Kāinga update: Tautoro Kāinga Resilience plan completed

After years of hard kōrero, planning and mahi Tautoro hapū announce the completion of their kāinga plan: Tautoro Tū Te Ao, Tū Te Pō

Tautoro's Kāinga Plan purpose is defined in the following way:

This phrase is a commitment to face the challenges of climate change and the broader environmental pressures that affect our kāinga, which include land-use change, horticultural development, radiata pine afforestation and groundwater extraction.

This kāinga plan is a declaration of intent to protect, restore and strengthen Tautoro for current and future generations. Derived from our kōrero, values and aspirations it is guided by rangatiratanga, kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and aroha.

This plan guides our mahi as tangata whenua of Tautoro and establishes how external stakeholders such as councils, agencies, and developers should work with us. It is a call to action for collective responsibility - for us to exercise kaitiakitanga, and for others to respect our rangatiratanga while supporting adaptation and resilience in our rohe.

It helps us express what matters to us and what we seek for our taonga so that Tautoro can stand strong now and for generations to come.

Tautoro's Kāinga Resilience is available through download, permissions must first be sought through the hapū. Inquiries to Raaniera Te Whata via Takarangi Research: admin@takarangi.co.nz