schools, local businesses and fur- about the group’s awareness of suicide prevention and in- ther money pledged from local organi- establishment. tervention options for whānau on the sations. The event is smoke, alcohol and East Coast. The ultimate dream of the drug free. NA TAIARAHIA MELBOURNE roopu is to provide the tools necessary In February this year Hamiora (Haami) for individuals and whanau to combat Ngarimu, loving partner and father of suicide so that whānau never have to LEAN ON ME four children, took his own life. As his suffer the pain of suicide again. Saturday December 5, 2015 whanau struggled to comprehend the The Lean on Me concert includes local Whakarua Park, Ruatorea impact of his death, a realisation that acts Kahu Waitoa, Darylene Rogers, Ve- Gates open 9am, entry by koha support within Te Tairawhiti to assist nessa Grant, Miss Pou(namu), Deewuz, For more information please contact whanau after such a devastating loss Fire & Ash, G-Knights, Ethnic Roots, Tuta Ngarimu, phone: 021 139 5800 was limited. Tragically since Hamiora’s Under the Sun, Ora Taukamo and Ru- email: [email protected]

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The iwi has spoken

Ngati Porou have had their say about who can best represent them at the decision making table of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou. Or have they? In this opinion piece former political reporter Tina Wickliffe analyses voter participation and what needs to be done to get more Naatis engaged.

The diversity of candidates that stood in So who were the four thousand plus the 2015 TRONPnui trustee elections Naatis that voted? While electionz, could be likened to a hakari – there was the company contracted to oversee the something, or someone, to suit every- TRONPnui elections were at the time one’s tastes. From a smorgasbord of 38 of this article going to press unable candidates ranging from the well sea- to provide a breakdown, we can look soned to the underdone, 14 people have to Maori participation in the general been selected for the top table. election for clues – just switch out the Over the next four years these 14 peo- word Maori for Ngati Porou. Research ple will oversee the management of as- prepared for the Electoral Commission sets worth over $200 million and have suggests older Maori with comfortable responsibilities comparable to a mini living standards and a smaller group government. Government, or more spe- of younger Maori actively engaged in cifically Cabinet, is responsible for the Te Ao Maori are more likely to vote. allocation of scarce resources acquired Rangatahi – a characteristic of Nga- through taxation on behalf of the New ti Porou – and poorer living standards Zealand public. Similarly the TRON- – another characteristic – affect partic- procedural difficulties amongst the rea- Pnui board allocates Ngati Porou dollars, ipation. Given the youthful and urban sons for low engagement and apathy. acquired through its Treaty settlements diasporic profile of Ngati Porou, it’s a no Public perception sounds like a polit- and commercial activities, to economic, brainer that this population must be en- ical cliche but it’s still a truism – and if social and cultural portfolios on behalf gaged to ensure future representation on a recent ngatiporou.com online poll is to of the wider tribe. the Runanganui is robust and effective. be believed it’ll take more than identity Like Parliament the quality of Nga- Unlike mainstream political parties, the politics to get Naatis ticking boxes. The ti Porou representation at the decision Runanganui turns its back on this ‘too poll showed that 72% of respondents making table is dependent on the en- hard’ demographic at its own peril. thought honesty, transparency and in- gagement and participation of voters or Evidence suggests Maori voters will tegrity were the most important attrib- tribal membership. Over 18,395 voting only engage and participate if they’re utes that a TRONPnui trustee should packs were sent to registered adult Ngati confident their voices will be heard – have – only 8% said love for Ngati Po- Porou, but only 4,152 members voted – and their vote will make a difference. rou. A lack of trust in the organisation an increase on the 2011 elections but a For an explanation of why only 22% of could therefore be expressed by not reg- low turnout all the same. New TRON- registered tribal members participated istering or voting. In fact, one conclu- Pnui CE Herewini Te Koha agrees in this year’s trustee elections, the an- sion is that Maori have greater trust in there’s room for improvement. “We swers once again appear to mirror the democracy and voting than they do in had more Ngati Porou voters turn out dramatic decline in Maori engagement the government and elected representa- to have their say in this election, but we at a central government level. Electoral tives – a cynicism that could be echoed know we can all do much better.” Commission research lists cynicism and in the low turnout for the TRONPnui

22 Nati Link (L-R) Nelly Paenga, Kate Mackey and Cherish Wilkinson (pictured in front of Porourangi at Waiomatatini marae during the Ngata Memorial Lectures) were among the registered Ngati Porou voters who encouraged their whanau to participate in this year’s election.

The quality of Ngati Porou representation at the decision making table is dependent on the engagement and participation of voters or tribal membership. Over 18,395 voting packs were sent to registered adult Ngati Porou, but only 4,152 members voted – an increase on the 2011 elections. Then there are procedural difficulties, elections but a low turnout all the same. partly illustrated by the 475 votes that were disallowed. The issue was high- lighted by Taura Here can- sown nonetheless with eight newbies in turn create real opportunities for our didate Mei Taare who stood in the hotly voted on to the Board. Their contribu- whanau to strengthen their connections contested Rohenga 4 area – Te Onepoto tion will be an interesting addition to to home.” ki Rahuimanuka. Her campaign capital- the institutional memory and expertise So now the mahi begins for the ised on the perception the TRONPnui embodied by the proven stalwarts such TRONPnui class of 2015. Whether registration process is burdensome and as Herewini Parata. As the Runanganui they can raise the democratic participa- a deterrent as it requires presentation of sets its post-settlement course with new tion of the iwi remains to be seen, but a birth certificate and whakapapa verifi- leadership at the helm at both the exec- Herewini Te Koha believes the iwi as cation from a recognised kaumatua. The utive and management level, it will need a whole have cause to look ahead with discontent raised from this simple issue to project an aspirational image Ngati optimism. “This election was about the helped mobilise Ngati Porou ki Poneke Porou want to be part of. In other words future of our iwi. Not just the next four and catapult Taare onto the Board be- the Runanganui must be relevant to the years but the long-term, intergenera- hind returning trustee Tui Warmen- 70 thousand people it represents. “Our tional wellbeing of our people. The iwi hoven. challenge is to make the Runanganui a has spoken through their votes, and now Despite the less than overwhelming real and valued part of the lives of our we look forward with confidence to the turnout, the seeds for change have been whanau,” says Herewini Te Koha. “And future.” NA TINA WICKLIFFE

ngatiporou.com 23 nati biz MANAAKITANGA

Served with aroha

Summer is upon us – which means Christmas get-togethers with whanau and friends; hours wiled away at our beaches and rivers; and the annual influx of Natis coming home for the holidays. A new café in the heart of Ruatoria hopes to be part of these festivities, and a destination venue, by emulating the hospitality Ngati Porou are known for – serving delicious kai with aroha.

It took bare cupboards and her last dream with the Hāti Nāti Café – a busi- installations created by designer Jimi dollar for Donnette Kupenga, other- ness that combines her love of food with Hills to completely fill the space and wise known as Don, to have her biggest marae-grown values like manaakitanga. transform the interior of Ruatoria’s larg- dream. With strength of conviction and Don says, “I cannot go past marae 101 est building. “Initially I wanted some- self-belief the single mum saw beyond lessons with Aunty Mama (Heni Nga- thing hearty and Ngāti and authentic her personal circumstance to dream of tai), Aunty Kuia and Uncle Maurice to what I believe represents us as Ngāti owning a business to sustain her whanau Keefe who is in the hangi picture hang- Porou,” Don explains. “Jimi and his wife and provide employment opportunities ing in the café.” Juals Toroa brought the colours and on the coast. Today she’s realising that The café utilises colour with artistic photographs to life and the physical cre-

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ation of the Hāti Nāti café was born. It at Labour weekend but will need a bit “The Don’s” was an awesome effort where everyone more time to complete the rooms for the supported the same vision. Basically all Christmas functions and then refocus on Hati Tips for our whanau and friends stepped up and the market,” says Don. helped get the job done.” Like a newborn baby, Hāti Nāti rep- Business To match the visual feast of the sky resents “not much sleep”, and a substan- Start-Ups blue, purple and gold accented sur- tial financial investment and challenge. roundings, is a menu that’s unique to But Don says the fear of not trying DON'T BE SCARED TO the Coast. “I want to offer more food to outweighed the angst of not being able DREAM – “in fact dream the world that we in Ngāti Porou love to pay the bills. “I was scared out of my bigger.” to eat such as rewena, kānga waru, toroi. wits, at the enormity of the project and SURROUND YOURSELF Eventually I want to be able to say that its corresponding costs, but I think be- with people who see and not only are we making everything but ing a sole parent, and having to go with- believe in your dream. it’s all locally grown, bred, fished and out to ensure your kids’ needs are met, harvested too.” is what determined the importance of ELIMINATE THE WORD As well as the café, there’s a formal each step I took in this journey. My most 'CAN'T' – “If you tell me I dining area that seats 60 called Matā, a powerful fear was not giving it a go.” can't do something it makes board room that seats 12 named Waia- Don’s hankering to be her own boss me more determined to pu, and two more rooms under devel- can be attributed to her resourceful show that it can be done!” opment – Tapuaeroa and Makatote. “I mum, the late Vapi Kupenga who knew had hoped to open the farmers market a thing or two about sales. “My mother

26 Nati Link “I was scared out of my wits, at the enormity of the project and its corresponding costs, but I think being a sole parent, and having to go without to ensure your kids’ needs are met, is what determined the importance of each step I took in this journey. My most powerful fear was not giving it a go.”

was well versed in the knowledge and businesses, as well as a decrease in paid other services.” theory of business, and even attempted employees. The retail trade accounted But for now it’s about getting custom- a few initiatives, of which my sister Eve- for 13.6% of jobs in Ruatoria – that’s 30 ers through the door – and treating them lyn and I would support, whether it was people. Don’s business should help turn to a unique Nāti experience. “I hope cleaning houses, selling Orchy Juice or these numbers around. “In two years whether they are local or visitors that Avon products.” time I want the café to be turning over they feel the manaaki, tiaki and aroha of Data collected for the 2013 Census a profit and be financially viable. I also Hāti Nāti emulating in authentic Ngati showed a decrease in the number of hope to grow the business by offering Porou style.” NA TINA WICKLIFFE

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Manuka focus of whanau enterprise

It seems manuka is on the top of everybody’s agenda: landowners, scientists, government agencies, bee keepers, exporters, iwi – all vying to get some of the sweetness out of this honey pot. But for small whanau and Maori landowners, this can be a very difficult space to enter into. Many find themselves locked into choresome bureaucratic processes, uneconomical shareholdings, limited financing and capital, poor governance – not to mention the added layer of daily whanau politics. One whanau based company are finding ways to overcome these barriers with their business venture which seeks to unlock the potential of their whanau and whenua.

