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Plans For Synthetic Reo Māori Voice To Empower Tāngata Whaikaha Māori
Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 10:10 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Experts are sounding out plans for a synthetic reo Māori voice that could change the lives of many tāngata whaikaha Māori and their whānau. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2307/19be8896e1f07202f189.jpeg" width="720" height="499"> Wahanga Tū Kōrero - TalkLink ... More >>
Christchurch’s Wahine Māori-owned Design Firm
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 10:05 am | Te Puni Kokiri
As a wahine Māori creative director and business owner Tania McCoy must be quite rare as it’s estimated just 1% of creative agencies globally have a female owner. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2306/42c46e18fd3ba5411bbe.jpeg" ... More >>
The Wahine Business Owner Fixing Up East Coast Roads And School Lunches
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 9:19 am | Te Puni Kokiri
The wahine business owner fixing up East Coast roads and school lunches Powerhouse Kat (Hubba) Kaiwai is used to digging in for her community and quickly mobilising her Ruatōria roading business to fix roads on the cyclone-ravaged East Coast. “You ... More >>
Increasing Māori Representation In Government Procurement
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 11:28 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Tupono Pahi, 21 of Ngāti Rereahu, is one of only 30 people who identify as Māori working in government procurement buying goods and services for his agency. He’s in Te Puni Kōkiri’s new Kaimahi Uplift Programme which aims to change that by ... More >>
Feedback Welcome On Possible Changes To The Māori Trustee Act
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 3:18 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
Te Tumu Paeroa and Te Puni Kōkiri are exploring possible changes to the function and support provided by the Māori Trustee and are seeking feedback before end of November 2022. "This is an early-stage process to test any appetite for such ... More >>
Matariki Stars Bring Our Communities Together
Monday, 20 June 2022, 3:03 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
As Aotearoa gears up to celebrate its first Matariki public holiday on Friday, Te Puni Kōkiri reflects on this significant kaupapa for Māori that it has always supported. Each year the Ministry for Māori Development helps fund a raft of whānau, hapū, ... More >>
$15.7 Million Allocated In Latest Māori Communities COVID-19 Fund Tranche
Friday, 11 February 2022, 11:28 am | Te Puni Kokiri
A further 12 proposals totalling $15.7 million have been approved by Ministers through the Māori Communities COVID-19 Fund (MCCF) to build resilience and continue to support vaccination uptake. The Ministers involved are Minister of Māori Development Willie ... More >>
Preparing For Omicron In Te Tau Ihu (top Of The South Island)
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 7:36 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
"When Omicron hits, we will need to be ready to support our whānau in the community," says Dr Lorraine Eade, operations manager at Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu Charitable Trust which covers the Nelson, Marlborough, and Tasman region. Te Kotahi ... More >>
Locals Invited To Haumaru Hard Ōtara Celebration
Thursday, 16 December 2021, 9:25 am | Te Puni Kokiri
A competition launched last month for Ōtara rangatahi is set to showcase the winning slogan, image and waiata this Saturday December 18 in a bid to celebrate local pride and engage taitamariki. The Haumaru Hard Ōtara competition asked for creative expressions ... More >>
Waikato Land Owners Have Big Dreams For Their Whenua Māori
Thursday, 16 December 2021, 9:01 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Nestled in the Waikato foothills of Waitetuna, sits Aramiro Ahu Whenua Trust, who are looking to develop their ancestral lands into an agricultural enterprise in the hopes to own their supply chain. The Trust Chairperson, Michelle Mariu Tai-Rakena, ... More >>
Biggest Intake Of Māori Advertising And Design Panellists Announced
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 9:26 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Twelve Māori or Pasifika businesses were announced on the All of Government (AoG) panel for advertising and design service contracts last week. The group is the biggest intake of Māori or Pasifika owned businesses to those two panels. Māori businesses ... More >>
Coromandel Māori Landowners Band Together For Collective Impact
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 2:55 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
The rohe of Harataunga lies on the eastern tip of the Coromandel Peninsula and is largely home to Ngāti Porou ki Harataunga ngā Hapū e Toru. Located in this tranquil seaside settlement of Kennedy Bay, lies 11,500 hectares of underutilised and undeveloped ... More >>
Building Healthy Homes For Northland Whānau Through Progressive Procurement
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 9:28 am | Te Puni Kokiri
Māori business Yakas Construction has won its first government contract with Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities to build six state houses in Kaikohe. Yakas was supported to be bid ready through a progressive procurement initiative led by Te Puni Kōkiri ... More >>
Haumaru Hard Ōtara Competition For Rangatahi
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 12:47 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
A competition is being launched on Tuesday 16 November at midday for a creative interpretation of the connection between tikanga and vaccination by rangatahi living in Ōtara. The competition is open to people aged 12 to 23 who live within the Otara ... More >>
Taitamariki Event Hopes To Lift Youth Vaccination Rates In Tāmaki Makaurau
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 3:32 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
A "for taitamariki by taitamariki" vaccination event is running tomorrow in a bid to curb vaccine hesitation amongst young people in South Auckland. Māhera Maihi, founder of youth charity Mā Te Huruhuru, said it was important young people ... More >>
Whānau Resilience To COVID-19 Increased In Kaiaua
Friday, 24 September 2021, 2:27 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
When the second Aotearoa-wide lockdown was announced, the Wharekawa Marae Reservation Trust in Whakatiwai, Kaiaua (near the Coromandel) was able to better respond swiftly to the needs of their whānau and community. Funding the Trust received from the ... More >>
Te Ao Māori Gardening Book For Communities Launched Ahead Of Matariki
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 10:46 am | Te Puni Kokiri
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. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2106/4e31bd16bfa643fb926f.jpeg" ... More >>
Māori Language Netball Tournament Has A Surge In Numbers
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 2:35 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
Despite the disruption COVID caused in 2020, Puni Reo Poitarawhiti has resumed and has had a surge of entries from schools throughout Auckland. The Māori language centred sporting event will this year bring over 740 students from 74 schools together ... More >>
National Campaign Encourages Māori Uptake Of COVID-19 Vaccine
Sunday, 9 May 2021, 1:03 pm | Te Puni Kokiri
In a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched on Mother’s Day, Ruthie a young mother who contracted the virus while she was hapū (pregnant) encourages whānau to inform themselves about the COVID-19 vaccine. Led by Te Puni Kōkiri, the targeted ... More >>
Te Taiao (nature) Inspires Young Ngāti Toa Hearts And Minds
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 9:50 am | Te Puni Kokiri
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. The room cheers when the ... More >>
