Ka ora te iwi - ka ora te tangata
“if the tribe is strong then so too are its individual people”
Mai i te waiheke o Huka, whakarawhitu atu ki te mania o Kaingaroa, heke mai nei ki te tihi o Maunga Kakaramea, puta atu ki te pai Maunga O Paeroa, ko Orakei Korako te ukaipo, tae rawa atu ki Pohaturoa ki Atiamuri.
“From the Huka Falls, stretching eastward to the Kaingaroa Plains, returning to the peak of Rainbow Mountain, onwards to the Paeroa Ranges, Orakei Korako the mothering place of our tribe, finally reaching to Pohaturoa at Atiamuri.”
The Whare Hauora facility is a division of Ngati Tahu - Ngati Whaoa Runanga Trust.
Ngati Tahu - Ngati Whaoa Whakapapa
Our people have occupied these lands since the arrival of our Tupuna Ariki Tahu Matua. Tahu Matua arrived here in Aotearoa before the arrival of the seven waka from Hawaiki.
Our Tupuna Whaoa is some generations younger. Whaoa descends from Tahu Matua on his Mother’s side, Hinewai, and he descends from Atuamatua on his Father’s side, Paengatu. As a tribe, we derive our name from our ancestors Tahu Matua and Whaoa.
Through successive generations of inter-marriage with neighbouring iwi, our tribal members also trace descent from ancestors who arrived on the Arawa, Mataatua and Tainui waka.
Whare Hauora History
The Bay Of Plenty Tangata Whenua Health Accord signed between Te Whanau Poutirirangiora A Papa and The Bay Of Plenty Area Health Board on the 11th of July 1991.
Chairperson for BOPAHD - Sally Wilkinson, Pou Matua for TWPAP - Hohepa Kereopa, Kaumatua signing on behalf of Ngati Tahu Ngati Whaoa - Te Keepa Tanirau and Pandra Reihana.
19 December 1994 a Contract for Services for Drug & Alcohol Service was signed between Te Runanga O Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa Incorporated and Midland Regional Health Authority / Te Tatau Pounamu Joint Venture.
The service components of this contract were prevention of and to provide education and treatment programmes for Hapu, Whanau in Reporoa and surrounding areas.
The premises at 224 Reporoa Road was purchased from Ms Diane Whitehead / L Skudder this then became the Whare Hauora to run Health services from. It was officially opened 10/07/1997 by Maika Reihana & Minister Patariki Hiini.