East Coast Manuka Plants is based in dustries such as honey and oil. living away from the land to become in- Ruatoria, and is operated by Te Raa Ltd. Te Raa Ltd began with a few whanau volved. The second pathway utilised the Their business sells, as its name suggests, coming together to utilise their two big- ahi kaa to grow manuka and becoming eco-sourced East Coast Manuka. East gest assets: whanau and whenua. The shareholders through their labour input. Coast manuka is unique and has been whanau formed a company and set out A special clause in the Te Raa constitu- scientifically proven to have some of the two pathways by which whanau could tion states that whanau can only sell, issue, highest levels of bio activity. This initia- become shareholders. In the first in- or transfer their shares to descendants of tive seeks to service the East Coast, Te stance, whanau were invited to become their tupuna, Henare Te Owai Ngarimu Tairawhiti region with manuka plants shareholders through a small financial and Merekaraka Te Ra Ngarimu. that will supply the manuka product in- contribution, which allowed whanau With their initial investment, Te Raa

28 Nati Link SEED SAVER Whanau member Sara Ngarimu demonstrates seed sorting and recording information is key.

“A successful entrepreneur once gave me a great piece of advice – where ever there is a lot of something, there is an opportunity. That’s when I started to think, I have lots of whanau and lots of whenua, so what can we do with it?”

minated and then grew manuka in their changed since the beginning and that’s back yards. The project has been running because we adapt.” for nearly two years and has grown ma- “My second piece of advice is to find nuka in Te Araroa, Waipiro, Wharepon- opportunities. Opportunities are only ga, Te Kaha, Tolaga and . uncovered if you’re looking for them. A “This gives East Coast Manuka Plants successful entrepreneur once gave me a a distinctive competitive advantage,” says great piece of advice, he said where ever Kiri Dell, a director of Te Raa Limited. there is a lot of something, there is an op- “Currently we possess unique knowl- portunity. That’s when I started to think edge about our local strains that nobody I have lots of whanau and I have lots of else has.” whenua, so what can we do with it.” Kiri has some advice for whanau and “My third piece of advice is to stop landowners on how to get the potential waiting. Stop waiting for governments, out of their lands. Rūnanga, councils etc. to show you what “I’m not going to lie, the project has to do. Be pro-active in your lands, iden- ALL HANDS ON DECK Te Manahi Toru been hard. There have been some ups tify the barriers and figure out ways to learning the ropes. and downs, especially with keeping get over it. Find the gaps, fill the gaps everybody motivated and keeping the and then hit it!” Ltd hired a manuka consultant who Manuka plants alive,” she laughs. “But had been growing this native for over my response to that is to adapt. Where 20 years. Guided by the techniques and something is not working, rework it. growing systems of this consultant the Where something is working, work it For more information, go to home whanau sourced seeds, sowed, ger- even harder. Our strategic direction has www.east-coast-manuka.com

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Nati-land on air

In text-speak, what is the Maori equivalent to “lol”? True or False? Fullback Nehe Milner-Skudder plays for the Hurricanes. Why are there no Tairawhiti television production houses? Two of those questions are from the general knowledge quiz show Patapatai on Maori Television. The other question is for the show’s Porirua-based producer and director of Te Amokura Productions, Fiona Apanui. She’s one of only a fistful of Nati producers currently in the TV game. Even curiouser – despite the genetic predisposition of Natis towards creativity, entertainment and of course drama, there isn’t a single TV production company in Te Tairawhiti. Fiona shared her thoughts and insights with Tina Wickliffe.

30 Nati Link TRUE OR FALSE? us to do it, but there’s no one saying at A new general knowledge quiz show the moment, ‘Hey we’re the Tairawhiti “Patapatai” is the production company’, because we’re all brain child of Porirua- working within other things. based producer and director of Te Amokura Do you think that could be done Productions, Fiona though – that someone could set up in Apanui (seen in inset photo). a place like Ruatoria? I totally think it could be done, because as I said technology allows us to be any- where. The major thing really is not the location, it’s the ideas, the talent and the people and what you’re proposing be- cause at the end of the day you’ve got to the Coast, on Ngati Porou, if you could put your pitches to someone – commis- access all of that online, that would ac- sioners have got to like your idea. So I tually be really awesome. I don’t think a don’t think location is an obstacle. stand-alone iwi channel would be viable, as we’ve seen with Maori Television it Cool. How would you consider your takes a lot of money to run a channel, year in review? but we’re getting really savvy. In terms Psycho. The kids haven’t had a moth- of deliverables, online is a lot easier to er for a year. You’re always putting in guage, so if it was online – I think that’s heaps of props because you’re lucky to a good thing. get one. I would hate to think of how many props I’ve put in over the years, What’s your strategy to lift the ratings and you ask yourself am I putting in a of your shows? prop because you just want work or are Yeah that’s a hard one, Maori Televi- you putting in a prop because it’s a great sion’s ratings haven’t been the strongest idea? And it’s striking that balance – this year, but I always think if you’re bas- who’s on the commissioning team, what ing it on ratings and black boxes, how they’re looking for, are they looking for many Maori families have the black box- reo programming, are they looking for es? Hopefully there comes a day where mainstream? We’re really lucky because it’s more digitial and accurate. At the we have Dad (Hone Apanui) as well do- end of the day ratings can affect the net- ing the reo strategy stuff so we’re really work’s decision as to whether they’ll take airawhiti is full of story tell- whanau based, and Te Rau (Fiona’s hus- your shows, because they want eyeballs ers, yet we can’t make TV band) jumps in when needed. on TVs – there’s also the argument for from here – is that because of quality reo, it’s a hard one. Some think the geographical isolation? The new Maori language bill will ‘who cares about ratings?’, but at the end I don’t know if it is because of the ge- change the Maori broadcasting land- of the day you don’t want to make some- ographical isolation these days because scape with its proposal to transfer Te thing that nobody wants to watch. look, we’re working out of Titahi Bay Mangai Paho’s powers as well as those and if you’ve got a computer and an idea, of the Maori Television electoral col- So who do you make TV for? Is it the resources, you can do it anywhere. lege Te Putahi Paho to a new iwi driv- yourself first, or do you always have a Although there may not be a production en entity Te Matawai. Do iwi have any particular demographic in mind? company as such set up on the Coast, business getting into the TV game? It’s the idea, do I like it? I use a boring there’s still a lot of Naatis, and talented More and more of where we’re going is guage – how good is the idea to begin Naatis working within everyone elses online, and you can engage a lot more with? Would I watch it? companies and working away from the online as well, so it would depend on Coast. You’ve still got a lot of talented what format iwi TV would come. Naatis people working within productions. So love watching ourselves, we want to see while there may not be a company right more of ourselves on air, so if you’re ask- ing me from a Naati perspective I think Watch Patapatai every Thursday and at the moment, and there were in the Friday at 5pm, and Fitness in the Whare past, Naatis as a whole are at the fore- it would be awesome if the Runanga weekdays at 3pm on Maori Television – front of the production community. The aligned with that. Think of all the archi- both produced by Fiona Apanui and her Coast is filmed a lot, they use a lot of val programmes that we have based on team at Te Amokura Productions.

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Nga ture o te ngutu awa

In July participants attending the Porou Ariki Reo Wananga at Rahui marae were treated to a traditional fishing practice demonstration by pakeke, John Manuel (right of image). Ten years ago John, along with other pakeke from the Waiapu, shared their knowledge for an article which appeared in the October 2005 edition of Nga Kohinga. The following is an excerpt from this distinctively Nati story.

Along with Hikurangi and Whanga- way when the Kahawai were running! A the net was made of, which is no longer okena, the Waiapu river is one of the north flowing current was an advantage available, absorbed water ensuring it symbols of Ngati Porou. Edging onto to Rangitukia, and a southern current would sink – unlike nylon. Rangitukia beach, the ngutu awa (river an advantage to Tikapa, so where ever There are many ture (rules) to be ad- mouth) has been a kapata kai for the it was happening we’d just swim over. hered to at the ngutu awa and they were people of Rangitukia and Tikapa since Those were the best days.” During that strictly enforced in earlier years. There time immemorial, a ‘live fish market’ era traditional fishing equipment was was to be no cooking at the mouth, and providing fresh eel, kanae (mullet), tu- also in use, like home-made oval shaped no cooked food to be taken there. To ease arenga (whitebait) and of course Nga- nets called tango which could hold up any concerns that a kete or any equip- ti Porou salmon – Kahawai. Kahawai to 100 fish, depending on the design of ment had been in contact with cooked which typically runs from November to the creator. Rutene and Hannah Rei- kai, it would be urinated on. There are March, is the most common catch, and hana were especially good at the craft. more rules and locals John Manuel, the season still attracts many, locals and The centre pole was made of manuka, Ngarohi Kaa and Tipuna (Nunu) Tan- visitors alike. and flax bound supplejack to create the gaere echoed them as though reciting But John Manuel, who was raised frame. This supplejack frame served the 10 Commandments, “No yelling, only metres from the river, remembers a double purpose – it floated which in no pointing, no swearing and no hors- the 1940’s and ‘50’s as being much bus- cases of emergency made it a “lifesav- es (vehicles) to be taken right up to the ier. “It (Beach Road) was like a motor- er”, said John Manuel. The special string mouth. Fish was to be carried by the gills, not the tail, and your first catch should be hung on a Pou (pole) or thrown back as a tribute to the Gods. And argu- ing before going out is a big no-no”. Some might think these rules sound a bit far fetched, but Nunu Tangaere said, “if you disrespected the rules, you’d see the sea change – becoming rougher. You could even get carried out to sea and nearly drown.”

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I tenei tau i tu nga Wananga Whakamaumahara ki a Ta Apirana TETE WANANGAWANANGA Ngata ki Waiomatatini, Te Kaha me Uawa. Ko te kaupapa ko te tokotoru a Iranui, nei ra a Taua, a Mahaki WHAKAMAUMAHARAWHAKAMAUMAHARA ratau ko Hauiti. I haere a Maria Wynyard, ratau ko ana tauira mai i EIT, ki nga wananga, a, kua tangia KIKI AA TATA APIRANAAPIRANA NGATANGATA nei o ratau korero. 7 8

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He wiwi nati no Porourangi He iwi moke no Waiapu No Whanga-o-Kena, no Hikurangi He wiwi he nati he whanoke

“Maioha atu ra e te wiwi” koina te reo karanga o te kaiarahi o te wananga a Herewini Parata. Tino hihiko ana taku ngakau ki ana korero, me taku mohio ka hangai tera kupu ara, te kupu wiwi, ki te parani o ngai tatau te iwi “Nati”. Na rei- ra, no te ahiahi o te 27th o Hepetema, ka hoake matau o toku kura o Te Whatuku- ra, Te Aho a Maui (EIT), ki te wananga whakamaumahara i te upoko ariki a Ta Apirana Nohopari Turupa Ngata. Ro- kohanga, no te ahiahi o te Paraire ara, te 25th o Hepetema, i hanatu hoki tenei maapu ki te kura reo o Porou Ariki, ki te pa o Hiruharama. Na reira, tino pumau tenei maapu ki nga kaupapa o te wa, o te wiwi Nati. Haruru ana te whenua i Porourangi mai i te pohiri a, tae noa ki te wehenga atu ki Te Whanau a Apanui. Na Derek Lardelli i waahi, i whao nga korero o nehera. Ka whai mai ko te papa a Cliff Whiting a, ko Wananga Walker hoki tetahi o nga kaikorero. Kare he taangata i tua atu i te tokotoru nei ki te whakai- ro, ki te raranga i nga korero tuku iho to Ngati Porou. Miharo katoa matau i nga whakamaramatanga o Cliff Whiting mo te tipuna whare a Porourangi me ona hokinga mahara ki te tohunga whakairo a Pine Taiapa.

PREVIOUS PAGES 1. Te Ropu i Tukaki Marae, Te Kaha. 2. Te Haka i Porourangi. 3. Nga Tohunga Whakairo: Derek Lardelli raua ko Cliff Whiting. 4. Rikirangi Gage e korero ana mo Taua, Tukaki Marae. 5. Ta Apirana Ngata. 6. Ka tuaritia e Wayne Ngata he maramara matauranga, Te Raroa.

