Pono Marika Issue 39 2014 Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi Magazine

Hapū Join Forces to Manage Environment

• Tūhoronuku: steeped in history and psyche

• The Dust Hasn’t Settled in Pipiwai

• The Leaders of Tomorrow Gather IN THIS ISSUE Pono Marika 2014 Contents 3 Hapū Form Group to Protect Waterways 4 Tūhoronuku 6 Funding: HYPE 7 Council Comes to Waima 8-11 Dust Problems Still Iritate 12 Funding: Retracing the Steps of the 28th Māōri Battalion 13 News Briefs 14 Communications Workshop for Marae 15 2014 Ngāpuhi Scholarships List

Some of the participants at the Social Workers in Schoolss leaders conference during March this year.

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Hapū Form Group to Protect Waterways

THROUGH strength in whakapapa and whanaungatanga Ngāpuhi hapū are working together to replenish the mauri of the Awaawa - waterways from Te Ruapekapeka, Tapuhi and Puhipuhi to the Wairua Mangakahia. Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngā Wai Māori was formed by Ngāpuhi hapū including Ngati Hau, Ngati Kahu o Torongare, Te Orewai, Te Uriroroi, Te Parawhau, Te Kumutu and Ngāti Hine. The group was established in 2012 in response to Ngāti Hau’s concerns in 2007 about pumps installed in the Hikurangi swamp cutting up tuna during every flood. From sharing stories about the ill state of the waterways, the struggles of migrating tuna and the lifeless stretches of re-directed water-drains they decided on the name Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Wai Māori - Te huarahi hei whakahokia mai te mauri o nga awa (Caretakers of fresh water rivers and tributaries - a pathway to return the essence of life to the water ways). Now in it’s third year Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Wai Māori has formed partnerships with Northland Regional Council, Far North and Whangarei district councils, National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Fonterra, Department of Conservation, Rayonier/Matariki Forestry, Northpower, farmers, fisheries, Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O- Ngāpuhi (TRAION) and others. The group’s strategic plan, facilitated by TRAION Hapū Development Natural Resource Manager, Tania Pene, has a timeframe of five years. “The Rūnanga is there to provide support and guidance to the rōpū - we are working alongside them,” she said. Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Wai Māori continues to work with NIWA to run tuna workshops, tagging and releasing of tuna, weighing, measuring, ageing, and identifying the species of tuna including their sex. Last year 50 breeding-age tuna were fitted with transponders to enable scientists to track their paths as they migrate. In April this year members of the group and community, with students from local schools, NIWA staff and Tania worked together as part of the tuna-monitoring programme at the Wairua River Hydro Station. With work on the North Power station involving the dewatering of the canal connected to the river, they were able to enter the water to catch, record and release migrating tuna. Hoori Tuhiwai from Korokota Marae, who manages the elver trap and transfer operation said there are approximately 6500 elvers in every kilogram he releases upstream. Information collected from the waterways and tuna-monitoring programmes supports the aspirations of Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Wai Māori to better protect and return the mauri to Ngā Awa o Te Ruapekapeka, Tapuhi and Puhipuhi to the Wairua Mangakahia. Being able to track migrating tuna means that Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Wai Māori will get better data about the way tuna journey to Tonga, including the obstacles they encounter along their travels. The Stream Health Monitoring Assessment Kits provided by the regional council has enabled them to study the quality of the waterways and detect any changes that may occur. The need for future generations learning how to be sustained by whenua, and replenished by wai, in order to appreciate and in turn tiaki these taonga was identified by the group in their strategic plan. Young Māori students from the local area have been taught to use the kits and continue to be involved in other waterways and tuna programme fieldwork. “It’s about sharing knowledge so there are up and coming kaitiaki.” 3 3 Pono Marika 2014 Tūhoronuku is Steeped in our History

