Hui-ā-iwi 2015

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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: [Read more…]

It was a last minute decision to go to the Hui-ā-Iwi 2015. On Thursday 20 November we booked our tickets and the next day we flew out. We were glad that we made the flight.

On the morning of Friday 21 November, after throwing some clothes into a suitcase, the four of us, Tāua Amiria Whiterod, myself (Emma Whiterod) and the tamariki, Manawanui and Kiritiaho, boarded the plane bound for Dunedin. Another whanauka from Ōtaki, Alistair Murchie, had already landed in Te Waipounamu. [Read more…]

Wiremu Sullivan, Takiwai Russell-Camp, with their first-born, Tamaraukura Russell-Sullivan – the first tribal member to receive a pēpi pack from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.

Wiremu Sullivan, Takiwai Russell-Camp, with their first-born, Tamaraukura Russell-Sullivan – the first tribal member to receive a pēpi pack from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.

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