Te Rau Tītapu is an ongoing wānanga project based in and around in the Waipoua Forest Community. It was initiated in late 2011 to study wānanga – as a process not an institution – with the purpose of creating models of 'ideal' wānanga for implementation by iwi communities not just in Te Tai Tokerau, but around the country. 

Critical success factors for Māori economic development have been identified in a just released report on the three-year Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) research programme – Te Tupunga Māori Economic Development.

The challenge for Māori carrying out development is to determine how to balance the drivers of a neo-liberal economic approach with the very ideals and principles that define us as Māori to ensure quality social and environmental outcomes for future generations.

Produced by Ora Communications, Video by Haututu, Music courtesy of Majic Paora.

This research project developed from a need to solve a problem for Māori: to find a more cost-efficient, sustainable building technology than timber for papakāinga housing.

In recent years New Zealand has seen a sharp increase in Extractive Industry (oil, gas and mining) projects. The New Zealand government is strongly supportive of investment in the extractives sector and recently adopted a new code to manage industry in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone. 

Tēnā koutou katoa. Please view this 2011 Waka Huia documentary on whare tapere - pre-European village 'houses' of storytelling, dance, games, music and other entertainments. Each year Ōrotokare convenes a summer whare tapere which is open to the public. This is an opportunity to share our experiments and explorations in whare tapere performance.

Part 2 of 2 The origins and history of Whare Tapere Waka Huia TVNZ 12 June 2011 In this episode Waka Huia will delve in to origins and history of Whare Tapere, pre-European pā based 'houses' of story telling, dance, music and games.