THIS PAGE 7. Angela Tibble raua ko Maria Wynyard, Porourangi Marae. 8. Ka pohiritia te iwi ki te whakarongo ki nga korero mo Mahaki raua ko Porourangi, Porourangi Marae. 9. Nga reo roreka o Te Kaha 10. Nga korokoro tui o Hauiti

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Ka mutu pea i a koka Ramari Collier i ki te hau kainga, ki nga pou o tera taki- akapanga. Na Wayne Ngata matau i ara- a papa Eru Paenga me te hunga takatu, i wa i opeope mai i a matau. Muia ana te hi ki runga hiwi, ki Te Raroa. I whai ana manaaki nei i a matau i ro Arihia whare. I wharenui e te tangata mai i nga pepi tae matau i nga tapuwae o nga tipuna, mai i timata te hononga a-reo Irirangi, a-kam- rawa atu ki te hunga pakeke. Parekareka tuawhenua ki tahuna. I reira i tohutohu era whakaahua hoki ki te ao whanui. Ka tera ahuatanga ki wa matau tauira, na te a Wayne i nga waahi katoa tuheni atu i mau ke te wehi o enei taputapu. I tarea mea, he pera hoki nga tikanga akoran- Uawa nui a Ruamata. e koutou te matakitaki, te whakarongo ga o Te Whatukura. Memea, haere ana No te ata o te Wenerei ka tu nga ko- hoki i o koutou kainga maha. Kua tapiri matau ki hea, ka haramai hoki a matau rero poroporoaki a, ka mutu te wananga enei korero ki te wharangi ipurangi o Te tamariki, mokopuna. a Ta Apirana Ngata. Ruha ana te tinana, Runanganui o Ngati Porou ara, ki www. Marakerake te kitea he rekareka katoa kii katoa a hinengaro. Katahi te wananga ngatiporou.com. Neke atu i te 9,500 nga matau ki nga korero o te papa a Rani- nui whakaharahara ko tenei. Na reira e kaititiro, nga kaiwhakarongo i hono atu era Poihipi, a Rikirangi Gage, a Rawiri hika ma, kia kaha tatau katoa ki te hapai ki enei taputapu i waenganui i te wanan- Waititi, a Te Kahautu Maxwell, a Con i tenei wananga. Utaina nga korero a kui ga, wetiweti! Jones me etahi atu. He tira roreka te iwi ma, a koro ma. Tangata akona ki te kain- He tira haere matau a, na te kaupapa me to ratau kaha hoki ki te tito waiata. ga, tu ana ki te pa, tau ana. matau i arahi ki te kainga o Taua. I ha- Tatangi ana te reo waiata! Au ana te moe NA MARIA WYNYARD natu te tira ki te whenua o Apanui, ki ki ro Tukaki. Ka hiki te wananga, ka pau nga tuakana o Ngati Porou. Ano nei te katoa te haere o te tira ki Uawa nui a ataahua o te noho tahi a nga taina me Ruamata, ki te kainga whakatipungia te nga tuakana. Na, i noho matau ki raro i tokotoru a Iranui me Hingangaroa. Ka te maru o Tukaki. Kare e mutu aku mihi noho matau ki Hauiti, ki te whare o Ru-

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0800 22 55 348 | maori.eit.ac.nz CLIFF WHITING, POROURANGI & CARVING TODAY

Cliff Whiting (Te Whanau-a-Apanui) is responsible for the first stage of art works for the newly constructed Te Tini o Porou. Trained by Master Carver Pine Taiapa (1901-72), Whiting has a reputation for innovative whakairo. In an interview with Trudy Lewis from Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou, Whiting reflected on his mentor's carving legacy, and his own experiences in renovating the wharenui Porourangi. In doing so, he revealed insights into the intentions of the artists of that house, Te Kihirini and Tamati Ngakaho, and how truly revolutionary they were. The following is a summary of the interview. INTERVIEW EDITED BY DR NGARINO ELLIS (NGAI TANE, TE WHANAU-A-TAKIMOANA). orourangi whare is about whakapapa and about the history of Ngati Porou. My teacher Pine Taiapa often talked about the priorities of Maori art and their im- portance in relation to wharenui art forms. He placed whakairo as number one, tukutuku as number two, and kowhaiwhai as number three. Porourangi is radical, as the artists swapped around the subject matter in the art forms, so ancestors were put in the tukutuku and un- named women and children became the carvings. The main theme was that it all starts with whanau – if you can’t get that right then everything falls apart. The whare was carved by Kihirini who was Api[rana Mahuika's] great great grandfather. He had been trained in the wananga and was an exponent of the Ngati Porou style. Porourangi's carvings are stylis- tically tuturu Iwirakau – see the rauponga pattern and the single spiral on the shoulders on the carvings. Ki- hirini carved the pane of the pou tahuhu, the two pou- tokomanawa and the pou tuarongo and the pou tahu. When he died his pupil Tamati Ngakaho took over and superintended the erection, construction and carving, along with his brother and Hone Taahu. The timbers were originally destined for a house in one of the main local pa but then they were request- ed for a house in the Hawke's Bay. But because of the Hauhau hostilities they remained here. That project was abandoned and the logs secured by Ropata Wahawaha who then assigned them to be used to build Porourangi. I was told a lot about that house by Pine who had worked on it when it was reconstructed in 1937, and did some new carvings for it. Pine said that whakairo were about ancestors whose status and whakapapa could demonstrate good leadership and seniority and a wide linkage to many hapu and whanau. Warrior figures were shown whose manliness and vigorous actions support- ed the interests of the hapu or tribe. They were often named. But in Porourangi whare the art forms are changed and re-arranged. So instead of named male ancestors in the carvings, all the internal poupou have women and children. The main figures are also shown as sexless which is due to the effects of the Bible not wanting to have anything profane in the carvings. Then there are smaller figures between their legs and across the bodies and they are being nursed. These are the children. Po- rourangi then is not about rangatira, it’s not about war- riors. It is about women and children. The importance of whakapapa and the role of wom- en in this is part of the history of Ngati Porou. With the Ngapuhi attacks women are important. Hongi Hika came seeking utu for the taking of two women relatives. Then Pomare is known for the taking of Te Rangipaia I at Whetumatarau, and her important role as an emissary

Cliff Whiting working on the restoration of Porourangi meeting house, in preparation for the 1988 centenary celebrations.

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of peace. So here are two stories about that the pare and kopare were also paint- tree leaves like rangiora, and wrote on women. ed white. These show Tumoanakotore these. No doubt they also used cleared Of course there were lots of chang- and his wives, as well as Nga Kuri Paka ground spaces, and flat surfaces that they es for Ngati Porou at this time so Po- a Uetuhiao. This is a radical change and smeared fat or grease on and sprinkled a rourangi whare is also about bringing to- arrangement. layer of ash over it so they could scribe gether hapu and whanau who had been The second important artwork in Po- into it. fighting against one another. In 1865 the rourangi is the tukutuku. This is where This was also the time in which the Kingitanga movement came, and then you tell some of the supporting stories wananga Te Rawheoro ceased its teach- the Hauhau Pai Marire people came and to the tipuna. In Porourangi the tuku- ing along with other whare wananga, then . There were inter-whanau tuku were designed by Karauria Kauri and knowledge was then written down. squabbles and leaders like Ropata [Wa- and were woven by women. The figures They became absolutely fascinated by it, hawaha], Mokena [Kohere] and [Mohi] in the tukutuku panels are actually the from the young to the very old and they Turei became more supportive of Queen rangatira of some of the major hapu of all did it. In the old wananga system the Victoria. The women and children be- Ngati Porou. This was the first time that old knowledge was just held by a few came the carvings because they were those figured forms were used in tuku- people, whereas with this case once you uppermost in terms of ensuring the tuku. started to read you could access all the whanau continued. There is a major shift in the tradi- information in the bible. They realised On the outside of Porourangi the te- tion with the names of the tipuna being that the new belief system was every- koteko of Tuterangiwhiu was originally woven on the panels for all to see. The body’s, whereas with the old system you painted white but was later painted red. writing on the tukutuku relates back to had to wait until the tohunga told you In the 1937 renovation the carving was when Ngati Porou became so interest- or wait until you know, and even then it returned to its original colour. This is ap- ed in writing. Piripi Taumata-a-kura could be tapu and you couldn’t transfer propriate as white is a cleansing colour taught Ngati Porou to read and write. it to anyone else. But here was the Bible and combined with sacred water and He had been taught by the missionar- that was freely available to everybody. karakia past actions would be redressed ies up north. With no paper to write on Then you could write this stuff down and and forgiven. Old photographs show they improvised with leaves from flax or carry it around and take it to where ever. The last art form in Porourangi is the kowhaiwhai. The sweeping patterns along the tahuhu join the wairua going through the structure of the house. The “Porourangi is radical, as the artists swapped around the subject painting was important to the integra- matter in the art forms, so ancestors were put in the tukutuku tion of all the art forms and linked them and unnamed women and children became the carvings. together to create a cohesive whole with their own set of stories to support the The main theme was that it all starts with whanau – if you can’t layout of the other art forms including get that right then everything falls apart.” music and chants along with haka and te reo. Its foundation was the hue plant with its kawekawe and kakanoa. There were the traditional patterns of mangopare, maui and patikitiki. Mango- pare is about being steadfast and resolute with all challenges; Maui fished up the land and gave ownership rights to Nga- ti Porou; and Patiki is used to indicate seasonal and weather forecasts necessary for cropping and fishing. They also in- troduced a new in-fill used called 'kamo' (eye lashes). The whole house then is about promot- ing regeneration and building the future. The subject matter in the art forms were changed because of the recent history of the people. When I helped renovate Porourangi whare in 1988 I realised just how different all the art forms were, and how radical those early carvers were.

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REGENERATION & UNIFICATION The vision behind Te Tini o Porou

On Monday the 17th of August an official community opening was held for Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou’s new facility, Te Tini o Porou Whanau & Youth centre. The centre is the realisation of a vision by the late Dr. Apirana Mahuika to create an environment which supports and nurtures the aspirations of young people, their whanau and the wider community. Teepa Wawatai, former Chief Executive of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou, shares a story he wrote about the vision behind Te Tini o Porou in the following korero.

I was twelve years old when Henare Waitoa passed his respects to the great composer on the day before away in . His tangi was held at the pa (Rahui Henare was buried. marae) next door to my Nanny Te Ao Pepere’s place. After completing his whaikorero and paying re- Henare and Nanny Mini lived around the corner on spects to the whanau Pine disappeared into the the Tawata flats where they brought up a number kauta to talk with the cooks. About an hour later he of their mokos including Henry and Murray, who emerged with a small group of men, including Koro were the same age as me. It was there at Henare’s Dewes, all in animated conversation. They gathered tangi that I also saw Pine Taiapa demonstrate his around the steps of the dining hall where Pine stood awe-inspiring talent. Pine lived just up the road on looking down at a sizable rough sawn slab of totara Tikitiki D9 station. The great carver had come to pay lying on the ground. Taking a piece of charcoal from The ribbon cutting section of the opening ceremony. From left to right: Tiana Reedy- Callaghan, Karin Mahuika (supporting mokopuna, Kuraunuhia Mahuika), John Shields and Ripeka Akurangi. Derek Lardelli leads the blessing throughout the new Te Tini o Porou Whanau and Youth Centre.

