In October 2018 History and Social Studies teacher Taryn Gadsby from Sacred Heart Girls’ College made contact with Te Atiawa Iwi Charitable Trust requesting assistance with a teaching programme called “Map of Stories” (https://www.treatysettlementstories.nz/). The aim of the programme is to change the way the Treaty of Waitangi is taught in schools, focusing on a...Read More

On Friday 12th April members of Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Trust and Te Atiawa Iwi Charitable Trust lead the symbolic transfer ceremony of Aotere Pā from the former Ravensdown industrial site to the hapū of Ngāti Tāwhirikura. The ceremony commenced with karanga. Followed by karakia, the congregation descended upon the site circling a small...Read More