By Haami Piripi Ngāpuhi need Ngāti Hine to complete the roof of our Ko Ngāpuhi e Ko te house, and we must find a way to ensure Ngāti Hine Koko Kai can achieve what it requires from within Te Whare Tapu THE notion behind o Ngāpuhi, not outside of it. Leadership of this nature Tūhoronuku is will dissolve the mirage and provide a more appropriate steeped in our perspective for hapū to concentrate on. ancestry and psyche From what I have observed and experienced among as Ngāpuhi. In my the kotahitanga camp their mandate is thin, and their view, it is disrespectful leadership is severely diminished in capacity. In fact there of our forbears is no Māori entity better than an iwi to consolidate and for us to belittle and authenticity of our history, that strategically align all the aspirations into a single vision expresses the ethos of our cultural identity as Ngāpuhi of the people. That is the purpose of the iwi which is descendants. Rahiri was a long time ago, chosen as our a confederacy of hapū constituents and whānau who eponymous ancestor by better and more learned people commonly affiliate to achieve a purpose. than our generation today. In the old days the purpose was war or some other major Within this context of Ngāpuhi identity Ngāti Hine undertaking that required a large and diverse spectrum have always had an important place. The ariki lines of knowledge skills and networks to overcome any of genealogy that lead to Kawiti mana have always challenge. Today the battle arena is somewhat different displayed a captaincy of our iwi affairs. The subsequent and the challenge is now to obtain Crown recognition leadership of Tau Henare and his association with the and subsequent redress for the unconscionable action of young Māori Party in the early 1900s followed through the Crown in relation to our communities and kainga. with political influence and today Ngāti Hine continue to It seems so logical that a unified approach ought to produce young raNgātira of immense potential who were be employed where the mana, tapu and autonomy born to lead. of iwi constituencies remain in tact. So it becomes a It has always been of great concern that Ngāti Hine have whakatoputanga of many identities not a kotahitanga sought to severe themselves from the Ngāpuhi Rūnanga of a single one. We must remember that on the back of and more recently Tūhoronuku. To extract a hapū the old korero, we as Ngāpuhi have already established a like Ngāti Hine, from on-going Ngāpuhi development body (or waka) to represent us, beginning with fisheries robs the entire iwi of its potential. Aside from the and then the delivery of important services of our advantage gained for Ngāti Hine, the effect on the wider Ngāpuhi whānau and communities. iwi of Ngāpuhi would be severely debilitating. This is To my mind we would be foolish to now walk away from exasperated by the oasis mirage which is created by the the institution to look for another reiteration of our Treaty Claims industry. Once hapū think they see this identity. The odds of getting it right the first time are mirage, they chase after it like fools gold, and the more pretty slim, as they would be, with something like 150 unprepared and disempowered the hapū is, the more hapū, 118 marae and over 144,000 people scattered chance there will be for them to chase the mirage. around the world. This is the case with several hapū leaders advocating for We should remember also, that the very same people the Kotahitanga o Ngā Hapū approach. Right now they leading the charge against the Rūnanga were once the find strength by unifying with the battle of succession architects of it. There is something wrong with that by Ngāti Hine from the iwi of Ngāpuhi. Ngāti Hine picture. Sure, the entity will also need reviewing and leaders should not countenance this approach to iwi reforming, but never will it need abandoning. development in Te Taitokerau, and must put aside its It was the Rūnanga of Ngāpuhi in an expression of own iwi aspirations in order to resume their rightful love for its people that initiated Tūhoronuku out of an place in the leadership of Ngāpuhi. obligation to provide infrastructure for its membership. Indeed it is sacrilege for discord to continue when Once again it would need constant and ongoing attention brilliant young leaders lie on both sides of the argument to make it effective, but instead the initiative has and are right now on a collision course, the price of received scorn and attacks from individuals and groups which will be our iwi sovereignty. We the people of from whom there has come no strategic direction or

