​With the launch of the Ngāti Ranginui app, 'Te Whare Korokī', the Mauri Ora team invite you to take this opportunity to get your whānau out and about to reconnect with Ngāti Ranginui Iwi marae and incorporate a bit of physical activity along the way. 
The whakataetae starts the day of the Te Whare Korokī app launch (Friday 30th July) and finishes Friday 3rd September, five weeks later. Check out the whakataetae below and see how you might be able to win some wicked iwi merchandise for you and your whānau.

The kaupapa of this challenge is for whānau to be more proactive with their taha tinana, taha whānau, and taha wairua and to enable Ngāti Ranginui uri to reconnect through visiting our marae.
Encourage your whānau members – tamariki, friends, cousins, aunties, uncles, even nan and koro – to join in and take part. On arrival, complete an exercise together in the hope that this could spark some kōrero about your marae and pass on pūkenga one might not know about. If you need some help with kōrero about the marae, simply open your TE WHARE KOROKĪ app!

The Whakataetae is simple:

1. Download Te Whare Koroki app (available 30th July)
2. Using the app, go to 5 Ngāti Ranginui Iwi marae
3. Take someone or group with you (each person counts as one entry)
4. Complete 5 repetitions of any exercise you choose
5. Post a photo/video on the Whakakori Tinana Whakataetae FB event page

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
Make sure you write your name and those involved as well as the category they enter. For example: Te Aihe Toma, Tāne.
Categories for entries are:

• Up to 12 = Tamariki
• 13-18 = Taiohi
• 19-54 = Tāne
• 19-54 = Wāhine
• 55+ = Kaumātua

Once we see you have completed 5 marae, the Mauri Ora team will add you and those that were involved into a draw to win some wicked Ngāti Ranginui Iwi merchandise to be announced Friday 3rd September 2021.

E te iwi,
​Hikaka katoa ana Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ranginui ki te whakarewa i tō mātou taupānga “Te Whare Korokī” ā te 30 o Hurae, hei te poupoutanga o te rā. He taupānga tēnei i hangaia e te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ranginui kia ngāwari ake te ako i ngā kōrero me ngā waiata o ia marae. Hei te 30 o Hurae, ka rite te taupānga ki te tiki atu. Ki te hiahia te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero ki ngā waiata rānei, me tae atu ki ngā marae hei tūwhera i te Pataka Kōrero o taua marae. He rautaki tēnei kia hoki atu ngā tangata ki o rātou marae me te ako hoki i wēnei taonga Ranginui, ka kitea!

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ranginui are excited to launch our app, ‘Te Whare Korokī’ on the Friday 30th July, midday. This app has been created by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ranginui to help enable an easier path to learning the korero, and waiata of our marae. The app will be ready to be downloaded on the 30th July. If you want to listen to the kōrero and waiata, you must go to your marae to release the Pātaka Kōrero for that marae. This is a strategy to bring our people back to their marae and learn these taonga.

Through May and June, Mauri Ora are conducting a 6 week cooking competition to see who is our master chief of Tauranga moana. This wero not only brings out the best kai cookers in Tauranga, but allows:

• Manaakitanga through whānau having access to other delicious kai ideas
• Whanaungatanga in the hope that all whānau members help out in the kitchen 

The whakataetae is simple and easy for our whānau to engage in.
They must:

1. Cook a kai for four or more whānau members
2. Kai must be less $50
3. Must include 5 fruit or vegetables
4. Must take less then 60min to cook 

Each week Mauri Ora will randomly select a lucky whānau from the entries who will receive a koha.

At the end of 6th week Mauri Ora will invite two whānau who have participated in the event. They will be invited to a final cook off with special judges Mel Tata, Stephen Wilson (Happy Puku), and Charlie Rahiri. The whanau that wins will be rewarded, but also the whānau that particpates.

For more information on this kaupapa, follow the link below:

As a part of our Te Tai Whanake Ki Tauranga Moana project, we are holding a series of wānanga both as separate hapū and together as iwi.

The hapu wānanga will all be held at the Ngāti Ranginui office board room at 166 17th Ave from 10am to 12.30pm with each hapū meeting on their respective day outlined below.

• Wednesday 21 April – Ngāi Tamarāwaho
• Thursday 22 April – Ngāti Te Wai
• Friday 23 April – Ngāi Te Ahi
• Tuesday 27 April – Ngāti Kahu
• Wednesday 28 April – Te Pirirākau
• Thursday 29 April – Ngāti Ruahine
• Friday 30 April – Ngāti Hangarau

Wānanga for the whole iwi will also be held at the Ngāti Ranginui office board room at 166 17th Ave on the following days and times.

