Gush presented the booklet to a packed classroom of Tangimoana locals following a karakia and tree planting at the Tawhirihoe Mount, the place where iwi signed the treaty. She hoped mana whenua would find the booklet “identity affirming,” and present the treaty signing as more than “just about what bad things happened to [Māori] . “I want the three signatories, Kāwana Ta Hākeke, Te Raikōkiritia Taumaru and Mohi Mahi, to be honoured, she said. The rangatira signed it because of the trusting relationship they had with Reverend Henry Williams, a missionary who had made an effort to get to know mana whenua.
Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa iwi opens Marton headquarters to the public
2 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa stakeholders set up stalls at the iwi s open day on February 27. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa stakeholders set up stalls at the iwi s open day on February 27. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
It was wonderful to see local people arrive at Te Poho o Tuariki s first open day, Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa spokeswoman Kiri Wilson says.
The Rangitīkei tribe s open day was on Saturday, February 27, at its iwi headquarters Te Poho o Tuariki in Marton. The 5ha complex is the former Turakina Maōri Girls College, which Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa bought in April 2018 and officially opened in February 2019.