4 effectively coordination. of our Rūnanga as such, but with our kahui rangātira, If it’s broken, why don’t we just fix it on the assumption whose knowledge skills and oratory is suppose to lead that we all want the same thing for our future, the us out of the wilderness. Instead we have developed thing our nannies wanted. How on earth can the abuse entrenched position, polarisation and large doses of hurled at Tūhoronuku and the Rūnanga achieve that. ignorance. The Rūnanga and Tūhoronuku must also show Quite simply it cannot. It describes a scenario where that they are capable of responding and fulfilling our the two groupings are going in opposite directions and respective hapū aspirations. This is pretty much a mission the dialogue is becoming more and more toxic creating impossible but the effort must be made by the elected pathways of no return and burning the bridges that are leadership (as opposed to unelected) to build the bridge necessary for progress. that will be needed to re-energise the ihi and the wana I have carefully examined the mandating requirements of Ngāpuhi nui tonu. necessary for mandate. The Crown has added We as individual leaders within our own whānau, marae considerable rigor into the process, but it seems and kainga have to now stand up and speak our mind for the problem is personalities and that overwhelming progress, not regress. And argue for unity not disunity. assumption about certain indispensable individuals. Even Having gone through the process already of negotiating if we all sat down and started again tomorrow I don’t Treaty claims for my other iwi, I can see we are creating think we could get a more robust than what Tūhoronuku collateral damage to ourselves with what is often currently offers us. We just need to participate. irrational and ill-informed korero designed to hurt not From my own Ngāpuhi hapū perspective we will have nurture, and to pull down not raise up, with the Ngāpuhi objectives and goals that we wish to achieve, and these standard we all know so well, Whiri te Paiaka o te Riri. will be forged from the underlay of claim research and Me te mahi a Tūhoronuku kia ea ai te mamae a tena a oral history. If Tūhoronuku is able to provide a vehicle by tena. E hoa ma, kia kaha, kia u, kia mataara. Ehara te which we can achieve this, then why wouldn’t we use it. Puriri o Taiamai he kaikata, engari ko tauiwi ke. Ina ka After all the aim is to empower our hapū and whānau, muru a Ngāpuhi ki a ia ano, kei reira te tangi o ratou ma, not to kill off our iwi or Rūnanga. ratou i whakapau kaha mo te koretake noa iho. The current hearings before the Waitangi Tribunal are I was fortunate enough to have received some vital to helping determine these claims and negotiated instruction from uncle Jimmy Henare, who taught us that outcomes. The hearings are spearheaded by hapū and the house of Taitokerau had four iwi walls, Ngāti Whatua, these need the support of the iwi. Once again progress Ngāti Kahu, and Te Aupouri, the roof was sporadic and there is a dissidence between which reveals Ngāpuhi and right now it is ripped and torn and leaking a fundamental in the weakness in the fabric that I and common sense. many others have come to know and be proud of as Ka te puna ki , ka toto te puna ki Ngāpuhi Tuturu. Taumarere. E tu whānau. I am really disappointed however in our leadership, not

5 FUNDING Pono Marika 2014 Rūnanga Supports HYPE with Funding EARLIER this year the HYPE Youth Advisory Group was reformed and new members joined the rōpū - leading to the Coast'n Skate Park Event on April 27, 2014. Linda Tiatoa, HYPE Youth Advisory Group (YAG) Mentor said the vision of the YAG was to run a free event in Kaikohe that was engaging, vibrant, informative and positive for the local young people. "It was a phenomenal success," she said. "Every member took lead roles in facilitating the Coast'n Skate Park event. This helped to develop their leadership and problem solving skills while working together as a team." Linda said information gathered from the Coast'n Skate Park event will be used to improve future HYPE events. The Youth Advisory Group thanked the Rūnanga for helping to sponsor the event. "It made our vision a reality by helping to offset the cost of holding an event in which young people felt they were valued and worth the effort and funding put into it." The HYPE event was supported through the Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi’s sponsorship fund. Details and application forms for all funds are on the website: www.ngapuhi.iwi.nz or call the office on 0800 NGAPUHI or 09-401 5530.

Some of the action at the Coast n Skate Part event. Over 400 sausages were given away on the day and everyone received a prize.

6 WATER

Council Comes to Waima with Cap-in-Hand

Our story in 2010.

Councillor John Vujcich puts the case for the Council to representatives of the Waima community.

