Tēnā tātou katoa,
E ara rā, e ara rā, e ara i te karaka a Matariki i tīwaha e Anō ko te marama kua karo, kua ara anō. Auē te mamae e haehae ana i te manawa. Nā reira tākina te kupu tuatahi ki te Aitaka-a-Matariki, koutou i whakakopa kōpiopio i te karaka a Tahukumea a Tahuwhakairo ki te tauawhi a tāua mā, a pōua mā. Pūkatokato tou ana tō iwi, auē he marama ka roku i te pae. Moe mai rā koutou i te aroaro hā o te Ruka Rawa, māna koutou e manaaki, e tiaki.

Kāti rā, rātou ki a rātou ka moe, tātou ki a tātou kā puananī a Irakehu, a Makō, mauri tū, mauri hā, mauri ora.

Ko kā marae Kāi Tahu, he wāhi mō kā akoraka hai hohou i te uarataka o te whakatikatika i a koe anō. Ko kā tikaka tuku iho pēnei i te manaaki, kā karakia, me kā kawa, he āhuataka kāre i tupu noa iho. Pēnei anō i te waihaka mataora, me tino whakaaro, me whakatakoto he tikaka mahi, me whakatikatika i te tuatahi. Ko te Ono, pua kōwhai ki uta, inaka ki tai. Mauri ora ki a tātou katoa.

Commissioner training

Congratulations to George Haremete for completing the ‘Making Good Decisions’ training and becoming a qualified commissioner. As a result, George is now able to sit on environmental panels as a commissioner.

Wairewa Rūnanga hui-ā-tau

On 5 October, at the Wairewa Rūnanga annual general meeting, Paul Skipper, George Haremate, Mike Beresford and Iaean Cranwell were elected as members of the Wairewa Rūnanga executive. The rūnanga would like to thank out-going executive members, Wairereraki Giffen and treasurer Riki Nicholas, for their hard work over the past year.

Membership database

Just a reminder to update your details as they change and encourage whānau to do the same. We have been receiving a lot of emails that have been rejected and returned postal mail. It’s important you are all up-to-date with what’s happening, so please keep us up-to- date with any changes by emailing the rūnanga office [email protected]

Spring-free trampoline

We recently purchased a trampoline for them all to enjoy. It’s our first phase of having something for the kids at the marae. Please matua, it is for the tamariki. Phase two will include a playground and other equipment, which will hopefully be in place by next year.