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Welcome to Ngati Wehi Wehi Website
Nau mai, haere mai ki te paepae tukutuku o Wehi Wehi Marae Ngati Wehi Wehi mihi whakatau ki te whanau whanui. Tena tatou katoa e te whanau whanui o Ngati Wehi Wehi ki te Tonga, ki a Horowhenua hoki. Nau mai, haere mai ki te titiro nga ahuatanga, nga korero, nga pikitia e pa ana ki a Ngati Wehiwehi. Ma te Matua Kaha Rawa hei manaaki, hei tiaki ki a tatou katoa. Haere atu ra nga mate huhua o te wa ki te hunga wairua. Ratou ki a ratou, otira tatou nga kanohi ora ki a tatou. Kati ake nga mihi. Ka tito, ka waiata nei ki to tatou whakapapa mana, ihi, wehi! Ko Tararua te pae maunga whakaruruhau Ko Horowhenua te rohe nui Ko Tainui te waka Ko Waikawa raua ko Manakau nga awa Ko Kukukohatu te whenua Ko Wehiwehi te iwi Ko Wehi Wehi ratou ko Tamatatai, ko Rangitawhia ko Pihaka nga hapu Ko Wehi Wehi raua ko Patiharuru nga tupuna whare Ko Kotahitanga Te Kohanga Reo Tihewa mauri oho, mauri tu, mauri ora ki Te Whei Ao, ki Te Aomarama! ENDS Working Bee This Saturday
What a great day that was held on Saturday. Whanau had come to help out and be part of a special day to refit our carvings onto our whare tupuna Ngati Wehi Wehi Ngati Te Rangi Tawhia
Our Wehi Wehi whanau with a great deal of pride to have restored our whare tupuna.
Hone Heke who did the restoration of the carvings and was part of the original work done in 1974. Our happy kaumatua Bob Miratana and Pa Heke (Hone's son).All smilles
Please click on the following link to see the photos taken. Wehi Wehi Refit Carving Photos
WORKING BEE - CARVING RESTORATION DATE: SATURDAY 7TH AUGUST, 2010 TIME: 8:30am SHARP Ngati Wehi Wehi Marae Committee has organised a working bee for this Saturday to help in the restoration project of our carvings. We hope to refit the carvings and do some other much needed maintenance. If you have a few hours on Saturday morning please come along. We will start at 8:30am. We also hope to do a blessing once the carvings have been restored. We will finish the day with a pot luck hakari. For all our whanau who have not been for some time to your marae this will be a great time to come. Bring the following and probably in this order You Your whanau including brothers, sisters, cousins, kids. Some stuff for morning tea and a pot luck lunch Some energy, some manaakitanga, some joy. Nga mihi, Rihari
Hui-a-Iwi at Ngati Wehi Wehi MaraeRaukawa ki te Tonga M.I.O. hui 12th July, 2010 Tena koe/koutou te whanau Please click on the following link to Te Runanga O Raukawa for find the updated documents re the MIO consultation hui over the next two weeks as well as the revised Trust Deed with tracked changes. Te Runanga O Raukawa Home Page Nga mihi Richard Orzecki 5th July 2010 Tena koe/koutou te whanau Please find the notes and some feedback from the hui-a-Iwi convened at Ngati Wehi Wehi in Sunday 4th July. For most of our Wehi Wehi whanau you would have no previous knowledge about the kaupapa of the MIO process. It is important that Ngati Wehi Wehi interests are protected and that the process and structure allows for our participation. Anyway we will continue to update our whanau on these matters or even better still you could come along yourself. We have the privilege of our Eru whanau coming to yesterday's hui. Raukawa ki te tonga (which Te Kotahitanga o te Iwi o Ngati Wehi Wehi is part of) is a recognised iwi under the Maori Fisheries Act 2004 and as such is entitled to receive Treaty of Waitangi fisheries settlement assets from Te Ohu Kai Moana. Our share of the assets comprising cash, fish quota, and income shares in Aotearoa Fisheries Limited is worth approximately 12 million dollars. Settlement of the assets will only be transferred if we set up a mandated iwi organisation, which must compile with certain requirements under the Act.
Some of our Eru whanau above in attendance at the hui-a-iwi gathering
Sunday 4th July a Hui-a-Iwi was convened and hosted by Te Kotahitanga o te Iwi o Ngati Wehi Wehi. The meeting called by Te Runanga O Raukawa and the MIO (Mandated Iwi Organisation) Formation Committee convened by Whatarangi Winiata. Wehi Wehi Kaumatua Te Hope Huia Hakaraia welcomed our manuhiri with a mihi whakatau as well as karakia to start our hui. Chairman Richard Orzecki also welcomed our guest and Chaired the meeting. Matua Whatarangi took everyone though the process to date. The purpose was to discuss and provide comments to the Trust Deed that was released in early June 2010. The Trust Deed was prepared by the MIO committee and the hui convened today allowed the 50 members who attended the hui to provide feedback to the committee and the legal advisor Mr Damian Stone from Kahui Legal.
M.I.O. Letters to Iwi Members 9th June 2010
M.I.O. TRUST DEED RAUKAWA KI TE TONGA The following is some notes re the feedback provided and the issues raise. Late notices going out to Iwi member. Unsure how many Iwi members received the notices advising of the meeting today. Iwi members who had gone to offices of Te Puni Kokiri to collect the Trust Deed did not know about the arrangement. Discussions about ensure the process was followed and any challenges were minimised re the process not being followed. (It was noted that Ngati Toa took three attempts to complete the mandate process). Question regarding the Iwi Registration process. Because the current register was provided by Te Runanga O Raukawa and a new register needed to be compiled by the structure. Obviously this is difficult if the new structure does not exist. Question regarding the Asset Holding Company and the appointed Directors who may not act in the best interest of the MIO and Iwi at large. Noted that the absence of marae in the Trust Deed needs to be addressed as Raukawa ki te tonga has been represented by its marae/hapu especially in decision making. Kapumanawawhiti also noted it had responded with a submission and would like the issues address. It was noted that you do not have to be registered to be a beneficiary but it would make sense to be noted as such. The question raised about the validation process being undertaken was also raised. It was noted that the issues did not seem to be legal issues but rather moral and process driven. A transparent, robust and independent process would be helpful. It was suggested that a series of workshops be incorporated into the process to allow these matters to be discuss. The question was raised about the the Pre Settlement Asset (PRESA) and that this be distributed to the marae/hapu of Ngati Raukawa ki te tonga. Question that the suggested of an Interim trustees being the MIO committee members was also raised as a point of further discussion. The issue of the role of Fisheries Negotiators be discussed. It was noted that a previous hui-a-Iwi confirmed this arrangement. It was also noted that the meeting which confirmed this arrangement would be challenged at future hui. The hui-a-iwi concluded a 4.30pm with a kapu ti. Arrangements for the three workshops and next revised draft of the Trust Deed will be known in about a weeks time. Our thanks to the Iwi members who took the opportunity to come to Ngati Wehi Wehi ENDS
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