AFTER a long, hot summer, unsurprisingly to those in the North, the water supplies around Northland communities started drying up. In the Hokianga - Rawene and Omanaia to be exact - it’s the third year in a row they’ve experienced drought conditions. The situation was so dire the Far North District Council was forced to go cap-in-hand to the Waima community to ask if it could draw water from their supply in the Waima River. The irony was not lost on the locals. After lacking support to set up the autonomous water supply back in 2010, after it had been completed the council then tried to charge locals for taking the water from a supply they sourced themselves. Fast forward to April 2014 and the council’s Asset Engineer, Barry Somers, in a report to council said low rainfalls over the summer had compromised the water supply to the Rawene and Omanaia communities to such a degree the Hokianga communities faced the real prospect of having no water at all. The council officer said the only way to ensure water kept flowing to Rawene and Omanaia was through the Waima- based water supply. “On behalf of Omanaia and Rawene communities the council would appreciate the opportunity to build a relationship with the Waima community regarding a temporary draw of water from the Waima River as an emergency water source only, during these extreme drough periods, and also to develop a collective approach towards finding a long term solution to the more frequently occuring issue of water shortages,” his report said. For their part, Te Mahurehure, acknowledged some of the residents of Rawene and Omanaia were their whanaunga and welcomed the opportunity to help them out. But warned the council it was on their terms, not council’s. Te Mahurehure spokesman Patu Hohepa said the council still had a lot of fences to mend with Waima whānau. The council is still to produce a drought mitigation plan, other than imposing water shortages on the communities.

7 Pono Marika 2014 The Dust Still Hasn’t Settled in Pipiwai

The background photo highlights how much dust is left floating in the air after a logging truck has gone past. On any given day there can be up to a dozen trucks traversing the roads in Pipiwai. THE dust still hasn’t settled in Pipiwai... literally. Pipiwai and Titoki roads are inland 35km northwest of For the past 12 months a Pipiwai residents group has Whangarei. been making a noise about their dust problems. The The roads became forestry highways in the mid 80s as problem is, no one is listening. trusts like the Ngāti Hine Forestry Trust entered into joint So following a library of emails and correspondence ventures with overseas-based forestry companies to to and with the Whangarei District Council, Northland harvest their trees. Regional Council, local MP Mike Sabin and the Prime Hancock’s is the current Minister to name a few, the group took to the streets managers of the recently to highlight their plight. forests in and The problem is dust. Lots and lots of dust. So much dust around Pipiwai. in fact it fills the air and infiltrates water tanks, right By and large they down to forming silt inside the electric jugs locals use to have an amicable make a cup of tea. relationship with In essence, all the Pipiwai Titoki Road Action Group locals, even though wants, is for their roads in the middle of nowhere - it’s their trucks that actually it’s Pipiwai - to be sealed. are causing most of In essence, all the interested parties to this drawn out the dust problems. saga, have sent the group round and round in circles On the plus side blaming everyone but themselves. they’ve instigated It goes like this: Northland Regional Council isn’t to speed restrictions blame because it’s the Whangarei District Council’s on all their trucks to problem, fixing roads that is. 30km/h. Although The Whangarei District Council says it’s not to blame the locals will tell because the government’s roading strategy, NRS for short you the restrictions It’s not uncommon to receive text (National Roads of Significance), is to blame because it’s are not regulated and messsages from the group as part of priorities are fixing roads in Auckland and everywhere occasionally the locals their campaign. else except the middle of nowhere in Northland. have had to take matters into their own The government, according to Northland MP Mike hands, including throwing rocks at loggers as they whisk Sabin, is not to blame because it subsidises Northland by. councils enough, and taxpayers shouldn’t have to fork Once, local Hori Niha says, he stood in the middle of the out anymore. road to bring a fully laden logging truck to a halt. Which brings us back to Pipiwai. They still have a dust While the councils, government and all the politicians problem, only now it’s more than just a dust problem, it’s of various hue who have been North to see the problem a health hazard, and all they want is their road sealed. first hand and agree there’s a problem, an answer is not.

