Area Representative Date: 21 July 2013 Mahinaarangi Wehipeihana

T E R O P U W A H I N E M A O R I T O K O I T E O R A

Ikaroa Regional Council

Area Representative’s Report

June 2013 to 31 July 2013

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1. Area Representative visits

2. Branch Reports

Te Awahou

Ngati Toa

Ruahine

Te Roopu Whakawhaiti

Wainuiomata

Porangahau

Pitoone

Rangitane o Manawatu

Ngakau Kotahi

3. Wonderful Regional News

Marae Kai Masters

Membership and New Members

4. Just a Bit about Me

5. Whakapapa

Contents

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To all of our whanau who have lost a loved one this year and recently. Arohanui kia a koutou whanau katoa.

1. Maumahara

Te Awahou

2. Branch Reports

Ma te Tatou – For Ourselves

Our branch has six life members and two honorary members. We would like to acknowledge:

Ruth Potaka – Te Arataki Manu Korero Tina McLean’s daughter, Laura who

achieved a Bachelor Degree in Mid-Wifery.

Our branch activities have been assisting our Arts and Crafts centre with cups of tea, hangi preparations and sales. Our deputy chair is a weaver.

In May we changed our meeting times from 7pm to 4pm to attract the young mothers. Our group meets at the Foxton Primary School. The Principal is a life member of our branch and we are also involved with the Whanau Support Group at the primary schools and College in Foxton.

Our foundation member was Rangi Mahora Mete. Our branch offer a scholarship to rangatahi that want to study Maori Arts and Crafts. The criteria is they have to be able to whakapapa to her and must be involved in our community.

Ma te Hapori – For our Community

Te Taitoa Maori o Te Awahou is a group set up in partnership with the Dutch residents of Foxton with a vision of building a tourist centre. Our members are involved in this project.

Our honorary life member Robin Hape represents our branch on “Clean up the Manawatu River Project” and “De Mole”. “De Mole” is the Dutch Windmill Association.

A health clinic will be built in Foxton by end of 2014. Our branch has attended meetings to ensure it meets our needs and is culturally respectful.

In June we celebrated with our Foxton Community “Matariki in our skies”. Our tamariki were woken up at 5am and tak-en to the beach to watch Matariki on the horizon. We had a day of wonderful activities.

Ngati Toa

Ma te Tatou – For ourselves

We have three new members who will certainly be good value for our branch. They are younger and are excited by be part of the MWWL. They will be a great asset to our Ngati Toa branch.

Ngati Toa have 28 members, made up of 27 Senior members, 1 life member and three new members.

Ma te Hapori – For the Community

The members of Ngati Toa have been working hard fundraising to get their members to National Conference. This branch is made up of mostly kuia and they certainly do a lot of work in the community of Porirua and Titahi Bay.

For the past six years Te Rerehua (Lil) Nicholls who lives in Otaki and a valued member of our Branch travels by train to our monthly Hui in Porirua, and on the 25th June Lil assisted by Vice Pres Rakapa gave us an in-depth presentation of Matariki which helped us understand the real meaning of this important event. Every year Lil also organizes the Anzac commemorations on our Marae which is now recognized by the Porirua City Council, The Porirua RSA and the NZ Armed Forces and the Refreshments were supplied this year by our MWWL.

The majority of our members are 70yrs plus and 6 of them are 80yrs, however in the last 2 months 3 younger ladies have joined us

working hard fundraising to get their members to National Conference. This branch is made up of mostly kuia and they certainly do a lot of work in the community of Porirua and Titahi Bay.

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Great Pictures of our wahine and taane who took park in the mahi. Above photo is Betty Hauraki who works at Te Taura Whiri and she is doing her thing with the postage.

Ruahine

Ma te Tatou – For Ourselves

Attended Regional Workshop on the Constitution In Palmerston North. On 26th of June We completed a contract with Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori assisting them with the dispatch of resources for Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori. This involved a large amount of planning and management. We were ably assisted by volunteers from other branches. We have learnt a lot from the contract and after our June meeting. We will be in a position to share the lessons we have learnt with other branches. We completed a strategic planning session with an outside facilitator which focussed our minds on what we want to achieve as a branch. Recruitment of new members. Planning for And attending National Conference. Continuing to develop relationships with other branches in the region. Attending The Regional AGM in Ju-ly. Running a fundraising stall at the local

Eastbourne Market in December 2013.

We have 13 members including 2 new members.