It’s the beginning of community transformation, starting with youth and promoting regeneration and building the future. As such it is a contemporary expression of Porourangi Poutama – the ongoing and renewed search for knowledge and achievement by youth.

his trouser pocket, he bent over the being released with every blow. captivating story that was fitting and slab of wood, and quickly sketched the After several minutes, with rivulets of honouring of two great statesmen, Un- outline of a figure on the surface of the sweat running down his face, he paused cle Api and Maui Pomare. It was simply wood, never going over a line twice. Then again, this time for a few minutes, to beautiful. he stood up again, conversing in Maori catch his breath and explain what he Come forward a few more weeks and with the small group who were his keen would do next. Then picking up the tool witness the opening of Te Tini o Porou pupils for this impromptu wananga. again, he turned it on an angle and used in Kaiti Gisborne. Cliff Whiting, in Following a short karakia he paused, one corner to demonstrate how the same preparing artwork features for our new removed his jacket, spat on both hands, course tool could be used to deftly and remodelled premises sourced inspira- rubbed them together and picked up a delicately sculpt a section of finer detail. tion from the wharenui Porourangi at toki he had been sharpening with a stone Here was a master craftsman at work, Waiomatatini, the wharenui Rongo- throughout this time. It seemed a cum- using skill, strength and sensitivity that maianiwaniwa at Rahui in Tikitiki and bersome and unwieldy rough tool with was partly innate and instinctive but also St Mary’s Church in Tikitiki. Pine Taia- which to perform his art. Then, raising it honed and tuned by swinging that han- pa had worked on the reconstruction of high above his head he brought it down dle thousands and thousands of times. Porourangi in the late nineteen thirties again and again with full force on the It was beautiful to watch – unforgetta- and many years later Cliff had the priv- slab of wood. Chunks of wood flew out ble, which is why I recount it here even ilege of visiting Porourangi and Rahui with almost every well aimed whack of though several decades have passed since many times with Pine. In 1987 Cliff was sharpened steel. that hot summer day. asked to advise and oversee restoration I was among an audience of eight peo- Come forward forty-seven years to work on Porourangi when Marie Collier ple, including three of my cousins, and the occasion of Uncle Api’s kawe mate assembled a group of PEP workers to of course KD and three other adults. at Owae Marae at Waitara in Taranaki. assist. All of us, children and adults alike, were In a moving tribute we were reminded During those times he had spent with transfixed by the sight and sound of the of the connection of this whare to Nga- Pine in Tikitiki many years before, Pine rhythmic “thock”… “thock”… “thock”. ti Porou and to Tikitiki through Pine had emphasised the priority of whakai- Even though he was in his late sixties and his brother John who oversaw the ro in the wharenui as they represented the tohunga hit it with great force and carving and restoration of the magnifi- tipuna whose status could demonstrate yet with extraordinary precision. We cent wharenui. The history, the connec- good leadership and broad linkages to witnessed the shape and form of the tion, the artistry and the occasion were hapu and whanau. But Cliff noted an- persona trapped within the grainy slab all woven together in a compelling and other priority too; promoting regenera-

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tion and building the future. So too with and our intentions. It’s more than just KO WAI TE WHARE NEI E? KO PAIKEA, KO PAIKEA! tukutuku panels; some with traditional co-locating. It is really about transform- The new youth gym is named after poutama, kaokao and patiki patterns; ing a community. It makes a statement the eponymous Ngati Porou but other new ones such as Porourangi about our long-term intentions for the ancestor, Paikea. Poutama said to represent the search for Kaiti community and beyond. We’re re- knowledge by youth; with vertical lines claiming that site, dispelling its history representing upward acquisition and and redeeming its future with a positive horizontal lines representing consolida- and life-affirming purpose. This is most The theme of regeneration is recurrent tion and understanding. This pattern of emphatically demonstrated in the con- and common in much we are planning contemporary adaptations of traditional version of the infamous Back Bar into a and embarking upon; whether it be com- concepts continues today and is repre- youth study and homework area and the munity or marae facilities or cultural and sented in the functional emphasis of a conversion of the massive Bottle Store reo regeneration and revitalisation. I use major part of Te Tini o Porou facilities into a Gymnasium. Cliff Whiting’s own words, “the house for youth. In addition to the significant It’s the beginning of community and the artworks is about regeneration, benefits to our people of co-locating all transformation, starting with youth and unification and modifying and appropri- of our social services under one roof for promoting regeneration and building ating traditional concepts and practices easier access, this building declares an- the future. As such it is a contemporary to fit the challenges of Te Ao Hou.” other wider message. expression of Porourangi Poutama – the The challenges before us are numerous Every building makes a statement, ongoing and renewed search for knowl- and not insignificant; but then so are we, like Tuhoe’s building, “Te Wharehou edge and achievement by youth. These for these descriptors aptly describe Nga- o Tuhoe”. It has been called the living aspects combined with the oft repeated ti Porou; our resourcefulness and resil- building, making a strong statement phrase, “our solutions for our problems” ience. But as we face and overcome these about sustainability and their intentions. were focal points of the vision Uncle Api challenges we will seek to do so in a way In a similar way our building – Te Tini had for Ngati Porou in general and Te that honours the past and nurtures the o Porou makes a statement about us Tini o Porou in particular. future. TEEPA WAWATAI

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Driving Rangatahi on air

You may know her face, as the child from the movie BOY with a “horticultural” job. Now Moerangi Tihore is all grown up and is the freshest voice on Radio Ngati Porou hosting Te Kokonga Korero and Drive Time.

What hapu and marae do you affil- Natis. We were always late! iate to? Te Whanau a Tuwhakairiora – Hinemaurea te marae. Pukerangiora – What did you do while Kairau te marae. Te Whanau a Pararaki you were at TKKM o Ka- – Maru o Hinemakaho te marae. wakawa mai Tawhiti that helped prepare you for How old are you? 19. this job? Te Rangitawaea was a real big thing for me What is your role at Radio Ngati Porou and my kura. Also my tu- and what does it involve? I am the Te akana Siobhan Houkamau Kokonga Korero and Drive Time host. and Tamara Pahuru-Raroa, who both currently work What’s the Drive show about? The at Cinco Cine in Tamaki Drive show is what I like to call ‘the fun Makaurau, were a big help. part’. I've had people of all ages tell me Kotuia Te Aho Turoa, al- they listen to the show. The main seg- though it's more drama ment is probably Ka Hao Te Rangata- based, helped me to come hi where we talk to amazing rangatahi out of my shell. BOY was about what they do and how they can a big stepping stone for me inspire others. but I wasn't even acting – that's just my natural self. What motivated you to apply for the role at Radio Ngati Porou? I've always In the film you played been a media geek and I'd do pretty ‘Dynasty’, the lead char- much anything to get in front or behind acter’s best friend. Are a camera – from editing to presenting. you still keen to act or So hearing about a job here at home was be in movies? Definitely! exciting. Not so much acting side but I write plays, films and scripts all the – that is to wear the moko kauae of my What new skills and knowledge have time. One day I hope to be a script writ- Nanny Horiana Haerewa. But in terms you learned since you have been at er, film director and direct plays. of ambitions I hope to one day tell sto- Radio Ngati Porou? I've learnt a lot ries through film and play. We have so about interviewing, how to connect with When you were at Kawakawa what in- much raw and natural talent in Ngati people, and how to work with pakeke. volvement did you have with the Nati Porou it’s not even funny! With that we In my downtime I sit in my office listen- Awards? And are you helping with have so much stories to tell too. So why ing to old moteatea we have in our files. this years event? I'm a judge this year not use our talent and our history to tell Te hanga ataahua nei o te reo kaumatua! for the radio doco section which I’ve OUR stories? won since I was 13. Don't get me wrong Have you always wanted to work in ra- it wasn't because they were good, it's just dio or the media industry? Ever since I that I was the only one who entered! Kia started high school and entered the Nati kaha matatahi ma! Listen to Radio Ngati Porou streamed Awards I knew straight away media was live online at www.radiongatiporou.co.nz my thing. I used to stay at school until Finally, what ambitions do you have in the future that you would like to RNP Drive has its own facebook page! night fall with Koka Kara and the Ruma Search RNP Drive 4 kids editing right before due date for pursue? I have one main goal in my life

ngatiporou.com 49 Nailing it! NATIS WHO MADE IT HAPPEN IN 2015

2015 has been a big year for Ngati Porou. The passing of Dr Apirana Mahuika earlier this year marked the end of an era, and gave cause for Natis to collectively reflect on his legacy of selflessness and commitment to iwi. The organisation he led for almost 30 years now looks ahead with new executive, new management – and new purpose. Many Natis will be feeling the same sense of renewal and rejuvenation as the year comes to a close. We take a look at the small successes that made 2015 a big year for individual Natis and ponder the potential that 2016 brings. NA TINA WICKLIFFE Nails by ariaaariki World at her fingertips

Terangi Roimata Kutia- 100% Tairawhiti made product line she’s ient – for our young Maori girls, I’m al- Tataurangi is a hands launching in time for the silly season – ways talking to them about what a good Toimaikuku nail wraps with adaptations manicure looks like, and what is good on artist. Literally. The of her signature designs. This represents product”. Whangara native has a major financial investment for a small After only three years in business, business in its third year, but Terangi be- Terangi may be on to a winner with her gained a loyal following lieves hers is the product to bring Native Toimakuku wraps and she’s looking for- with her unique and nail bling to the masses. “With the trend ward to pursuing new creative opportu- of nail wraps taking off globally, this is nities in 2016. “Toimaikuku wraps are intricate application of just the next step and makes Toimaikuku a catalyst to live the lifestyle I want to Maori designs on the more accessible,” she explains. live… It will free me up time wise and For those finding it hard to reconcile give me the financial stability to be able smallest of canvasses manicures with artistry, Terangi is a cer- to put my energy into more Toimaiku- – fingernails. tified master nail technician of 12 years ku works.” Terangi hopes her foray into with a Bachelor of Maori Visual Arts. “I entrepreneurship will inspire other Naa- went to Toihoukura to get a degree, to ti women to pursue their own Be Your It’s nail art with a contemporary Mao- learn the art forms and feel comfortable Own Boss dreams however big, or fin- ri twist that Terangi calls Toimaikuku. putting the art forms out there without gernail small. “Get out there and give it Popular designs include Raranga – a crossing barriers.” What she isn’t com- a go, if you’ve got an idea, roll with it,” weaving motif which expresses bonding fortable about are the manicures sold she advises. “I probably don’t have any and formation, and Koiri – a kowhai- in the cheap walk-in nail bars that have don’ts, if you put those in front of you whai pattern that represents whanau. sprouted up in Gisborne alongside the it will create barriers, just do and keep Terangi favours designs that are ‘identi- plethora of “Two Dollar” shops. Teran- on doing.” fiably Maori’ because people are drawn gi is scathing of such franchises, choos- to them. ing instead to sacrifice cheap prices and Nail art is big business in fashion and guaranteed sales for quality, hygiene and TERANGI KUTIA-TATAURANGI Master Nail Technician, Make up artist popular culture with megastars the likes tailored customer service. “I stick with & contemporary Maori artist of Rihanna leading the way with cus- my kaupapa, my point of difference, Contact Terangi – phone 021 0238 1441, tom made talons decorated with elab- which is to combine quality products email [email protected] orate designs. Terangi hopes to capi- with quality workmanship. People are www.ariaaariki.co.nz talise on this phenomenon with a new going to go with the cheap and conven-

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Stories in the numbers

Statistics and statistical analysis is dead boring, right? It conjures up images of grey suits and grey people crunching numbers in tiny offices in Wellington – where, incidentally, 15.7% of Naatis live. That’s the hypothesis, but Tairawhiti raised Te Aomihia Walker is on a mission to smash the dull stereotype of ‘sadistics’ with her sunny enthusiasm for the stories in the numbers.

