Wairewa Research Project - Contact details

Name	Affiliation	Link to project	Contact details
Robin Wybrow	Wairewa Runanga	Chair of Wairewa Rūnanga.
Iaean Cranwell	Takuahi Research & Development	Kaiwhakarite of Takuahi and researcher into tourism potential for Wairewa.
Tim Davie	Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research	Land-use hydrologist and resource management scientist working on various aspects of the project. Currently webmaster for this site.

Wairewa Runanga Group - who are we?

Wairewa Rūnanga is one of the eighteen Ngāi Tahu Papatipu Rünanga as recognised in the First Schedule of the Te Runanga o Ngāi Tahu Act 1996. We have registered offices at:

Wairewa Rūnanga
Level 2, 127 Armagh Street
PO Box 13 224
CHRISTCHURCH 8001

The takiwā (area) of Wairewa centres on Te Roto o Wairewa/ Lake Forsyth and the catchment of the lake, hills and coast to the adjoining takiwā of Koukourārata Runanga, Onuku Rūnanga, Ngati Wheke and Taumutu Runanga. Wairewa Rūnanga share the responsibilities of Kaitiakitanga/ Stewardship of Akaroa Harbour, Onawe, Kaitorete Spit and Te Roto o Waihora / Lake Ellesmere. This area is part of the Horomaka or Te Pataka o Rākaihautū / Banks Peninsula.

Whakapapa:

Ko tēnei te ruru te koukou mai nei
Kīhai māhitihiti, kīhai mārakaraka
Te ūpoko nui o te ruru terekou
He pō, he pō, he ao, he ao
He awatea e.

Ka huri taku aro ki te mauka whakahīhī, ko Te Ūpoko o Tahumatā
E te awa Ōkana e
Rere mai, rere atu
E te roto Wairewa e
Te pātaka mīharo e whākaihia ai te iwi nei mai i te rā kōhatu
Ko Makō te whare tūpuna whakaruruhau
Ko Kāti Irakehu rāua ko Kāti Makō kā hapū
Ko Waitaha rātou ko Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu kā iwi
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa