Whiria Ngā Hua I Kaupapa 2022/2023

Ngā MahiWhiria Ngā huaWhiria Ngā Hua I Kaupapa 2022/2023

Rangatahi Wellbeing

Wayne Te Huia, Raetihi

  • Rangatahi Whakahoki; a mentoring programme to provide rangatahi with skill development including fitness; social skills; tangihanga mahi; marae mahi; hunting; diving; sports; meat processing; lawnmowing; nature walks; community garden.

Dean Cootes, Waiouru

  • 360 Degrees - Lifeskills programme will include hunting and gathering, bush and field craft, navigation (map-reading), water safety (river-crossing); chainsaw operation; high ropes; gaming; sports; first aid; driver’s licence.

Trade Training

Steven Smith, Waiouru

  • An introduction to carpentry skill based learning programme, targeted at youth but also open to older whānau members.

Mark Troon, Waiouru

  • Troon Butchery 101 - workshops demonstrating the basis skills to break down an animal and produce quality meats to feed whānau, including food safety practices; and the entire process of skinning an animal; making sausages etc. Students will be able to take home two entire animals turned into various cuts of meat.

Educational Resources and Cultural Heritage

Jeralene Nelio, Waiouru

  • Rakau to the Ngakau - inspired by Te Takanga o Te Wā : Māori history in schools and wants to apply this in Waiouru School to present a package of information based around local pūrākau; including age specific; pod casts; vlogs; and kaumatua stories.

Nikoh Mareikura, Whanganui

  • Kete Mokopuna - educational resources based on the histories, whakapapa, pū rakau of Ngāti Rangi including puzzles, books, literacy programmes, calendars, posters; flash cards; labels for clothing and games.

Riwaru Tihema, Ohakune

  • Ngā Tuhi o te Rangi - a star compass according to Ngati Rangi narratives that will be built for and at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Rangi. The initiative will design the compass according to korero tuku iho; and teach the students how to use it.

Pirikiteatua Callaghan

  • Te Kahui Pukengarau - a Ngāti Rangi children’s book about the tupuna, Paerangi. She will work with teachers to develop three learning activities and a game as part of this book to help Ngāti Rangi uri learn and understand more about korero tuku iho.

Linda Walker, Ohakune

  • Wahi Rongoa - a Rongoa wahi / place of wellbeing- a little cove at Ohakune Kindergarten which is a sensory place with native textures; a purposefully designed garden with native flora to the rohe – to create a sense of belonging to the ngahere.

Mareikura Kaire

  • Te Kahui Korero - to interview our Ngāti Rangi paepae to capture and preserve oral literature through podcasts, short videos and documentaries; to give uri access to this kura. Her priority target whānau are through the local kohanga and te kura kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Rangi.

Sport, Fitness and Recreation

Michaela Morris, Ohakune

  • Ngā Tamariki Kauhoe - a swimsafe initiative for the Ohakune, Raetihi and Waiouru swimming pools for mums and bubs: water safety and swim club.

Angel Reid, Raetihi

  • Swimming Project - to teach adults in a summer swimming project – first aid training for adults; swimming awareness training; river survival and aqua fitness.

Kahuoterangi Tuipea

  • Hauora and Step with TNDO - a mobile service to the Ruapehu rohe for free Xtreme HipHop exercise classes - an aerobic step programme including warm up, exercise, cooldown, stretching, goal setting and education around holistic health.

Graeme Bell, Raetihi

  • Tennis Coaching - based at the Mākōtuku Recreation centre (new turf tennis courts) for summer tennis coaching, a tennis tournament and tennis fitness.

Allayne Wallace

  • Whānau Hauora - small CrossFit sessions outdoors, including sport nutrition, in her desire to establish her own CrossFit centre and community.

Hauora Initiatives

Kui (Jamie) Taylor; Waiouru

  • Tō te Kākano: healing modalities through journaling to support wāhine through wananga, creativity workshop; journal circles; maramataka Māori; gratitude writing; korero tuku (processing mamaetanga) and life organisation techniques.

Marie Waretini and Whakataumatatanga Mareikura

  • Whakawātea Tapui Ltd will run four one-day wananga at marae on a journey of whakawatea and traditional Māori healing.

Stacey Wikohika, Raetihi

  • Te Putiputi Foundation - will provide pre-menstrual and menstrual teenagers with a gift pack and support to acknowledge an important stage of their life.

Kiriana Henare

  • Rebuild Wharepuni - to establish a viability study for rebuilding the wharepuni at Te Aomarama ; to organise whakawhanaungatanga weekends on the awa for selfhealing; and wananga for coping with loss and grief.

Performing Arts

Rodney Te Tawhero

  • Brutha Rodz Music - create a compact and portable music recording studio where he can bring a fully equipped recording studio to the musician; as well as to teach people music theory and practice through digital learning resources. He will work with five participants to record their music ideas and they perform at a gig at the end of the contract.

Caleb Lucas

  • Te Pikomata - hold three wananga in the rohe with up to fifteen rangatahi, with the outcome being that they professionally release their own single.

Tuatini Mareikura

  • Kapahaka - to hold five noho wananga at Ngati Rangi marae; to teach iwi karakia, haka powhiri, waiata, haka and ngeri; to prepare a bracket to stand and present to the community.

Naumai Kairimu

  • Te Arepa o Ruapehu - create access to free transport for Nga Morehu o Ratana from Ohakune and Raetihi to Ratana Paa and back once a week to attend band practice with Te Arepa Ratana Brass band. The hope is that they will create their own contingent of Te Arepa based at the temepara in Raetihi.

Pakihi Māori

Vicki Morehu, Ohakune

  • create contemporary taonga and jewellery; to reconnect with mahi toi and to sell them at various events.

Synoma Takitimu, Raetihi

  • Whakapiki Whakapiwari - to create handmade earrings; Māori art which she will sell online and at markets. She wants to set up an operational production line within the printing industry.

Maora-Rose Ngarimu, Ohakune

  • Present to Impress - a mobile service in hairdressing and makeup artistry with a particular target group of the elderly and mothers with infants.

Coleman Albert

  • Split and deliver firewood to whānau at an affordable cost. His key target group is whānau living in Karioi who struggle to provide wood.

Pauro Mareikura

  • a screen press, embroidery machine and a wide range of clothing apparel to begin making merchandise at an affordable price for whānau.

Maaki Tuatini

  • Te Wakaterea te moemoea - Be your own boss, support businesses to help great ideas take-off, grow and scale.

Jolene Neho, Raetihi

  • Celebration Boxes - create a seasonal celebration box of resources for events such as Mother’s Day; Pink Ribbon Day; Father’s Day; etc

Events

Brendon Morgan, Raetihi Marae Trust

  • strengthen Te Kāhui Kaumatua with events that are cultural (reconnecting to the whenua and wai haerenga to te awa tupua); hauora (selfcare, Rongoa Māori) and te reo Māori classes.

Kimiora Clarke

  • developing a Matariki and Puanga adventure for Waiouru; with different activities inspired by the stars, eg:Tupuānuku : making a traditional kō with natural resources, Hiwaiterangi : Māori īoka (yoga) to send our aspirations to Hiwa.

Kay Henare

  • Puanga ki Ruapehu - create Puanga ki Ruapehu for Raetihi by promoting local Māori artists; creating Puanga ki Ruapehu flags and establishing a Puanga kai night at Mangamingi marae.