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Busy and varied rewarding role • The Maniapoto Māori Trust Board (The Board) was established in 1988, as the recognised Iwi Authority for Ngāti Maniapoto and corporate trustee of the Maniapoto Fisheries Trust. Ngati Maniapoto consists of 35,353 (Census, 2013) tribal members, numerous hapū, marae and papakainga. Whanake Taiao is the Board’s environmental team. [...]
Busy and varied rewarding role • The Maniapoto Māori Trust Board (The Board) was established in 1988, as the recognised Iwi Authority for Ngāti Maniapoto and corporate trustee of the Maniapoto Fisheries Trust. Ngati Maniapoto consists of 35,353 (Census, 2013) tribal members, numerous hapū, marae and papakainga. Whanake Taiao is the Board’s environmental [...]
Nehenehenui RMC Notice of AGM Te Rā: Sunday March 3rd 2019 Te Wā: 1.00pm Kei: Kahotea Marae, 50 Kahotea Road, Ōtorohanga. Agenda: Karakia/Mihimihi Apologies Minutes of previous AGM Chair’s Report NRMC Representatives MMTB Delegate Report Treasurers Report 2018 Highlights General Business Nau mai, haere mai Enquiries to: Rangiawatea Tāne. Phone: 02102459215.
Maniapoto Maori Trust Board (MMTB) has formally appointed Board Trustee, Glenn Tootill, as a Negotiator in the Board’s Treaty Claims Settlement work for Maniapoto. Tootill will join current Negotiator, Terrence ‘Mook’ Hohneck, in the negotiations with Crown to achieve a Deed of Settlement by the end of the year, 2019, following the departure of Sir [...]
“E whakairo ana mai tō tīpuna” Anō te pai te āhua reka o te noho tahi a te tuakana me te taina i runga i te ngākau kotahi. The Maniapoto Primary Schools Māori Culture Festival took place two weeks ago at The Les Munro Centre. The purpose of this event was fostering ahurea Māori and [...]
“Whitiwhiti te manu nui I te ata. Pae muturangi I te ahiahi” Whakaara Kia Mataara, the wharekura that stands front and center of Piopio College has been commemorated this year on Tuesday, 27th of November. Marking its 25th Anniversary, we acknowledge its beginnings as it was opened by the late Honorable Koro Wētere and the [...]
Te Aroa Pou (Ngāti Te Kanawa, Ngāti Peehi, Ngāti Kinohaku, Ngāti Uekaha ), and the Pou Haereiti/Wright whānau have become a beacon of love for their kaumātua community in Te Kūiti. This year in July, the whānau were deeply saddened by the departure of many ruruhi and koroheke during the cold winters that continue to [...]
Ko te wehi ki a Ihowa te timatanga o te whakaaro nui. Ka nui te aroha ki te hunga kua tiraha, moe mai ra koutou moe mai ra. E raurangatira ma, e te iwi nui tonu o Ngati Maniapoto me o tatou karanga maha, tena koutou katoa. He karanga tenei ki te iwi nui tonu [...]
Tribal Festival continues to bring Te Nehenehenui together “Haramai tiki kapakapa, haramai tiki ngāherehere ki te pae o Tāne whakapiripiri” Maximising the relationship between whānau, hapū and marae are at the forefront of Te Nehenehenui Tribal Festival. The participation within the iwi is not defined by the competition and kapa haka. Instead the cultural festival [...]
Ko ngā rau paenga o Waiwaia Waiwaia, the Maniapoto Secondary School Festival that has been entertaining the iwi for over 30 years has come and gone once more. Taking place annually at different venues, the festival was in high spirits as numerous secondary schools gathered to Ōtorohanga College to come together, perform kapa haka and [...]
