Rangitāne o Wairau

23/09/2026

🎓 Reminder: Applications Still Open for the Marlborough Lines Tertiary Scholarship for Māori

✅ Applications close 30 October 2026
✅ Open to school leavers and adult learners
✅ For applicants with Te Tauihu whakapapa

Apply here: https://rangitane.org.nz/marlborough-lines-scholarship

🎓 Applications Now Open for the Marlborough Lines Tertiary Scholarship for Māori!

Are you a tauira Māori with whakapapa to Te Tauihu and planning to continue your education? Whether you're leaving school and heading into tertiary study, or returning to learning later in life, this scholarship could help support you on your journey.

🔸 Applications are now open and close on 30 October 2026.
🔸 Open to both school leavers and adult learners.
🔸 Application forms are available online (link below), from the Rangitāne o Wairau office, or by contacting your iwi office.

If you're thinking about studying in 2027, we'd love to hear from you. Don't leave it until the last minute, get your application in today!

🌐 For more information and to apply, visit: https://rangitane.org.nz/marlborough-lines-scholarship

22/09/2026

Have Your Say, Uri o Rangitāne 🌿

We want to better understand how our uri feel about their cultural identity, connection to iwi, and confidence in tikanga, mātauranga, and cultural practices. Your feedback will help shape our priorities and guide where we focus our efforts over the coming years.

We encourage all uri to take a few moments to complete the survey and share your whakaaro. Every response helps us build a stronger future for our people.

👉 Complete the survey here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/GgkscEiiY2

21/09/2026

🗳️ Advance Voting Opens 26 October

Have your say in this year's local elections by voting early from Monday, 26 October.

Before voting, make sure you're enrolled and know where to go to cast your vote.

✅ Learn more about local elections
https://www.lgnz.co.nz/local-government-in-new-zealand/local-elections/

Your voice matters. Be ready to vote.

17/09/2026

Nau mai e te iwi!

If you're interested in learning tū taua and sharpening your skills, come along to Ūkaipō on Tuesday 22 September at 6.30pm.

Open to all Rangitāne uri. We look forward to seeing you there. 😊

17/09/2026

Native Afforestation Wānanga | Free Community Event 🌿

Interested in native forestry, land restoration, or sustainable land management? Join for a free Native Afforestation Wānanga and hear from experts sharing practical insights, success stories, and opportunities for growing thriving native ecosystems.

Monday, 19 October 2026
Te Hora Marae, Canvastown
9.15am – 1.30pm (lunch included)

Places are limited, so be sure to register early.

📧 Register: [email protected]

16/09/2026

WHĀNAU REO RESOURCE PACKS ❤️

Anei ētahi o ō tātou whānau kua whakatutuki i te wāhanga tuatahi o te kaupapa e kīia nei ko Whānau Reo, 12 wiki te roa, ā, kei te whakatutuki haeretia te wāhanga tuarua ā tae noa ki te mutunga o te tau. He kaupapa a Whānau Reo mā ngā uri e ako ai te tangata i te āhurutanga o tōna whare, i taha hoki i tana whānau, e rua hāora te roa i ia wiki, ā 12 wiki te roa o te kaupapa. Mehemea kei te hiamo tō whānau ki te whaiwhai i tēnei kaupapa, tēnā kōrero mai. Mehemea rānei kei te pīrangi koutou ko tō whānau ki te whakamahi i ā mātau rauemi hai whakaako i ngā whānau, kei te pai anō hoki tērā.

Here are some of our whānau who have completed the first 12-week block of Whānau Reo and are now in the second block of 12 weeks of learning. Just a reminder, Whānau Reo is a kaupapa for our uri, it's based at home, with whānau, 2 hours a week for 12 weeks. If you and your whānau are interested, please get in touch with us. If you are wanting to use our resources to teach your whānau then please get in touch to see how we can support it.

16/09/2026

This Sunday e te iwi!!

⚠ 2 months until Te Ipukarea ⚠

Kurahaupō Wānanga Waiata #3

These sessions are a time for all uri of Kurahaupō Waka to come together and sing our waiata. This is not just for Rangitāne uri, but for all descendants of Kurahaupō Waka. 👪

📅 Wānanga #3
Sunday 20 September
⏰ 10:00am – 1:00pm
📍 Ūkaipō

Please bring a plate/kai to share. 🥗🍞☕️

We look forward to seeing you there! 🎶✨

Kupu: https://canva.link/zte92ixsc1o9fx4

15/09/2026

📅 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲!

13-15 November 2026 - Annual Wānanga Tuna ki Rotoiti 🌊

The annual Wānanga Tuna brings whānau together at Rotoiti to reconnect with our tuna, our mātauranga and our cultural practices. The wānanga provides an opportunity for whānau to participate in and share customary tuna harvesting practices, learn about the significance of tuna to our whānau, and strengthen intergenerational connections to Rotoiti and te taiao.

The programme will also include environmental monitoring mahi, providing an opportunity for whānau to contribute to understanding the health and mauri of the wai. A range of other cultural, educational and whānau-focused activities will form part of the weekend programme.

Keep an eye on our socials, more info to come.

Whānau, get ready for our annual Tuna Wānanga at Rotoiti! 🌊

This wānanga is focused on sharing mātauranga around the tuna harvest process, alongside the monitoring of mauri within our wai and the surrounding taiao.
Over the weekend, you can look forward to:

Hīnaki setting and customary tuna harvesting – learn traditional practices and understand their significance

Tamariki activities – hands-on experiences designed to inspire, engage, and educate our young ones

The hītori of tuna and our monitoring mahi – explore the importance of this work and why it matters for our future ✨

14/09/2026

Whale Stranding Update

On the morning of 14 September, a member of the public reported a stranded whale on the Marlborough coastline to the Department of Conservation (DOC), who subsequently notified local iwi.

Representatives of Rangitāne o Wairau attended the site to taunaha the whale and ensure tikanga was upheld throughout the response. Te Matahiapo Hynes provided karakia and cultural guidance on behalf of Rangitāne.

The whale has since been identified as a juvenile pygmy right whale, one of the world's rarest and least understood whale species. So elusive are pygmy right whales that only around 25–30 sightings of live animals have been recorded worldwide, making opportunities to learn more about them incredibly significant.

Due to both the rarity of this species and the freshness of the specimen, DOC and specialists from Massey University will undertake a necropsy and collect scientific samples to help determine the cause of death and contribute to our understanding of this little-known species.

This work will be carried out under the guidance of local iwi and in accordance with tikanga Māori. Once examinations have been completed, the whale will be returned to its final resting place.

Rangitāne o Wairau has a long and enduring relationship with tōhora and other taonga species throughout our rohe. Encounters such as this remind us of our responsibilities as kaitiaki and the importance of ensuring these taonga are cared for with dignity and respect.

We acknowledge the member of the public who reported the stranding, DOC staff for their care and expertise, and all those involved in supporting this kaupapa.

Ngā mihi to everyone who has helped uphold the mana of this taonga.