In recognition of pōua Charlie’s Queen’s Birthday Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit honour, our whānau and hapū came together to toast his achievement. We particularly recognise his many years of representing our whānau, hapū and iwi, especially during the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement as the first Kaiwhakahaere of Te Rūnanganui o Ngāi Tahu. [Read more…]