A self-confessed numbers nerd, a trait that’s 100% attributable to her father Walton, Te Aomihia says, “Numbers are everywhere. In advertising campaigns, weather forecasts, predicting disease, popular hypothesis that all Ngati Porou can help map the socio-economic and elections, sports, card games, medicine, women become battle axes. To test this cultural profile of the tribe, and has stock markets, retail sales, crime, biology, hypothesis you look for Ngati Porou forced Statistics New Zealand to devel- business, astronomy. Numbers answer women and the first one you encoun- op a framework that supports the Maori questions and give good evidence which ter is a battle axe. Have you proven that way of seeing things in order to improve I think is pretty awesome!” all Ngati Porou women become battle its data collection methods. Eventually Te Aomihia is one of 72.3% of Naatis axes? Far from it – all you’ve proven is whanau, hapu and iwi will want to do with a formal qualification, she’s also part that one Ngati Porou woman is a battle this themselves, in which case Statistics of the 11.6% club that hold a bachelor’s axe. So if the next Ngati Porou woman New Zealand will take a backseat to degree or higher. A Bachelor of Science you meet is with- help facilitate that in marine biology and statistics was drawn and demure, process. enough to get her through Statistics New you can be sure that So as 2015 ends Zealand’s door where she is now a sta- your hypothesis is what lies ahead for tistical analyst. “In my first eight months disproved. “Instead Te Aomihia in 2016? I’ve travelled to Samoa and Fiji. I work of being influenced A statistical analysis in the education team and a big part of by stereotypes our based on current data my job is to offer training to people so eyes can be opened reveals her travel in that they are more knowledgeable about with evidence based the Pacific will in- the data we produce, as well as other sta- research,” says Te crease, outputs aimed tistics that arise in their everyday lives. Aomihia. at youth engagement Everyone wants to understand what’s Statistics are rare- will also increase, as going on around them, and statistics can ly collected specifi- will opportunities to provide important insights to help us.” cally to meet Maori needs, but Te Aomi- assist and lead projects related to Maori Te Aomihia says statistical analysis hia says iwi who have settled their Treaty responsiveness. In other words it’s going and evaluation is a powerful tool to test claims, like Ngati Porou, are increasingly to be a busy year filled with better work whether the things we think are actu- wanting data analysis about themselves stories in tropical paradises. That doesn’t ally true. For a crude example, there’s a for future planning. This information sound boring at all.

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Me mahi tahi

Mena ko Ngahiwi Apanui te Atua, kua herea nga tamariki katoa ki te ako i te reo Maori i roto i nga kura tuatahi. I naianei, he tunga whai mana hou tana hei karawhiu i tera wawata ona ki mua i te i mahue iho i a Erima Henare, he aha reo mo Ngati Porou? aroaro o te iwi whanui – te huarahi hou ka parahia e korua a te Koinā te wawata o te Minita, o te Kāwa- koia te Tumu Whakarae tau hou? natanga, ka noho takohanga nei, noho hou i Te Taura Whiri i te Ko te mea hoki kua whakatau te Rūnan- hei papa nei ngā iwi mō te reo Māori ga o te kāwanatanga kia whakawhitia huri noa. Koirā e hāngai pū ana tērā Reo Maori. Ka korero ētahi o o mātau moni ki te whakahaere wāhanga ki a rātau, ki ō rātau iwi, nā mai a Ngahiwi i ona i te rōpū hou Te Mātāwai, nā reira ko te reira e tika ana mā Ngāti Porou tonu e mahi nui mā māua ko Wayne he rapa i waihanga rautaki Māori mō Ngāti Po- whakaaro hei whakapiki te huarahi e wātea mai ana ki Te Taura rou. Mēnā ko te Rūnanga tērā kei te pai, i te korerotanga o te reo Whiri a ngā rā haere ake nei, nā te mea mēnā ko ngā marae tērā, kei te pai, mēnā ahakoa kei raro i te ture hou, ka noho ko te Rūnanga me tōna iwi, me ōna iwi ki roto o Ngati Porou. tonu te wāhanga ki Te Taura Whiri ki katoa, ā, koinā te huarahi pai ake ki au. te whakatairanga i te reo Maori. Te mate Kia kaua tētahi rūnanga e mahi me tōna To tirohanga whakamuri ki te tau kua hoki kei reira ka tū anō Te Mātāwai kotahi anake engari ka taea e ia te whak- hipa nei, pehea ki a koe? Kua riro i ki Pōneke ki roto hoki i te rāngai reo awhanaunga atu ki ōna hapū, ki te hou a koe tenei turanga nui ki Te Taura Māori, kua āhua kīkī te wāhi nei i te mai ki roto i te waihangatanga o te rau- Whiri. whakahaere kāwanatanga. Nā reira ko te taki reo Maori, ko te painga o tera ka uru Koinā te mea nui ki au, mai rā anō au tino wāhanga ki a maua ko Wayne, he te katoa ki roto. e wawata ana mō te tūranga nei, me te whakatau ka pehea te āhuatanga o Te wāhanga ki Te Taura Whiri, ki te takoha Taura Whiri kia mutu te whakawhiti i Te rautaki reo mo Ngati Porou ake, ki te whakarauoratanga i te reo Māori. ngā rawa, moni, pūtea ki Te Mātāwai. me aha, he aha nga ahuatanga hei Nā, i ahau tonu i Ako Aotearoa, tino pai Me te mea hoki e whakaae tahi ana whakauru ki roto ki te whakapiki ake tērā mahi ki au, engari ko tētahi wāhanga māua me pērā, mā te iwi tonu e whaka- i nga kaikorero reo Maori? Na te mea o tērā tūranga mahi he whakaratarata i haere ngā āhuatanga reo e pā ana ki a kei te tamatemate haere nga pakeke, te Pākehā ki ngā āhuatanga Māori. Nā rātau. Engari ko te wāhanga ki Te Tau- kei te noho mokemoke etahi o nga wai rā ka ngēngē koe, ka pau te kaha, pau ra Whiri he whakatairanga i te reo ki paepae. te hau, nā reira te mahi i roto i te whaka- te tokomaha o te hapori, ki roto hoki i Mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te mōhio pū ki haere Māori ki reira whakanuia ai te reo nga whakahaere o te Kāwana, ko tētahi te reo, me huri ki te rangahau, kei roto i me ōnā tikanga, nā te mea kua rata kē wahanga anō ko te tirotiro me pēhea te te rangahau ngā kōrero katoa. Nā reira ki te reo Māori me ōna āhuatanga katoa, whakatinanatanga o ngā tari kāwanatan- kei te mōhio Te Taura Whiri kua heke te nā reira harikoa ahau kua hoki mai ki te ga i te rautaki reo Māori, mēnā he hua ōrautanga o te Māori, o te papori Māori ao Māori mahi ai, koinā taku tirohanga kei te puta ki te reo Māori, ki ōna hapori e mōhio ana ki te kōrero Māori ki te whakamuri. hoki. 21% mai i te 25% i te tau 2003. Nā reira me āta whakaaro tātau mō tērā. Arā hoki Ana kua uru he toto hou ki roto i te Ki te whakaaro ake taua mo te Run- ngā kōrero mō Ngāti Porou, mō wai ake Taura Whiri, korua ko Takuta Wayne anganui, ae ranei koira tonu te ropu rānei, nā reira me tīmata ngā iwi, ngā Ngata – kua kapi ia i te tunga Toihau tika hei whakahaere i tetahi rautaki tāngata, te hunga e rautaki ana ki reira

54 Nati Link Other Natis who’ve had a big year…

NEHE MILNER-SKUDDER made KERI KAA continued to receive TINA POROU was presented with a huge impact with the All Blacks, accolades for her book Taka ki Ro a Sir Peter Blake Leadership his outstanding efforts at the Wai which has been named one of Award in recognition of the range Rugby World Cup earned him the 200 titles from around the world of leadership positions she holds World breakthrough player award. to have been selected for the within the corporate and Iwi Earlier this year Nehe’s proud prestigious Munich-based White governance sectors and her passion mum HENERIATA MILNER also Ravens catalogue. for advancing the interests of celebrated a milestone of her own whanau, hapu and Iwi. after being appointed Principal of DANE COLES made his World Ngata College in Ruatorea. Cup Rugby debut alongside PROFESSOR LINDA TUHIWAI fellow Ngati Porou kinsman and SMITH recently won the McKenzie DR WAYNE NGATA replaced the Hurricanes team member, Nehe Award, at the 2015 New Zealand late Erima Henare as Chair of Te Milner- Skudder. All Black legend Association of Research Education Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori. Should Sean Fitzpatrick, recently called awards. Earlier this year Linda also the Te Reo Maori Bill pass all its Dane the “greatest hooker in the represented NZ at the 2015 Taipei parliamentary hurdles, Dr Ngata world”. International Book Exhibition in could oversee the transition of Te Taiwan. Taura Whiri to the new Iwi based PANIA NGAHUE-HOUKAMAU was entity Te Matawai in the new year. awarded Rotary International’s HINEMOA RUATAUPARE highest honour, The Paul Harris AWATERE was appointed as the ORA TAUKAMO wowed Homai Te Fellowship, in recognition of new Chief Executive Officer of the Pakipaki fans with her powerful outstanding humanitarian Maori Womens Welfare League, a vocals – and took home the grand achievement for her dedication to long running institution with over prize of $20,000. Horouta marae in Wellington. 3000 members.

kia mōhio ai pēhea te tokomaha o ngā koe ki ngā whakamātautau e noho nei ki Te Mātāwai, he $7 miriona taara tēra. tāngata o te hunga matatau ki te kōrero ngā tamariki kei roto i ngā kura kaupa- Engari ki au nei he pūtea paku noa iho, Māori i roto i tōku rohe, i roto hoki i pa, ngā wharekura mō Ngāti Porou, ka e pōhēhē ana te iwi, he nui te moni, en- tōku iwi whānui. Ka mutu a Ngāti Porou kitea koutou kei te whakamahia e rātau gari ka titiro koe ki ngā pūtea reo Māori i te Toka-ā-Taiau me Pōtikirua? Ko tāku te tohutō. Ka hoki ngā mahara i roto aku a ngā tari kāwanatanga, nui noa atu ā e kāo, kei waho i te rohe te tokomaha tamariki i Te Waiū o Ngāti Porou, ko rātau moni mō te ako i te reo Māori, ērā o Ngāti Porou e noho ana, nā reira te tētahi o ngā āhuatanga tuatahi i mau i a tūāhuatanga. Nō reira ko te tikanga ia nuinga o ēnei tāngata e hiahia ana ki te rāua ko te tohutō. He aha te tikanga o te kia whakanui te hunga matatau ana ki te takoha ki a Ngāti Porou. Ahakoa tūtaki tohutō? He whakaatu atu ki te kaipānui kōrero Māori, ki ahau nei māmā noa iho au ki tētahi ka mea atu kei hea te huarahi mēnā he ‘a’, he ‘ā’ rānei, he ‘o’, he ‘ō’ rānei, te whakautu ki tērā, me here ngā ākonga e taea ai e au te takoha atu ki a Ngāti nā reira ērā tū āhuatanga nā reira kua katoa kei roto i ngā kura tuatahi ki te ako Porou? Nā reira me tīmata ki reira me te horapa tērā āhuatanga, te whakamahin- i te reo Māori. Mēnā ka pērā e kore tāua whiriwhiri he aha ngā rauemi e taea ai ga o te tohutō ki runga i te mata o te e kōrero mō te mate haeretanga o tō tāua te whakatinana i te rautaki nei – mā te whenua, e kore e taea te karo. Ki te kore reo. Ahakoa ngā kura kaupapa 4% o ngā titiro whānui ka āta puta ngā huarahi ka koe e whakamahi i te tohutō ka aha te tamariki Māori kei roto i ngā wharekura taea e koe te whakarauora i te reo o Ngā- whakaatu i te tō o te pū, o te poto rānei o me ngā kura kaupapa, ko te 96% kei roto ti Porou. Ki au nei, mā te taunaki, mā te te pū? Ehara hoki i te mea he āhuatanga i ngā kura auraki, nā reira ki te kore ā rangahau e mōhio tūturu ai he pēhea te kikino nā te Pākehā tonu i uta ki runga i tātau mātua e whakaae kia tonoa ā rātau āhua o te reo ki tō rohe, me te mea hoki e te Māori, engari he āhuatanga, he tikan- tamariki ki te kura kaupapa, ā, me here wātea ana a Te Taura Whiri ki te āwhina. ga māmā hei āwhina i te tangata ki te i ngā tamariki katoa ki te ako i te reo pānui, ki te tuhituhi hoki i te reo Māori. Māori. Koirā hei tīmatanga ki au, mēnā Me tohuto, kare ranei? Na te mea e ai i au te mana, ko au te Atua, ka pērā au a ki a Papa Api i tona wa kare he tohuto O matapae, poropiti ranei mo te tau te tau ka tū mai nei. ki roto o Ngati Porou. Na te mea kei te hou? tangia enei korero ki te puka maheni, He nui ngā kōrero mō te moni he aha o whakaaro? whakatairanga i te reo Māori, he pūtea ka Ērā kōrero ērā. Engari mēnā ka titiro tangohia i a mātau tonu ka whakawhitia

ngatiporou.com 55 Living the East Coast Dream

Tarsh Koia and her whanau are living the East Coast dream. At the beginning of 2015 Tarsh and her husband, Manu Caddie, along with their two children Miria (13) and Maioha (9), joined the urban-rural migration and returned home to Tarsh’s slice of paradise – Makarika. Building their own home on the whenua has been an aspiration for the couple for many years, a dream they are now beginning to realise.

