“Whakamana te puna mauri ora o Ngāti Rārua, mo ngā hekenga a muri ake tonu”
“Realise the wellspring of vital identity that is Ngāti Rārua for all the migrations yet to come”
NGĀTI RĀRUA O TE WAIRAU – TRUSTEES
Amoroa Molly Luke
He mareikura mo te iwi o Ngāti Rārua kua whakatōngia tōna ohāki nui kia whai oranga hauora ngā Whānau, Hāpu me te Iwi whānui o Ngāti Rārua otiira mō te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Maui.
Molly is a Trustee for Hauhunga Marae, in addition to A1, Section F, Hapareta Rore Memorial reserve.
“I want to see all of Ngati Rarua being able to speak Te Reo Māori. All of our future generations being able to have the opportunity to do that. I look around now at all our young people we’ve got some bright young people coming through. Those of us that are still here need to support them on the way to help them move forward.
Being proud of who they are as Ngāti Rārua.
I want them to take their Ngāti Rāruatanga into the future grow our economy, grow us. We can only grow as people if we do it together.”
Russell James Thomas (Barney)
Kia toitū te mana rangatiratanga o ngā whānau, ngā hapū o Ngāti Rārua kia whai oranga tonutanga ngā kaupapa whakawhanake mo te iwi whānui.
Barney is a Trustee for Hauhunga Marae, in addition to A1, Section F, Hapareta Rore Memorial reserve.
In the current environment we are in now with COVID-19 it is really important we look after all our generation, our older generation, our kaumatua, our pakeke and our tamariki because if we don’t do that than what is our future.”
Lee Luke
Ko Tokomaru te pae maunga e tāwharau nei i a tātou. Ko Wairau te wai kawe korero ō ōku tūpuna. Rere kau ana ki ngā tai o Te Koko a Kupe. Ko Hauhunga ko Wairau pā ngā marae whakaruruhau. Ko Tainui te waka. Ko Te Tana Pukekohatu te tangata. Ko Ngāti Rārua te iwi.
“E kii ana te kōrero titiro whakamuri kōkiri whakamua. Kia tū kotahi ai ngā iwi o Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Maui hei kanohi mō ngai Māori. Kua ea ngā kerēme i mua i te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti kua whiwhi i ngā whakataunga kerēme nō te kawanatanga.
Kua rite mātou he papa hei timata te ara hou mō Ngāti Rārua mō ngā iwi katoa o Te Tau Ihu. Inaianei ka haere tahi mātou ngā iwi o Te Tau Ihu.
Kia eke panuku kia eke tangaroa Kia whai angitū mō ngai tātou kua tae te wa.”
Lorraine Eade
He wahine rangatira kei te kei o te waka o Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu. He whakatōputanga o ngā mana rangatira o ngā iwi e waru o Te Tauihu. Ko te kaupapa motuhake ko te Pataka Kai. Kia whakahaumaru te iwi whānui i raro i ngā taumahatanga o te mate COVID-19. Kia toitū te Iwi Māori, a kia kotahi te hoe o ngā Iwi o Te Tauihu.
Dr Lorraine Eade is born and bred in the Wairau, granddaughter of Mere (Bubsy) and Tom Grey. She has been involved with Ngāti Rārua development for the last 30 years.
“The last 40-50 years have been a journey. Not only did you have the introduction of the Waitangi Tribunal and Te Reo Māori being an official language. We learnt through our claims process all of that history, whakapapa, tikanga.
The Waitangi Tribunal process as divisive as it was when you get onto the other side of that now we can focus not only on commercial development we can focus on our own people in terms of getting back a lot of that stuff we loss over those years that is why I’m passionate. I would love it if we had the level of Te Reo Māori fluency right across our hapu and our iwi that would be amazing.”
Kowhai Pacey
He kaitiaki taiao whenua o Ngāti Rārua ki Wairau.
Kowhai Pacey is a kaitiaki for Ngāti Rārua whenua and taiao in Wairau.
Hine Luke
He kaimahi mō te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rārua he pou hapori mō ngā whānau e noho ana ki Wairau.
Hine Luke is a valued staff member of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rārua. She works as a community support worker for whanau in Wairau.
