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    • Solar Energy
      • Te Āhuru Mōwai is supporting local tenant whānau with solar energy solutions set to make a massive difference to the wellbeing (including financial and health) of whānau, as well as supporting our planet. Big thanks to Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Māori Renewable Energy Fund) Solar Zero NZ Victoria University of Wellington, Good to hear Megan Woods today announce new funding for other renewable energy projects across the country. We are working with 20 tenant whānau in Western Porirua to install solar panels and battery systems. We'll then measure and track the many anticipated benefits overtime. Generally the benefits of such solutions are reserved for those with the money to fund the upfront cost. That's not the case with this project. Great mahi team Te Āhuru Mōwai and partners. Ka Rawe. Mahia Atu

    • Kotahitanga Whānau Day
      • On Saturday the 27th March 2021. Te Āhuru Mōwai in partnership with Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira hosted Kotahitanga Whānau Day at Takapūwāhia Park. The atmosphere on the day was exactly the outcome we hoped for. Our highlights of the day were seeing the Tamariki having loads of fun in a safe place, our whānau enjoying the entertainment, food and stalls throughout the day. We would like to thank our sponsors: - PFM (Programmed Facilities Maintenance - Ora Toa Smokefree - Regional Public Health (Sustainability Trust) - Moana Road - Triple Threat - Mc Donald's Porirua - The Lighthouse Pauatahanui - Escape Mate Wellington Thank you to our stallholder participants: - Ora Toa Health - NZ Police - Wellington Regional Emergency Management - Whitireia Polytechnic Māori Nursing Year 1 Students - Fire & Emergency NZ - Regional Public Health  - Mahi Toa - Ora Toa Rongoā  - Ora Toa Problem Gambling - Taeaomanino Trust Thank you to the service / contractor providers: - Red Panda Establishment (Entertainment Production) - Toa Basketball - Daizy Design Face Painting - Awesome Bounce - AM Hire - Porirua City Council And a big thank you for the hospitality and support from our whānau and the marae committee for supporting the event! Background on the band: Garage Sessions: Is a local band that were recommended for the younger age bracket of the community. Jamey Ferguson: is the founder of Katchafire band, he wrote the majority of their hit songs.  DJ: Patariki Hippolite Ngāti Toa iwi & board member 

    • Te Āhuru Mōwai host free BBQ for tenants
      • On Thursday 21st January 2021, Te Āhuru Mōwai hosted a BBQ / Clean up day on Owhiti Street in Titahi Bay. The team at Te Āhuru Mōwai provided free sausages and kebabs for tenants and free ice-creams for the tamariki. They also managed to fill 4 x skip bins to capacity and done 2 x tip runs. The aim of the clean up day was to help tenants remove any rubbish they may have found hard to get rid of. Removing stored rubbish at the front of people’s homes clears up the neighbourhood a bit, and makes their interior spaces feel a bit nicer. The families were so very appreciative, giving staff kisses and allowing relationship managers to enter their homes, and form better relationships with our whānau. We could not have done this without the help of: PFM Regional Public Health Emerge The Fermanis Whānau Ken Khan North City Skip Bins Te Āhuru Mōwai Staff   Ehara taku toa, I te toa takitahi engari, he toa takitini!

    • Te Āhuru Mōwai / Ngāti Toa Housing Partnership wins Spirit of Service Award
      • The Spirit of Service Awards celebrate outstanding public sector governance, young leaders and initiatives that deliver great outcomes motivated by a spirit of service to the community. The awards were open to organisations across central and local government, including Crown entities. Entries are welcomed from single agencies or collaborative initiatives, which may include partners outside the public sector. The Spirit of Service Awards 2020 celebrated outstanding initiatives delivering exceptional outcomes for New Zealanders. The Award winners were announced at the Spirit of Service Awards event at Te Papa, Wellington, this week. Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, Te Rūnanga O Toa Rangatira - Ngāti Toa, Te Āhuru Mōwai, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and Ministry of Social Development together win the Māori Crown Relationships Award | Te Tohu mō te Tūhonotanga a Ngāi Māori me te Karauna. Ta Matiu Rei( Chairman) and James Te Puni( Kaiwhakahaere Matua) of Te Ahuru Mowai were present to receive the award. This award celebrates outstanding contributions to strengthening the health of Māori Crown relationships through: Auahatanga (innovation) Whakapūmautanga (durability) Kōwhiringa (opportunities) The judges looked for initiatives that demonstrated: engagement processes with Māori that uphold and exceed the Māori Crown Engagement Framework and Guidelines standards meaningful partnerships with Māori that deliver mutual outcomes embedding te ao Māori approaches and Treaty of Waitangi perspectives at the heart of policy, programmes, and services workforce initiatives that build and sustain the cultural competence of the public service empowerment of Māori to succeed as Māori in leadership roles better services that improve responsiveness and accessibility for Māori and improve the lives of whānau. The judges said “Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, Te Rūnanga O Toa Rangatira - Ngāti Toa, Te Āhuru Mōwai, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and Ministry of Social Development together enable iwi housing aspirations in Porirua. They’ve developed a modern, future-focused partnership based on a shared vision of enabling a thriving community, that’s returning whenua to iwi and devolving management of assets to improve intergenerational wellbeing and the health of mokopuna.”

