Kaitiakitanga - Guardianship of the environment that supports our culture

Kaitiakitanga Program and Network
Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi children
guard and share Whirinaki,
their culture, language and values

AUT Tipu Ake Collection

Whirinaki rainforest

Kaitiakitanga Program

Ngati Whare Iwi

Tipu Ake leadership

Historical Te Whaiti

Minginui our village

Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi

Our Tuhoe cousins

Ngati Manawa links

1.6.1 Information kiosk at turnoff - Project Details:

The team at work including kaumatua Tarei Araroa

Stage A of the construction complete, May 2008 and pou erected July 08

Description:

Thanks to DOC for finding funding to allow our iwi and community to construct an information on the Highway 38 turnoff to Whirinaki.

The signage, carvings and other items have yet to be completed

This will help us visitors know what our community and the Forest park has to offer visitors

Outcomes expected:

An attention attracting structure (when completed) to make travellers on the Waikaremoana road aware what Whirinaki and our community has to offer. This will highlight the need of the Information Centre with the Nursery in the Compound in Minginui as a focal / meeting point.

Growth of that partnership developing between DOC and Ngati Whare that will capitalise on the unique natural and cultural wealth of Whirinaki

Start Date:
Expected Completion:

Budget:

Nominal Project Leader: Richard Moses has a team of local people working on the construction

Project Team:

Issues Register:

Flag	Date:	Issue:	Action	By	Signoff
	June 08	No focal point to direct people to as the Whirinaki Centre	Need to restore Kaitikitanga Funding	TPK

Progress Log

Date	Details of event or action	By
Mar 08	Construction approved
April 08	Foundations laid
May 08	First stage of shelter completed

NOTICES AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Our gift to you - download our Free Whirinaki Wall Calendar

"Re-designing our future" youth forum with Michael Braungart - 30 Aug

What Andree a sustainability writer discovered about Kaitiakitanga
Check out our school's Energy Monitoring / Weatherstation project
WEMZ - The Whirinaki Ecological Restoration Zone - a project with DOC
Building our new visitor information kiosk on the main road
Take a photo tour through our valley see restoration work needed
Pending - our Whirinaki Centre, Nursary and Recycling Projects
Celebrate what our friends at Hokianga Harbourcare are doing
Our Network's Mycorestoration Research Project - Fungi and mushroom
Thanks MfE for a big toxin cleanup on our millsites - July 07
Thanks TPK for facilitating Govt support for Minginui initiatives
Our Community Digital Strategy pending - Whirinaki Interactive - Dec 06
Our Lopez friends help Raglan initiate an affordable housing program
Prince Andrew adopts our Kiwi, Princess Beatrice on Mokoia Is Mar 07
Our Project to upgrade our water supply in Minginui Mar 07
Our network on the Kiwi Youth Voice learning journey to US. Mar 07
Our network at Youth Voice Digital Earth Summit on Sustainbility Aug 06
We welcomed Hunter Lovins 7-9 July 06, VIDEO view NZ tour resources
Thanks Waikato University for help with broadband 05
Thanks Housing Corp, house painting and marae restoration teams
Go Tramping in Whirinaki. See Kaka, Kiwi, Weka, Robin, Blueduck
Report Living Organisation workshops. Tipu Ake presented worldwide 05
Report Hikoi to Indigenous Knowledges Conf , Well, NZ. June 05
Thanks to UNITEC Architecture Students for help with town plans 04
Report on Sustainable Resources Conf, Colorado 04
Report on PMI Global Forum, Los Angeles Tipu Ake paper 04
Report on Sharing Indigenous Wisdom Conf, Wisconsin, June 04
Int and local visitors attend Tipu Ake Retreat March 04 See report
MPs Horomia and Mallard open our new merged area school Jan 04
Trip to Whaingaroa Env Gp Raglan, Jan04 learnings, VIDEO view

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