He Reo Māngai

December 11, 2024

Tērā te rangi haeata ko runga ko Taranaki,

Māturuturu ana iho te wai i Te Rere o Kapuni,

He mauri tawhito,

He mauri tipua,

He mauri i āhua mai i te Toi o Ngā Rangi,

Tīhei Mauri Ora!

 

Tēnā tātou,

 

Ko te hikumutu o te tau Pākehā e mihi ana ki a tātou. Kei ngā uri o Ngāruahine tēnei ka mihi.

 

We are almost at the end of the Pākeha year and I know we are all looking forward to a well deserved break. Coming off the back of our AGM and an awesome whānau day at Rāwhitiroa pools – we can almost close out the year, however whilst we take our break – the mahi continues in the background.

 

Over the next few months (Dec 2024 – March 2025), Te Korowai o Ngāruahine will be undertaking the development of a communications and engagement strategy.

 

We believe that investing in how we communicate and engage with our ‘Ngāruahine ecosystem’ (iwi, hapū, whānau, and uri) has a positive impact on our uri and ensures that we can stay connected to the voice of the people. We are committed to improving and increasing the quality of our models of engagement and the different mechanisms in which we communicate with our people.

 

Outlined below are the key phases Te Korowai will undertake for the development of the communications and engagement strategy:

·     Phase 1: Project planning and preliminary research

·     Phase 2: Stakeholder engagement

·     Phase 3: Strategy development

·     Phase 4: Tumu Whakarae and Board feedback

·     Phase 5: Implementation

 

Phase 2: Stakeholder engagement is the opportunity for uri to have their say in the development of this strategy and how Te Korowai can improve our communications and engagement with our iwi, hapū, whānau, and uri.

 

Listed below are the 3 opportunities uri have to input into the strategy:

·     Survey at Whānau Day (completed)

·     Online survey

·     Iwi stakeholder engagement wānanga – 25 January 2025 (registration link is NOW OPEN)

 

This strategy and more notably, its implementation will impact how Te Korowai communicates and engages with our ‘Ngāruahine ecosystem’ moving forward. This is your opportunity to help shape and direct what this could look like.


February 2, 2025
E kore hoki e taea he mate nō te iwi kotahi Tukua atu tama kia puta i tua o te tāwhangawhanga He putanga ariki nō rangi, nō rongo ki te ata tauira Ko te mate o te Kāhui Tupua me hāna uri kia ea, kia hoki ki te ora Whiti, whano haere mai te toki Haumi e hui e, taiki e. Hundreds of descendants of Taranaki Maunga gathered at Parliament today to witness the second and third readings of the Te Pire Whakatupua Mō Te Kāhui Tupua/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill. This was a significant day for the eight iwi of Taranaki: Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga, Taranaki Iwi, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Maru, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi, who represent approximately 60,000 uri (descendants) of Taranaki Maunga and an area of interest encompassing the whole of the Taranaki region. It has been seven years since the negotiation process began and is the final outstanding historical Treaty of Waitangi claims redress in the Taranaki region. Ngā Iwi o Taranaki Negotiators are pleased to see Te Pire Whakatupua Mō Te Kāhui Tupua passed through the House of Representatives. “This is an important day for Ngā Iwi o Taranaki as the recognition of our maunga as a legal person, as tūpuna, and as an indivisible and living being is passed into law,” negotiator Jamie Tuuta says. The negotiation team also acknowledge one of their negotiation team members Ngāruahine Rangatira Tihi (Daisy) Noble (NZOM) who passed away in 2021 and was a strong force in the maunga redress negotiation process. “Tihi was a staunch advocate for her iwi and her maunga and she didn’t hold back in negotiations when it came to ensuring the health and well-being of our tūpuna," says negotiator Liana Poutu. Te Pire Whakatupua Mō Te Kāhui Tupua will formally enable the redress arrangements negotiated in Te Ruruku Pūtakerongo/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Deed. Taranaki Maunga will become an official name, the Mount Egmont Vesting Act 1978 will be repealed, the Taranaki Māori Trust Board will be formally disestablished, and the Egmont National Park will be renamed Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki, meaning ‘the highly regarded and treasured lands of Taranaki’. The National Park including Taranaki Maunga and the surrounding peaks will be vested in a legal person, named ‘Te Kāhui Tupua’ and will effectively own itself. A representative entity made up of both Crown and iwi appointees, to be known as Te Tōpuni Kōkōrangi, will be established to act in the best interests of Te Kāhui Tupua. This entity will carry out conservation-related functions for the national park, such as strategy and planning, promoting the health and well-being of Te Kāhui Tupua, and speaking and acting on behalf of Te Kāhui Tupua. Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki will continue to be managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the National Parks Act 1980 (as amended by Te Pire Whakatupua Mō Te Kāhui Tupua) will continue to apply. Any revenue generated through concessions within Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki will be applied to work and projects associated with Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki. Media contact: Tui MacDonald Ngā Iwi o Taranaki 027 252 7017