Te Tai Hauāuru

There are five Te Puni Kōkiri Offices in Te Tai Hauāuru – Porirua, Nelson, Taranaki, Taumarunui and Whanganui.

Chelsea Bayly (Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi), graduate from the Te Mana o Whakaaro Māori Cadetship Programme, 2015.

John Stevens (Hone Tipene) - Kohatu Cookers - Photo courtesy of Fairfax Media NZ - Taranaki Daily News.

Riding for Hauora on the Paekakariki Hill Road, Wellington 2016. Back: Earl Kahu, Natalia Edwin, Michelle Mako and Irai Edwin. Front: Nicola Grace and Lisa Davies.

Wilson Karatea, Reureu Kotahitanga Limited.

Transitional housing support is available to whānau through the Porirua Whānau Centre with assistance from the Māori Housing Network, 2016.

Nearly 100 rangatahi Māori attended the Au.E! conference in Taita, Wellington in May 2017. The hui focused on delivering positive messages and sharing motivational experiences.

The Whānau Ora funded initiative Pā Ora, Pā Wananga, focuses on developing Omaka Marae into a a kaupapa Māori learning village. Pā Ora, Pā Wananga partners with Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, the commissioning agency for Te Waipounamu.

• Office locations
• Our rohe
• Regional Manager
• Iwi in our region
• Iwi radio stations
• Services
• Local events and updates

Office locations

Our offices can be reached via contact details below.

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Nelson

Address

Level 1

105 Trafalgar Street

Nelson 7010

Postal address

P O Box 1830, Nelson 7010

P:

0800 875 884

E:

tpk.tetaihauauru@tpk.govt.nz

F:

0800 875 329

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Te Upoko o Te Ika - Porirua

Address

Te Upoko o Te Ika Regional Office

Te Puni Kōkiri House

12 Hagley Street

Porirua City Centre

PORIRUA 5022

Postal address

P O Box 50631

PORIRUA 5240

P:

0800 875 884

E:

tpk.tetaihauauru@tpk.govt.nz

F:

0800 875 329

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Taranaki

Address

465B Devon Street East

Strandon

New Plymouth 4312

Postal address

P O Box 744, New Plymouth 4340

P:

0800 875 884

E:

tpk.tetaihauauru@tpk.govt.nz

F:

0800 875 329

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Whanganui

Address

Te Taurawhiri Building

357 Victoria Avenue

Whanganui 4500

Postal address

PO Box 436, Whanganui 4500

P:

0800 875 884

E:

tpk.tetaihauauru@tpk.govt.nz

F:

0800 875 329

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Our Rohe

Te Tai Hauāuru is a combination of two former Te Puni Kōkiri regions, Te Taihauāuru and Te Whanganui ā Tara. 

The  region covers the western side of the lower North Island from the Mohakatino River in the north through to Wellington incorporating Taranaki, Whānganui, Manawatu, Horowhenua.  It then crosses the sea to Tau Ihu o te Waka a Māui – the top of the South Island.  The region also includes Rēkohu-Wharekauri, the Chatham Islands.

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Regional Director

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Iwi in our Region

There are 33 iwi and other tribal authorities represented in Te Tai Hauāuru region:

• Ngāti Tama
• Ngāti Mutunga
• Te Atiawa
• Taranaki
• Ka Ruu a Poutama
• Ngāti Maru
• Ngāruahine
• Ngāti Ruanui
• Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi
• Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi
• Ngāti Hāua
• Ngāti Rangi
• Ngāti Apa
• Ngāti Hauiti
• Ngāti Whitikaupeka
• Ngāi Te Ohuake
• Ngāti Tamakōpiri 
• Rangitāne
• Muaūpoko
• Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga
• Ngāti Toa Rangatira
• Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai
• Te Atiawa (Wellington)
• Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika
• Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
• Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
• Rangitāne o Wairau
• Ngāti Kuia
• Ngāti Rārua
• Ngāti Kōata
• Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu
• Ngāti Kauwhata
• Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri
• Moriori.

The iwi listed have been sourced through a directory of iwi and Māori organisations, Te Kāhui Māngai, and our regional offices. The iwi listed do not necessarily reflect the views of Te Puni Kōkiri. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.

About Te Kāhui Māngai

Te Kāhui Māngai (Directory of Iwi and Māori Organisations) gives information on iwi identified in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004, and those iwi/hapū that have begun the process of negotiating settlement of their historical Treaty of Waitangi claims; and mandated Iwi Organisations to represent these iwi/hapū that have been recognised by the New Zealand Government.

You can view Te Kāhui Māngai here http://www.tkm.govt.nz/

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Iwi radio stations

• Atiawa Toa FM
• AWA FM
• Kia ora FM
• Te Upoko o Te ika
• Tūwharetoa FM
• Te Korimako o Taranaki

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Local events and updates

Latest events and updates for this section are listed below.

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  Online webinar supports whenua Māori

  • Date: 19 October 2021

  Te Puni Kōkiri Te Tai Tokerau (our Northland office) is set to launch their Whenua Roadshow webinar next week in collaboration with Te Kooti Whenua Māori - Māori Land Court.

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• Ngāti Toa Cadets are helping to empower their iwi

  • Date: 04 July 2021

  Ngāti Toa Rangatira have partnered with Te Puni Kōkiri to deliver a successful Cadetships programme for 38 cadets that focuses on developing the iwi and the skills of its people. 

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  Te ao Māori gardening book for communities launched ahead of Matariki

  • Date: 10 June 2021

  As part of community resilience building, Te Puni Kōkiri has supported the publication of a book for whānau Māori about growing food by Dr Nick Roskruge.

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  Te taiao (nature) inspires young Ngāti Toa hearts and minds

  • Date: 30 March 2021

  Porirua rangatahi are sitting in a class clapping each other’s achievements – one has passed their license, another’s in final year nursing, a 15-year-old’s returning to college and someone else is off to polytech.

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  Fixing up the whare for a further 50 years

  • Date: 04 February 2021

  Sitting outside the house her grandfather bought more than 50 years ago, Muri Rata smiles in the morning sun.

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