Ma te Tatou – For Ourselves

What are we trying to achieve? Connecting our Rangatahi back to our

people and the marae Teach them what the roles are on the

marae Allow them to learn these roles and put

in to practice Guide our Rangatahi when performing

tasks Rangatahi to host

Fundraising A few of our members were able to help

with the fundraising venture at Te Taura Whiri to pack the resources for Te Wiki i te Reo Maori.

Enjoyed by all of our members with meeting members from other branches, staff members of Te Taura Whiri and seeing everyone work together.

Thank you to all who supported our fundraiser and also a bit thank you to the Petone Lighthouse for giving us the opportunity.

Next 3 months Regional Hui – Hastings Increasing membership (16 members) Involving our rangatahi and whanau

members within our branch

Rimutaka

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Ma Tatou – For Ourselves

Two members attended the Ikaroa Regional Wānanga held in Palmerston North in May and one of them is on the group reviewing the constitution. Seven members have participated in the Ruahine peka fundraising contract with Te Taura Whiri. TRW has developed a registration form for all new members. The form sets out the cost of membership fees on two levels. New members need to be endorsed by a current financial member.

TRW has members that are self-employed and belong to business networks. Four members attended the CEDAW work-shop last Weekend. (Convention for the elim-ination of discrimination against women). There are currently 21 financial members in Te Roopu Whakawhāiti, include five new members.

Ma te Hapori – For the Community

TRW encourages members to join the local Maori Business network, Te Awe. Two members attended the MBIE workshop on changes to the Consumer Guarantees Act recently. TRW supported Awhimai Reynolds (GM and also a member of TRW) to speak at the Ma-na branch of Zonta early in June. She spoke generally about the League and its philoso-phies. The kōrero was well received by the women of Zonta who made many connec-tions and similarities between the League and Zonta philosophies and organi-sational goals. There is potential for combin-ing efforts between the organisations towards a common goal. Awhimai has been invited to speak at the Wellington branch of Zonta.

Wainuiomata

Ma Tatou – For Ourselves

We have 22 members including three new members, one senior member and two rangatahi

Recruiting new members who have the time and the energy to further develop our branch, especially wahine who have skills in crafts, applying for funding, and strategic thinkers.

Ma te Hapori – For the Community

Active involvement in the planning of Youth week in Wainuiomata and coordinating some of the activities. Alongside Kōkiri marae regular spots on the Nui FM radio station. Talking to the community of Wainuiomata about Immunisation. Help Kōkiri marae with planning for Matariki in June 2013.

Te Ropu Whakawhaiti

Porangahau

Ma Tatou – For Ourselves

We have no new members this year but always looking for ways to encourage young ones. Membership 13 members

Things have been a bit slow in our branch

The new panui “Te Whariki” is a wonderful means of communication and it provides plenty of information. I like the calendar of events along with the tit bits.

Mat te Hapori – For the Community

Our programme for this year is each member to share a skill , for example, making jewellery, crochet, slippers, tivaevae and baking scones.

We have donated 10 crochet blankets to the prep unit of our local hospital.

At the moment we currently meet monthly.

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Ma te Tatou – For ourselves

Our branch has met formally and on a ad-hoc monthly basis, but at times met with more frequency to attend community meetings and external hui. Our branch is not looking to expand our current membership, although people have asked to join or asked why we don’t actively recruit. Until our peka has had time to take strategic and operational stock of itself and its future activities, we are not prepared to take on new members. We are a small peka in high demand. Pitoone peka capacity build external Maori organisations or undertake projects that ben-efit others, as a result, we need to strengthen our own whare. However, until we have put other organisations into a strong future fo-cused position, we will turn to our own peka, and the local community. Irrespec-tive, our peka has a good manawa, our mem-bers awhi when and where they can.

He Aitua: Terri Sales, a stalwart and life member of Pitoone Maori Women’s Welfare League.

Ma te Hapori – For the Community

Awhi for Te Ao Marama, the Maori language edition of the Salient magazine. Awhi for the Ikaroa fundraiser to distribute Maori language week materials.

Awhi Te Upoko o te Ika live radio broad-cast of the Ikaroa Rawhiti Candidates in Taita. Members of the peka provided awhi for the candidate debate. Awhi at marae wharekai and the provision of bulk baking for the Tuhoe Settlement signing when the Tuhoe people came down to Poneke. Ahakoa he iti, he reka - The magic “whanau keke” tin – a collaboration between Ngai Tauira Alumni and Pito-one Peka. The majority of Tauira Maori have limited means, and many attend institutions from other parts

of the country. A cake tin with homemade biscuits and cakes are given to tauira Maori at Victoria University flats/tari/halls and filled up on weekly (or random) basis. A letter and te reo Maori script, is given to share with the recipients to foster whanaungatanga amongst tauira Maori, to find each other within the institution, and provide an opportunity to korero Maori over a cup of tea.

