Wānanga Ahurea ki Tamaki Makau-rau
Our whānau in the north met up at Bethells Beach Surf Club with staff from the tari for whakawhanaungatanga and updates on what’s happening within the iwi.
Kura Reo | Hōngongoi 2022
We were thrilled with the turnout for another Rangitāne o Wairau Kura Reo. What a success! Kura Ririki was introduced as a new kaupapa to Kura Reo o Rangitāne. Facilitated by Wirihana de Thierry-Lukitau, Kura Ririki is a tailored programme that caters for tamariki and rangatahi aged 9-15yrs with medium to higher proficiency te reo [...]
Te Ipukarea – Te Tauihu Inter-Iwi Sports Day
We are looking for whānau who would like to represent Rangitāne at Te Ipukarea (Te Tauihu Inter-Iwi Sports Day) on 25-26 November. Te Ipukarea 2022 will be hosted by Ngāti Toa Rangatira and includes basketball, netball, touch rugby, ki-o-rahi, euchre and golf. We can register one team per age bracket. Netball and Ki-o-rahi can have up [...]
Matariki ki Wairau
Over one hundred people gathered for our Matariki celebrations at the Wairau Bar, making it one of the largest annual Matariki gatherings hosted by Rangitāne o Wairau. Paora Mackie, Kiley Nepia and Tāne Norton sounded the pūtātara signalling the beginning of the ceremony, followed by karanga, karakia and waiata. We paid tribute to our loved [...]
Rangitāne mourns Richard Bradley
Whakawhiti atu, whakawhiti mai, auraki mai ana ko ngā mana whakatiketike i ahau, ko Te Whakamana, ko Tūkauae, ko Te Rerewa, ko Te Heiwi, nā te moenga i a Ngāi Tara, i a Ngāti Māmoe, ko noho ko te waikanaetanga, poua ana ko te mana o Rangitāne ki Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a [...]
Ipu Ohotata Launch
We welcomed our new Ipu Ohotata emergency container to Tuamātene Marae in July. Through our iwi collaboration of Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu Charitable Trust, Te Tauihu marae are now better equipped to respond should disaster strike. For Rangitāne o Wairau, General Manager Corey Hebberd said the Ipu Ohotata supplements a wider programme of restoration [...]
Nau mai, haere mai Johny O’Donnell
Nau mai, haere mai Johny O'Donnell We’re excited to welcome Johny O’Donnell to our team for the next six months. Johny is contracted to Rangitāne to support us as we embark on the exciting journey of developing a new education and mātauranga strategy for Rangitāne. There will be opportunities to engage with Johny and [...]
Change of Balance Date
Kia ora e te whānau We are writing to update you on a recent decision made by our Trustees and Directors to change the annual balance date for our Trusts (Rangitāne o Wairau Settlement Trust and Te Rūnanga a Rangitāne o Wairau Trust) and Companies (Rangitāne Holdings Ltd and Rangitāne Investments Ltd) from March 31 [...]
Rangitāne continues to engage on Proposed East Coast Bylaw
In September 2021, Rangitāne submitted on the Marlborough District Council’s Proposed East Coast Bylaw. At the time, Rangitāne raised two key points concerning the proposed Bylaw: the first was a concern about a serious procedural misstep in the process of developing the Bylaw and the second related to matters of substance. Following this, a hearings [...]
Aotearoa moves to Phase 3 of Omicron response
At 11:59pm tonight (Thursday, 24 February) the country will move to Phase 3 of the Omicron response. What does this mean? Only confirmed cases and their household contacts required to isolate All other contacts now asked to monitor symptoms but do not have to isolate Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) will become the primary form of [...]