n March 1997 when Tarsh Koia Tarsh. “I was young and wanted to look urban and Pakeha dominated,” says turned 24, her new boyfriend (as after them as they had cared for me, so Tarsh. “We want our kids to live in a of that day) Manu Caddie gave on our honeymoon I just told Manu I community where Ngati Poroutanga is her an antique builders level. was moving to Gisborne, and he could the culture, immersed everyday in the Tarsh was living in Wellington and had follow me if he wanted to!” reo, tikanga and landmarks of my tipuna. told Manu her dream was to return to Manu (Pakeha and Tongan), grew up Those taonga are the birth-right of every the East Coast one day and build on in Tauranga and just before marrying Ngati Porou child and you can’t get them whanau whenua. Tarsh had just secured a dream job lec- anywhere except within your own turan- A year later the couple were married turing in design at Victoria University. “I gawaewae.” and on their honeymoon Tarsh got word had to throw in this interesting, well paid For the last ten years the couple have that her grandparents Matini Koia and job and move been actively Te Rina Koia (nee Makarini) had re- to Tairawhiti involved with “We want our kids to live turned from Christchurch to live in where I knew Penu (Rongo- Gisborne. “They had come back to Tur- nobody and had in a community where i-te-Kai) Pa, at anga twice before from Christchurch,” no work!” says Ngati Poroutanga is Makarika. Manu says Tarsh. “They would get mokemoke Manu. It was a the culture, immersed has been the for their children and mokopuna down big decision for everyday in the reo, marae Treasur- there, then they would miss the Coast the young cou- er since 2005 tikanga and landmarks of and the extended whanau in Gisborne ple but looking and Tarsh has and want to be closer to home again. I back now they my tipuna. Those taonga been stepping knew this would be the last time they both agree it was are the birth-right of every up to help at moved.” the best move Ngati Porou child and you tangi, wananga Matini and Lena raised Tarsh, first on they could have can’t get them anywhere and other activ- Huanui Station inland from , made. ities that hap- except within your own and then in Kaiti, Gisborne. When she “It was dif- pen around the was 16, Tarsh went to Christchurch to ficult to begin turangawaewae.” pa. “I just re- live with her mother. Like many other with but we set- member the way Ngati Porou, Meri Koia and most of tled into Gis- my aunty Nanny her siblings, moved from the Coast to borne quickly and enjoyed a precious Kanu (Kaihe) loved the pa and it’s been big cities for education and employment few years living with Te Rina and Matini whānau like her children and our awe- opportunities in the 1960s and 70s. before he died in 2001 and she passed some aunties Hera Gibson and Lucky Christchurch felt a long way from the away in 2012.” Reuben who have kept the home fires East Coast – both geographically and The couple had their first child, Miria, burning,” says Tarsh. culturally. in 2002, and from an early age decided While the couple talked about plan- “So my grandparents were torn be- they wanted their children to have expe- ning to ‘move home’ for Miria to start tween their love for their whanau and rience living in the heart of Ngati Porou high school, it wasn’t until that time was love for the communities of Tikitiki and on the Coast. just about upon them that the work re- Makarika where they grew up,” recalls “Gisborne is great, but it’s still very ally started. The couple looked at a range

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What you need to know when applying for an Occupation Order from the Maori Land Court

To be able to apply to the Maori Court for an Occupation Order you must be an owner in the land, or be entitled to succeed to the interest of any deceased owner in the land. The following provides some suggested steps to take when making an application. The whanau started off sleeping in the wharenui, Rongoitekai, but have borrowed caravans to sleep in while STEP 1 Create a sketch plan STEP 4 Obtain the consent of the their house is being built (Photo (required) which details: other owners in the block to your courtesy of Manu Caddie). – Location & boundaries of the application. A list of owners can land. be obtained from the Maori Land – Area you wish to occupy. Court. It may not be possible to – Location of the current house or contact all the owners, but the of options – renting or buying a house in proposed house. court will need to know that Ruatorea, relocating an existing build- there is sufficient degree of ing, starting with a shed, using a kitset STEP 2 Take a copy of the support for the application. If and even building from local and recy- sketch plan, with the location the owners can’t appear at the cled materials. of the house marked on it to hearing to support you, then you Penu Pa sits on the original Totaranui the Gisborne District Council should get their consent in writing block that runs from Makarika to Hiru- planning department for their for the presentation to the Court harama. Totaranui A1D2B2B is 130 comment. If a new house is to be before or at the hearing. hectares between State Highway 35 and built you should then get written the summit of Tutae-a-Whata and Te confirmation from the council STEP 5 Make an application to Rina owned ten percent of the shares in that they will issue a building the Maori Court for an Occupation the block through her nanny Hei Kuia permit for a new house or for any Order and filed in the Court (Henarieta Puhata Makarini). The block requisitions they may impose. Registry, together with a fee of is administered by Te Tumu Paeroa and $60.00. leased by Tarsh’s cousin Te Rina Aup- STEP 3 Pick a date to call a ouri and her husband Mohi. meeting of owners at a marae STEP 6 The Maori Land Court The first step was to seek support from or whanau hui, which can be will write to you advising the date the other 300 landowners. Te Tumu held in Gisborne or up the Coast. of the hearing. You should then Paeroa and the Maori Land Court only A meeting is needed so the appear at the court on the date have addresses for about 150 of the list- owners can consider the proposal and explain to the Judge why you ed owners, so a letter from Tarsh and and make a decision. Two require the Order. You should also Manu went out to these owners asking advertisements also need to be bring along the written consents for permission to use a small section of placed in the Gisborne Herald 14 from the other owners. the block to put a house on. The over- days & 7 days prior to the meeting whelming response was full support for (keep a copy of the advert and the request. “There were a number of attach to the application). shareholders very happy to hear that a whanau wanted to live on the land,” says Tarsh. “We don’t know most of them, IMPORTANT: In all cases the person should be aided by a solicitor to but of course we’re all related. Many of make sure that their interests are looked after, and where they stand the older ones lived here in their younger by law. This is well worth doing due to the value of the assets at stake. years and would like to live here again but their circumstances make that diffi- cult.” NOTE After the Order is made and the house is built, you should then With support from Te Tumu Pae- apply to the Court for a Determination Order, determining your ownership roa, the shareholders and current leasee, in the house. However, if your house is already built, an application for Manu and Tarsh then had to find a bank occupancy and ownership of the house can be made at the same time. willing to lend on Maori land. A govern-

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Manu enjoys taking photographs around the rohenga and there's talk of a coffee table book of images being published one day (Photo courtesy of Manu Caddie).

ment programme called Kainga When- lenges, but it’s also been like one long gave Tarsh when they first got together ua is designed to help Maori build on camping holiday for the kids and we’ve 18 years ago, they plan to display it in multiply-owned land – the interest rates been able to pay rent to the pa instead of their new house built on whanau when- and deposit required are the same as any someone else.” ua before her next birthday. other bank but Housing New Zealand Miria and Maioha love their new underwrites the loan for Kiwibank, so school, making new friends and partic- there is less risk for the lender. ipating in the range of academic, cultur- Manu says the Kainga Whenua al and sporting opportunities provided The Kainga Whenua Loan Scheme is an initiative between Housing New Zealand scheme is far from perfect and very frus- by Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Waiu and Kiwibank to help Maori achieve home trating at times. Because the bank can’t o Ngati Porou. Manu works for clients ownership on their multiple-owned land. use the land as collateral they will only around the country from his caravan www.hnzc.co.nz/buying-a-house/ lend what the building is worth. Reg- utilising the Nati Waiwhai internet kainga-whenua istered valuations ($800 each) must be provided to the pa by Te Runanganui The Maori Housing Network has been done at each step of the build to allow o Ngati Porou. Tarsh has supported Te established by Te Puni Kokiri to help provide the next amount of funds to be drawn Parekereke Mokopuna o Hiruharama to information and information. down to pay for the builder, materials become a licensed early childhood edu- www.tpk.govt.nz/en/whakamahia/ and sub-contractors. This adds signif- cation service for the hapu. The couple maori-housing-network/ icant costs and delays to the building have also helped establish Hikurangi The Maori Land Court can provide advice process. “This probably would have had Takiwa Trust, a hapu collective for the with enquires about the whenua Maori. less impact if we had started the build six pa in Rohenga 5, and both have vol- www.justice.govt.nz/courts/ before moving!” says Manu. The whanau unteered in a range of roles for the trust. maori-land-court have been living in caravans at Penu Pa “We’re living the dream and have found Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou provides all year waiting for the house to be built. it’s not as hard as we thought. We wish homeownership information and advice. “In many ways it’s been the perfect we’d done it ages ago,” says Tarsh. Contact Hine Manuel transition from the city to the Coast. While packing up their house in Gis- Free phone: 0800 833 502 Living in caravans at the pa has its chal- borne Manu found the builders level he email: [email protected]

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How to have a happy (and gout free) Christmas

Summertime has arrived, and with it signals the beginning of party season and invitations to Christmas events and end of year functions. However for gout sufferers the desire to eat, drink and be merry may also be tinged with concerns about what they should or shouldn’t partake of. Dr Jennie Harre Hindmarsh, a researcher from Ngati Porou Hauora (NPH) shares some of the recent learnings from a research partnership with the University of Otago about this kaupapa.

Gout is a severely debilitating inherit- asked the researchers to analyse the in- – along with alcohol – of gout attacks ed disease affecting 10-15% of Maori formation they've collected from over for our local participants (kaimoana is and Pacific men and 1-2% of Caucasian 400 participants to learn more about to- the most common). And, amongst peo- men. It is caused by too much uric acid matoes and gout. ple in a similar NZ-wide study, tomatoes in the blood. As uric acid builds up in We’ve now learnt that tomatoes are are the fourth most commonly report- the blood it forms crystals in the joints, the second-equal most common trigger ed trigger food (after kaimoana, alcohol which cause an immune reaction lead- ing to inflammation (red, hot joints) and severe pain. Prompted by the late CASE STUDY: Jim Morice’s experience Dr Paratene Ngata, since 2007 NPH and the University have been involving I used to go into pain straight after I'd eaten tomatoes and I know whanau in studying genetic and nutri- other fellas who'd get the same reaction after eating them. I realised tion factors associated with gout and I needed to try something else and decided to plant acid free related conditions (diabetes, heart and tomatoes. These are the only kind that don't give me grief. Whenever kidney conditions). I got severe pain, I'd track back what I had eaten the day before and I know for a fact, non-acid free tomatoes were the culprit. The Link Between Tomatoes I take allopurinol everyday now, but I still have to watch what I eat. and Gout I avoid things like mushrooms and other veges that grow fast like Many people participating in the re- watercress, especially when reheated, and seafood. search were telling us that eating toma- toes can trigger their gout attacks. They

Te Tini o Porou Accommodation & Conference Centre Our conference and accommodation facilities are available for large and small groups. Please contact us today to organise your next meeting, function or event.