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Some tried solutions include spraying the road with a Act that says, in a nutshell, it’s the regional council’s dust suppressant. That’s code for oil. The problem is responsibility to maintain the quality of air at a if you spray enough of the stuff, then it creates a new reasonable standard and if it’s not, it’s their job to fix it. hazard - oil getting into the waterways. The action group have been monitoring the air quality Voluntarily, Hancock’s has also been to the aid of Pipiwai thanks to equipment supplied by the Northland Regional residents, soaking the road with water to suppress the Council. What they found is that during a 23 day dust. It’s a temporary and inconsistent approach that monitoring period last March, the dust contaminant quickly subsides during the course of a long drawn out PM10 exceeded acceptable levels nine times. summer. PM10 is a dust particle about 25-100 times thinner than Cynically, locals like Puti Tipene and her partner Jack a human hair. When you inhale you breathe in air along Luisi, who have been spearheading the action group with any particles than are in the air, such as PM10. The along with farmers Graham and Alex Wright, believe particles become entrapped in your respiratory system all the actions are merely a device to get to the winter sticking to the sides of airways or travel deeper into the season when nature itself takes over and the cooler lungs. weather and rainfall hides the issue for another year. So what the group is now saying is their dust problem is But after a number of years of putting up with the dust, no longer a dust problem, it’s a health hazard. they’re now of the mind to pursue the case come what Both local and central government are continuing to may. ring their hands of the problem. Only the locals are As part of their campaign they’ve sought independent determined to box on and won’t let the matter lie until reports from experts who agree there is a big dust they get a satisfactory result. problem that needs to be addressed by the local They took to the streets of Whangarei recently to authorities. Naturally, neither the Northland Regional vent their displeasure, leading a march of 60 people Council or Whangarei District Council agrees with the highlighting the issue. experts saying the dust problem is a dust nuisance. Puti says they’ll keep pushing the matter until they get a Only the action group have as part of their journey also satisfactory result. become quasi lawyers citing the Resource Management

Puti Tipene (above in the orange vest) leads a group of marchers through the streets of Whangarei highlighting the dust problem.

9 WHĀNAU PonoPono Marika Marika 2014 2014 Dust Problem Not Isolated to Pipiwai WHEN Mataitaua Marae opened problem. THE dust caused by unsealed roads its doors in March following the A fully laden logging truck went is an increasing issue throughout refurbishment of its whare kai, it past the marae - as is the usual - the Northland. needed a bit of spit and polish for dust being kicked up by the truck Te Tii resident June Heihei, an the big day to celebrate its opening. eventually settling on Alva’s nice, asthmatic, found herself choking Marae treasurer Alva Pomare was clean windows. on the dust that rises from the one of the whānau who lovingly What the incident did though was it unsealed surface of the roads she applied the spit and polish to got Alva thinking: there are houses likes to frequent for exercise. the marae to get it ready for the on the edge of the road that are She’s written to the Far North opening. covered with dust daily, windows can District Council, and gathered One of the tasks Alva was given not be opened, kitchens have been support from the local school, was to wash the windows on the moved to the back of the houses due sporting clubs and marae in an whare kai, which she did with the to dust invasion. And when there is effort to get some action. tender love and care of a proud mum no wind the dust remains and is like “Once while out walking I called an bathing a new born baby. fog and smoke. ambulance because the dust was so Alva started with the windows facing “Therefore when our people are bad and I’d forgotten my inhaler and the roadside. Two hours later she having to inhale the dust due to had trouble breathing,” said June. had worked her way around to the it sitting around, then the health The Te Tii resident tries to go out other side of the whare kai - the side effects are enormous,”said Alva. walking as much as possible for not facing the roadside - but was Unlike the residents at Pipiwai, Alva exercise, but admits the ambulance surprised to be confronted by her hasn’t had the benefit of monitoring incident frightened her. older sister who gave her a serve the dust particles in the air around “There’s a bigger picture here,” she about the windows on the other side Horeke or been to council yet to said. “What about our water supply not being clean. complain about the problem, but she in our tanks. Are they affected by Thinking she was going potty, Alva sees synergy in getting together with this too?” went back around to the side of Pipiwai and other areas throughout Last year Ngā Ngaru o Hokianga the whare kai facing the roadside Tai Tokerau to tackle the issue Chair Tipene Pikaahu reported and again cleaned the windows. collectively. residents in the Hokianga were also Again, she gradually worked her way “I didn’t know there was a problem tired of the dust problem because around to the other side only to be in Pipiwai, but what I am sure about their roads were unsealed. met by her sister who again accused is that the dust is causing our people Alva of not cleaning the windows on to get sick,” she said. the other side. “We’ve just put up with it. But we So Alva decided to go back around need to do something about it the other side and wait. It didn’t take collectively.” long till she got an answer to the

