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In this edition of Hauwhenua - Taranaki Tū Mai registrations are open! Te Atiawa League, we welcome our new kaimahi Nikki Walden, a reminder to get your vote in for Te Ruruku Pūtakerongo, Kaumatua Ball, and upcoming events.
If you have any queries, we invite you to contact us and for up-to-date information remember to check our website and 'Like' our Facebook page.  

Our registrations for the 2023 Taranaki Tū Mai are now open!

Join us for Taranaki Tū Mai to celebrate our Taranakitanga, whanaungatanga and whakapapa. 

Hosted by Ngāti Tama from 24 – 26 November 2023, register yourselves and your tamariki to compete in your choice of 32 competitive sports and six non-competitive events on offer. Whether you're competing or a kaitoutoko, we look forward to seeing you at Tū Mai!

Once you've registered, your Te Atiawa Tū Mai coordinators will be in touch to confirm teams once the numbers for each activity are met. As well as participating, you’ll receive a limited edition t-shirt designed by our very talented whanaunga Bobby-Lee Waru.

We do have a $5 fee for each participating adult which will go to our hosts Ngāti Tama.
If you have any queries, please email mata@teatiawa.iwi.nz 

A Te Atiawa Rugby League jersey now sits proudly in the Te Kotahitanga office as a thanks from the management team. Late last year Te Atiawa Rugby League received $4,500 from our Te Hononga Grants to support a men's and women's team at the Taranaki Whānui Māori League tournament. The grant went towards team registrations, t-shirts, accommodation, kai, physiotherapy and travel costs.

“For Te Atiawa, it provides an opportunity for our many whānau to come together in unison, learn our rich history, learn karakia, waiata, haka, and represent our identity on the field. It provides a space to enhance Te Atiawatanga and connection amongst one another,” says Ngahina Capper, Te Hononga Grant applicant on behalf of Te Atiawa Māori Rugby League.

The final results saw Te Atiawa wāhine winning best haka, second place in their grade with five players named in the wāhine tournament team. Te Atiawa tāne, also won both best haka and their grade, with seven players named in the tāne tournament team. Ka mau te wehi!

In photo from left: Te Kotahitanga Chair Liana Poutu, Kerri Broughton, Julie Moeller, Shane Cassidy, Hayden Healey, and Te Kotahitanga Trustee Howie Tamati.

It is a homecoming for Nikki Walden (Te Atiawa, Taranaki Iwi, Ngāti Mutunga) who has returned to Taranaki to work at Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa as our new Pouwhakakaupapa / Project Manager. 

After living in Palmerston North for 23 years, Nikki has come home to take up this busy role which includes supporting the whenua and housing developments and other projects in line with the Te Kotahitanga Strategic Plan.

For the last six years Nikki worked as a Project Developer for Te Tihi o Ruahine Whānau Ora Alliance. Her role included developing projects that focussed on building the capacity and capability of Iwi and Maori providers in Manawatu, and most recently the strategic direction of its Maori Housing programme and the development of Iwi housing Pathways. Nau mai haere mai Nikki!

Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Deed

You still have time to vote e te whānau! 
Voting closes 5pm, next Wednesday 16 August 2023.
Voting pack not arrived? Phone 0800 666 030 or email iro@electionz.com
Registered with more than one Iwi of Taranaki? You are entitled to cast a vote for each of those iwi and we encourage you to do so!

For more information, click the link below

Pīataata mai rā ngā pahake o Te Atiawa i te hui kaumātua 2023. Nei te tai o mihi e whakamiha atu ki koutou i tae huatau mai ai ki tēnei hui whakahirahira. E te iwi e, Tirotiro mai nei ki ngā whakaahua ataahua rawa atu!
Wonderful to see our pāhake enjoying themselves recently at our Te Atiawa Puanga Kaumātua Ball. 

To ensure we can continue to contact you, it's important we have your current contact details.

Click here to update your details: https://teatiawa.iwi.nz/update-your-details/

To make sure we have your most up-to-date details, you can also give us a quick call on 06 758 4685 or drop us an email at registrations@teatiawa.iwi.nz