Ngāti Te Whiti Hapū

Email: office@ngatitewhitisocietyinc.co.nz

Registrations:
registration@ngatitewhitisocietyinc.co.nz

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Mailing Address: P.O Box 304
Richmond Mail Centre
New Plymouth 4340

Ko Taranaki te maunga
Ko Te Herekawe me Te Waiwhakaiho ngā awa
Ko Tokomaru te waka
Ko Te Atiawa te iwi
Ko Ngāti Te Whiti te hapū.
No reira – tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Ngāti Te Whiti Hapū Board

Chairperson: Shelton Healey

Deputy Chairperson: Linda McCulloch

Secretary: Josie Leckie

Treasurer: Tracey Harris

Krisstal Healey

Julie Healey

Hapū hui is held on the last Sunday of every month. (unless advertised on the website or Facebook)

Key Documents

Message Ngāti Te Whiti Hapū

Events

Ngāti Te Whiti Hapū MONTHLY hui
November 30 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
@ Port Taranaki office

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Kia ora e te whanau, Join us for our monthly hui on the last Sunday of the month. Let’s come together, kōrero, and share kai – Bring a plate and your whakaaro. Nau mai, haere mai!!

A Milestone for Our Hapū
December 13 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
@ 1 Bayly Road

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As summer begins and our region moves into a season of warmth and renewal, the Ngāmotu Marae project also enters a new phase on its journey toward becoming a marae for our hapū and for our city.

On Saturday 13 December, hapū members will gather at 1 Bayly Road for the laying of the mauri. This is a significant moment in the cultural formation of a marae. The mauri will be placed in the whenua beneath the future location of the Poutuarongo, the central post that will one day stand at the heart of the wharenui.

This ceremony connects the marae, our people, and the land. Together we are honouring our ancestors and grounding our future in the tikanga and whakapapa of Ngāti Te Whiti.

As this important project continues to evolve and the vision becomes reality, we will continue to share updates and information here on our website. We encourage you to check in regularly and walk alongside us.

Ngā mihi maioha,

Ngāti Te Whiti Hapū Society Incorporated Board,

Ngāti Te Whiti Whenua Tōpū Trust &

Ngāmotu Marae Reservation Trust Board

Ngāti Te Whiti is the mana whenua of Ngāmotu (New Plymouth). Our Rohe extends from the Herekawe to the Waiwhakaiho River, inland to it’s headwaters on Taranaki and back to the Herekawe.

Ngāti Te Whiti traces descent from our eponymous ancestor – Te Whiti o Rongomai – who lived in the late 1700s.

Our right of occupation is based on continuous occupation by generations of connected ancestors from the earliest kinship groups such as Moturoa, Ngāmotu, Ngāti Tuparikino, Ngāti Hamua, and Ngāti Tawhirikura.

We regard Ngāmotu (New Plymouth) as our tūrangawaewae – our paepae, our footstool, the land on which we alone might stand.

Our coastal boundary includes many former pā and wāhi tapu such as Waiwhakaiho, Purukau, Autere, Kerau, Waimanu, Te Kawau, Puke Ariki, Pukerangi, Rangipiko, Otaka, Moturoa, Paritutu, Onuku Taipari, Te Mahoe and many urupā.

One of our important coastal areas is Ngā Motu [the islands] and the surrounding waters. Ngā Motu was one of the first inhabited areas, and the islands and reefs were all named by Ngāti Te Whiti.