Date Created: October 21, 2025
He Pukenga Wai – Whanganui River Symposium 2025
Tuesday 21 October 2025 | Dedicated for hapū and iwi
Mōrero Marae & Taumarunui Wall Memorial Hall, Taumarunui.
Event Programme: He Pukenga Wai - Whanganui River Symposium 2025 Programme
You can rsvp by emailing office@ngatangatatiaki.co.nz or by calling the office on 0800 AWA TUPUA (292 88782)
He Pukenga Wai – Whanganui River Symposium 2025 is an annual event for hapū and whānau to showcase the work being done to improve and protect the health and well-being of Te Awa Tupua. The He Waka Pakoko Pathway to 2040 report reinforced:
“There is a need to share our own experiences and learnings with each other.”
Last year we held a larger-scale, two-day event in celebration of 10 years since the signing of Ruruku Whakatupua, our Deed of Settlement with the first day dedicated to iwi and the second to the nation. This year, as with every second year, the symposium is dedicated to iwi and hapū.
Our collective aspiration remains: to improve and protect the health and well-being of Te Awa Tupua o Whanganui. Several projects will be showcased, with opportunities to engage and ask questions. The symposium aims to outline existing projects, share learnings, and strengthen our collective capability to undertake initiatives in our own areas, and in our own way.
“He pūkenga wai, he nohoanga tāngata, he nohoanga tāngata, he putanga kōrero.”
Where there is a body of water, people settle, and where people settle, histories unfold.
- nā Morvin Te Anatipa Simon.
Do you whakapapa to the Whanganui River? Would you and your whānau like to be registered on the Whanganui Iwi Database? What does that mean?
It means that you get sent pānui and updates on kaupapa related to the Whanganui River and Te Awa Tupua, the people and the river from the Mountains to the Sea. You can also apply for the different grants that are advertised on our website and facebook page.
If you are already on the database and need to up date your details please head to the database or send us an email at office@ngatangatatiaki.co.nz