Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki August 2013 PāNUI Ākuhata 2013 The Matariki Issue Left: Wairāmia Bannister modelling ‘Rahera’, by Kelly Tikao and whānau Top right: Sam Wills modelling ‘A New Cloak for Mother Earth’, by Bronwynne Kyle Bottom right: Kararnina Parker modelling ‘Cycle of Life ‒ The Butterfly’, East Otago Art Group NEWS AND EVENTS Tā Mark Solomon Investiture Celebration It was a beautiful day at Takahanga Marae with behalf of the rūnaka following which the anthem the sun shining on several hundred well-dressed of ‘Karitane’ was well received. Robyn Walsh Kai Tahu and friends who had gathered for the gave a moving tribute on behalf of her twin sister ‘whakanui i te honore nui a Tā Mark Solomon’. Nicola who was Mark’s right-hand woman for Te occasion was marked with umbrellas raised many years until her untimely passing in 2009. to provide shade from the sun, many speeches, Te celebration concluded with the invitation to waiata & presentations to Tā Mark that started enjoy the impressive array of kaimoana and other before 10am and concluded around 2.30pm. It delicacies that the ringawera had been toiling to was great to be in the company of so many smiling prepare for the hui. It was a pleasure to represent iwi members enjoying the significance of the the rūnaka by participating in the whakanui for Tā occasion with Tā Mark & his family. Tere was Mark. Tanks to the Rūnaka for their assistance in a small delegation attending from Kāti Huirapa ensuring members were able to be present. Rūnaka ki Puketeraki and luckily we were able to • Na Suzanne Ellison call on our whanauka Selwyn Parata to mihi on NZ Greenstone, Art and Bead Shop Reopens Afer renovations, NZ Greenstone, Art & Bead Manning and other local artists. Shop has reopened for business. Formerly the Bead Featured Ngai Tahu Carvers are Mark Te Au shop in the Octagon, Ewan Duf and partners now and Ben Te Aiaka as well as Ewans work with sell Pounamu under the Iwi made branding ad carving on-site for visitors to watch. Ngai Tahu Pounamu trademark. Phone (03) 477 7420. No. 8 The Octagon, Tey are also promoting the work of Ngai Dunedin, NZ Tahu artisans, including ceramics by Phyllis • Na Ewan Duff Smith, sculpture by John Burke , Raranga by Tania Hakuiao Opening We’ve been keenly following the eforts of our to remember in years to come as it was also the whanauka at Ōtākou to plan, fund-raise and date that the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in this build their new facility ‘Hakuiao’. What they have area. Congratulations to all who supported the achieved is more than a wharekai, it is another re-building of Hakuiao – it does represent another hospitality complex for the marae. Te impressive step into the future for Kai Tahu. results of all their hard work was celebrated at the opening on 13 June. Te anniversary will be easy Hinerangi Ferral-Heath, Mereana Smith, Dora Langsbury at Hakuiao opening on 13 June. 2 Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka Newsletter August 2013 ENVIRONMENT East Otago Taiāpure Management Committee Rūnaka Representation to the Taiāpure and have attached themselves to The Taiāpure Committee is sad to be saying their habitat with gusto. Tank you again to all who goodbye to two of its Rūnaka representatives made this wonderful journey happen. who have carried out marvellous works in the Grant Nomination Taiāpure over the last few years. Greg Kerr and We have been nominated by the Warrington Leanne Simon have stepped down due to other Surf Life Saving Club for a Canon New Zealand commitments and but we are grateful for the Environmental Grant. If successful, the Committee passion and enthusiasm they have both shown will receive $5,000 (retail value) worth of equipment for the mahi that we do. Tank you again Greg which will be used to ‘facilitate an environmental and Leanne. project or environmental research that will beneft Pāua Progress the New Zealand natural environment’. Goodness, Te pāua that we were re-seeded recently by the the money is already spent! Te Committee is Karitane Community are thriving in their new presenting at the Surf Club at 1.00 pm on 25 August home. Recent monitoring has shown that the pāua, so come along and support us if you are available. small as they are, have survived the long journey Ki uta ki Tai Volunteer Weeks We have come such a long way since the frst host of conservation issues will be addressed and volunteer week in 2012. We are no longer in pilot with 26 enthusiastic students on board to deal mode and have a fully established programme with with these, we predict a very worthwhile outcome. a co-ordinator! The programme is going from strength to Chanel Phillips, a post-graduate student strength. Te availability of