10 FUNDING Retracing the Footsteps of the 28th Māori Battalion

Cassino

By Kristi Henare ON Tuesday 13th May 2014 Patrick Henare and his fellow cadets at the Leadership Academy of A Company based in Whangarei will be travelling to Italy to retrace the footsteps of the 28th Māori Battalion and to celebrate the 70th Anniversary Commemoration Event in Cassino, Italy on 19th May 2014. Patrick is the mokopuna of Samuel and Rose Henare (nee Busby), of Ngāti Kahu and Ngāti Kuri. His Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Manu and Ngāpuhi grandparents are Martin and Thelma Connor (nee Davis). Patrick started his journey with the Leadership Academy of A Company based Whangarei by joining the Fred Baker Intake in 2011. His grandmother Queenie Davis (nee Gardiner) is a first cousin to Lieutenant Colonel Fred Baker. Three years on Patrick is still at the Academy and studying at Whangarei Boys High School in Year 12. While Patrick's main focus is education he has always been interested in things military. In February our family shared a proud moment when Patrick was promoted from Lance Corporal to full Corporal. Many of Patrick's whanau from Tai Tokerau enlisted to fight when war broke out in September 1939 in response to calls from Sir Āpirana Ngata and other Māori MPs for an all-Māori unit, the 28th (Māori) Battalion. The Leadership Academy of A Company will be visiting several significant sights during the Italia tour, including the Cassino Commonwealth Cemetery where over 300 Māori and Kiwi sons lie and Castello di Verrazano, the estate that was used as the Headquarters for the 28th Battalion in World War II. By retracing the footsteps of their tūpuna who fought alongside the Allies during WWII to liberate Italy in 1944, it is hoped the cadets will appreciate the heavy price paid by the men of the 28th (Māori) Battalion towards providing a better future for Europe, New Zealanders and themselves. The Leadership Academy of A Company appreciates the support they have received from Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi. The Leadership Academy was supported through the Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi’s funding schemes. Details and application forms are on the website: www.ngapuhi.iwi.nz or call the Patrick Henare office on 0800 NGAPUHI or 09-401 5530.

