Current Endorsed Working Groups, Uri & Projects
Below is a list of current hapū endorsed descendants who are giving their time & skills to our collective hapū.
If uri wish to represent hapū in forums within our communities you must be endorsed at
quarterly hapū gatherings and follow our living document processes in accordance with our tikanga.
This maintains and reinforces our collective hapū rangatiratanga.
Environment Team (regional, national & international)
Ricky Ashby, Ziandra Ashby, Rio Greening, Arnold Maunsell. Jo Civil
Kaiwhakahaere Team – (organising & facilitation of hapū gatherings)
Janice Herewini-Mulligan, Hinerangi Himiona, Keri Milich (nee Neilson)
Communications Team
Avalon Adams, Dianne Civil, Janice Herewini-Mulligan
Waitangi Claims Working Rōpū
Ricky Ashby, Ziandra Ashby, Rio Greening, Hinerangi Himiona, Arnold Maunsell, Janice Herewini-Mulligan
Ngā Pūriri Pūmau, Māngai for Ngā Hapū o Te Ahuahu
Māngai will work with our hapū and other hapū māngai on Ngā Pūriri Pūmau to work toward and through negotiations with the Crown to seek meaningful redress and the return of whenua, resources, and recognition that reflect the full extent of Crown breaches. We will maintain mana motuhake, uphold tikanga Māori, and ensure hapū rangatiratanga throughout the process and ensure timely and effective communication between Ngā Pūriri Pūmau, our hapū, and the Crown. We will act with integrity, courage, and due diligence and maintain a dual focus on economic development and Tiriti redress.
Ben Dalton – Māngai for Ngā Hapū o Te Ahuahu, Hinerangi Himiona – Māngai Tuarua for Ngā Hapū o Te Ahuahu
Whenua ki te Whenua working group
Research collection of information on whānau, hapū processes (past and present) for the ritual return of the placenta to be embedded into the whenua. In search of finding and or developing a tikanga and tukanga around the ritual of whenua ki te whenua.
Keri Milich, Maddie Johnson
Project: Health Research Team – Connecting With Hapū Improves Uri Wellbeing
Deb Heke, Marie Jardine, Angelique Reweti
External Project: Virtual Field Trip – Place Names Across Taiamai Rohe
Hinerangi Himiona