The Urenui Papakāinga Housing Project is progressing really well. The three homes at Ngapapa Street and the two homes at Whakapaki Street are nearing completion and we are looking forward to the ceremonial opening
Tēnā koutou e te whānau Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga is the voice and representative body for Ngāti Mutunga, responsible for managing Rūnanga assets for
Inside our various whare, steady progress continues as we move toward key completion milestones. Interior paneling is now complete in Te Aroha, with exterior paneling scheduled to finish
E te whānau o Ngāti Mutunga Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga wishes to inform our whānau that our Pouwhakahaere (Chief Executive), Mitchell Ritai, has resigned
Our taiao team have partnered with Wild for Taranaki on a very important kaupapa for our awa. Inanga are taonga for Ngāti Mutunga and this
The annual Puanga event held at the Urenui Boat Club was a resounding success, drawing a large turnout of whānau who gathered to honour those
Ngāti Mutunga, in partnership with Mahia Mai a Whai Tara, recently completed a series of five tailored workshops designed specifically for our kaumātua. These wānanga
Matiu Te Rei-Tuuta, Maioha Watson, and Kitt O’Carroll-Leota were our Ngāti Mutunga nominees for the 2025 Aspiring Leaders Forum. On Thursday 21 August, they travelled
The Whānau engagement team attended the WhyOra Hui whānau, held on Monday, 19 August 2025 at the New Plymouth Raceway. It was inspiring to see
Registrations for Taranaki Tū Mai 2025 have been progressing steadily, with Ngāti Mutunga receiving a total of 178 registrations to date. We are pleased to
We have begun monitoring our Oi kainga site at Paparoa for this season. Our initial sweep of the burrows shows an increase of located active
We are excited to have Fern Kumeroa and Bruce Potaka join our team in July and August. Fern is a freshwater ecologist working at the
We recently held a whānau wānanga to help establish tangata whenua connectedness to our takutai mōana and historic versus current state abundance, health and well-being
Early in August we completed our much anticipated Possum Wānanga held at Pukearuhe marae. Overall, this event was a great success with all participants going
The Whakapakari te Kāinga Project / Urenui Pā Redevelopment Project continues to make exciting progress as we move closer to bringing our vision for Urenui