    • Te Āhuru Mōwai Officially Launches
      • On 15th October 2020, Te Āhuru Mōwai hosted an official launch to celebrate the transition of 902 homes from Kāinga ora. Te Āhuru Mōwai is now the largest iwi-lead community housing provider in New Zealand. Tā Matiu Rei, Chairman of Te Āhuru Mōwai says the establishment of entity and the responsibility to provide healthy homes is a natural transition for Ngāti Toa. “We have over 30 years experience in the provision of primary health care within the Porirua and Wellington communities,” Tā Matiu said. “In that time, we’ve seen first hand the immediate and inter-generational impacts that poor housing can have on the health of many of our whānau and our wider community. Ngāti Toa now has an opportunity to help address some of those issues and deliver locally-lead decisions and support.” Te Āhuru Mōwai is lead by former Hurricanes CEO James Te Puni. Mr Te Puni said ‘Our project team have spent 18 months preparing with our Crown partners to take on these homes. We have also recruited a passionate and skilled team of staff and service providers primarily from within the Porirua region to do this work with a whānau focus”. “We are able to create some employment opportunities for both iwi members and others who live in the wider Porirua / Tawa region,” James said. “We look forward to providing more local opportunities as we improve existing homes and build new ones in the years to come. Every whānau deserves a warm, dry and safe home.” “Our office is based in the heart of Porirua City Centre, reflecting our commitment to build strong relationships with whānau in our community. All current tenants will remain in their homes. Each tenant household will be gifted a native plant as a koha to reflect the values of Te Āhuru Mōwai. “The native plant represents planting your feet into your land, and starting a new journey in your home with us”. “Te Āhuru Mōwai is a Māori entity, and as such, tikanga is important to us. The koha to our tenants reflects the values that we promote.”

    • Te Āhuru Mōwai website built by Ngāti Toa
      • A large part of the value proposition for Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira in deciding to establish Te Āhuru Mōwai is the opportunities that it can provide for Ngāti Toa. The development of the Te Āhuru Mōwai website is one of the first steps to accomplishing this which is why KohaTech have been engaged to develop the Te Āhuru Mōwai website. KohaTech actively encourages and promotes Māori in IT and plan to use their unique position to identify local IT qualified Ngāti Toa whānau and provide employment, upskilling and mentoring opportunities for them in building our website system. Manu Katene, Director of KohaTech notes that “We want to provide meaningful employment opportunities to Ngāti Toa whānau within the IT sector and are pleased that we have on board a number of our people to work on this project.” Waipuna Grace, Communications Advisor for Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira and of Ngāti Toa will project lead the development of the website.

    • Coronavirus lockdown delays Porirua Development and launch of Te Āhuru Mōwai
      • Work on homes in Cannons Creek were halted under the alert level 4 lockdown restrictions. Some of those homes were expected to be completed by June 2020. The Porirua Development project saw about 2000 state houses being renewed and about 2000 new homes built. There are expected to be 150 new state houses built. Construction can resume during Level 3 provided all government health and safety standards and protocols are followed. Te Āhuru Mōwai were due to launch with an official handover on 1 July 2020. It had been collectively agreed to delay the operational handover due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the level 4 lockdown. Construction on the office site were also delayed and were expected to be finished late July. The new confirmed launch date and operational handover will be from 12:00am Saturday, 3 October 2020.

