Te Ripoata a te Kaihautu ( CEO's Report)

TRONPnui’s stronger budget discipline has continued into the current year while the intention for 2017/18 is to eliminate future deficits altogether. We will need to do a range of things to achieve this. First, our priorities for spending will be reduced and sharpened. We will focus on what matters most.

Keeping an eye on our kapata kai

Ani Pahuru-Huriwai, secretary of the Wharekahika Maori Committee, says rahui allow the kapata kai (food cupboards) to recover and prepare for the summer months when everyone comes home.

The law of the land: Te Ture Whenua Maori Reform Bill

The following article has been written to provide readers with a background about the Te Ture Whenua Maori Bill, which is anticipated to be enacted as legislation in April 2017.

Deed safeguards mana moana of nga hapu o Ngati Porou

Ngati Porou Foreshore and Seabed Implementation Committee chairman Rei Kohere says the amended deed gives hapu more power to approve or withhold approval for activities that have a damaging impact on their coastal resources and ecosystems.

Whakairotia te “a-e-i-o-u” ki roto i te manawa, kia rangona te reo o te Nati i nga topito o te ao.

Ngati Porou have been at the forefront of every national Maori language revi­talisation movement in New Zealand. Now we must lead a revitalisation of our own language – te reo o te Naati.

Mana Moana

Through all our history regarding the foreshore and seabed, we as hapu of Ngati Porou established our mana. Our mana is inherited from birth. It was not the Treaty that gave it to us, our mana was here long before the Treaty

Takutai Moana

A Whakapapa of Tradition

A major theme of the book is exploring how communities, art and traditions transform over time.