Future Focus
Ngaa Hau e Whaa Future Focus Development Plan
Whiti mai nga hau o te Kiingitanga, Whiti mai nga hau o nga tuupuna. Kia kotahi te manawa, Kia tau te rangimaarie ki runga i a taatou. E ara e te maramatanga o Ururangi, E kawe nei i a taatou ki mua. He kotahitanga, he mana, he mauri ora. Haumi ee! Hui ee! Taaiki ee!
The Future Focus for Ngaa Hau e Whaa Marae o Pukekohe outlines the next stage of development across five major priority areas: Whenua & Facilities, Hauora, Kura Maaori, Housing, and Sustainability.
The goal is to ensure the Marae is fully open, operating, culturally strong, and equipped to meet the long-term aspirations of whaanau and future generations. To download a copy of the detailed Future Focus document, click here.
- Urgent repairs and refurbishment
- Kaiako and materials to teach and pass down knowledge
- Documentation of waiata, stories, carvings, and whakapapa to preserve knowledge for the next 30 years
- Build leadership capability within whānau
- Support governance and management training
- Create learning pathways and strengthen succession planning
Funding is sought to support kaiako, teaching resources, and ongoing development to ensure long-term strength and sustainability.
The marae has a strong desire to develop
- A Kura Kaupapa Māori
- Wānanga-based learning
- Education partnerships
- Generational knowledge transfer
These efforts support rangatahi development and reinforce cultural identity.
Ownership
The Marae aims to establish papakaainga housing to:
- Protect the Marae and uphold cultural practices
- Provide safe, dry, and affordable homes for whānau
- Build capability and pathways for long-term home ownership
Ongoing hui with Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK), architects, and housing partners demonstrate steady and active progress toward these goals.
Overall Direction
The Future Focus document presents a Marae that is actively rebuilding, strengthening governance, planning new educational and hauora services, developing papakaainga, and creating pathways for cultural, social and economic sustainability
The overarching intention is to secure a thriving future where whaanau are supported, taonga are protected, and the Marae stands strong as a centre of identity, learning, wellbeing and leadership.
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