In our area
Te Takiwā
Te Arahanga ō Ngā Iwi services the Kapiti Horowhenua region. Our takiwā stretches from Paekakariki to Shannon. We also provide the Te Puni Kōkiri Business Facilitation Service in the Manawatu region.
There are a range of issues with regard to securing statistical information for our "rohe". We service two local authorities including the Kapiti Coast District Council and the Horowhenua District Council.
The combination of these two districts does not constitute a "Region" as defined by Local Government boundaries. They are instead each part of larger regions - the Kapiti Coast is part of the Wellington Region, and Horowhenua is part of the Manawatu-Wanganui Region.
Additional contributing factors include the divisions that different government agencies assign to the districts and/or the individual townships and of course, iwi borders are not constrained by local or central government boundaries.
He Tāngata (Our people)
The total population of our rohe was reported by Statistics NZ (2001) as being 72,270 the majority of whom were located in Kapiti Coast (42,447). It is projected that the population will age to 50 years old over the next 20 years. The population of our rohe is less ethnically diverse compared to Aotearoa averages. The Maori population total of 10,973 is dispersed in Horowhenua with 5009 (20%) and in the Kapiti Coast with 5965 (11.8%).
Iwi Affiliation is equally difficult to report accurately, however Statistics New Zealand report that during the 2001 Census, Māori were asked to identify their Iwi groups. Where individuals identified with more than one Iwi, the information was recorded for all Iwi. *With Ngati Raukawa and Te Atiawa, literally thousands of Census respondents did not specify which branch of the Iwi they affiliated to: i.e. "ki Whakarongotai" for Te Atiawa, or "kit e Tonga" for Ngati Raukawa.
The following affiliation data was reported:
Muaupoko | 1,836 |
Ngati Raukawa (unspecified) | 8,781 |
Ngati Raukawa ki te Tonga | 11,088* |
Ngati Toarangatira | 2,766 |
Te Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai | 473* |
Anecdotal evidence suggests that at the current time 19,500 Māori affiliate to Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, and 4,500 affilitate to Te Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai.
Ngā Tangata whenua
The iwi of the Kapiti rohe are Te Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Raukawa including their whānau and hapū. In the 1820-1830s, these three Iwi were firmly established in the district and were signatories to the Treaty of Waitangi at Kapiti Island in 1840. Although the history books cite them as being allies, they were more than that; they are strongly linked through whakapapa (geneology).
- Ngāti Raukawa-ki-te-tonga - Ngati Raukawa of the south. It stretches from the Rangitikei River, west of Manawatu, to Kukutauaki Stream just north of Waikanae. A large group of Ngāti Raukawa migrated there from the first region in the early decades of the 19th century. Represented by a large number of marae and a range of institutions, notably Te Wananga-o-Raukawa, Rangiatea Church and Raukawa Marae itself, all in Otaki. Other organisations include the Raukawa Trust Board in Tokoroa, Otaki Māori Racing Club and Te Runanga ō Raukawa in Otaki.
Contact:
Te Runanga ō Raukawa
Keepa Street, Levin (and offices in Otaki, Feilding & Palmerston North)
P O Box 586, Levin
Tel: (06) 368-8678
Fax: (06) 368-8670
Email: levin@raukawa.iwi.nz
Website: http://www.raukawa.iwi.nz/
- Te Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai - Representing Ngā Whanau, Ngā Hapū and Ngā Iwi who are descendants of those ancestors of Ati Awa and kindred tribes (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Maru Wharanui) who remained in Waikanae after 1848 and who identify with the land from Kukutauaki to Whareroa inland to Pukemore and to Maunganui northward to Kapakapanui and Pukeatua to Ngawhakangutu then westward to Kukutauaki.
Contact:
Te Runanga o Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai
11 Elizabeth Street, Waikanae
P O Box 149, Waikanae
Tel: (04) 905-5201
Email: mailto:info@whakarongotai.comWebsite
Website: http://www.whakarongotai.com
- Ngāti Toa Rangatira - The ancestors migrated from Kawhia in the 1820s under Te Rauparaha. The tribe has marae in Porirua and Nelson.
Ngāti Toa's ancestral house, Toa Rangatira, stands at Takapuwahia marae in Porirua. It is the focal point of tribal activities and gatherings, and an enduring symbol of the mana of Ngāti Toa.
Contact:
Te Runanga ō Ngāti Toa Rangatira
26 Ngatitoa Street, Takapuwahia, Porirua
P O Box 50-079, Porirua
Tel: (04) 237-9832
Fax: (04) 237-6436
Email: runanga@ngatitoa.iwi.nz
Website: http://www.ngatitoa.iwi.nz
- Mūaupoko are the recognised tangatawhenua in the Horowhenua district. Muaupoko are the Maori people who traditionally occupy the lands on the west coast at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand. Their name comes from mua (in front of) upoko (the head) of the fish of Maui. The iwi has twenty-seven recognised hapū, only seven of which are active today. The active hapū are: Ngai Te Ao, Ngarue, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Pariri, Ngāti Tamarangi, Ngāti Whanokirangi and Punahau.
Contact:
Mūaupoko Tribal Authority Inc
306 Oxford Street, Levin
Tel: (06) 367-3311
Fax: (06) 367-3322
Email: mta@muaupoko.iwi.nz
Website: http://www.muaupoko.iwi.nz
Employment and Enterprise
In the period 2001 - 2004, employment increased with Kapiti Coast registering 12% growth to 9820 employees and the Horowhenua with 2% growth to 7290 employees. The key employment sectors for Kapiti Coast are Retail Trade; Education; and Health & Community Services, whilst in Horowhenua they are Manufacturing; Health & Community Services, and Retail Trade.
Unemployment is currently at an all time low for our rohe, however Māori remain disproportionately represented.
Both districts experienced growth in the number of enterprises in operation. Kapiti Coast increased 14% to 3508 and Horowhenua increased 9% to 1819. The key ANSIC sectors for enterprises in both districts are Property & Business, Construction, and Retail.
Māori business is diverse and spans a myriad of small and medium-sized enterprises as well as the big primary industry companies. Māori businesses now filter through all sectors, many of them in the tertiary or services industries. StatisticsNZ reported in September 2004 that there were 538 Maori businesses in the rohe at that time, representing 10% of rohe enterprise. Education, Trades & Property Services, and Business Services are well represented.
Te Ropu Pakihi, the Kapiti Horowhenua Māori Business Network was established in April 2001 and has continued to offer it's membership networking hui, business training and opportunities for collective contracting.
Education
In 2001, our rohe educational levels were compared with the national averages.
Kapiti Coast | Horowhenua | Aotearoa | |
No qualification... | 26.7% | 42.5% | 27.7% |
School... | 39.8% | 34.5% | 40.1% |
Post-School... | 33.6% | 23.0% | 32.2% |
In terms of Māori education providers, our rohe boasts a large quantity of Kohanga Reo (10), Kura Kaupapa Māori (4) and Registered Māori Training Providers (4). Additionally, we have a Te Wānanga ō Aotearoa site at Patumakuku Inc, Levin and of course, Te Wānanga ō Raukawa based in Otaki.
In 1943 Ati Awa, Raukawa, Ngati Toa Confederation created an educational trust board, called the Ōtaki and Porirua Trust Board. In August 1975, the Raukawa Marae Trustees began a 25-year tribal development experiment, known as Whakatupuranga Rua Mano - Generation 2000. Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa was born out of this revival to assist the ART Confederation to achieve its educational aspirations.