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Broadband has finally reached one of the most isolated communities in the North Island, the heart of Te Urewera country, Ruatāhuna. Hinerangi Goodman visited her hometown to talk to one of those who is already hooked up and another who will soon be connected any day now. Te...

Patu o Aotearoa - a family and community-based health and fitness programme - is now raising heartbeats in...

Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana intend to occupy the Aniwaniwa Visitors centre owned by the Department of Conservation in the hope that the conservation reopens the centre.  However, the building has been deemed unsafe and has been vacant since 2008. There is a power struggle in Lake Waikaremoana and it all starts with the Aniwaniwa Visitors centre.  Tahurioterangi Trainor Tait (Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana) says, “We are...

2016 Bay of Plenty Regional Commercial/Industrial Architectural Design Award Designer: Aladina Harunani of APA Architects & Project Managers Project: Tanatana Marae Location: Waimana Description: In Tuhoe tradition, the deceased are not mourned in the wharenui meeting house, but in a special wharemate. Tanatana has struggled for many years to carry out the service for tangi without a dedicated wharemate. The brief for Tanatana Marae...

Waikirikiri Marae AGM. 10 July 2016 at 10am, Waikirikiri...

Vision Matauranga

28 June 2016

A third project which is led by Ngāi Tūhoe with support from GNS Science has also been successful in winning funding. The projects will receive funding of $100,000 each for terms that range from one to two years.  The first project will focus on Aotea, a rare rock containing the blue mineral kyanite, found only in South Westland. Aotea is a special treasure that south Westland iwi Kāti Māhaki have cared for, gathered, traded and...