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WAIKATO-TAINUI
GAMES 2016
This much anticipated
marae-versus-marae
sporting extravaganza is
a festival of kotahitanga,
whanaungatanga and
manaakitanga. Held
every two years, the
competition is run over
three weekends to find
the ultimate champion
marae. Congratulations
to this year’s winner
Te Tokanganui-a-Noho
Marae.
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Held during January
and February 2016
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Attended by more than
20,000 competitors
and spectators
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Sports teams
representing 53 marae
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Competitors included
tamariki, pakeke,
kaumaatua
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12 sports plus hiikoi,
games and A tamariki
taakaro zone
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Expo marquee, healthy
kai stalls, entertainment
KAUPAPA WHARE
Housing
We want to see our
members transition
from renting to home
ownership and live in
warm, safe, healthy
kaainga. A Housing
Strategy to support
members to achieve this
will launch in FY2017.
With significant barriers
to home ownership, such
as obtaining finance and
the high cost of housing,
this is a plan that is long-
term and far-reaching.
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Housing education
support programmes
implemented,
including:
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14 Financial Literacy
workshops held,
attracting 358
registrants and 144
participants
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Eight Home
Ownership
workshops attracted
223 registrants and
101 participants
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Database of Preferred
Suppliers (mortgage
lenders, builders,
plumbers) created
and available to tribal
members
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15 Tribal Members
referred to Preferred
Suppliers, receiving
home loans to
purchase houses.
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85 percent of all State
House properties
offered through our
Right of First Refusal
mechanism purchased
by tribal members.
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Two of the 28 houses
purchased were sold to
first home owners.
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1,200 members
registered to RFR
notification database
We came to participate
primarily but to be blessed
with the Kohikohia taonga
and overall winner title
was a wonderful reward for
Maniapoto Rereahu as an iwi.
Rozel Coffin
TE TOKANGANUI-A-NOHO REIGN SUPREME
Staying true to their guiding tongi ‘Kia mau ki teenaa,
kia mau ki te kawau maro, whanake ake’ made the
difference for Te Tokanganui-a-Noho Marae when it
took out best overall at the 2016 Waikato-Tainui Games.
“We came to participate primarily but to be blessed
with the Kohikohia taonga and overall winner title was
a wonderful reward for Maniapoto Rereahu as an iwi,”
says co-ordinator Rozel Coffin.
Te Tokanganui-a-Noho secured their win with the
following top placings:
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1st Poirewa (Volleyball)
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1st Poikoopiko (Table Tennis)
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1st overall Kumetaura (Power Pulling)
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1st Men’s and Rangatahi divisions
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2nd Paawhutupaoro (Touch)
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2nd equal Ngaa Whetu o Tainui (Talent Quest)
“We did what was natural to us and that was to
demonstrate, practice and give 100 percent to
Maniapototanga, Maaoritanga, whanaungatanga,
kotahitanga, and manaakitanga. To witness the
jubilation on the faces of our koro, ruruhi, and
kaitaakaro is one we will cherish for a long while.”
Congratulations to Te Tokanganui-a-Noho and the
other 49 marae who participated in the Games, which
are held to celebrate and promote tribal unity, kinship
and marae pride.
Waikato-Tainui Games 2016 victors: Te Tokanganui-a-Noho Marae
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