Whitiwhiti kōrero - Communication

23 September 2018

Haere mai - Nau Mai - Haere Mai

Tēnā koutou katoa e te iwi o te whenua

Greetings to the people of the land

Members and supporters of our community and local surroundings/region are warmly invited to join the Hōteo Project Steering Group along with tribal representatives from Ngāti Whatua and Ngāti Manuhiri on the committee to a hui/gathering to be held on Puatahi Marae, situated on the south side of the mouth of the Hōteo River, Kaipara.

The purpose of the gathering is to take the opportunity to kōrero/discuss regarding the Hōteo Sediment Reduction Project on the Hōteo River and to provide a further update on the project to our local community.

Date            Sunday 23 September 2018

Time           10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Venue        Puatahi Marae 3487 Kaipara Coast Highway

Please RSVP to

Richard Nahi kaiparamoana3487@gmail.com 021 366 976

Or Dylan Clarke dylan.clarke@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz 021 2206790

Haere mai - Nau Mai - Haere Mai

All Welcome

Pepeha – Sacred care/respect

Ko Kaipara te whenua tapu

The sacred lands of the Kaipara

Ko Hōteo te awa tapu

Hōteo the sacred river

Ko Kaipara te moana tapu

The sacred waters of the Kaipara

Kia mahi-tahi tātou hei kaitiaki te tai ao

Sacred relationship, unified to care for what has been created

And gifted for us to live