OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF TE ARAWA 500 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
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Applications for the 2010 round of Te Arawa 500 Scholarships have now closed. An overwhelming 220 applications were received this year for $45,000 worth of scholarships, the majority of which were submitted through our new website using a new online application process. The increased interest in scholarships highlights the success of our website and the online application process.
Te Arawa Fisheries Chairman, Ron Roberts, is impressed with the level of applicants this year and their diverse range of study. “We had applicants from the usual fields of study such as teaching, social sciences, medicine and law, but also from carving, trades, sports, music and professional cooking. The range of fields our people are studying and the calibre of applicants is exciting for our future development”.
Decisions have now been made and the successful scholarship recipients have been selected. They will receive $1,000 for each year of their study.
The initiative is part of Te Arawa Fisheries strategy to see 500 Te Arawa people through this programme and into skilled employment.
We are looking forward to holding a wānanga with successful applicants on 17-18 April 2010 at Whakaue Marae at Maketu, aimed at maintaining their cultural connection with their Te Arawa iwi.
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PARTNERSHIPs WITH WAITAHA AND NGĀTI RANGITEAORERE
Te Arawa Fisheries continues to find pathways to support the growth and development of Te Arawa iwi through our Iwi Partnership Programme. Waitaha and Ngāti Rangiteaorere are two of our iwi who have already formed partnership agreements with us.
Waitaha have been looking at ways of improving communication within the iwi through making better use of information technology. Waitaha initiated the Tuituia project to develop a website as a tool to keep iwi members in touch with what is happening in the iwi, to pass on generational knowledge and experience, and to increase opportunities for Waitaha to express their cultural values and practices.
Ngāti Rangiteaorere is currently in settlement negotiations with the Crown and is looking for development opportunities in anticipation of a favourable settlement. We are helping Ngāti Rangiteaorere to establish a marae development project, which will include building a new tupuna whare. Kiri Potaka-Dewes, Representative for Ngāti Rangiteaorere, says the iwi partnership funding has been important for getting the development up and running and for “getting together the right team of people who know what needs to be done and how it needs to be done”. We wish Ngāti Rangiteaorere well in their marae development project and in their settlement negotiations.
The Iwi Partnership Programme was launched last year to support Te Arawa iwi to deliver community projects that provide direct social benefits to our iwi. Representative Iwi Organisations are invited on an annual basis to propose and agree with us a suitable project which they will implement with a financial contribution from Te Arawa Fisheries. Partnership projects have already been agreed with Waitaha, Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Rangiteaorere and Ngāti Rangiwewehi.
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RANGATAKAPŪ
Ko te kai a te rangatira, he kōrero
Ko te tohu a te rangatira, he manaaki
Ko te mahi a te rangatira, he whakatira i te iwi
The whakatauākī of the late Bishop Manuhuia Bennett is also the mission of the Visions of Change: Rangatakapū project, the brainchild of Taria Tahana of Ngāti Pikiao. The Rangatakapū project will develop a strategy and implementation initiatives to assist our existing Te Arawa leadership with iwi development, to identify areas of unity for Te Arawa’s future development and to establish a collective vision and direction for Te Arawa-wide initiatives.
Te Arawa Fisheries and the local Te Puni Kōkiri office are jointly supporting the Rangatakapū project, an initiative seeking to mobilise Rangatakapū who are passionate and committed to advancing a prosperous future for Te Arawa.
Over the past month, Taria has been consulting with Te Arawa Rangatakapū in Rotorua, Auckland and Wellington about the strategy. Taria is impressed by the people who have come on board with the initiative – “Te Arawa has a lot of talent out there”. She adds “there has been a lot of positive support for the strategy. Rangatakapū are really excited about the opportunity to contribute to our people and to work collaboratively with one another”.
A series of wānanga will be held in the next few months to move the strategy forward. For further information, you can contact Taria on taria@tahana.com.
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MOE MAI RĀ: MORRIS RAURETI
Te Arawa Fisheries acknowledges the passing of Morris Raureti of Ngāti Rangitihi in December 2009 and would like to express our condolences to his whānau. Morris was the representative for Ngāti Rangitihi on Te Kotahitanga o Te Arawa Fisheries Trust Board. Morris was a conscientious Board Member who took his commitment to the Trust Board seriously. He was a dedicated representative and will be sadly missed.
As a result of his untimely passing, Ngāti Rangitihi has held elections to elect a new representative until September 2010. The new representative for Ngati Rangitihi is Andre Paterson. |  | |
DID YOU KNOW?
Statistics New Zealand conducts a Census that provides a snapshot of New Zealand every five years. The Census collects some information on iwi that can be accessed through Table Builder on the Statistics New Zealand website.
Every newsletter we will profile some of those statistics. This quarter we are profiling Ngati Pikiao.
On the night of the last Census in 2006, 7,386 people affiliated to Ngati Pikiao, 45 percent of which lived within the Bay of Plenty. Similar to other population groups, there are more women than men – 54 percent of Ngati Pikiao are women.
Almost two fifths (37 percent) of Ngati Pikiao are under the age of 15. Another two fifths (37 percent) are between the ages of 30 and 64. Comparing males and females, there are proportionately more males than females under the age of 20, but more females between the ages of 20 and 64.
In 2006, 64 percent of Ngati Pikiao held a formal qualification, with 10 percent of Ngati Pikiao having graduated with a bachelors degree or higher.
Members of Ngati Pikiao are most likely to work in a Professional (16 percent) or a Labourer occupation (18 percent). Professional fields include health, teaching, science, journalism and IT. Labouring fields include construction, farming, forestry and food preparation. By looking at statistics on industry, you can see that most of Ngati Pikiao work in manufacturing, education or health areas. Only a third of Ngati Pikiao earn over $30,000 per annum.
In 2006, 25 percent of Ngäti Pikiao adults reported that they undertook voluntary work with an organisation, group or marae.
In terms of language, almost a third of Ngati Pikiao (32 percent) considered that they could hold an everyday conversation in Te Reo Maori – in comparison only 24 percent of all Maori thought the same. However, 84 people from Ngati Pikiao can hold a conversation in New Zealand sign language, and 129 people can speak languages other than Maori, English or sign language!
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Register to receive your benefits
Register now and ensure all your family of Te Arawa descent have registered too.
Registration forms are now available:
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Kaimoana for Tangihanga
Did you know we supply fish for all tangihanga held on Te Arawa marae?
We think that it is important for our iwi to support our whanau in times of loss. For that reason, we provide kaimoana for all tangihanga held on Te Arawa Marae. In the event of a tangihanga, contact Pare Hakaraia at our office on (07) 349 3227 to arrange the kaimoana.
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