CUlJ ~ @ THE NGAI TAHU MAGAZINE Raumati I Summer 1998 ~ EDITOR Gabrielle Huria 9 CONTRIBUTORS Adrienne Anderson 8 Te Maire Tau editorial [M] Suzanne Ellison Ripeka Paraone GABRIELLE HURIA [M] Trudie Allan Tahu Potiki @J Hana O'Regan c:::::::J Nicola Walsh Nga mihi ate wa ki a koutou. 9 Dion Williams It's that time of the year again when everyone is frantic up until 25th Janyne Morrison @ December, after which time the whole nation slows down for three weeks. Paul White ~ Claire Kaahu White In that down time we have a chance to reflect on the year and for Ngc:i Rob lipa Tahu, the year has been monumental. The settlement process is now Anna Papa committed to our history and how we manage that settlement will be Moana lipa Kate Fraser critical to our future. Matiu Payne Mark Solomon is introduced as the new Kaiwhakahaere of Te ROnanga Virginia Innes-Jones Don Couch o Ngai Tahu. One of his first tasks was to be a signatory to the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act. 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Issue 9 published December 1998 Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year. © Ngai Tahu Publications Limited ISSN No. 1173/6011 Raumali I Summer 1998 TE KARAKA 1 • contents 3 Miscellaneous Supreme Award lor News and reviews from members of the Ngai Tahu WhBnui TE KARAKA - RaumatilSummer 1998 4 From the Kaiwhakahaere sisters 01 the South Introducing the new Kaiwhakahaere of Te RDnanga 0 Ngai Tahu, Mark Solomon Inspired by tnT feathers collected 5 Ngai Tahu Rangatahi Award whilst on the Mutton Bird Islands, Chris Pene, of Nelson Boys College, is this issue's recipient Lowana Clearwater and her sister, 6 Croque.o.Dile Crosses the Cultures Charmaine Ropiha, created their Originally from Germany, Lutz's Crepes, Croques and Coffee have found their way award winning costume Titi Wahine down to Dunedin - Mutton Bird Woman'. 9 Ngai Tahu Holdings Corporation First time entrants in Invercargill's Brian Kennedy discusses NTHC policies in assisting Ngai Tahu's future investment 'No Labels Please' - 1998 Wearable strategies Arts Awards, Charmaine and 11 Awarua Social Services Lowana had just over 2 weeks to A team of committed, well qualified women dedicated to assisting dysfunctional families in the Bluffcommunity complete their entry. Lowana says it was "a very daunting and tense time, 12 Arai Te Uru Kokiri Centre the days and nights were very long A teaching complex which focuses on Maori education, employment, health and welfare, dealing mainly with the disadvantaged or unemployed young Maori indeed." The fact that Lowana lives on Stewart Island and Charmaine in 14 Na Waite Ki? Invercargill didn't help the situation, In this issue, Tahu Potiki discusses examples of OhBkT or Poroporoaki "we had to put it together over the 16 Riding the Waves of Success telephone". Jai Earnshaw, young Maori surfer, is making his mark on both the national and international scene The sisters are honoured to have 18 A Rugby Hero's Contribution to New Zealand Rugby Lives On won this award, "especially with the Te Karaka pays tribute to Thomas Ellison's legacy to NZ rugby on and off the field humble old tTtTfeather making its way into an art/fashion extravaganza". 20 The Ngai Tahu Claim Settlement The history, the significance and the emotion of the Settlement Charmaine and Lowana are the 30 Ngai Tahu Development Corporation daughters of Treasure (nee Davis) RDnanga news and reviews: and the late Gavin Maxwell. • How should Ngai Tahu develop and how do you want to participate? Chamuline Ropiha (right) modelling her • Attention Kai Tahu writers and Lowana's winning creation • Kai Tahu artists and designers • Maramataka Kai Tahu • North to Alaska • Some events for early 1999 Kylie and Sirocco • Recruitment for Management Pictured below is Kylie Sooalo and "Sirocco", a lively, • Matauranga Maori - Education for Maori • 1999 Putea Matauraka recipients 6 month old Fernbird. Kylie, who is currently working • Specialist Education Services on Whenua Hou for the Department of Conservation • United World Colleges is helping in the transfer of Sirocco, who is at present • Toi Rakatahi update being held in an enclosure until he is at target weight, • Haea te Ata launched at which time he will be released into the wild. • The World is Mine - Ripeka Paraone talks on education 46 Mixed Media News from the world of literature, television and the movies • Book reviews: The Welcome of Strangers and The Dream Swimmer • Tikitiki returns for another season • Sequel to Once Were Warriors in production 49 The Whakapapa Unit Information on the RDnanga Registration Project 51 Kiri Isaacs - Youngest New Face Winner of the Spotlight Modelling Agency catwalk competition 52 Ngai Tahu's Noticeboard General information and upcoming events Troupe entertains the royals Gaynor Kaye, of Trinity Beach, North Queensland, sent 53 What's Cooking Jason Dell's easy to make, mouth-watering recipes us this photo which she thought might be of interest to some readers. This Maori troupe was the first to travel 54 Crossword overseas to entertain the then Queen of England. 55 Nga Reta - letters to the Editor Gaynor Kaye's father, Richard Green (deceased), was 58 Gone No Address related to Joe Moss who is standing in the back row, Check the list for your name ifyou have notyet enrolled with the Whakapapa Unit second on the left. Do you recognise any of the other 64 Tamariki Ma members of the troupe? 2 TE KARAKA Raumati I Summer 1998 Raumati I Summer 1998 TE KARAKA 3 ribal politics is nothing new to "I believe the recently appointed Kaiwhakahaere, Mark Solomon. communities His grandfather, Rangi Solomon, was an early member of the Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board. His are far better ancestor Tapiha Te Wanikau helped establish the first Ngai Tahu/Ngati served by Mamoe parliament at Kaiapoi, upon which today's rOnanga structure is based. having their As a child earwigging into the adults' conversations, Mark remembers his own regional grandfather often talking about Ngai Tahu business. people, who "Grandad always had copies of Hansard lying around and the radio was often tuned into Parliament. I understand suppose I picked up an understanding of politics and how the local the tribe was placed on the nations CHRIS PENE - Recipient 01 the canvas by osmosis," said Mark. Student Callex Rangatahi Award Mark's whakapapa connections are issues, Ngiii Tuahuriri mainly to Kati KurT, Ngai Tuahuriri and Ngati lrakehu. Although he lives involved." Above: Returning victorious from the World Championships in and works in Christchurch, Kaik6ura Michigan, are the Nelson Boys College Future Problem Solving is home. team. From left, Chris Pene, Leigh Riley (coach), Pala Molisa, Hamish Forsyth and Richard McLaren. "I have an open door policy lor all Ngai Tahu and I hope to be invited organisations around the island but Seventeen year old Chris Pene is head boy of Nelson Boys College to all 18 Riinanga on aregular basis. I believe communities are far better and a member of the four strong senior Future Problem SolvingTeam served by having their own regional which competed atthe World Championships in Ann Arbour, Michigan, I want to hear the people's voice, to hear their dreams as well as people who understand the local in June of this year. The team got 12th place overall out of 300 issues involved," Mark says. participants and won first prize in the oral presentation. Their research Mark Solomon their complaints so together we can lind solutions." topic was Medical Ethics. Moving from the South Island base, Mark also acknowledges that many Future Problem Solving reqUires students to analyse a scenario set "As a child, Kaik6ura was like relationships of the tribe. Mark basis. I want to hear the people's tribal members live outside of the in the future, identify problems and come up with solutions.