Ngātiwai Trust Board

23/08/2025

🗳️ Meet the Candidates Event

Today, both Mayoral and Councillor candidates from across Whangārei District Council and Northland Regional Council participated in a Meet the Candidates Event.

We encourage our whānau to check your enrolment details at 👉🏽 enrol.vote.nz so that you can participate in the upcoming local body elections and vote Āe for Māori Wards.

Ngātiwai sits across five Territorial Authorities:

Far North District Council (FNDC)
Whangārei District Council (WDC)
Northland Regional Council (NRC)
Kaipara District Council
Auckland Council

📬 Voting Details

All these local elections will be conducted by postal vote from Tuesday 9 September 2025 to Saturday 11 October 2025.

📌 WDC & FNDC use STV (Single Transferable Vote) meaning you rank candidates in your order of preference.

📌 NRC, Kaipara & Auckland use FPP (First Past the Post) meaning the candidate or candidates with the most votes win.

⚫️⚪️🔴 Māori Representation

Whangārei District Council, Far North District Council & Northland Regional Council voters will decide the future of Māori Wards (WDC & FNDC) and the Māori Constituency (NRC).

Vote Āe for Māori Wards 🗳️✅

13/08/2025

🌊 A Day in the Life of Our Ngātiwai Freshwater Monitors 🌊

29/07/2025

Ngātiwai Pou Taiao Wānanga

Friday 15 August
11am - 2pm

A hui to update Ngātiwai on our mahi across Te Ākau Roa O Ngātiwai.

23/07/2025

Our Kauri Ora Rangers Levi and Kapotai 🌳⛰️

16/07/2025

Kia ora e te whānau!
We’re back at it with our weekly waiata practices, kicking off tonight.

Time:
5:30pm–7:00pm.

Venue:
Tauira Tikipunga High School
194 Corks Road, Tikipunga, Whangãrei 0112

Nau mai haere mai 🌊🌊

11/07/2025

Kia ora e te whānau! We’re still collecting expressions of interest for those who might want to represent Ngātiwai Poitūkohu at the 2026 Māori basketball tournament.

We would especially like to hear from our tamariki and rangatahi. If your tamaiti is keen to give it a go, or you know someone who might be, fill out the form below or email [email protected].

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/FQv3aWGTvG

Please tag and share with anyone who might be interested.

03/07/2025

29/06/2025

Our Kaumātua Kapa Haka

25/06/2025

Hui ā Marama and Kaumātua Kapa Haka Dress Rehearsal

Tonight we had an opportunity to hear from our Trustees and Kaimahi at our Hui ā Marama and watch our Kaumātua Kapa Haka perform as they prepare to take the stage at The Taikura Kapa Haka Festival in Wellington this weekend.

They will perform this Saturday at 10:55am and Sunday at 4:20pm at Te Papa. We will share the link later in the week.

18/06/2025

Ngātiwai Poitukohu 🏀🏀🏀

If you’re keen to play or coach, fill out the form linked below or email [email protected]

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/FQv3aWGTvG

Please share and tag anyone who might be interested.

18/06/2025

Nau mai, haere mai e te whānau! 🌊🌊🌊

Join us for Hui ā Marama o Te Poari o Ngātiwai and an opportunity to hear from our Trustees and Kaimahi.

Following our Hui ā Marama our Kaumātua Kapa Haka will be having their official dress rehearsal as they prepare to take the stage at The Taikura Kapa Haka Festival in Wellington next weekend.