Read recent articles below from around our Ngāpuhi Iwi community. Find out what our members and whānau have been achieving, celebrating, and participating in around Aotearoa.
Māori Education Trust Scholarships – Now open We’re going to share any scholarship opportunities that we hear about, no te mea: Te manu ka kai i te miro, nōna te ngahere. Te manu ka kai i te mātauranga, nōna te ao. So, follow this link to their website, showing details […]
Ngāpuhi south of the Bombays Last week a small team succeeded in executing a well planned demonstration of Ngāpuhitanga. The plan was to test the waters at the Waka Ama Nationals in Karapiro. You’ve all heard about it no doubt, a whānau event with all ages competing for the ultimate […]
2020 National Māori Surfing Titles Ruia! Ruia! Opea! Opea! Tahia! Tahia! Whiria! Whiria! Kia hemo ake te ka koakoa Kia herea te kawau koroki E tatangi mai ana i roto i tana pukaro whaikoro He kuaka marangaranga Kotahi te manu i tau ki te tahuna Tau atu! Tau atu! Tau […]
Thesis to be presented at Indigenous Health Conference Kia ora, My name is Lizzie Strickett and I am Ngāpuhi. A few years ago when embarking on my Masters in Māori Public Health, I was fortunate enough to have been given support by the Rūnanga in my first year of study. […]
Scholarship gives extra kaha to continue “Tēnā tātou te iwi o Ngāpuhi. Please accept this thank you as a token of appreciation from my whānau and I for the generous scholarship awarded towards my education. Being a student residing overseas, I am faced with the responsibility of making a minimum […]
2018 Ngāpuhi Scholarship recipient committed to best health outcomes for Māori Please accept this letter as a thank you to Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi O Ngāpuhi for awarding me the scholarship of $1000 for 2018. I feel very blessed to have received the scholarship – it has enhanced my commitment to helping […]
Ngāpuhi academic teaches engineering in China Kia ora, I have now been teaching in China, Shijiazhuang, for the past month and have been loving the experience. I just wanted to let the Rūnanga know how much I appreciate their support. I feel very blessed to have the backing of whānau […]
Dispute Resolution Law a highlight for Ngāpuhi Scholarship Student Thank you so much for the Ngāpuhi Education Scholarship I received for 2017. It was a great help to me. My third year of studying law and social sciences was definitely a step up from the two previous years, and I […]
Ngāpuhi Scholarship Recipient graduates with First Class Honours Ngā mihi to Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi O Ngāpuhi. I graduated at the University of Waikato Marae on 11 December with a Masters of Education, First Class Honours. The title of my thesis is ‘In what ways do the perceptions of connectedness of Māorl […]
Proud Ngāpuhi basketball combo E te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi O Ngāpuhi, ka nui a māua mihi ki a koutou. My son Malachi and I are very grateful for your sponsorship and making it possible for both of us to represent New Zealand at the 2017 Basketball Pacific Jamboree in Australia. There was […]
Ngā Moko a Rāhiri E te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi O Ngāpuhi, ka nui ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa. On behalf of Ngā Moko a Rāhiri, we would like to thank the Rūnanga for sponsoring us with the white Ngāpuhi t-shirts that we wear with pride at all our functions and events. […]