The cake tins are distributed through Ngai Tauira (Victoria Maori Students Association), Nga Rangahautira (Maori Law Students), and yet to do (Maori Science or Commerce roopu) on weekly basis. Since the inception of Voluntary Student Membership last year, we have noticed that the collectivism of tauira Maori is slowly disintegrating throughout the majority of mainstream tertiary institutions. When there is limited whanaungatanga amongst tauira Maori, the building of a social community cannot occur. In a mainstream tertiary environment, it is important that tauira bond and maintain cultural ties, otherwise their direction will be solely focused on main-stream and not returning back into local Mao-ri communities, marae,etc. This is a formative time, when teenagers become young adults, it is important to capture rangatahi and provide supportive pastoral care in conjunction and collaboratively with other groups. We are also aware that many parents have been made redundant which is affecting taui-ra ability to continue with tertiary study. Capacity building and accounting support for Te Mana Akonga (National Maori Tertiary Students Association and other Maori roopu. This is ongoing.

Kore-utu kakahu – after personal financial management workshops, interview clothes and a range of clothing given away to partici-pants, whanau or league that are low income, tauira or pohara.

Pitoone

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Te Reo Maori Hokohoko – designer, new and used clothing sold for $1 or $2, if buyer tries to speak te reo Maori. The more te reo Maori spoken, the bigger the discount. If te reo pakeha spoken, the clothes are sold for $10-$15 (which is still cheap). A shopping script provided to encourage the use of te reo Maori. This was run in conjunction with NgaiTauira at Victoria Uni at Te Herenga Wa-ka for 3 days, and government departments for a week. The experiment was very suc-cessful, in that everyone tried to speak Maori (for the discounts). The proceeds of the koha were given to Ngai Tauira to pay for the au-diting of their accounts by a chartered ac-countant. Providing strategic planning, accounting, risk management, policy advice, etc.

Projects ongoing promotion; Static Board display Child Immunisation in Whakapai Hauora GP Clinic National child Immunisation Project static board display at Hui noho marae Matariki Te Hotu Manawa o Rangitaane Marae Thursday 4

th July – Friday 5

th July 2013

Members attending: Regional AGM : Te Kura Kaupapa o Te

Ara Hou, Napier National Conference JP Community Service desk (monthly)

Palmerston North Courthouse

Ma te Tatou – For ourselves

Membership: 6 Juniors, 2 life members, 17 Senior members and 2 honorary members. A total of 25 members. New members 5 Matariki whanau health Day held Thursday 6

th June at Saint Michaels Highbury

Rangitaane o Manawatu branch promoted, provided giveaways and setup a static dis-play for: National Child immunisation project; Maori Electoral Option 2013; and Breast Screen Coast to Coast Breast Screening programme for well women.

Rangitaane o Manawatu Membership: 20 senior members and 2 life members, total 22 members New members 4 These last two months have been focused on fundraising to get our delegates and wahine to the National Conference. We ran another movie evening which made us $900 to go toward travel and accommodation. The mov-ie was “White Lies” and it was a very good movie. We packed the house.

We also took part in assisting Ruahine branch complete a contract with Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori assisting them with the dispatch of resources for Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori. Our Peka are running a fundraiser which will provide funds for a project with a Kura in the Whanganui a Tara region. Our fundraiser is a raffle to the value of $2000. The first prize is one nights accommodation at a hotel in Wellington (weekender), this includes dinner for two and a massage/pamper package. Contact our President, Joyce Tipene-Stephens if you are interested in supporting our Peka.

Ngakau Kotahi

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Senior Girls – Rahina Huata

3. Wonderful regional news

MARAE COOKING COMPETITION

STARTING SOON ON MAORI TELEVISION

Marae teams from across New Zealand turn up the heat in the country’s newest competitive cooking show, MARAE KAI MASTERS, which premieres Thursday, August 1 at 7.30pm on Maori Television.

Presented by Te Kohe Tuhaka and Nevak

Rogers, the competitive cooking show follows eight teams – representing marae from Te Ngaere Bay in the North to Kaikoura in the South – as they battle it out in a series of culinary challenges.

Nevak Rogers, who is also the show’s associate producer, says the standard of food produced throughout the series was “phenomenal. She says MARAE KAI MAS-TERS manages to capture the bustling at-mosphere of a typical wharekai (marae kitch-en) as well as the irreverent and witty hu-mour of the characters involved.

