Hemana Waaka was determined that he would take the three flags of the Pioneer Maori Battalion to the outreaches of the Tuhoe territory. When World War 1 broke out, 77 Tuhoe men volunteered to join the Maori Pioneer Battalion and every year the tribe commemorates Armistice Day and those of their tribe who served their country with a service at Mahurehure Maori in...
Tūhoe prepare housing plan for tribe's future
Tūhoe is in the midst of developing a 40 year housing plan for their iwi - which could include communal village style housing built on ancestral land. No captionThe new development will include a mix of private living spaces and shared amenities (file photo). Photo: RNZ Te Uru Taumatua chairman Tamati Kruger said the 40-year plan was a chance for Tūhoe to stamp their mark on their own housing plan. "Do...
The battle is now with ourselves
In August, Ngāi Tūhoe invited experts and community leaders to come together in Rūātoki to declare war on drug dependence. Don Rowe was in attendance. You know you’re on a marae by the laughter. Contagious, unreserved laughter, brought up from the belly. Laughter irrespective of circumstance. Laughter in the face of historic tragedy. In the shadow of Te Urewera, Rūātoki’s Te Rewarewa Marae marae...
Topic: Politics What's the future of our marae?
Tūhoe iwi spokesperson Tamati Kruger says the marae and its relevance in modern times have been subject to recent discussions. He revealed this at the centenary celebrations of Papakainga Marae in Ruatoki. Tamati Kruger says, “The hapū (Ngāti Koura) will be looking at ways of revamping its purpose and I guess other marae in Tuhoe will be finding ways of preserving these places for the next one hundred...
Waimana host first youth wānana
Tūhoe's Waimana youth hosted their inaugural rangatahi wānanga aimed at bringing both local youth and those living outside the region back to their homeland to learn their Tūhoe culture. It was in the valley of Waimana at the humble Tauanui Pā the youth gathering took place. Paku Titoko (Te Whakatāne, Ngāi Tamatuhira) told Te Kāea, “So they know their customs, their family...
Ngāi Tūhoe leader Tāmati Kruger delivered this year’s annual Bruce Jesson Memorial lecture at the University of Auckland. Reporter Teuila Fuatai went along For the proud Tūhoe nation, forging a better path forward is as much about reestablishing its own iwi identity as it is gaining independence from the Crown. “While we can say that we settled our [treaty] claims in 2014, we remain an unsettled iwi,” Tāmati Kruger,...
