Tensions within Tūhoe in the wake of their $170 million Treaty settlement were evident when 13,000 members of the iwi met in Rotorua at the weekend for the two-yearly Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe festival. However, the iwi's post-Treaty of Waitangi settlement entity, Te Uru Taumatua (TUT) was noticeably absent from this year's event. TUT chairman Tamati Kruger said there was no reason for the authority to have...
Four creative-thinking insights from Te Ohu with Tūhoe
Karakia at 4.30am was not something I was expecting when I signed up for an intellectual working bee at Te Ohu (People, Land and Kinship), a collaboration initiative between Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua (Tūhoe’s settlement entity) and the Living Futures Aotearoa Collaborative. To be honest, my main goal was to experience the amazing Te Kura Whare building, New Zealand’s first certified Living Building Challenge construction...
NZ Defence Force dental outreach revives Tuhoe smiles
Residents of a small Bay of Plenty town credit the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) for helping reverse a generation of dental health neglect after about 550 adults were provided dental treatment as part of a two-week exercise. Feedback from the patients has been overwhelmingly positive. “Big mihi to the NZDF for helping our people. Now everyone is smiling again,” one patient...
Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana Negotiations Trust
Expressions of Interest required. Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana Negotiations Trust will be the body seeking the mandate for all claims for Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana. Ngāti HInekura is seeking expressions of interest from two (2) uri who whakapapa to Hinekura and/or...
Hapū protest inclusion in agreement
More than a decade ago they were included in the settlement with Tūhoe, this year they feature in Whakatohea's - but Te Upokorehe say they belong to...
Sustainability key for Ruatahuna community hub
Te Iwi o Ngai Tuhoe are on track to completing its third environmentally sustainable building. Te Tii is a community hub being built in Ruatahuna and will house tribal offices, shops, s and meeting spaces. It follows on from Tuhoe's first build, Te Kura Whare which won two New Zealand Property Council categories in 2014 for the Special Purpose and Green Building Awards. While Te Tii is a large community whare, Tuhoe Manawaru tribal...