“We’ve been blown away by the grace and humility that the marae teams have brought to the series.

“There’s a lot of aroha and whanaungatanga between the teams and I can guarantee there won’t be a dry eye in the house when this series goes to air.”

Each episode of MARAE KAI MASTERS has a guest judge, including Brenton Low (2012 winner of Cuisine Magazine’s Best Chef Award), Nadia Lim and Cameron Pet-ley of Masterchef fame and Pip Wylie from Auckland’s Ripe Delicatessen.

Under the judges’ watchful eyes, teams get down to business at Te Mahurehure Marae in Auckland’s Point Chevalier, where they compete under pressure to fillet fish, make a hangi with a twist and recreate a gnocchi and octopus dish created by the head chef of Auckland’s Toto Italian Restaurant.

The winning team will go home with prizes worth more than $40,000 for their marae, including a Moffat oven worth $9500, Mighty Light stackable chairs worth $16,000, a jum-bo multi kai cooker, a year’s supply of kai-moana from Aotearoa Fisheries, $5000 in vouchers from Southern Hospitality and $5000 cash.

Tune in to Maori Television on Thursday, August 1 at 7.30pm to watch some of the country’s best marae cooks sweat in the kitchen as they go head-to-head to take out top place in MARAE KAI MASTERS.

Yes our whanau from Pukemokimoki in Na-pier are in the finals. We will be watching and hopeful they will take away the fabulous prize.

Marae Kai Masters

Nga Pu Korero o Apopo

Our winners of the Ikaroa Nga Pu Korero o Apopo for 2013 are:

Senior Girl – Parewahawaha Ada Brown Trophy – Rahina Huata (Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Ngati Kahungunu ki Heretaunga)

Senior Boy – Te Whare Rapuora Trophy – Tauawhia Kira (Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Ngati Kahungunu ki Heretaunga)

Junior Girl – Reremoana Hakiwai Trophy – Terira Huata – (Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Ngati Kahungunu ki Heretaunga)

Junior Boy – Kawa Kereama Trophy – Kaanihi Butler-Hare – Te Ara Whānui

Kura Kaupapa Māori ō ngā Kōhanga Reo ō Te Awakairangi

Intermediate Girl – Te Puawai O Ika-roa Trophy – Te Punawai Hotu (Te Kura Maori o Porirua)

Intermediate Boy – Tu Ahuriri Trophy –Tuauri Rereti – Te Ara Whānui

Kura Kaupapa Māori ō ngā Kōhanga Reo ō Te Awakairangi

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Ikaroa Region has 24 Branches

Membership and new branches

The following table shows the new membership for 2012 /2013 financial year.

1. Ahuriri

2. Flaxmere

3. Napier

4. Otatara

5. Nga Whetu ki Onekawa

6. Te Aratika ki Heretaunga

7. Porangahau

8. Waipatu Karamu

9. Nga Hau i Wha ki Wharite

10. Rangitaane o Manawatu

11. Te Awahou

12. Tararua ki Otaki

13. Te Puawai

14. Kauwhata

15. Ngati Toa

16. Ngati Poneke

17. Pitoone

18. Te Roopu Whakawhaiti

19. Ngakau Kotahi

20. Rimutaka

21. Ruahine

22. Wainuiomata

23. Te Peka o Ruamāhanga

24. Wairarapa

Ikaroa also have 24 branches spread from Ahuriri across to the Rangitikei and down the west and east coast to Whanganui a Tara. They are:

Branch New members Te Peka o Ruamahanga 1

Wainuiomata 1

Rangitaane o Manawatu 5

Ruahine (new) 13

Ngati Poneke 9

Rimutaka 3

Ngakau Kotahi 4

Ngati Toa 3

Otatara 3

Te Awahou 4

Tararua ki Otaki 1

Te Ropu Whakawhaiti 4

TOTAL 51

Ikaroa have done exceptionally well in the

2012/2013 financial year. Two new branches have been formed this

year, they are: 1. Ngati Poneke who have been in recess

and has have been brought back to life. There are nine new members in this branch including two life members. These are Puti Mackey and Vera Morgan, who is one of the founding members of this Peka.

2. Ruahine is the other new branch bringing in 13 new members

We also have another three branches to come on board in the near future: 1. Parewahawaha Peka who have been

in recess for some time. We look for-ward to them coming back

2. Te Kowhai Peka who have also been in recess since 2008. I had a successful meeting with the committee and they are keen to rejoin.

3. There is a new branch being established on the Kapiti Coast. It will be good to have a branch in this area. Two of us from Ikaroa will attend their inaugural meeting in the next couple of weeks to bring them on board.