    • General Manager for Te Āhuru Mōwai appointed
      • Chair of Te Āhuru Mōwai, Tā Matiu Rei, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr James Te Puni as the General Manager of Te Āhuru Mōwai.  James brings extensive experience in commercial development, strategy and negotiation, social services and community engagement. His previous experience includes time as Stakeholder Manger M2PP (Makay’s to Pekapeka) Expressway, Marketing Director for New Zealand Post, CEO of the Hurricanes and Wellington Rugby, General Manager Māori at Te Papa Tongarewa, and National Retail Manager for Hallensteins. In addition to his current role as Chairman for Barnardos New Zealand, James has served as a volunteer and in governance roles with many community focused initiatives. He is a current board member with the Whitireia Foundation that works with local businesses to provide scholarships to Porirua people studying at Whitireia Polytechnic. James studied Te Reo at Whitireia and holds an MBA (with distinction) from Victoria University. His primary iwi affiliation is Ngāti Porou. James and his whanau are proud and passionate residents of Titahi Bay and Porirua.

    • Ngāti Toa Rangatira sign partnership with Government
      • Ngāti Toa Rangatira sign partnership with Government On the 28th November 2019 a signing ceremony was held at Takapūwāhia Marae. Te Āhuru Mōwai, Ngāti Toa's new community housing provider, has entered a partnership with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities. The partnership will allow Ngāti Toa through Te Āhuru Mōwai to manage the tenancies, maintenance and upgrades of properties in western Porirua, including areas in Titahi Bay, Mana, Tawa, Takapūwāhia and Eldson. The 2014 Treaty Settlement where Ngāti Toa Rangatira were given first right of refusal over Crown owned properties and land blocks in these areas has made the partnership possible. Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira chair Taku Parai said the signing was a milestone for the iwi. "It gives us an opportunity to provide warm housing, to provide pleasant surroundings and to be able to do that on our own whenua. It's a huge part of that manaakitanga aspect, that kaitiakitanga aspect, that awhitiatanga aspect. "All those values are tied up in this initiative. We feel honoured and grateful that we have this opportunity." "The opportunities are far and wide in terms of fulfilling the contracts for our tradies, the carpenter, the painter, the plasterer. "We've had hui with them already to say 'gear up, there will be opportunities for them on their own whenua'." Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira’s previous executive director, now Chair of Te Āhuru Mōwai Matiu Rei said the move would also be of commercial benefit to the iwi, although he did not give details about what the iwi expected to gain from the agreement economically. "It is a wonderful commercial opportunity, it's predominantly a social project don't get me wrong, but underlying that there will be some opportunities. "The demand is growing so we will have to be building or constructing more houses to satisfy." The agreement with Ngāti Toa is just one part of the Porirua Development project. The government will commit $1.5 billion on revitalising eastern Porirua and working with community. Te Āhuru Mōwai will officially take over the tenancies from 1 July 2020.

    • Ngāti Toa supports governments vision for Porirua Housing Regeneration
      • Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Chair, Taku Parai is pleased to announce that the iwi has yesterday signed a partnership agreement with the Government that will see Ngāti Toa establish themselves as a community housing provider– Te Āhuru Mōwai. Once established, we will upgrade and manage 900 Housing New Zealand properties in Tawa, Elsdon, Takapūwāhia, Titahi Bay and Mana. In addition, Ngāti Toa will play a variety of roles in the regeneration of eastern Porirua, a commiment which will see $1.5 billion of investments over the next 25 years from the Government. This exciting opportunity will positively impact many whānau within the Porirua community and directly aligns to our iwi strategic objectives of: · Oranga (Wellbeing) through enabling and providing healthy and addordable homes; · Ohanga (Prosperity) through the sustainable growth of our assets; and · Whai mana (Our Organisation) by establising meaningful strategic partnerships that benefit the iwi regionally and nationally To enable the eastern Porirua regeneration project to provided the Trust has agreed to an exchange of right on a number of the Housing New Zealand properties in eastern Porirua. The exchange stems from our Treaty of Waitangi settlement. “This initiative intends to empower and provide the creation of cohesive living spaces for all whānau of all ages and ethnicities. We are hopeful that this initiative will provide an intergenerational positive outcome for both our whānau and our community”. The Rūnanga is committed to this project.

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