Te Tini o Porou | Cnr Tyndall & Huxley Roads, Kaiti, Gisborne | Tel: 06 868 4109 | Email: [email protected] and red meat). Tomatoes’ association with gout has not been recognised in medical circles before. So Professor Tony Merriman’s Otago research team then studied how tomatoes might cause gout and found tomatoes can increase uric acid in the blood. After discussing this information with Ngati Porou people, these findings were published in a paper in the inter- national journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. And a university lecturer in Manchester, Dr Sam Illingworth, has even written a sonnet about it called Bo- lognese and Salsa You Should Ditchv!

The Link between Drinks High in Sugar and Gout Sugary drinks also contribute to gout and related conditions by causing more uric acid to be made in the blood – im- portant knowledge that’s been shared in the Ngati Porou rohe each year.

Using ‘Gout Research’ Knowledge Such knowledge is being used to ad- vise whanau that avoiding those foods and drinks plus getting on allopurinol will get your uric acid level below 0.36. Which means you can then enjoy your favourite healthy foods (such as kaimo- ana, tomatoes) without worrying about getting gout attacks again. An example of a longer term use of the research, so far, is that one of many CASE STUDY: Monty Manuel’s ‘Gout War Story’ known gout genes called ‘ABCG2’ is im- portant in the rohe. This gene gets rid of I was one of those real chronic coke drinkers. I’d drink at least a 1.5 uric acid from the blood. It’s interest- litre bottle of coke a day (39 teaspoons of sugar). I knew coke was ing because its function is changed by a bad for me, so I tried changing to apple juice as I had heard it was chemical called circumin that is found in a natural cleanser and I still wanted a sweet tasting but ‘healthier’ the spice turmeric. drink. Unknown to me apple juice was still very high in sugar (36 Overseas, drugs are now being made teaspoons of sugar in 1.5 litres). So the healthy changes I was to help this gene work better. It will take expecting by drinking apple juice just didn’t happen! many years for this drug to be fine-tuned, I was still getting regular gout attacks and at that time I was and when ready to use we now know it managing the pain with diclofenac and colchicine. I didn’t connect is likely to be important for Ngati Porou. the high sugar consumption with my attacks until Tony informed NA DR JENNIE HARRE HINDMARSH our Mana Tane Community Group of the possible link between high fructose (the type of sugar in a lot of our food and drink) and high uric acid levels. As a result of that information I changed to drinking plain water, coffee and tea (no sugar) and I also started managing my uric acid levels with daily allopurinol.

The Gout Research programme is supported I’m pleased to say my gout attacks are very rare, maybe a slight by Ngati Porou Hauora, Health Research niggle once or twice a year and I really put that down to drinking lots Council, Lottery Health, Arthritis New of water, watching my sugar intake and getting on the allopurinol. Zealand and the University of Otago. Photo by Taylor Manuel.

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Summer at Te Tini

Edwina Hema is the Sous Chef for Te Tini o Porou Conference Centre. Edwina (Te Whanau a Tuwhakairiora) has selected two dishes developed for Te Tini’s summer buffet menu: Te Tini Slaw and Huxley Style Chicken Nibbles. The Tini Slaw is an unique twist on a classic salad staple, with subtle hints of cranberries, and the surprise addition of 2minute noodles. The Huxley Style Chicken Nibbles, originates from a recipe often used in the top 5 star restaurants in London. The dishes are tasty, inexpensive to make and the ideal kai to prepare at home for the summer party season.

Te Tini Slaw Huxley Style

INGREDIENTS Chicken Nibbles • 1 medium head cabbage (savoy), INGREDIENTS thinly sliced • 1.5kg chicken nibbles • 1 bunch spring onions, chopped • 1 x can coke • ¼ cup chopped cranberries • 1 cup tomato sauce • 1 packet chicken flavoured instant noodles METHOD • 125g slivered almonds Place chicken nibbles evenly in a • ¼ cup sesame seeds (cook the baking dish. almonds & sesame seeds with a Mix the coke and tomato sauce dob of cooking oil in a pan until together in a bowl and pour over slightly brown and toasted) the chicken nibbles. Bake in the oven at 180°C for The Dressing approximately 30 to 40 minutes • ½ cup (125ml) olive oil (depending on the size of the • 2 tablespoons white sugar chicken nibbles). • 3 tablespoons distilled white Alternatively, you can slow cook vinegar on the BBQ for approximately 45 • Chicken flavour from instant minutes. noodles

METHOD Host your next function at Te Tini o Porou! To find out more contact Kuini: Put all ingredients together in a Phone: 06 8684109 bowl, add dressing and toss. Email: [email protected].

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IN SEARCH OF THE EAST COAST VIBE History shows that our IN SEARCH OF THE people are quite the voyagers. As a people, our innate sense of ambition has fuelled an ongoing pattern of EAST COAST VIBE migration dating as far back as our arrival here from Hawaiki. There was the urban drift era, which saw most Maori flee the countryside in search of paid employment, and in more recent years the dangling carrot known as the mining industry has helped increase the number of Maori now living in Australia. Let's not forget, also, that so called Emerald City, aka Poneke, which continues to be a popular option for our rangatahi looking to further their horizons. We move a lot us Maori, but we never lose sight of growth and opportunity. We are always in search of the vibe that is right for us. Recently a new pattern has begun to emerge – whanau wishing to return home. Whanau with the desire to be living on their turangawaewae, wishing to contribute as ahika. NA MERO IRIHAPETI ROKX ia (Potae) Kirk (Te Whānau who has a Masters in Event Manage- a Ruataupare, Te Aitanga a ment. Tia juggles the business finances Hauiti, Te Whānau a Rakai- with her full time job as a Parenting and hoea, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tai, Te Child Development advisor for Hauiti Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Awa, Hauora. “We were taking care of our- Ngāti Maniapoto) and Rob (Stirling) selves financially from the moment we Coe-Tipene (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā finished at high school.” For Rob this Apanui, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Maniapoto) was much earlier. took that leap about four years ago, and “I left school at 15 and went straight today they believe they are in the best to work. I’ve been working ever since,” place possible to further their ambitions. he says. The Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Their great migration has led the pair to Marketing Manager says he feeds off his establish popular local roots music festi- hectic schedule running his events man- val, East Coast Vibes. agement business, Good Karma, on top Prior to their return home, Tia and of his nine to five job. “Tia and I need Rob, both 36, didn’t consider them- to maintain our jobs in order to manage selves well connected to their Tairāwhiti the risks this business entails. I’d worked papakainga. But they would visit often in entertainment while living in Wel- travelling regularly from Wellington to lington, I know the risks but could see Karma team who work hard to prepare Tolaga Bay and further to Te Kaha to an opportunity to create a music festival for the event. visit whanau. that appeals to Coasties.” “The experience has had its moments,” In 2010 while Tia and Rob worked Rob established their business out of says Rob. “It took a while to be accept- managing a whanau art business in Wel- Tia’s family home at Katikati between ed by the community, I mean, can you lington and Rob his nightclub business, Ūawa and Tokomaru Bay. “Tia was imagine the new guy in town with big they decided it was time to return home. managing her family’s Māori art busi- dreams and promises of concerts and The main reason was to look after Tia’s ness on-line so having a bit more time festivals, and a boost to the local econ- grandfather, Hāpī Potae who was by on my hands I took to the whiteboard omy, job opportunities etc? No doubt then in Te Puia hospital; and the second and started brainstorming,” he says. I looked and sounded like a fraud,” he reason being that the bright lights of the “And it was all worth it,” Tia adds. “We adds. Tia and Rob spent their first year city were beginning to dim for the hus- have always wanted to live at home,” she in Tolaga Bay volunteering their skills band and wife duo. says. “We just had to become more crea- and resources at local events such as “Rob and I were both independent tive about how we were going to support the local Christmas in the Pā. “When I from a very young age,” says Tia who ourselves and make this work.” The duo thought it was the right time to bring a has a degree in Māori and Pacific Art admit the festival would not be a suc- band to the township, I got a huge lesson History and Early Childhood Educa- cess if it wasn’t for the support of their in local politics and hierarchy,” he says. tion post-grad qualifications; and Rob whānau, close friends, and the Good “My first big concert in town almost

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didn’t happen, but we managed to save liners The Original Wailers, and hosting carefree atmosphere that has enriched it in the final hours and it was actually a some of our own favourites like Maisey the East Coast experience for not only huge success.” Rika, Ardijah, and Annie Crummer. The the locals but also for manuhiri, and of But it is lessons such as these that add pair believe East Coast Vibes has been course our own who long to one day re- richness to the couple’s ever expanding their way of promoting the lifestyle they turn home. basket of knowledge. “I see learning and longed for so long ago while living in the opportunity in everything that I do,”says city. “The name itself is a reflection of Rob. “I have never regretted anything. what it means to live on your home soil,” This is a risky industry and we’ve had our says Rob, of naming the festival East fair share of challenges, but we learn and Coast Vibes. “Part of our branding was improve from those experiences.” East Coast Vibes is held annually at the based on the feeling Tia and I would get Gisborne Soundshell on Midway Beach. Together, the team has managed to every time we returned home to the East The 4th annual festival is set for 4th January deliver over fifty events in and around Coast,” he adds. “We could only describe 2016, and is looking to be the biggest to date. the Tairawhiti district since return- it as an East Coast Vibe because, well, For more information go to ing home in 2011. Some of their most you had to be here to feel it.” www.eastcoastvibes.co.nz memorable acts include taking Hawai- And the thousands of patrons agree. Check out www.facebook.com/ ian superstar Spawnbreezie around to Comments and photos from the festi- eastcoastvibes visit local kura, last year’s ECV head- val’s Facebook page capture a friendly,

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Gospel Roots: Be Part of the Story

Bring whanau and friends and join us for three days of incredible music, culture, art, food and fun. Celebrate the amazing story of the Gospel in Aotearoa New Zealand. We share that inspiration through the Gospel Roots Festival.

Make this summer memorable for you and an onsite Theme Park. We want to pers Church (Gisborne). and your whanau by attending Gospel make things as safe as possible for our Come and join the story. Become part Roots to be held from the 15th to 18th tamariki and whānau so Gospel Roots of it. Explore it. Celebrate it. Experience of January at the Awapuni Stadium in will be smoke, drug, and alcohol-free. the Gospel like you never have before. Gisborne. Alongside all the music, haka, Gospel Roots is an initiative of Te NA EMMA MARINO art and learning there are attractions and Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti (The activities available for the whole family. Māori Anglican Church in Tairāwhi- Beachside camping is available and there ti) alongside the Anglican Diocese of For the full programme go to is free access to the Olympic Pools and Waiapu. Supporting partners include www.gospelroots.nz hydro slide for those staying in the fam- Te Rau Theological College, The Tama- Contact Emma Marino ily camping area. There’s also a dedicated raro Kapa Haka Festival, The House of Phone: 027 570 9708 play area for preschoolers, a surf school, Breakthrough (Gisborne), and Equip- Email: [email protected]

70 Nati Link Featured Musical Acts Kapa Haka Alongside stimulating music, kai GINNY BLACKMORE and fun activities, Gospel Roots Still only in her twenties, Ginny’s will bring you three days of Kapa a singer and performer who’s Haka. There’s more rhythm, also won an international wairua, creativity, grace, beautiful reputation as a gifted waiata and spine-tingling haka songwriter. She is the daughter than you’ll find anywhere this side of world-renowned worship of Te Matatini and Tamararo! Eight leader and Christian song- incredible Kapa Haka will take writer, Bruce McGrail. Ginny has STAN WALKER the main stage to celebrate their stayed true to her gospel roots, Stan is a celebrated son of story. Haka draws on a rich Gospel expressing life experience with Aotearoa and Tairawhiti. He has whakapapa. It has composers and integrity and faith. never lost pride in his own Gospel exponents like Tuini Ngawai, Wi Te roots. “I am a son of God who Tau Huata, Sir Kingi Ihaka, Paraire has been given a gift to use to Tomoana and Karaitiana Tamararo. glorify Him and, hopefully, inspire They based their stories on deep people so that they can see there faith. Their whakapono lives on in is life and hope beyond their their compositions, those they’ve current circumstance.” He has mentored and the teams and build his success through faith festivals they founded. and hard-work.