This is very exciting and there are a lot of talented wahine joining who are excited to be part of the League.

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There is nothing more rewarding than working with communities and for our wha-nau. I love the whanaungatanga, ma-naakitanga and the whakapapa connections made.

I have been an active member of the Maori Womens Welfare League since 2002 when I joined Ngakau Kotahi Peka. Our projects have included “whanau day at the beach”; “ngā tohutohu” in the Mayoral Chambers in Wellington; assisting whanau in need and helping to raise funds for a decile one school. Aunty Pae Ruha was the founding member of Ngakau Kotahi and through her knowledge in Tikanga we certainly had the opportunity to learn much. I was Treasurer for Ikaroa Regional Council for four years and elected Area Representa-tive of Ikaroa Region in 2012. My mahi as Ar-ea Representative is to increase membership and establish new branches. I make sure Peka are kept informed by attending cluster meetings and ensuring open communication. Ikaroa has 26 Peka and approximately 350 wahine are involved. While I am Area Representative for Ikaroa, I will give it my all to achieve the following outcomes: Utilising the skills of our younger wahine

giving them the opportunity to step up in-to regional positions

To awhi our kuia and to continue to ask our kuia for their

knowledge and skills in Tikanga Waiata ki te waiata Te reo

Working Collaboratively with other Area Representatives to establish closer links to other regions

Creating opportunities for our members to enhance their skills. For example, workshops to increase knowledge and skills around waiata, craft, Tikanga me te reo for our members

Encouraging a Tikanga whereby branch members mentor rangatahi in need

Having succession training in place for regional and national positions

Having branches participate in local projects with whanau

Encouraging participation in all levels of the organisation

Increasing our membership and Peka My grandfather Tawhai Tamepo was a great believer in the Māori Women’s Welfare League and attended National Conference annually. He was an awesome grandfather and I am privileged because he named me Mahinaarangi. On turning 21 his gift to me was the story of Mahinaarangi and Turongo which is about bringing two iwi together signifying the link between my Mum and Dad. He told me to be proud of my name as it belongs to my tipuna. It means “moon glow of the heavens”- a special name to be honoured.

4. Just a Bit About Me

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In 1995, I moved to Wellington and have been here ever since. I did voluntary work at both Toi Māori and Whitireia Performing Arts. I then gained employment at the Education Review Office who encouraged me to apply for the Ria McBride Public Service award. This enabled me to complete a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration at Victoria University. After some time at the Ministry of Social Development, I moved to Te Puni Kōkiri, where I currently work. I am currently studying Indigenous Research at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. My grandfather Tawhai Tamepo was a great believer in the Māori Women’s Welfare League and attended National Conference annually. He was an awesome grandfather and I am privileged because he named me Mahinaarangi. On turning 21 his gift to me was the story of Mahinaarangi and Turongo which is about bringing two iwi together signifying the link between my Mum and Dad. He told me to be proud of my name as it belongs to my tipuna. It means “moon glow of the heavens”- a special name to be honoured. Ka moe a Hutita Tamepo ia Rameka Wehipeihana. Ka puta ki waho ko Mahinaarangi Wehipeihana, anei ahau e tū atu nei. Ko Aprirana Tawhai Wehipeihana (ka hemo) ratou ko Bruce Rameka Wehipeihana, ko Desmond Ngahiwi Wehipeihana nga toku tungane. Ko Mary Erena Lomas ko taku teina.

I am of Ngati Tukorehe, Ngati Porou and Ngai Tai descent - the second of five children belonging to Rameka Wehipeihana raua ko Hutita Tamepo. My tipuna are Tumeke Wehipeihana rāua ko Ani Richardson and Ta-whai Tamepo rāua ko Arihia Maxwell. I grew up on a dairy farm at Kuku, near Levin. I was brought up on the marae under my Mum’s guidance with the support of all the aunties. Many lessons were learnt there, as well as learning about Rongoa Maori under the guidance of a Kaumatua. This took me to ma-rae from northland to Otago, Mexico and Cana-da. I was a founding member of Nga Ringa Whakahaere o te Iwi Maori. My career began as a typist in the Public Service. I then ventured into the New Zealand Army Signals Core for the challenge and a change of mahi. passed away. I have one child and he was born in 1980 just after my father passed away.

I returned home to take care of my parents in 1980, remaining at home for another 12 years until both my parents passed away. I have one child and he was born in 1980 just after my father passed away. He is the first grandchild and carries my father’s name. He shares my heart. Ko taku tama ko Rameka Wehipeihana-Peri

5. Whakapapa

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