About National Office
Tena, houakemai ki roto! Welcome! Come on in to our epicentre! Two offices branch off its Masterton base - Wellington and Te Waipukurau o Ruakuha. Although most administratives are central to its foci - Kai Rangahau and Te Kaiwaewae - core/foundational services operate from both western and eastern regional offices. The Te Tai Rawhiti Office website can be sighted at www.tahumakakanui2 whilst Te Tai Tonga's is still under construction.
Core services include protectives, and re-establishments of supertribal precepts of the Ngai Tahumakakanui. Wananga on each, including in/on our traditional reo - wharekura, wharetutaua, wharematoro, wharemaire and Toi Tahumakakanuimatua o Tura - are held often. Social services, education, training, employment - kaitiakitanga around lands, estates, forests and fisheries, archive curation - Hauora/Health, Tika/Ture/Law and Relief Centre services also. And most are at little or no cost at all to clientele/stakeholders.
Added them are Te Tapoi, Te Toa Puoro Kingi Mangu, and other initiatives setting us apart also from the others. Being the only supertribe of our rohe to retain our foundations also, establish from them, within them, their kawa, tikanga and tika.
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Our Team
Kaea Matiaha Te Arohatai Te Rangipuataata: CEO - Senior Managing Director and Co-Founder
Kathleen
Annette
Lisa
Annette smiling like all pleasant secretarial/clerical/reception & admin do...! Kapai...!
Rhonda having fun like all cool clerical/receptionist admin people do...!!! Kapai...!
Aneta
Anahera was our first official Chairperson from the time of registration of The Ngai Tahumakakanui Iwi Trust. She was part of the strong support team and coordination of fundraising and establishment of Te Kohanga Reo under The Ngai Tahumakakanui Iwi Trust as well (Anahera is now deceased). She is remembered here on our website.
We still feel these koroua with us. Though passed on the contributions they have made to the Trust as Founders and support will always be invaluable.
Wrun