Ngati Porou News from Home

July 11, 2015

Ngati Porou Miere and Science: Q & A with Dr Peter Molan

Forming a Ngati Porou collective gives protection for Ngati Porou land-owners from just being price-takers. And will allow them to benefit fully from the profits to be obtained from manuka honey, which are expected to increase markedly.

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July 11, 2015

Home Coming

"He [Dr Apirana Mahuika] leaves a huge legacy – his single mindedness, his drive, his philosophy of Ngati Porou first, second and third. those are big shoes for all to fill and footsteps for us to follow."

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July 11, 2015

Te Tini o Porou Stage One Rebuild near completion

A key motivation for the purchase was to co-locate our Gisborne Whanau service division under one roof (delivering a range of contracted whanau and rangatahi services), who now operate out of five different locations in Turanganui a Kiwa.

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July 11, 2015

To the Hilt

"The lesson here is when you come up against obstacles and problems, it's not a reason to quit. It just means you haven't the great found the right solution yet. People quit because of their fear of failure — but you can learn as much from failure as success."

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July 11, 2015

Kahungunu new home for scholarship winners

EIT East Coast students Tihei Turei and Jarrod Rogers-Hughes are on their way to successful careers.

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July 11, 2015

Take the Honey, Not the Money

A new commercial entity is being created with the vision of empowering Ngati Porou landowners to obtain a sweeter slice of the multi- million dollar Manuka honey industry

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July 11, 2015

Sisters are doing it for themselves

This collaborative approach to business, whanau working with whanau, means that our individual skills and resources are collectively used

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July 11, 2015

Global and Grass Roots opportunities for Ngati Porou

"I’d love to think that one day someone standing in a Shanghai supermarket can, through using the latest technology, trace the honey that they hold in their hand back to Tarere."

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