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Ngati Rangatahi

WHĀRANGI KAINGA

RĒHITA

MŌ MATOU

WHAKAPAPA

WHAKAPĀ MAI

Mō Matou

We are grounded in a deep sense of connection to our tupuna Maniauruahu and Rangatahi. While we are not an Iwi, we stand united as a hapū of collective whānau, bound by whakapapa, through which we exercise our tino rangatiratanga.

Na Tame Tuwhangai, Tiamana

Trustees

Tame Tuwhangai – Chairman

- Wayne Houpapa - Deputy Chairman

- Jannette Jonathan

- Tristanne Dunlop

- Michael LeGros

- Moerangi Rakaupai

- Donna Tuwhangai

- Sonny Houpapa

- Iris Pahau - Secretary/Treasurer 

Operations

Iris Pahau, Kaitiaki Kaupapa

- Daena Moller, Kaiwhakahaere

- Robert Jonathan, Kaitatari Raraunga

  • Establish a Ngāti Rangatahi council of kaumatua/kuia

  • Conserve, improve, advance, and maintain the physical, economic, industrial, educational, social, moral, and spiritual well-being of Ngāti Rangatahi uri

  • Preserve, revive, and maintain the teaching of Te Reo Māori arts, crafts, and ngā waiata tawhito

  • Through our whakapapa, mātaranga, pūrākau, tāhuhu kōrero, and ngā taonga tuku iho, we will protect the intellectual property rights of Ngāti Rangatahi for the future of ngā mokopuna

  • Conserve, protect, and assist in the development of projects that will co-exist with the whenua, moana, awa, the flora and fauna, all native creatures (including fish); thereby, utilising the land and sea for the benefit of all

Our Heritage

 He Taonga Tuku Iho
  • Engage in direct negotiations with the crown for the settlement of Ngāti Rangatahi claims as determined by the claimants

  • Provide resources as required for a settlement for all Ngāti Rangatahi claimants

  • Promote and secure a customary and Te Tiriti rights of Ngāti Rangatahi 

Treaty of Waitangi Claims

Te Tiriti ō Waitangi Kereme
  • Determine the social and economic advancement of the Ngāti Rangatahi hapu through the mainenance of all Ngāti Rangatahi marae

  • Advance individual housing needs to ensure that whānau live in healthy and warm environments

Support for our whānau

Manaaki ō Mātou Whānau
  • Develop and maintain a register of all descendants of Ngāti Rangatahi

  • Promote, preserve, and revive Ngāti Rangatahi as a hapu of collective whānau joined by whakapapa, through which we exercise our own tino rangatiratanga

  • Promote and connect relationships between Ngāti Rāngatahi Whanaunga Association Inc. and members of the wider community

Operations

Nga Whakahaere

Tā Tātou Rautaki

Our Strategic Plan

Tā Tātou Rautaki

Our Strategic Plan

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