Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Kāhui Maru,
Te Iwi o Maruwharanui
Located within the natural flora and fauna of Tarata, adjacent to the shimmering hue of the Waitara river, is a marae local Iwi and Hapu call Te Upoko o te Whenua.
Akin to the Ngāti Maru Iwi, the marae has over a generation become the foundation of many whānau, most of whom have partaken in the development of what it stands for today, “a place they can call home”.
Maru Ora Charitable Trust Education Grants
Maru Ora Charitable Trust is committed to facilitating life-long opportunities for Ngāti Maru uri that enables them to be well educated, trained and confident in their Ngāti Marutanga. Maru Ora Charitable Trust is offering education grants to invest in Ngāti Maru uri and assist them to embrace educational opportunities.
The key principles of the Education Grants are:
• Facilitating opportunities for Ngāti Maru iwi members to be well educated and to participate in life-long learning;
• Promoting and rewarding educational excellence;
• Facilitating access to quality education and training opportunities;
• Fostering a commitment to contribute the knowledge and skills gained through education for the future benefit of Ngāti Maru iwi.
Eligible iwi members can contact the tari directly for an application form via the admin@ngatimaru.co.nz email address.
Applications for 2023 will open on Monday the 30th of January 2023 and close on Friday the 31st of March 2023
Te Pūaotanga o Maru i te Atatū – Crown Apology
On Saturday 29 October 2022 at Te Upoko o te Whenua, Ngāti Maru received an apology from the Crown for its historic breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi and 16 titles of land returned under the Treaty settlement. Uri came from far and wide to mark this momentous occasion, which will forever be commemorated as Te Pūaotanga o Maru i te Atatū – the reawakening and re-emergence of Ngāti Maru.
