Mai i ngā iwi
Tūhono advise iwi of their affiliation counts
The registration initiative to connect individual Māori with their iwi organisations has reached another important milestone. Iwi organisations have now been notified of the number of Māori who claimed an ancestral connection to their tribe through the Tūhono initiative.
Te Ohu Kaimoana is a major sponsor of the Tūhono campaign because it will assist iwi organisations reach the registration numbers required to receive fisheries assets. ( See Māori Fisheries Act 2004, Part 1, Section 14)
Tūhono CEO Dan Te Kanawa believes that if iwi are able to verify all of the provisional returns, around 80 percent of iwi will met their registration requirements for allocation. (See Māori Fisheries Act 2004, Schedule 3) “On the face of it, Tūhono could provide a significant boost for many iwi registers,” says Dan.
Tūhono has received returns from more than 95,000 Māori who have recorded over 205,000 affiliations. For more information on Tūhono, visit their website at www.maori.org
Ngāpuhi Festival Exceeds All Expectations
More than 6500 Ngāpuhi descendants from all around New Zealand and the world found there way back home to Kaikohe last month to celebrate their connections to Ngāpuhi.
The turn-out and the response to the inaugural event surpassed all expectations. Te Rūnanga ā-Iwi o Ngāpuhi made the most of the opportunity and enrolled more than 1500 new tribal members on to their roll.
A new beginning for Moriori
The first ever Moriori marae in modern times was officially opened on the Chatham Islands last month. At least one thousand people made the effort to attend the celebrations. Visitors to the island were well rewarded with a kaimoana feast including giant Chatham crays.
Former Fisheries Commissioner Maui Solomon (Moriori, Ngāi Tahu) says the marae named Kopinga is an important affirmation of Moriori identity. “The marae has been named after the groves of Kopi (Karaka) trees that grow on the island where Moriori traditionally gathered”, says Maui . “It's a new beginning for our people and it gives us a place of our own to gather on Rekohu.”
South Westland marae recalls Maui 's first landfall
More than two-thousand people also attended the opening of the first West Coast marae for almost 140 years. Te Tauraka Waka a Maui marae at Mahitahi ( Bruce Bay ) in South Westland celebrates the place where Maui first landed.
According to local legend, Maui (featured on the tekoteko) killed two taniwha at the entrance to Mahitahi before making landfall and then carrying on around the bottom of the South Island to fish up the North Island . Many of the place names in the area and around the bottom of the South Island recall his journey.
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