Who Are We?
The Rūnanga was established as a Charitable Trust and the Urban Maori Authority for Hamilton under the guidance of the Maori Queen Te Atairangikaahu and the former Hamilton city ("Kirikiriroa") Mayor Sir Ross Jansen in 1987. The Constitution and Trust Deed were accepted in May 1988.
The Rūnanga is mandated to focus on issues relating to Article III of the Treaty of Waitangi and was developed to meet the multi-faceted needs of maata waka within Kirikiriroa.
The Rūnanga is a voice for every Maori and Pacific Island man, woman and child living within the boundaries of Kirikiriroa and its environs. The Rūnanga does however acknowledge the sovereign rights of tangata whenua and does not seek to usurp their prerogative while acting in this role.
Māori and Pacific Project Fund (MPPF)
The purpose of this fund is to support projects that strengthen the wellbeing of, and build capacity for, Māori and Pacific peoples in Kirikiriroa.
The MPPF application form (pdf 204Kb) and the Criteria and Guidelines (pdf 480Kb) can be accessed by:
- downloading the forms from this website, click on the the MPPF application form and the Criteria and Guidelines headings above
- emailing maria@terunanga.org.nz, or
- picking up a hard copy from Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa Trust Inc, 59 Higgins Rd, Dinsdale, Hamilton - (07) 846 1042.
Applications for the 2009 funding round opens on Monday 9th of February and must be received by Thursday the 31st of March at 4pm. No late applications will be considered.
If you would like to know what the Rūnanga is up to and things of interest to us, go check out the News section. There you'll find articles released on our bi-monthly newsletter TeNgira. Te Ngira aims to give people within Kirikiriroa a Maori perspective on events that are happening throughout the nation and globally.
Do you want to know what input you can make in government policy. You may want to see what the Rūnanga has been doing; check out the Submissions Page to see the Runanga's view on governmental issues that affect Maori.
Try checking out the organisational chart to view the range of services the Rūnanga have and how we are structurally set up.
The Site as you see it is in a progressive state of redevelopment so drop by often and take a look at what's happening and how things are changing.