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CULTURE
Preserving tribal customs and
traditions to ensure we retain our
cultural integrity is imperative.
Initiatives have included the
restoration of Mahinaarangi
and Turongo House at
Tuurangawaewae Marae, funding
for Koroneihana and poukai,
provision of Pai Marire waananga
and resource kit, introduction of
the Taahuhu Maatauranga Maaori
- Master in Maatauranga Maaori in
association with Te Waananga
o Raukawa, kapa haka sponsorship,
and support for Tuurangawaewae
Regatta.
MARAE
Marae are the lifeblood of
Waikato-Tainui and providing
support is essential. More than
$19M has been granted to the
68 Raupatu marae since 2003 to
fund annual operational costs and
development. This excludes the
one-off $15M grant made to marae
in 2014.
A number of initiatives are
underway with marae, including a
unique insurance scheme which
offers full insurance cover to marae
with all costs paid by Waikato-
Tainui.
Distributions since 2003
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
0
1,000
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Kiingitanga
Marae
Education
Other
I believe that in some ways we are
going back over the century to the
wishes of the original kingmaker,
Wiremu Tamihana, who in 1865 laid
down his taiaha before the Government
and before Carey at Tamahere as
a maungarongo - a covenant of
peace. This is what this agreement,
the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu claim
settlement, stands for.
It is a covenant
of peace.
Hon John Luxton, former Minister of Maaori Affairs
19 October 1995
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