In December 2023, Ngāi Te Rangi filed a claim to the Waitang Tribunal against the new Government alleging breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the “undermining” of te reo Mãori. Today, Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi has welcomed a landmark-tribunal ruling that has found the Government breached the Te Tiriti o Waitangi by downgrading the use of Te Reo Mãori in favour of English. The tribunal’s decision released today says the Government’s has failed to demonstrate “good faith, good governance or the conduct e

🔗 The Journey of Our Tupuna: Ngāi Te Rangi Origins 🔗 Our whakapapa stretches back to the Mataatua Waka, where our ancestors first settled in Te Mānuka Tūtahi, Whakatāne. Follow the sacred journey through time, across significant sites where battles, survival, and leadership shaped the descendants of Ngāi Te Rangi. 🏞 Tawhitirahi – On the banks of the Kukumoa river mouth, east of Ōpōtiki, Rongotangiawa and his son Roimainohorangi lived. A refusal to gift a prized Tūī sparked an attack, forcing

Te Hiko-o-te-rangi is now open for all our ākonga Māori and our whanaunga from Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa!! Check out some of the footage we captured from the opening! 👀 | Toi Ohomai