11 KAUPAPA Pono Marika 2014

THE RATS have been driven out of Kaikohe. copycat deaths. The RATS are the Riders Against Teenage Suicide, and The Government’s attempt to tackle the problem has on a cool Friday morning mid May, about a dozen seen the Ministry of Health produce the motorcycle enthusiasts left the Northland town to join Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2013 - 2016. up with another 80 riders from across the country to The plan has five objectives: make their way to Opotiki to highlight issues with teen 1. Support families, whānau, hapū, iwi and suicide. communities to prevent suicide. Ministry of Justice figures from June 2012 to June 2013 2. Support families, whānau, hapū, iwi and show 541 suicides in New Zealand, including 34 in communities after a suicide. Northland. 3. Improve services and support of people at high risk Green Ribbon campaigner Kahui Neho, said 80 percent of suicide who are receiving government services. of those who took their own lives were Māori, and 80 4. Use social media to prevent suicide - Identify and percent of those were teens. respond to suicide contagion through social media He said he’s at a loss to understand why people don’t and reduce cyber bullying. want to talk about it. 5. Strengthen the infrastructure for suicide prevention “People come out in force to the Ngāpuhi Festival and - make better use of the data government already Waitangi Day, but they don’t to address the suicide rate,” collects on suicide deaths, self-harm incidents. Kahui said. Unsurprisingly then it’s on social media like Facebook Chief Coroner Neil MacLean said New Zealand’s suicide where you’ll find proponents like RATS, Green Ribbon rate almost defies explanation, and supports the Law and The Raid Movement trying to engage with young Commission’s review into rules around media reporting people. of suicide, saying current restrictions are based on fear of Some of the Facts • New Zealand has the highest rate of youth suicide in the OECD; twice the rate of the USA and Australia, and five times higher than the UK. • One in five people who die by suicide are Māori. • Rates of youth suicide are two-and-half times higher for Māori than non-Māori. • The most common age for Māori and Pacific Islanders to take their lives is 15-19. Need to talk? • Depression Helpline (8 am to 12 midnight) – 0800 111 757 • Healthline – 0800 611 116 • Kidsline (aimed at children up to 14 years of age; 4 pm to 6 pm weekdays) – 0800 54 37 54 (0800 kidsline) • Lifeline – 0800 543 354 or (09) 5222 999 within Auckland • Samaritans – visit the website www.samaritans.org. nz, or call 0800 726 666 • Skylight – visit the website www.skylight.org.nz or call 0800 299 100 (9 am to 5 pm weekdays) • Suicide Crisis Helpline (12 noon to 12 midnight) – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO) • Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand – www. spinz.org.nz • Youthline – 0800 376 633, free text 234 or email [email protected] • What’s Up (1 pm to 11 pm) – 0800 942 8787 Hone Mihaka leads the RATS riders out of Kaikohe. • www.depression.org.nz • www.thelowdown.co.nz – visit the website, email [email protected] or free text 5626 • Or search The Raid Movement or RATS on Facebook.

12 News Briefs

Mataitaua Marae opened its doors again on March 15, celebrating the opening of its new whare kai.

Eighteen Ngāpuhi community workers Quinton Hita was one of the guest speakers at graduated on March 21 from a financial literacy the annual Leaders Conference on March 20 programme funded by the Māōri Women’s run by the Social Workers in School team at Development Inc. with support from Massey Ngāpuhi Iwi Social Services. University and Westpac.

The Rangihama-Omapere Trust had an open day on March 22 to mark the opening of its new dairy production unit. The new dairy unit development is seen as a template by government for the utilisation of unproductive Māori-owned land.

13 PLANNING Pono Marika 2014 Marae representatives pose for a group shot at the communications workshop. pose for a group shot at the communications representatives Marae Marae Plan Communications TE Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi’s Iwi Development Team “Marae have at their finger tips acccess to lawyers, policy hosted the first in an ongoing series of workshops makers and writers, labour pools and money that can planned in the coming 12 months to help marae build move marae development projects significantly if the communications plans. resource is tapped. With marae becoming increasingly dependent on “It saves on draining the resource at home who usually whānau living away from home, communicating with maintain marae on a day-to-day basis, and it opens the individuals connected to a particular marae is seen as a field to a whole new level of expertise.” key to unlocking a marae’s future aspirations. Twelve marae were represented at the first “What we’re seeing is the hau kainga are being drained communications planning workshop. because the support doesn’t exist at home,” said the The workshop included working with marae to write Rūnanga’s Communications Leader Reuben Wharawhara. their plans, and introduced participants to some free “On the other hand, whānau living away in the big cities tools available online like Facebook and website builder and overseas are hanging out to make a contribution to Wix. their marae, even if they can’t be there. But in order for One of the participants, Suzy Wipou-Reneti, said she was that to work both the marae and them need to be having overwhelmed by the level of detail the workshops went a two-way conversation.” into. But she found it useful. The potential of whānau living away from home “The workshop opened my eyes to a new level of contributing to marae is huge, based on communications professionalism and the benefits for our marae if we talk plans developed with other marae. with our whānau in a meaningful way,” said Suzy.

