Kei ngā uri whakaheke a Tamarau-te-heketanga-a-Rangi, tēnā koutou

Mihi kau ana ki a koutou katoa, e ngā karangatanga whanaunga o Te Atiawa e noho haupū mai nei ki tēnā rohe, ki tēnā whaitua, ki tēnā takiwā o te motu nei. 

Kua tatū mai nei te kaupeka a Te Hiringa a Tau me ōna hua, arā, a āwhā, a tupuhi, a ua marangai hoki.  Nā, pākia e te hau, karawhuia e te ua, nohoia piritia e te tāngata nā runga i te nguha o Tāwhirimātea me te wana hoki o Tangaroa.

Nō reira, e te iwi e kei te whakaarotia nuitia e ngā uri o Te Atiawa nō te maunga ki a koutou i rongo kino nei i te riri o Tāwhiri-rangi, hēoti kia maia, kia manawa toka, kia haumaru mai ai i a koutou anō nā runga i te ara whanaunga, kia mataara! 

The 40-year-old North Egmont Visitor Centre (pictured) is to be replaced with a new fit-for-purpose facility.
 
The decision to build a new visitor centre was recently made by project partners Department of Conservation (DOC), Kānoa-RDU, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Regional Development Unit and Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa (Te Kotahitanga).
 
$2.89 million has already been granted from Kānoa-RDU's $13.3 million Provincial Growth Fund toward the design and construction of the new centre. The result will be an even greater experience for visitors to Taranaki Maunga and the 29-kilometre Taranaki Crossing.
 
Te Kotahitanga have agreed to underwrite the new visitor centre build while additional funding is sought. 
 
The new centre will be constructed within the footprint of the current facility and carpark area, within Egmont National Park, at the top of Egmont Road.
 
Te Kotahitanga will project manage the design and build of the new visitor centre.

Liana Poutu, Chair of Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa, says the new construction will strengthen Te Atiawa connection to their tupuna maunga as well as the broader community.
 
“We want a facility that will benefit our whole community and enhance visitor experiences through cultural narratives,” Ms Poutu says.

He mihi nunui rawa atu ki ngā whānau i tae ā tinana atu ki te puna kauhoe o Whaitara!

A great turnout from our Waitara whanaunga from across Te Atiawa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Taranaki Iwi and Ngāti Tama at our collective Whānau Pool Day last month.

It was an amazing for all our whānau.

Ka tika me mihi atu ki te Hōkai Mua i tunu kai mō te whānau mai te timatatanga tae noa ki te whakamutunga o tēnei kaupapa pārekareka!

Congratulations to our manu/bombing competition winners Micha Kettle (5-9yrs) Tiki Mohi (10-15rs) Toi Kemp (16+) and the only female to enter the competition Pania Kake (Masters).

Also, a huge mihi to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and Learner Me and who came to share their courses with the whānau.

Have you always wanted to design a t-shirt your Iwi would wear?
Well we have an opportunity for you to design the next Te Ātiawa Taranaki Tū Mia T-Shirt for our Iwi members to wear in the up-coming Taranaki Tū Mai Festival hosted by our whanaunga Ngāti Tama!
Entries close at the end of this month on February 28th 2023
For competition guidelines/further info and an optional design template visit click the link below

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