Che Wilson
Poukura – Director
Ngāti Rangi-Whanganui, Mōkai Pātea, Ngāti Apa, Ngā Rauru, Tūwharetoa
Ngaputiputi (Puti) Akapita
Kaikōkiri Ngā Kaupeka
Ngāti Rangi ki Whanganui, Ngā Ruahine, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Maru, Taranaki iwi, Te Atiawa
Parekaia Tapiata
Kaikōkiri Puanga
Ngaa Rauru, Ngāti Ruanui, Taranaki, Te Ati Awa, Ngāti Rangi, Te Ati Hau, Ngāti Wehiwehi, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Pikiao
Kāhui
Te Kāhui o
Puanganui-o-te-Rangi
Te Kāhui o Puanganui-o-te-rangi was established in 2022 to bring together our collective narratives, initially focusing on Taranaki and Whanganui. Te Kāhui includes experts and practitioners from throughout the rohe. This mahi was guided by Te Ranga Whāiti which includes: Jamie Tuuta, Ruakere Hond, Hemi Sundgren, Wharehoka Wano, Turama Hawira, Gerrard Albert, Shiro Brown, Grant Huwyler, Te Rina Warren and Che Wilson.
After several hui, we agreed to incorporate all of the kōrero about Puanga found in the tūpuna manuscripts. Where the same kōrero was shared across each iwi, it was woven in the tāhūhū of the whare. Where it differed, it was placed in a heke specific to that iwi. In this way, all of the kōrero available to us has come together to create Te Whare Tūranga Kōrero o Puanganui-o-te-rangi.
As our research continued, we gained access to tūpuna manuscripts from our neighbours and found that the kōrero of Ngāti Apa and Mōkai Pātea aligned. This is how Te Whare Tūranga Kōrero o Puanganui-o-te-rangi came to represent Taranaki, Whanganui and Rangitīkei.
We have since found similar kōrero on the southern shores of Lake Taupō and within Rangitāne.
Te Kāhui Wānanga at Pukeāruhe Marae.
Te Rau Karamu, photographed by Ruakere Hond.