Te Roopu Waiora

CYCLONE VAIANU EMERGENCY PANUI

Click on the video link to see an accessible Video Panui.
https://f.io/MaLreirV

Stay informed check these websites regularly.
AUCKLAND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: https://www.aucklandemergencymanagement.govt.nz/stay-informed/
MET SERVICE: https://www.metservice.com
CIVIL DEFENSE: https://www.civildefence.govt.nz/about/news-and-events/news-and-events/get-ready-for-cyclone-vaianu-now-before-it-arrives

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NAU MAI, HAERE MAI

Health & Safety Notice

Papakura Marae is under construction.

Appointment only. Please sign in at Reception.
TRW kaimahi will then come and welcome you inside.

The photo shows the Main Reception building at Papakura Marae. It has a red sign and a wood walls. There is a deck and ramp at the front, a pedestrian crossing painted on the ground, and a reception signboard standing to the right. A silver van is parked on the left side. The larger wharekai building can be seen behind it.

Panui mo whanau turi.

📢 Government announcement in NZSL ✋

There will be a press conference today at 12:30pm, with a NZSL interpreter present.
We’ll share the livestream link once it’s available and we can find them.

You can also watch via your preferred news site, e.g. Stuff, Radio New Zealand, NZ Herald.

Kia ora Whānau,
Hope your start to the pakeha new year 2026 was a safe one.
We have some news to share that our roopu has moved offices. We have a space at Papakura Marae as of 12 Jan 2026 (aroha mai for the late news 🙂. Te Roopu Waiora will be offering our programs from Papakura Marae unless notified of a different venue.
Papakura Marae can be found at 29 Hunua Road, Papakura.

We can still be contacted at the following:

Scott Donaldson
Kaiwhakahaere
+64 22 520 7285
[email protected]

Sifaloga Tasi
Pou Whirinaki
+64 22 672 5878
[email protected]

Sione Pasene
Kaiwhakahou
+64 21 49 1256 (text messages)
[email protected]

PO Box 76671
Manukau 2104

Web-site
https://www.teroopuwaiora.nz

FaceBook
https://www.facebook.com/Te.Roopu.Waiora/

Te Roopu Waiora Te Roopu Waiora Trust is a unique kaupapa Maori Organisation founded and governed by whanau with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities.

Since it began in 2001, Waiora has evolved and expanded its role of providing disability information and advice to also assisting whanau access Maori communities, providers, agencies and government.

Large projects are jointly guided and evaluated by our partners Tamaki Ngati Kapo Inc and Mana Tangata Turi

Meri Kirihimete me ngā mihi o Tau Hou.

Te Roopu Waiora Trust wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Have well deserved and safe holiday.

[Image description]: a Pōhutukawa tree by the beach, bursting with bright red flowers. It's Aotearoa's very own Christmas tree.

Prison numbers are at a new all-time high well ahead of projections. And nothing fundamental has shifted. Māori remain the majority inside, the care-to-custody pipeline endures, and bias at first police contact plus long remands keep feeding the count. But are Māori really the problem or the product of a broken system? Watch the full story Live 10.30am Sunday TVNZ1 & TVNZ+. Made with the support of Te Māngai Pāho.

Backlash to the govt’s undemocratic move - hundreds of school boards reject the government’s decision to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It’s an absolute travesty. Purely political based on coalition agreements. I acknowledge all those showing leadership and standing up for our tamariki and Te Tiriti.

It has been the adherence to Te Tiriti o Waitangi over the had fought 50-years or so that has taken te iwi Māori from a place of literally being boxed out to one where we are outperforming national standards when education is delivered by us. The irony is, the very minister (David Seymour) who is stripping the treaty from legislation left right and centre, is the one using methods of it for his own education endeavours in the establishment of Charter Schools 🤯 Riddle me that whānau. 30% of young Māori will make up the labour workforce of this country and you’re going to deprive their education experience, because of a decision by this government to continue to be unruly. #mokopunadecisions #aotearoa #treaty #toitūtetiriti #treatyofwaitangi #newzealand

Tēnā koutou,
Lyric and Nerry, sharing their pepeha through Te Reo Sign.
Not all kupu have signs and are finger spelled, one day these to will have signs as Te Reo Sign grows.
Interested in learning Te Reo Sign? Contact us to learn more about our Sign Classes and Te Reo sign wānanga at: [email protected] or register your interest here: https://form.jotform.com/252187739700058

https://youtu.be/i5lZ_Oy8SB0

PEPEHA LYRIC & NERRY IN TE REO SIGN Tēnā koutou,A short video celebrating Te Reo Māori through sharing Te Reo Signs. Te Reo Sign is a growing body of knowledge to support Whānau Turi access, p...

Kia ora whānau,
Another video in our series Celebrating Te Reo Māori through sharing Te Reo Sign: Kupu o Te Ra.
Interested in learning Te Reo Sign? Contact us to learn more about our Sign Classes and Te Reo sign wānanga at: [email protected] or register your interest here: https://form.jotform.com/252187739700058

KUPU O TE RA
https://youtu.be/kevBKa0zwHg?si=t748j8RhmEyMaQRB

Tēnā koutou,
A short video celebrating Te Reo Māori through sharing Te Reo Signs. Te Reo Sign is a growing body of knowledge to support Whānau Turi access, participate and contribute to Te Ao Māori.
Interested in learning Te Reo Sign? Contact us to learn more about our Sign Classes and Te Reo sign wānanga at: [email protected] or register your interest here: https://form.jotform.com/252187739700058

https://youtu.be/cwADj_3ltaw

Celebrating Te Reo through Te Reo Sign 2025 Tēnā koutou,A short video as our tautoko for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and celebrating Te Reo Māori through sharing Te Reo Signs. Te Reo Sign is a growing body...