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  When I first returned to Christchurch in 2015 I can remember feeling stunned at the army of orange cones that were standing like sentinels, separating rubble from roads; alerting us to submerged potholes, a beacon of warning at the…

  Before our babies can swim, they hear the call of the awa.   Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au. Their whakapapa aligns them to te awa tupua; the heart beat that pulses from Taumarunui to Putiki; the…

Tū Pono ki Te Tau Ihu community project team has called a hui at Waikawa Marae on Wednesday 28 November at 3.30pm to support local whānau in their efforts to eliminate violence. Commencing in 2016 at Te Hora Marae in…

A whānau driven business designed to make an impact on the use of te reo in the South Island has been announced as a finalist in the 15th Ngā Tohu Reo Māori, the National Māori Language Awards. ‘Fush’ is a…

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu congratulate Rangitāne o Wairau on being announced as finalists in the 15th Ngā Tohu Reo Māori, the National Māori Language Awards for their Whānau Ora initiative Rauemi Tautoko mō Rangitane o Wairau . Thirty six…

Tū Pono resource page   Download below Black Hurricane Golf Umbrella Tū Pono logo Flag Tū Pōno Windblade Banner Tū Pono Pull Up Banner Whare and Marae A2 Poster This is a Tū Pono Marae – We support a violence…

   Download Branding guidelines as PDF Downloadable assets: TP logo full color (png) TP logo grey scale (png) TP logo white (png) TP logo full color (jpeg) TP logo grey scale (jpeg) TP logo full color (eps) TP logo grey…

   Download Branding guidelines as PDF Downloadable assets: TP logo full color (png) TP logo grey scale (png) TP logo white (png) TP logo full color (jpeg) TP logo grey scale (jpeg) TP logo full color (eps) TP logo grey…

  American Poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, expressed a truth that resonates with the significance of our reflections of this last week: The earth laughs in flowers. Two years on, we reflect on the 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake that rocked New Zealand and…

Two years on, we reflect on the 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake that rocked New Zealand and devastated the North Canterbury and Marlborough regions, not only shattering the environment but the lives of many whānau and families.   GeoNet described the 160km long…