Tēnā koutou, tēnā anõ tātou. Just to introduce myself. My name is Danny Karatea-Goddard and my whānau has been brought up in the Rangitīkei Manawatū and Wellington areas. We have northern links through our kuia tūpuna Tiraha Papa Harakeke and to Puketawa through our kuia Raiha Eliza Martin nee Kingi (ki tā te kõrero i whānau mai ia ki Utakura. Ko tana tamaiti ko Samuel Mihaka Martin, na i heke mai rātou ki te Nehenehenui o NgātiManiapoto) . We look after our marae in rural Feilding, Te Hiiri (Ngāti Maniapoto) and have recently upgraded our whare karakia, wharepuni and wharekai through the PGF. We've just been successful with Oranga Marae funding which will see a new kāuta for the ma…
Tēnā koutou, tēnā anõ tātou. Just to introduce myself. My name is Danny Karatea-Goddard and my whānau has been brought up in the Rangitīkei Manawatū and Wellington areas. We have northern links through our kuia tūpuna Tiraha Papa Harakeke and to Puketawa through our kuia Raiha Eliza Martin nee Kingi (ki tā te kõrero i whānau mai ia ki Utakura. Ko tana tamaiti ko Samuel Mihaka Martin, na i heke mai rātou ki te Nehenehenui o NgātiManiapoto) . We look after our marae in rural Feilding, Te Hiiri (Ngāti Maniapoto) and have recently upgraded our whare karakia, wharepuni and wharekai through the PGF. We've just been successful with Oranga Marae funding which will see a new kāuta for the ma…