Tēnā tātou katoa,
He tika hoki kia mihi atu ki a rātou kua wehe atu ki te pō, rātou katoa kua kapo i te rika kaha o aituā, ā, rātou hoki i mate i kā pakaka nui o te ao, te tini me te mano o Kāi Tātou te iwi Māori i hikahika rā i kā motu kē o te ao, e pōua mā, e tāua mā, haere atu rā, haere atu rā, moe mai rā i te manaakitaka o ō koutou atua.

Ki a Natalie Hawkins (née Tini) kōrua ko Tony Edwards, haere atu rā e kā rakatira, moe mai, okioki mai, e kore rawa kōrua e warewaretia. Nō reira, waiho rātou ki a rātou, ko tātou ki a tātou, tēnā anō tātou katoa.

Ka roa haere kā rā, ka huri kā whakaaro ki te māra kai. Ka mōhiotia he raumati kai te haere mai. Ka huri ki kā kō, ka haere ki te rapu i kā kirikiri, kia pai ai te oneone. Kua tere te inaka, kua haoa mai i kā kutu awa. Ka tere hoki te punua tuna i te pō, hai wahakakī i kā awa me kā roto. Mauri ora ki a tātou.

Congratulations

A big mihi to Janine and Matthew Blair. Janine Kapa (Kāti Mako/Kāti Irakehu) and Matthew Blair were thrilled to celebrate their marriage with whānau and a few close friends on Saturday 3 August, at Mantells in Auckland.

Double congratulations are in order, as Janine is also the newly-appointed Associate Dean Māori in the Business School/Division of Commerce at the University of Otago. This is one of four senior Māori academic leadership positions which have been developed in each of the University’s academic divisions. She will be providing leadership and strategic advice in matters relating to the university’s Māori Strategic Framework.

Well done Janine. Wetiweti kē nei. Te hōaka me te wai he mahi kai hōaka he mahi kai takata.

Janine, Matt, Niwa and Katarina in front of Matt’s old secondary school, Auckland Grammar.

Janine, Matt, Niwa and Katarina in front of Matt’s old secondary school, Auckland Grammar.

Membership database

Just a reminder to update details as they change and to encourage whānau to do the same. We have increasing numbers of rejected emails and returned postal mail. It’s important you are all up to date with what’s happening, so please keep us up to date with any changes. Let us know by emailing the rūnanga office at [email protected]

Contributions

We welcome your contributions for Te Pānui Rūnaka. Please email any photos and information. Births, deaths, weddings, achievements, something you want to share. We can’t promise that we will be able to include everything but we will do our best. Again please email [email protected] or post a hard copy to Wairewa Rūnanga, PO Box 2845 Christchurch 8013.