14 2014 Ngāpuhi Scholarship Recipients Recipients of the $500 Scholarship Award: Recipients of the $1000 Scholarship Award: Kim Chevolleau (Diploma in Pokairua Ngāpuhi) Ururaiaha Awarau (Bachelor of Teaching, KKM) Jordan Cross (Foundation Cert. Arts Commerce) Rerehau Bakker (Bachelor of Nursing) Marian Downs (Certificate Sustainable Rural Dev L4) Georgia Bennett (Bachelor of Information Technology) Kathleen Edmonds (Diploma in Business) Ko-Tahi-Ra Boaz-Curry (Bachelor of Sport & Leisure) Nadine Haenga-Albert (Certificate in Social Services) Bradley Boyce (Bachelor of Computing & Technology) Arianna Hemi (Diploma in Marine Studies) James Cherrington (Bachelor of Social Work) Donna Herewini (Diploma in Culinary Practice) Tayla Cook (Bachelor of Arts/Psychology) Raukura Johnson (Diploma NZ Law Legal Executive) Kuini Daniels (Bachelor of Nursing Māori) Emma Johnson (Diploma in Architectural Tech) Shayna Dean (Bachelor of Applied Social Science) Sherrie Kaa (Diploma in Culinary Practice L5) James Enright (Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery) Jessica King (Diploma in Film, TV Production) Harriet Gray (Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery) Lavinia Kingi (Diploma in Social Services L6) Chanelle Holtz (Bachelor of Applied Social Services) Maraea Leng (Diploma of Science) Manawa Huirama (Bachelor of Science/Arts) Samuel Liebezeit (Diploma in Applied Fitness) Samuel King (Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery) Martha Paewhenua (Diploma in Naturopathy) Joanna Makiha (Bachelor of Social Practice) David Palu (Cert. in Applied Sport & Recreation) Sherene McManus (Bachelor of Education) Joanne Pou (Diploma in Rehabilitation) Racquel L Murphy (Bachelor of Health Science/Nursing) Elizabeth Roberts (Diploma Te Reo Māori) Natasha Murray (Bachelor of App Soc Sci in Social Work) Rangi-Maria Waitai (Cert. in Academic Studies) Tunisia Napia (Bachelor of Arts/Law) Parry Wanoa (Certificate Te Awa Tupapa) Teena Noble (Bachelor of Education Huarahi Māori) Ethan Wells (Certificate in Health Sciences) Lesley-May Paora (Bachelor of Nursing Māori) Linda Pikari (Bachelor of Natural Medicine) Isabel Poutai (Bachelor of Applied Social Services) Recipients of the $1500 Scholarship Award: Gina Reed (Bachelor of Env. Planning) Hine Funaki (Grad Diploma of Teaching Primary) Te Korou W Roberts (Bachelor of Māori Performing Arts) Richard Cooper (Grad Diploma of Teaching) Jesse Ruri (Bachelor of General Studies-Science) Tashiana Borell (Grad Diploma of Teaching) Maree Smith (Bachelor of Health Science/Occ Therapy) Tania Bristow (Grad Diploma in Strategic Mgmt) Sharlene Subritzky (Bachelor of Nursing) Conor Tinker (Bachelor of Commerce/Law Honours) Marree Sylva (Bachelor of LLB/BA) Lauren Taylor (Bachelor of Health Science Nursing) Pita Taylor-Heke (Bachelor of Design/Commerce) Cheryl Te Moana (Bachelor of Social Work/Biculturalism) Erana Te Rangi (Bachelor of Nursing) Hayley Wahapa (Bachelor of Teaching ECE) Jordan Westerlund (Bachelor of Arts) Recipients of the $2000 Scholarship Award: Recipients of the $4000 Scholarship Award: Rameka Alexander-Tu’Inukuafe (Master of Arch. Prof) Sharon Toi (Doctor of Philosophy Law) Lana Arun (Master of Indigenous Studies) Tia Reihana (Doctor of Philosophy) Rayna Crymble (Master of Business Admin.) Dain Guttenbeil (Master of Business Admin.) Atarangi Kask (Master of Commerce) Una E P Mathews (Master of Education by Thesis) Cheryl Meek (Master of Indigenous Studies) Mahonri Owen (Master of Engineering) Paul Pirihi (Master of Education) Kim Rogers (Master of Indigenous Studies) Irene K Royal (Master Māori Pacific & Indigenous Law) Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi congratulates all this Nikolas Wilson (Master in Health Psychology) year’s recipients and wishes them well in their studies.

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