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A two-year hunt for dinosaur remains in Te Urewera has been given the go-ahead. The project will be led by Ngai Tūhoe, with input from GNS Science and Victoria University of...

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...

24 June 2016 Press Release   Lake Waikaremoana continues to welcome manuhiri Business continues as usual at Lake Waikaremōana, “We have around 80 people coming to Waikaremoana to trek and camp over the next few days” says Richard Wagner staff member at Te Urewera – Waikaremoana Visitors Centre. Local Waikaremoana kaumatua, Te Kooti Turipa, is indifferent to the news of the rāhui ban being placed on Lake...

GNS Science has been awarded funding for two new projects in the 2016 round of the Government’s Vision Mâtauranga Capability Fund, which invests in programmes that help iwi development for the benefit of New Zealand. A third project which is led by Ngâi Tûhoe 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...

THE co-owners of Waikaremoana Holiday Park say they do not support a threatened ban on activities at the lake and will carry on as usual. In the lead-up to having its grievances heard in the Maori Land Court in Wairoa next Tuesday, members of the small Ngati Ruapani iwi said that for four days from tomorrow they would place a rahui “banning all activities” on the lake and adjacent lands. Gisborne...

Notice of Hui for Election of Replacement Trustees for above at Pouahinau Marae Hodges Road, Waimana 10am July 24...