Are you studying next year?
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Trust is now calling for Education Grant applications for the 2019 academic year.
Any registered member enrolled or intending to enrol in tertiary study or trades training in the 2019 academic year is eligible to apply.
If you would like Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō to consider assisting you with your course or accommodation costs for the year ahead please fill out the application form and return it by email to administrator@ngatiapakiterato.iwi.nz. You can also post it to: 78 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201. Alternatively, please contact the office on 0800 578 900 if you would like us to post you an application form.
The application period runs from Monday, October 15 to Saturday, December 1, 2018.
If you require any assistance or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at the office on 0800 578 900.
Please note that to be eligible for grant assistance, applicants must be registered with Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, if you are not registered please click here to begin the process. Please note that the registration process can take up to six weeks.
October Pānui last updated - 25 Oct, 2018
Here we come Whanganui!
We’re hitting the road whānau, and this time we’re heading to Whanganui. Over the past couple of months, we’ve held informal ‘whānau cluster wānanga’ in Christchurch, Nelson and Blenheim to connect with iwi members and share Ngati Apa ki te Rā Tōtanga, and next up we’re in Whanga...
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Applications are open
Whaowhia te kete mātauranga – Fill the basket of knowledge. Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Trust is now calling for Education Grant applications for the 2019 academic year.
Any registered member enrolled or intending to enrol in tertiary study or trades training in the 2019 academic year ...
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From the Chair
Kia ora whānau
We are currently working on the times, dates and locations for our upcoming roadshows focusing on our Draft Five-Year Plan and will advise as soon as they are finalised. We are hoping to touch base with as many iwi members as possible – your feedback on the plan is...
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A special gift
It has sailed a different course to what was first envisaged, but a traditional hēra woven by Trustee Margaret Bond more than 32 years ago has found a new home.
Work on the rā, or sail, started in 1986 – it was commissioned for a waka built to commemorate New Zealand’s sesquicent...
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My Backyard
Alice Gilsenan knows a thing or two about whitebaiting – she should, she’s been fishing on the banks of the Buller River for the past 42 years. Her mum, Hinemoa Gilsenan, and her grandmother Heni Mahuika were also keen whitebaiters, and a childhood spent growing up at Inangahua F...
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Ngā taonga tuku iho
Tuiti Makitanara, or Sweet MacDonald as he was known, was born at Havelock, Marlborough, on August 8, 1874. Tuiti was the second child and eldest son of Teoti (George) MacDonald and Rina Puhipuhi Meihana.
He spent many years in the Wairau as a Native Land Agent, travelling betwee...
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