• Friday 23 April – 6.00pm to 8.00pm
• Saturday 24th April – 11.30am to 1.30pm
• Friday 30th April – 6.00pm to 8.00pm

This project looks to create iwi-specific resources for Tauranga moana and these wānanga are part of the Ngāti Ranginui Education Strategy for the Te Tai Whanake Ki Tauranga Moana project. Ngāti Ranginui seek to implement hapū-centric and marae-specific content into this resource project.

The following list guides the format of these wānanga. The purpose being that their inclusion into these proposed resources of Te Tai Whanake ki Tauranga Moana will have Ngāti Ranginui korero stand distinct and in view.

You can register your attendance by messaging us through our Ngāti Ranginui Education Sector Facebook Page or by emailing Yolande at yolande.tipuna@ranginui.co.nz

With the uncertainly and unpredictability of Covid-19 and its impact in Aotearoa and throughout the world the trustees of Ngāti Ranginui Fisheries trust have adopted provisions under the COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) Act 2020 (Act) which specifically applies to the Trust, as it is a Mandated Iwi Organisation.

Therefore, we have allowed for voting papers to be received and returned by email. Below is the PROCESS YOU MUST FOLLOW IN ORDER FOR YOUR VOTE TO BE COUNTED AS VALID.

Question: Why is the Trust changing the process?
Answer: Covid-19 has had a major impact around the world on many industries. Post is one, and we cannot guarantee fair and equitable process for our beneficiaries because changing alert levels in NZ and Australia have an impact on delivery times for items posted. Furthermore, one of our usual return processes is to have a ballot box available at our AGM for votes, however we cannot guarantee this option as a change in alert level will have an impact on this.

Question: If my vote is invalid will I be notified?
Answer: E Kao, No. As it is with the ballot voting, invalid votes are noted and recorded but not informed. It is important that you follow all instructions.

Question: Does this mean the trust deed is invalid?
Answer: E Kao, No. We are adopting laws created to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 in NZ. We will however, undertake a process to review our Deed post the AGM. This will be discussed at our AGM on March 28, 2021.

Question: Will the AGM be called off if there are changes to alert levels?
​Answer: E Kao, No. Should alert levels change whereby we cannot meet a kanohi, we will move to a Zoom AGM. We must continue with this process.

Please download your voting paper and Trustee Nominee Profiles Booklet from the respective links below. We look forward to receiving your voting papers BEFORE 5.00pm on Friday 26th March 2021. No late mail will be accepted.

The COVID-19 vaccine is now available to all frontline international border and MIQ workers that are currently undergoing regular COVID-19 testing as part of their job. This is because they are the most exposed to COVID-19, due to their mahi and the environment they work in.

If you live with someone who works at our international border or in an MIQ facility, you will be given the opportunity to receive the vaccine soon – even if you are not their whānau (such as a flatmate, housemate or boarder).

​Below you will find some helpful information in the form of FAQ sheets about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Nominations are invited for three (3) Trustee positions for the Ngāti Ranginui Iwi Fisheries Trust.
All nomination forms must be received by Friday 12th February 2021 at 4.00pm.

Nomination forms are available from the Ngāti Ranginui Iwi office, 166 Seventeenth Avenue, 17th Ave Business Park, Tauranga.
For all enquiries, please Phone 07 777 0419 or Email: josie.ririnui@ranginui.co.nz

Tēnā koutou i ngā āhuatanga o te wā. Heoi, e tika ana ki te mihi ki ngā ika takoto ā-Tiki e pae nei ki uta ki ō tātau marae maha I ngā pāpāringa o te moana o Tauranga puta atu ki te motu whānui, arā, e tangi nei mō tērā o ngā tōtara whakahae o te wāo kua hinga I ngā marama, I ngā tau kua pahemo ake, otirā haere atu koutou ki Te Pūtahinui a Rehua, ki te Poutūtanga o Pipiri, ki te urunga tē taka, ki te moenga tē whakaarahia. Koutou ki a koutou. Tātau ngā waha kōrero, ngā kanohi kitea e whai atu nei i ō rātau tapuwae, tātau ki a tātau i roto i te wā nei. Tēnā anō tātau katoa.

We are pleased to announce that the Ngāti Ranginui Fisheries Trust Education Grants are now open for application. The overall aim of the Ngāti Ranginui Fisheries Trust Education Grants is to financially assist registered Ngāti Ranginui Iwi tertiary students in their academic endeavours.

The allocation will be decided by a panel of trustees of the Ngāti Ranginui Fisheries Trust and will be guided by our criteria which is outlined in our application form.

Applications can be downloaded from the link below. Please email your completed applications to Kylie Heke at info@ranginui.co.nz or drop them in to our office at 166 Seventeenth Avenue, Tauranga.
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Applications close at 4.00pm on Friday 19th March 2021.

For further information or a hardcopy application form, please contact Kylie Heke on Ph 07 777 0410 or email info@ranginui.co.nz