Ngāi Tahu ki Tāmaki Makaurau

Kukupa Tirikatene honoured

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit 2015 This is a light-hearted story of how this wonderful event happened for Papa Ku and his extraordinary wife.

Two and a half years ago Bones Rissetto (the instigator) said, “Why don’t we put Kukupa forward for the New Year’s Honours list?”

“Okay then you do it and we will back you,” said the Ngāi Tahu rōpū ki Tāmaki Makaurau.

However, Bones needed a cohort to help him with research and Mr Brian How helped, and after many hours, days and weeks of phone calls and questions they had the information of the right process. But wait – they discovered that they needed impact support, so off they went to the chief executive officer of the Manukau Institute of Technology, Dr Peter Brothers and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere (Chair) Tā Mark Solomon, plus many others who are not named but acknowledged.

The procedure to complete this magnificent honour for Kukupa was long and arduous but very gratifying. It was such a pleasure to see the wishes of the instigator, his team be fulfilled on Thursday 7 May 2015. Supporters of Kukupa were invited to the investiture ceremony at Government House, Auckland hosted by The Governor General of New Zealand, The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae.

Congratulations

This year I got to witness my girls perform on-stage. Representing Ngāi Tahu and Glenfield College they walked onto the Polyfest stage and showed that after just three weeks of practices they were ready to show Tāmaki Makaurau that the North Shore was stepping up.

The rōpū came home with a first placing in the waiata tira, third place in the mōteatea and my girl Leeah took out third place of 27 schools for role as the kaitataki wāhine. Mean Māori mean.

The Glenfield College paper also acknowledged that we were a team to be reckoned with. They said that we were the talk of the day, a team with excellent performances. None of this would have been possible without our parent and teacher helpers. Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe me he maunga teitei.

My daughter, Leeah Chou-Lee Ryder said: “I’m proud to say that Te Kura o Kaipatiki placed first in waiata tira, third in mōteatea and I managed to pull off third equal manukura wahine. So again a massive thank you to everyone who put in the hard work and stood by our sides no matter what.” Nā Pam Ryder.

Leeah Chou-Lee Ryder was also selected for the New Zealand National Tag team. She is a talented young person who acknowledges her Ngāi Tahu heritage and her whānau are full of praise for this wonderful young lady. We here in Kāi/Ngāi Tahu Ki Tāmaki Makaurau are so proud of her talents and we recognise the greatness that her future holds. We applaud her and support her in all that she desires to achieve. Well done Leeah you go girl – mean Māori mean.

Ko te reo kia rere

I tēnei tau, i te marama tuangahuru, i whakapōtaetia te rangapū tuangahuru o Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo, me te aha, tokotoru ngā uri Ngāi Tahu e noho ana ki Tāmaki Makaurau i puta hei ika ā-whiro. Ko Hania Douglas o Te Rūnaka o Kaikōura, rātou ko Juneea Silbery o Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga, ko Te Korou Whangataua o Te Rūnanga o Moeraki.

Mei kore ake koutou, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, i taunaki i a mātou kia takahi i tēnei ara o reo kia rere, o reo kia tika, o reo kia Māori. E kore te puna aroha e mimiti.

Te Matatini 2015

This year, Ngāi Tahu ki Tāmaki Makaurau was represented at Te Matatini 2015 behind the scenes. Juneea Silbery of Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga was on board with the Tahu FM team, broadcasting the event live on-air.

“It was an amazing experience. Working in television, I had a few expectations of how hard I’d have to work but overall, it was a fun experience. Thanks to the awesome team, and leadership,” says Juneea. Juneea’s job over the course of the event was to speak with the leaders of the groups as they came off stage.

Annual general meeting

Our annual general meeting will be held on Saturday 8 August, 11am at 48 Rosebank Road, Avondale.

Hui-ā-Tau

Our Hui-ā-Tau will be held on 13-15 November at the Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae, (MIT) Ōtara.

Monthly meetings

Monthly meetings are held every second Saturday of the month. All members are welcome to attend these monthly meetings. Venue for committee meetings are given at the next meeting. Executive meetings are always held at the head office, 20 Rembrandt Place, Papakura. Committee and executive meetings are held every second month alternatively.

A committee meeting is to be held on Saturday 12 September at Daniel Ryders, 51 Hastings Road, Mairangi Bay, North Shore.

An executive meeting is to be held on Saturday 10 October at Bones Rissetto, 20 Rembrandt Place, Papakura, South Auckland.

Waitangi Day

6 February 2016 – Paerata Schlaepfer Scout Camp Park, Ostrich Farm Road. Notices of upcoming hui and events will also be posted on our Facebook page: Kāi/Ngāi Tahu ki Tāmaki Makaurau.