Ngāti Kahungunu (Wairoa Taiwhenua) Inc.

About the Taiwhenua:
The Wairoa Taiwhenua building is based on Bridge Street, Wairoa. It is situated directly to the left after crossing the bridge over Te Wairoa-hōpūpū-hōnengenenge-matangi-rau River. Wairoa is a beautiful country town only minutes away from the most northern coastline of Kahungunu. He ao te rangi ka uhia, mā te huruhuru te manu ka rere. The sky needs clouds to clothe it. Birds need feathers to fly. Wairoa Taiwhenua is continually looking at opportunities to host an array of activities, hui and events ranging from history, research, whakapapa, land issues and social service issues to enhance the wellbeing of Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa whānau and hapū.
Pepeha Details:
Ko Whakapunake te maunga
Ko Te Wairoa-hōpūpū-hōnengenenge-matangi-rau te awa
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu te iwi
Ko Takitimu te waka
Ko Kahungunu te tangata
Governance Board: (December 2018)
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Chairperson: Nigel How – Board Representative on Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated Board (For profile - click here)
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Deputy Chairperson: Kaumātua Bill Blake
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Cluster (1) Tuahuru, Te Rakato, Ruawharo, Mahanga, and Kaiuku Marae - Bill Blake and Alice Wairau
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Cluster (2) Kahungunu, Manutai, Tane Nui A Rangi, Te Rehu, Tamakahu, and Te Kotahitanga Marae - Jayell Smith and Henare Mita
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Cluster (3) Te Maara A Ngata, Te Huki, Waipapa A Iwi, Waihua, and Putere Marae - Tangiwai Newton and Theresa Thornton
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Cluster (4) Taihoa, Te Rauhina, Iwitea, Whakaki, and Whaakirangi Marae - Nigel How and Naomi Wilson
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Cluster (5) Tawhiti A Maru, Takitimu, Ruataniwha, Hinemihi, and Hurumua Marae - TBC
Office Management & COVID-19 support workers
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Office Administrators - Pita Robinson and Danika Goldsack
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Te Reo, Tikanga & Mātauranga – Wairoa Board Kaumātua – Bill Blake
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Environment and Natural Resources contacts - Katarina Kawana & Michelle McIlroy
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Kaiwhakarite for Tangihanga Process during Covid-19 period - Chaans Tumataroa-Clarke
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Wairoa Covid Emergency Line - 0800 422 923 (HB Emergency Coordination Centre) which hooks into the Wairoa System.
Contact Information
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Physical Address: 3-5 Bridge Street, Wairoa
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Postal Address: PO Box 119, Wairoa
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Phone: 06 8384748
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Email Address: wairoa.tai.whenua@xtra.co.nz
Marae Map (click here)
Putahi Marae
State Highway 38, Frasertown
Ruawharo Marae
Ngāi Tama
Opoutama Village
Taihoa Marae
Kurupakiaka
State Highway 2 Wairoa (last marae on main road)
Te Waihīrere Marae (Takitimu)
Ngāti Moewhare, Ngāi Te Apatu
Waihirere Road, Wairoa
Tane Nui A Rangi Marae
Rakaipaaka
Nuhaka State Highway 2 on the way to Morere Hot Springs
Tawhiti A Maru Marae
Ruataniwha Road, Wairoa
Te Poho o te Rehu Marae
RākaipaakaTe Rakato
State highway 2 - passed Tamakahu
Te Rakato Marae
Te Rakato
Kaiwaitau Road, Mahia
Te Reinga Marae
Ngāti Hinehika, Ngāti Kōhatu
Te Reinga, before Ruakituri.
Tuahuru Marae
unknown
Mahia, last marae passed Kaiuku
Waihua Marae
unknown
Raupunga
Waipapa-a-Iwi Marae
Ngāti Pahauwera
Mohaka
Whaakirangi Marae
unknown
State Highway 2, Wairoa
Whakaki Marae
Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Hinepua, Ngāi Te Ipu
State Highway 2, Wairoa
Whetumārama - Te Mira
Ngāti Makaro
Frasertown Road, Frasertown
Te Kotahitanga Marae
Nuhaka
Aranui Marae
Ngāti Pehi
120 Aranui Road RD3 Wairoa
Arimawha Marae
Frasertown
unknown
Erepeti Marae
Ngāti Hinganga, Te Āitanga o Pourangahua
Ruakituri Road, Ruakituri Valley, WAIROA
Hinemihi Marae
Ruataniwha Road, Wairoa
Huramua Marae
Tane Miti Rangi
Awamate Road, Wairoa
Iwitea Marae
Ngāi Tahu Matawhāiti
Iwitea Road, Wairoa
Kahungunu ki Nuhaka Marae
Rakaipaaka
Opposite Nuhaka School
Kaiuku Marae
unknown
Mahia - before Tuahuru Marae
Te Māra-a-Ngata Marae
unknown
Putere Road, Mohaka
Ruataniwha Marae
Ngāti Iwikatea, Ngāi Tauira, Ngāti Pehi, Ngāti Rua, Ngāti Pakoko, Ngāi Te Kapuamatotoru
Ruataniwha Road, Wairoa