Kei ngā mana o te iwi naia te whakamiha ki a koutou. I ora katoa mātou i a koutou. Nā koutou, nā te iwi whānui mātou i whakarangatira ai. E kore rawa te puna o aroha, o mihi e mahiti. Tēnā rā koutou katoa.
As hosts of Hui ā Iwi 2015 – Te Rūnanga o Moeraki, Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki and Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou, wish to give many thanks to all our generous Hui-ā-Iwi supporters and contributors:
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tahu Holdings, Ngāi Tahu Tourism, Ngāi Tahu Farming, Ngāi Tahu Property, Ngāi Tahu Seafood, The Ngāi Tahu Fund, Tahu FM, E Tū Whānau and Māui Studios.
We wish to give many thanks to all our generous Hui-ā-Iwi partners and collaborators:
Tuari Potiki and the University of Otago, Kay Mercer at the Dunedin City Library, Rebecca Williams and Marilyn Anderson and the team at the Dunedin City Council (DCC), Trevor James and St. Pauls Cathedral, Āraiteuru Marae, Lynda Cullen and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Rua McCallum and Toitū, Migoto Eria, Jamie Metzger and Craig Scott at the Otago Museum, Brendan Flack and his mana moana crew and Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Jeanette Wikaira at the Hocken Library, Michelle Branford and all the team at DVML, Alishea Dench, Mike Morrison, David Agnew, Dave Taylor and the amazing team at Te Papa Atawhai Ōtākou and Murihiku, Lawrence Wharerau and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Antony Deaker at the Artists Development Agency, Daphne Griffen and the team at DCC car parking, the Otago University Students Association, Josh Thomas at the Dunedin Fringe, Michelle Brett and St. Johns, Michelle Taiaroa and the awesome Ōtākou Māori Wātene, Toni Wall and the Otago/Southland Police, Gordon, Helen at Tinch, Jon at the Print Room, Alex, Dave and the team at Strawberry Sound, Peter and Zac and traffic management and control, Graeme Mc Arthur, Arapata Rueben (thanks for driving that truck cuz), Portobello Playgroup, Te Manaaki Kōhanga Reo, Marie Rakete and Tim from Tansley, Ian from Sinclair Wetlands, Carisbrook School, John Snowball, and Lana and chef.
We wish to give grateful thanks to a seemingly endless list of talented programme contributors:
Janine Karetai, Ephraim Russell, Louise Potiki Bryant, Jess Massey, Donelle Manihera and KUPE, Che Wilson, Melanie Fortuin and Chloe McKenzie, Rachel Wesley and Shar Briden, David Tikao and the team at Whai Rawa, Heni Turner, Darin Haimona and E Tū Whānau, Kelly Tikao, Justin Tipa, Arapata Reuben and Darin Bach, Chantal Tumahai, Phylis Smith, Amber Bridgeman and James York, Doug Ditford and Ewan Duff, Rongo mai and Waiariki, Priscilla Cowie, Roslyn Nijenhuis, Takerei Norton, Esme Dawson, Atholl Anderson, Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Tahu Potiki, Seniorita Awesumo-Fiona Clemens, Areta Wilkinson and Mark Adams, Brendan Flack, Matthew Hayde, Paemanu Charitable Trust, all the talented artists who contributed in so many cool ways, Alex Whittaker, Jessica Latton, Janet Pereira, Darin and Virginia, Tahu McKenzie, Kaitrin Mcmullan, Heritage NZ, Paul Pope, He Waka Kōtuia, Komene Cassidy, students from all over Dunedin and whānau who performed at the pōwhiri, Queens High School and Otago Girls’, The Modern Māori Quintet, Beau Monga & Crew, Maisey Rika, Rob Ruha, Troy Kingi and Ria Hall, John Broughton, Cindy Diver, Frances Diver, Rihari Taritoa Bannister, The Dunedin Returned Services Association Choir, Puamiria Parata-Goodall and Te Atakura team – especially the performers from all the Papatipu Rūnanga, Mana Kore Rickus-King, Sianne Dougherty, the Buzz Cuts Barber Shop, Te Pao a Tahu, Ripeka Potiki, Saelyn Guyton, Timua Brennan, Kiri Fraser and the Ngāi Tahu Ukulele Orchestra, all our multi-talented M.C’s, kaikarakia, whaikōrero and kaikaranga.
And of course all of our generous and open-hearted volunteers without whom none of it would have been possible. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
We wish to give many thanks to our amazing, talented and tireless Hui-ā-Iwi team leaders and steering group members:
Melissa Stojanovich, Megan Potiki, Talia Ellison, Natalie Karaitiana, Donna Matahaere, Tracy Cameron and Winnie Matahaere, Paulette Tamati-Elliffe, Matapura Ellison, Ron Bull, Suzanne Ellison and Janine Kapa-Blair, Blade Jones, Dee Henry, Rachel Wesley, Simon Kaan, Victoria Campbell, Nola Tipa, Nic Hedley, Koa Whitau-Kean and Moana Tipa.
Kia tau te rangimārie, kia tau hoki ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki runga i a koutou. Maraka, maraka.