the old school here working under the supervision of Dr Anne-Marie at the ofce site for accommodation is a godsend Jackson from the University of Otago School of as all the facilities are there to make the week a Physical Education has taken on the huge role of comfortable, home away from home experience. making sure that the week runs smoothly, that all If you wish to join in on any of the four days, call groups – Estuary Care, Hawskbury Lagoon, Kāti Justine at the Rūnaka Ofce. We would love to Huirapa Rūnaka and the Taiāpure Committee see you. – will utilise the volunteers efectively, and that We wish Chanel luck in her new role and their personal concerns are taken care of as well. we look forward to the buzz around the place The week starts on October 11 and runs in October (which coincides with the end of the through that weekend to the Monday. A whole Tamariki School Holiday Programme!). Ākuhata 2013 Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka Newsletter 3 WHANAU NEWS Amber Bridgman and James York at Koru Gallery New artworks by James York and Amber Bridgman kawakawa tea, and titi. Te exhibition was a great were recently shown at an exhibition at Koru success with plans to head down south as well! Gallery, which included fashion, whakairo, On lef, carvings by James York; right Amber pounamu, whale bone, tribal couture jewellery and Bridgman, with her mother Elizabeth McLean weaving and taonga. Te private opening included (lef) and sister, Karyn Letman (centre) some traditional maori kai, tuaki chowder, Matariki Breakfast, Toitu 14 July For the second year running we celebrated Puaka recipient of the $2,000 raised. Tanks to all our Matariki by organising a Matariki Breakfast organising partners especially the Ofce of Maori fund-raising event. Tā Tipene O’Regan was the Development, University of Otago, KUMA, TPK, guest speaker and Waiariki Parata-Taiapa was the Otago Polytechnic and Ōtākou Runanga. Savannah Flack, Tawhini White, Liam Ellison, Joshua Kent, Ta Tipene O’Regan, Huriawa Parata-Ellison, Georgia-Rae Flack. Photo supplied by Marelda O’Rourke-Gallaher 4 Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka Newsletter August 2013 WHANAU NEWS Tuia ‒ Waiariki Parata-Taiapa Kia ora whānau. the Laufiso whānau, the Keweene – Edwards I have taken this year to travel the length whānau, Araiteuru Marae, the Tamati-Ellife and breadth of our beautiful country with seven whānau, Hakatere college, Te whare wananga o other rangatahi Māori and Marcus Akuhata- Ōtākou, Te Ora Hou Otautahi, Corban Te Aika and Brown. Our aim is to the boys, and of course explore the cultural, my Moeraki and Kāti historical, spiritual and Huirapa ki Puketeraki environmental landscapes whānau for all the of Aotearoa. One of support, time, generosity, our core values derives knowledge and care that from the well-known you shared with us. We tauparapara, Tuia te learnt so much. Existing here tangata, (Weaving relationships have been together the bonds of strengthened and new humanity), so wherever ones forged. I mihi also we travel we seek to build to my fellow Kai Tahu, enduring, high trust haerenga memb ers, relationships with the Tihou Weepu, Mia Broad wide variety of people and Marcus. we have the privilege of We’ve been on the engaging with. road for seven months Like the others on now. We have stayed the bus, I have had the at 33 Marae, one Rugby opportunity to connect Club, two Luxury Lodges, with my wider pepeha four huts, eight whānau as we have travelled the homes, one flat, four motu. We climb ancestral maunga, sleep in whare community centres, one Anglican training college, tipuna, visit urupa, swim in awa and learn tribal two schools, three baches, one backpackers, one histories from kaumatua and tribal historians. It student accommodation, one kohanga, travelled is one thing to know your pepeha, it is another over 30,000 km and with all of that we’ve only had to physically walk in the one fat tyre. footsteps of your tipuna T h r o u g h t h e s e in the places that were e x p e r i e n c e s I a m important to them. continuing to understand We were honoured to more about who I am and spend two months in Te what contributions I can Waipounamu engaging make for my whānau, with our tribal histories, hapu and iwi into the landmarks and people. future. Much aroha to We spent time in Te Tai my whānau, hapu, friends Poutini, Motupohue, and community who Rakiura, Tapanui, Ōtākou, continue to support me Otepoti, Moeraki, Hakatere, Otautahi and of as I undertake this unexpected journey. course in my piece of paradise, Karitane. We do a daily post on our Facebook page A big mihi must go out to our Kāti Waewae “Tuia Tour 2013” if you would like to follow our whānau, Dean Whaanga, Gwen Neave, DOC, Blue haerenga.