Miha to celebrate the Feast of Hāto Petera

FOLLOWED BY TE WHĀNAU O HĀTO PETERA HUI & PRESENTATION OF
THE TUĀPAPA FUTURE GOVERNANCE DOCUMENT

Sunday 29 June 2025

Miha at 11.00am in Whare Karakia

Hui starts approximately 12.30pm in Wharenui

Nau mai rā, e te whānau o Hāto Petera, kia karakia tahi tātou hei whakanui i te Hākari Nui o Hāto Petera mā te Miha Tapu ki te Whare Karakia o Hāto Petera.

Haere mai ki runga o te Marae o Hāto Petera, e takoto iho nei, ki te whare o Te Kamaka e tū ake nei.

Haere mai, kia huihui tahi ai tātou mō te kaupapa e pā ana ki te aronga ā muri ake o te pae o Hāto Petera.

All are welcome to join for Miha to celebrate the Feast of Hāto Petera at 11.00am on Sunday 29 June. 

With the support of Kāhui Kaumātua and Bishop Steve Lowe, Miha will be followed by a hui to present the Tuāpapa, the foundational document that sets out the governance of the Hāto Petera site going forward.  This presentation will include the process of the establishment of a permanent governance group.

Please feel free to share this pānui.  Enquiries to Teresa McNamara  – [email protected] (021 649 012)
For further information and updates check our website at hatopetera.com.

Te Kamaka Marae is in recess

Te Kamaka Marae has entered into a period of recess.  During this time, the marae will not be available for bookings, gatherings or other events.   We will update this site when the marae is available for bookings again.

Blessing of Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti

Our Whare, ‘Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti’ was blessed yesterday.  We would like to acknowledge our Bishop Steve Lowe for the beautiful reopening and blessing that was done by him for all of us and our Katorika whanau from our chapel.

It was an amazing and spiritually uplifting inspiring opening for all of us that attended. The day was amazing and the food and refreshments were enjoyed by us all.

Ngā mihi nui to all who were present, including representatives of our kaumātua council, the directors of HPL, members of our Interim Governance Group and our trustees of Te Kāmaka Marae Committee, our supporters from the Catholic Church, families, friends and our communities present to support the reopening and blessing of our facility,thank you all so much for being there and supporting our wonderful day. This marks an important opportunity for us to provide better quality manaakitanga services to all our people that book our marae into the future.

This will allow us to provide better depth and a more extensive range of services to our people. This includes our marae,our meeting house Te Kāmaka, our marae ātea, our hall in joint MŌU relationship with the Transformation Academy and also included is our new hospitality services through Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti, that we now can provide to all those who will book our services better hospitality services to them.

To all those that helped in the back to prepare our opening and food for the day,thank you all very much.

Msgr David Bennett RIP

Sad to hear of the passing of Monsignior David Bennett. Many may have heard already.
Te Arawa, a respected member of the Bennet whānau. He was their genealogist for years.
A great friend of Bishop Māriu and Pa Henare.
First Māori to be elevated to the Monsigniori.
Third (possibly fourth) Māori ordained priest in 1968. First mass celebrated at Te Unga Waka, and regular visitor to Hāto Petera.
Closely connected to Te Kiingitanga.
Moe mai rā e Pā.

Waitangi Day

All are welcome to join on Waitangi Day – more details on the poster.