Nau Mai, Haere Mai
Welcome to naumaiplace.com
Do you recognise these three Tane?
These three young men are from the 28th Māori battalion during the war. It is actually three individual photos digitally
merged to make it one.
If you know who they are or whose whanau
they whakapapa back to, please contact Sonia Viles, Kaiwhakahaere, Maori Staff Network (04) 463 4262
These are a few of my favourite things...
Spring is well and truly here at Kawiti Marae! I love the banner, I just want to run through the fields back home picking flowers.
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Just entering into the page and you feel their aroha towards these heroes. If you click on the memorial banner you will hear the last post, which stirs your heart as your read through the stories and view the photos.
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I love a Marae that promotes it's whanau achievements. Education is so vital and it is exciting seeing hearing all these new developments.
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A range of awesome memories and photos mixed together. Just love it!
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Pukehina have extended their boundaries and really explored the potential of their site. Loving watching it develop and shape into a beautiful taonga. |
Kia Hiwa Ra! Kia Hiwa Ra!
Ngati Makino Descendants
Ngati Makino have 6 Marae. If you have a link to any of these Marae then you are more than likely to be of Ngati Makino Descent.
| Wharenui | Marae |
| Tawakemoetahanga | Pukehina |
| Waitahanui a Hei | Otamarakau |
| Houmaitawhiti | Otaramarae |
| Uruika | Tapuaeharuru |
| Hinekura | Hinekura |
| Te Awhe | Maketu |
Ngati Makino Heritage Trust Registrations are being processed now.
To request your registration pack or to have them sent to a whanau member, contact:
Rain of the Children
A Vincent Ward Film
Some secrets are kept forever
The movie depicts the life of Puhi Tatu, a beautiful Tuhoe wahine who was a part of 'some of the most dramatic events in our country's history'.
Puhi was chosen by Tuhoe Prophet Rua Kenana to marry his son. She witnessed and survived the 1916 Police raid on Rua's Maungapohatu community and went on to have 14 children. Puhi believed that she came under a curse which greatly effected her life and those of her children. It was this curse and Vincent's desire to understand who this woman was that inspired him to return after 20 years to learn her story.
Through inspiring footage, recreated history events and heart rendering interviews with Tuhoe descendants today, Vincent was able to tell Puhi's story to such an emotional extent.

Nga mihi nui ki te whanau a Te Wai-iti Marae for helping us source the above information.




The Maniapoto Maori Trust Board is seeking the mandate of Maniapoto to enter into negotiations with the Crown of all historica Nga Wai o Maniapoto Treaty of Waitangi waterways and co-management settlement of the Waipa River... read more
| 5 October | 10:00am | Te Hape Marae, Bennydale | |
| 6 October | 6:00pm | Glenview International Hotel, Hamilton | |
| 7 October | 6:00pm | Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Mangere Campus | |
46,000 Maori Voters missing...
"It's a terrible waste of mana that at a time when Maori have a real chance to determine who is in Government, we are losing people off the role." - Derek Fox, Maori Party.
Almost 46,000 Maori voters are missing from the electoral roll.
Elections New Zealand has released new figures that show just under 29,000 voters previously on the Maori Roll are not enrolled to vote. It has also discovered 17,000 Maori who were on the General Roll are now no longer there. The Electoral Enrolment Centre says they have obviously let their enrolment lapse by not updating their details after moving.
The involvement of Māori in New Zealand's electoral system is one of the most remarkable stories of New Zealand's political history. Read about Maori and the Vote...
Kia kaha koutou! Click here to check if you're enrolled to vote...


