In late February, our Project Manager GroundTruth (GT) commenced a ‘pilot’ project, engaging five iwi kaitiaki. They were involved in a variety of experiences over their first two weeks, including an introduction to the project, a blessing of the new whare pārekereke/nursery, followed by potting native plants and seed collection within our rohe taiao. The rōpū went on haerenga – ki uta – ki te Maunga o Kapakapanui – ki tai – ki te pūaha o Waikanae, observing the various whenua conditions throughout, including observations o te reo o ngā manu. The kaitiaki also visited and shared korero at Mataihuka (our wāhi tapu / old papakāinga) that overlooks the nursery. 

Everyone enjoyed the week and were able to give important feedback into the future steering of the Jobs4Nature mahi, and most have returned to work with GT for a second week. Each day they start by gathering at our iwi office in Waikanae and finish up back here at the end of the day too. 

The first group of iwi kaitiaki with some of the tarata and akeake plants they have potted up.  A total of over 2000 plants have been potted up so far and will be part of future planting around the Awa. 

Seed collection of Karamu seeds for growing in the nursery to produce plants for 2021 and beyond. 

Kohekohe forest at Otaraua Park.  There are no seedlings due to high rabbit numbers in this area.  Future animal control and possibly fencing will be required. 

Top of the world at Mataihuka.  Area north of wāhi tapu, where forest is being restored. 

Based on the experiences shared with this first rōpū of kaitiaki, the programme of training and work experience is being expanded.  A vision of the project is to develop teams that can work across the rohe within the Waikanae Jobs4Nature project, helping to restore the awa, the ngahere, and ngā tamariki a Tāne that reside within the catchment. 

The project is aligning it’s values with those identified within the ĀKW Kaitakitanga Plan, and a key focus is to support the development and experience across iwi kaitiaki to help with implementing our huanga to achieve shared outcomes for the restoration of the Awa. 

If you are interested in how you could be part of this in the future, please contact the iwi coordinator… Kristie – admin@teatiawakikapiti.co.nz / 04 2931538 / 0272612986 😊  

Taiao Unit of Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai Charitable Trust

Kia ora whānau,

Congratulations to our third and final winner of the Whakarongotai o te wā online survey Chelsea Parata!

Chelsea has won the $100 Grocery Voucher!

Unfortunately this was our last prize up for grabs. However, if you too would like to fill in this survey it is still available for you to complete, all you need to do is click on this link: tinyurl.com/akwsurvey2

We would like to encourage you to sit down with whānau, share your kōrero and complete our annual survey. Help us assist the Taiao Unit of Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai Charitable Trust in supporting the kaitiakitanga of our rohe. 

If there is anything you believe hasn’t been covered in the survey or you have anything you wish to share add it at the end. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

Te Rōpū Pakihi would like to invite you all to our first networking event of the year!

Join us over nibbles and drinks as we hear from our wonderful guest speakers Hannah Anderson (WellingtonNZ) and Herani Demuth (Te Puni Kōkiri)
Āwhea: Wednesday 17 March, 5.30 – 7.30pm
Kei whea: Te Atiawa Offices, 10 Parata Street, Waikanae
RSVP via our website (www.trp.maori.nz) or here

We’re really excited to be holding our first Maori business network function for 2021 at Waikanae next week.  We have two fabulous speakers lined up who tell us about all of the business support, funding and social procurement opportunities available to our local businesses. 

This is also going to be an opportunity to see how the Hokohoko Māori Mall upgrade is progressing so we’ll have a quick demo of that, and we’re showcasing one of our newest businesses, Switch Catering who will provide light refreshment for our hui. 

See you on Wednesday 17 March at 5.30pm at the Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai Trust office, 10 Parata Street, Waikanae.  Just hit the link to register.

In response to requests for a briefing of the changes to the Trusts Act 2019, Mihiarangi Piripi and Tai Ahu of Whāia Legal have offered to run a session for Māori trustees on Tuesday 23 March 2021 at Amatiatia, 5 Main Street, Ōtaki at 9.30am. 
 
The session will run for roughly an hour including the Q&A.  We will also look at Zooming the session for online participants.
 
The seminar will include:

• Trustee duties.  What are the duties of trustees (e.g., under the common law and the new Trust Act 2019)?
• Risk management.  How do you discharge your duties as trustees and what are the risks if you don’t?
• Decision making.  What is a good process to follow and how do you ensure accountability back to beneficiaries?
• Accountability and reporting.  How do the trustees ensure that they are reporting correctly to beneficiaries? 
• Meetings.  Best practice tips.

• The interface between the Trusts Act 2019 and other legislation affecting Māori organisations, including Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and the Māori Fisheries Act 2004.

 
If you’re interested, please register via email letting me know if you’re planning to attend the Ōtaki session or join online.
 
 
Ngā mihi
Nā Daphne Luke
Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu
 
Kaihautū, Te Rōpū Pakihi Inc
Managing Director, Amatiatia Limited
Director, Te Arahanga o Ngā Iwi Limited
T: +64 6364 8598 |  0274 578 713
E: daphne@taoni.maori.nz
A: 5 Main Street, Ōtaki, Aotearoa New Zealand

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) are offering a FREE two-day five minute bird count training course in Wellington on 15^th & 16^th April. 
 
Learn how to identify common forest birds within the Aotearoa landscape & build skills to participate in five minute bird counts.  
 
Please take a look at the NMIT website for more detail using the link below, you can register for the course using the link also:  NMIT Five Minute Bird Count level 4 | course code CFS426T

KĀINGA ORA PROGRAMME

Te Puni Kōkiri's Sorted Kāinga Ora programme is now available online. It's a programme designed to support whānau to develop financial capability to achieve home ownership.

TIKANGA HAUMARU COVID-19 UPDATE:

As of 12.00pm, 12 March 2021, Aotearoa is at Alert Level 1.

Vaccine rollout:

We will keep you informed as to the venues and schedules of the vaccine roll out on the Kāpiti Coast so stay abreast of these changes via our website. 

https://teatiawakikapiti.co.nz/he-waka-eke-noa-covid-19/