KIRK FRANKLIN Among our artists, we have Kirk Franklin and his Gospel Choir. Kirk is a Grammy Award-winning Gospel artist from the USA. If he sings about hardship, it’s because he lived it. When Kirk sings about Whare Wananga faith, it’s because he found it. Write a song with a famous artist, He recognised that his only way learn a waiata from a kapa haka forward was through the Gospel. legend, or let a world-class speaker inspire you! Alongside all the music and fun on offer, Gospel ROB RUHA Roots will give you the chance to Rob has deep spiritual roots explore, discover, and learn. We that resonate in his music. He call this part the Whare Wananga. was raised on songs that retold Attend workshops from some of prophecies by fearless Maori our headline acts on music, social leaders of the Ringatu faith. justice, art, history, and haka. Rob takes his inspiration from See artists at work and try your these stories to create powerful hand at creating your own. There’s compelling waiata. MAISEY RIKA something for everyone in the Maisey lives by whakapono in Te Whare Wananga at Gospel Roots. Atua, herself and others. It’s a It’s your chance to start a new strong theme in her music and story for yourself, your whanau it enriches the lives of others. and your community. Her thrilling vocals and fusion Speakers and workshop leaders of English and Maori (Te Reo) include: Stan Walker, Dr Monty lyrics has captured hearts in New Soutar, Pastor Norm McCleod Zealand and abroad. Frank Naea and many more.

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Pop culture, African iconography and events from our tribal history are some of the eclectic influences referenced in a recent solo exhibition by emerging Ngati Porou artist, Melanie Tangaere Baldwin. All Hail King of the Dicks (Diptych), 2015 (Acrylic and soft pastel on Fabriano paper) "This is a kind tongue in cheek way of looking at misogyny/sexism in the Maori art world. Sometimes it seems like the more dicks you could have the better."

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ngatiporou.com 75 elanie Tangaere process catching the attention of Paul- launch her prof­essional career through Baldwin is an art- Nache, a prestigious dealer gallery based the gallery is significant, and one which ist to watch out for in Gisborne. Melanie considered an honour. in 2016. Melanie PaulNache represents an elite group The title of the exhibition, Gods & (Ngati Horowai / of artists making an impression on the Monsters, came about as she developed Ngai Tane) is cur- international art scene, among whom in- works during her final year at Toihouku- rently complet- clude Ngati Porou artists Robert Jahnke ra. Melanie explains, “I was interested in ing her final year at Toihoukura Maori and John Walsh. Towards the end of exploring the roles of colonialism, reli- School of Visual Arts and Design in Melanie’s studies she was approached gion, spirituality and culture in contem- Gisborne, undertaking a Bachelor of by PaulNache to ask if they could pres- porary Māori society. I continually asked Maori Visual Arts. Over the past three ent her end of year graduate exhibition myself, “Kei whea nga atua o mua? Ko years Melanie has continually evolved within their gallery setting. The oppor- wai nga Atua o Inaianei? (Where are our her distinctive artistic style, while in the tunity for the Toihoukura student to old Gods? Who are our Gods now?)”,

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WHETUMATARAU Artist Melanie Tangaere Baldwin says her art work ‘Whetumatarau’ was inspired by Pomare's seige of Whetumatarau pa (circa 1820), as told in Monty Soutar's doctoral thesis, ‘Ngati Porou Leadership – Rapata Wahawaha and the Politics of Conflict.’ Whetumatarau (Pataka installation) Acrylic, glitter, Manuka, mechanics, Musket heirloom on wood.

NEW CREATION Melanie Tangaere Baldwin with her newborn peipi, Aio Quirk. The artwork in the background is a portrait of Muri-ranga- whenua, part of an ongoing series of wahine toa that so far includes Mahuika, Hine-titama, Hine-nui-te-po and Papatuanuku.

and my responses to those questions are was living at the marae three years ago ‘GODS & MONSTERS’ EXHIBITED AT expressed through my art.” helping her whanau with a restoration PAULNACHE FROM 9–31 OCTOBER, 2015. Melanie’s cosmopolitan world view project that she was inspired to attend An online catalogue from the exhibition can and experiences have helped inform her Toihoukura. still be viewed on the gallery’s website. creativity. Murupara and Botswana are Melanie has already started working www.paulnache.com/gods-and- among some of the places where she on her next creative project. A few days monsters-melanie-tangaere-baldwin- grew up. During her working life she after her exhibition opened she gave 9-31-october-2015 has been a Nanny in Paris and while birth to her daughter, Āio Quirk. To arrange a private viewing of Melanie’s living in Melbourne she was a founding artworks please contact the gallery. member of ‘Machete’, a collaborative art Email: [email protected] movement. Photography by Tom Teutenberg, 2TEN However Te Horo is where Melanie Studios, courtesy of the artist and considers “home” and it was while she PAULNACHE, Gisborne.

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Remembering the fallen

Members of the Kohere Whanau recently gathered at Te Tini o Porou in Gisborne to lend support to a new short film project based on the story of their tipuna and renowned Ngati Porou soldier, 2nd Lieutenant Henare Mokena Kohere.

The short film,He Wiwi Nati, is to be context for the film, there is also a desire years old when her father left to go to directed by Meihana Kakatarau Durie, to reveal some of distinctive elements of war. His presence and the devastating a great-grandson of Reweti Kohere of the Wiwi Nati identity. “Whanau ac- impact of his untimely death on her , who was an older brother to counts and indeed many other korero and her siblings, Te Huinga and Boy, Henare and Tawhaikura Kohere, who that we have heard about and read em- and our wider Kohere whanau is still as both served in Te Ope Tuatahi in World phasise the special nature of the bonds real and heartfelt today as it must have War One. that the Ngati Porou contingent enjoyed been then, nearly 100 years ago. I have a Ngati Porou suffered significant losses but also their inseparable connections to framed photo of my grandfather on the during the war and the short film will home and to whanau. He Wiwi Nati was wall in my house and every morning, I aim to capture a momentary insight into a defining and quintessential element of greet him and then again at the end of the nature of the experiences that Ngati their Ngati Porou identity.” the day.” Porou soldiers encountered during the Leadership succession within Ngati Awhina Houkamau, a grand-niece, Somme Campaign. Porou suffered significantly as a con- said, “We all grew up with a strong con- Set on the eve of the Battle of Somme sequence of both World Wars and He nection to Uncle Henry, partly because in France, Meihana says that He Wiwi Wiwi Nati highlights the impact that a large framed photo of him was in the Nati will offer a cinematic perspective war casualties took upon successive hallway of our grandparents house. The of the calamitous events that confronted generations of emerging Ngati Porou reverence we had for Uncle Henry, was 2nd Lieutenant Kohere and his fellow leaders. Henare Kohere’s final wish was not just because he cut such a dashing Ngati Porou soldiers on the frontlines of made to Te Rangihiroa (Major Peter figure in his Officers uniform, but be- trench warfare in Somme in September Buck) and requested that command cause every time his name was spoken, 1916. of the Ngati Porou platoon go to his which was often, the adults would all get “Uncle Henry was fatally wounded whanaunga, Captain Pekama Kaa. Trag- that far away look in their eyes and many when the Ngati Porou contingent came ically, little more than a year later, Peka- would once again be moved to tears.” under enemy attack during their final ma Kaa himself would be killed in action Also at the presentation were well- preparation of trenches for the Allied whilst serving in Ypres, Belgium. known Ngati Porou reo experts, authors Offensive. In his final hours and -de Throughout the presentation at Te and contributors to a number of Ngāti spite the rapidly worsening nature of his Tini o Porou, a number of whanau Porou literary works, Wiremu and Josie wounds, we understand that his focus members shared some of their own per- Kaa. Wiremu is a nephew of Pekama shifted to the welfare of the survivors of sonal recollections of the stories told to Kaa and both he and Josie were warmly the attack, a group that included several them about Henare Kohere and the na- acknowledged for their work in bringing whanaunga as well as his younger broth- ture and significance of his legacy. er Tawhaikura.” David Swann, a grandson of Henare, HONOURED Captain Pekama Kaa (left of Meihana is careful to mention that said, “Although I never met my grand- window) and 2nd Lieutenant Henare Kohere whilst these events provide an important father, my mother Ngarangi was only 3 are remembered in St Mary's Church,Tikitiki.

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LEFT 2nd Lieutenant Henare Kohere (Ngati Porou) is the focus of a new short film project currently in development (Image courtesy of Kohere Whanau). RIGHT Captain Pekama Kaa.

together their 1994 publication, “Nga whanau, hapu and iwi stories are told portant in a project of this nature,” Mei- Korero a Reweti Kohere Ma.” and preserved for future generations. hana explains. “The world that we cre- Much of the short film is based on a “As Maori, as Ngati Porou and as ate needs to be true to the story we’re letter from their publication, authored whanau, the medium of film brings telling. Much of our initial focus will go by Reverend Henare Te Wainohu (Nga- with it distinct possibilities to shape on raising the funds necessary to achieve ti Kahungunu) Whanau accounts and indeed and interpret our that. We’re hopeful that the spirit of a close friend own narratives independent filmmaking might reso- and comrade of many other korero that we through a cine- nate with potential sponsors who want Henare Kohere. have heard about and read matic lens and to to come on board to traverse the film’s ‘He Reta no Te emphasise the special nature of ultimately share journey with us.” Pae o Te Pakan- the bonds that the Ngati Porou stories that are It’s what lays at the heart of this story, ga’ (the title of made by us and however, that Meihana suggests is pro- the letter) is a contingent enjoyed but also that are about us.” pelling He Wiwi Nati towards produc- poignant and de- their inseparable connections As the project tion in 2016. tailed account of to home and to whanau. He gathers speed, a “This film is about a special person who Henare Kohere’s Wiwi Nati was a defining and number of Ngati left behind a remarkable legacy to his final moments in Porou contribu- whanau and to Ngati Porou. Although the Somme. quintessential element of their tors have already the futility of war perhaps raises more With grow- Ngati Porou identity. offered valua- questions than answers for Ngati Porou ing support for ble insights and whanau, it’s also a constant reminder that the project and with the 100-year an- perspectives to enrich the project and we should cherish the legacy of those niversary of the Somme campaign fast a key objective of the undertaking is to who sacrificed their lives for a cause that approaching, Meihana thinks that the offer aspiring Ngāti Porou filmmakers a we may never fully comprehend.” timing is right for this film to see the chance to be involved from early 2016 light of day. leading into the production phase. “Every film ultimately takes its own Making the film will involve several path as it journeys towards production,” logistical challenges and so whanau are If you are interested in contributing to this film project, particularly if you have relevant he believes. “The journey to make this working to help raise funds required to skills, expertise or access to potential film started back home at East Cape cover basic production costs and to se- sponsors or contacts, please get in touch. many years ago and the time seems right cure in-kind support where possible. So Contact Rapaea (Kui) Parata for it to now come to fruition.” what types of things are important in phone: 021 863 114 Meihana adds that filmmaking brings terms of a production like this? email: [email protected] another dimension to the way in which “Visual authenticity is critically im-

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