Ngāti Hine Forestry Trust

05/10/2026

Nau mai, haere mai ki te hui-ā-tau!

Join us on Saturday 5th December at 9:30am for our annual AGM at Matawaia Marae. Need a hand with your registration? Our team will be ready to tautoko from 8:30am.

25/09/2026

After more than 30 years of farming, whenua at Maromaku, south of Kawakawa, is being replanted in native ngahere.
He Ringa Ahuwhenua, He Hanga Mahi carries an intergenerational vision to restore the whenua of Ngāti Hine and reconnect uri with the lands of their tūpuna.

25/09/2026

: He taonga tuku iho – mō ngā uri whakaheke

Yesterday we held a Rā Whakatō Rākau at Tororoa Farm, with local kōhanga reo joining whānau and kaimahi to get their hands into the whenua and help plant the ngāhere of the future.

Ko hoki whenua mai tenei pāmu. This kaupapa is about much more than planting rākau. It is about reconnecting our tamariki with the whenua and sharing mātauranga across generations.

Kia tupu ngā rākau, kia ora anō te ngāhere hei taonga mo ngā mokopuna e haere ake nei.

Whakaahua: Sebastian Kalkoff

He Whenua Hua, He Tangata Ora 🌱
He Ringa Ahuwhenua, He Hanga Mahi 🙌🏼

21/07/2026

He uri nō ngā tāngata 💚

Peter Prime • Te Taitokerau Representative
Ruia Te Pākerekere Kahikatea | FOMA Māori Leadership Programme
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Peter Prime (Ngāti Te Tārawa, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi) is a Māori business leader whose leadership is deeply grounded in whakapapa, whenua, and kaitiakitanga. Raised beneath the shelter of Maunga Motatau and alongside the sacred waters of Kaitoki and Taikirau, Peter carries a strong commitment to protecting the resources and opportunities entrusted to his generation.

For more than a decade, he has led Prime Holdings Ltd, the beef and forestry business established by his grandfather in 1967. Building on the legacy of his father, who spent forty years strengthening the enterprise and securing the future of the whenua, Peter continues to champion the principle: “Me pupuri tonu te whenua, me tiaki ngā wai, me tiaki te whenua mō ngā hunga āpōpō.”

Peter believes strong pākihi Māori are vital to achieving the aspirations of whānau, hapū, and iwi. Alongside his business leadership, he serves a range of community, cultural, sporting, and educational kaupapa throughout Motatau and the wider Ngāti Hine rohe.

We are proud to welcome Peter to Ruia Te Pākerekere, FOMA’s Māori leadership programme designed to recognise, activate, and grow leadership within Aotearoa’s Māori Economy.

See more about the programme at: https://foma.org.nz/ruia-te-pakerekere-kahikatea/

06/06/2026

I whakaeke to mātou ope ki Tau Henare Marae ki te tuku aroha, ki te whakarangatira hoki i a Len Bristowe me tōnā whānau.

Today we as whanaunga and repping Ngāti Hine Forestry Trust with Seeka (represented by their CEO Michael Franks), went on to Tau Henare Marae to pay our respects to one of our own, Len Bristowe, who has served as a Trustee since 2012. We took with us the certificate we received as a finalist for the Ahuwhenua Trophy. While we didn’t win the big cup last night, we remember Len’s words on the judging day “what matters is what our people think, not what the judges think”.

Moe mai rā e te rangatira. Ka kawe tonu mātou i tō tirohanga whakamua 🤍

05/06/2026

Kua ngū te mita o te rohe.

Len Bristowe
🍃 1955-2026 🍃

E te kākā wahanui o te teihana o Ngāti Hine, te nanakia o ngā nanakia, tō tātou mātua Uncle Len, Mr Bristowe Here We Go, He Take Tāu, He Take Tāku, moe mai i te rangimarie.

Te Rā Nehu details confirmed:

Tomorrow Monday 8 June
Service at the Marae 1pm
Burial at Ngā Tai Rua 2pm

Haere Haere Haere Atu Rā 🌿

05/06/2026

25/04/2026

Ahuwhenua Trophy Field Day - he rā whakanui i te mahi ahuwhenua Māori, i te kaitiakitanga o te whenua me te whakatipu oranga mo ngā uri whakaheke.

Thank you to everyone who travelled from near and far to be part of this special occasion — your presence truly uplifted the kaupapa. We recognise Ngati Rehia as mana i te whenua in Te Kerikeri and appreciated Matua Kipa Munro joining us on the day.

We acknowledge our beneficial owners, your ongoing support enables us to carry this kaupapa forward with purpose and responsibility.

To all those who contributed behind the scenes and on the day — our whānau, kaimahi, supporters, and partners — ka nui te mihi. From the planning to the kōrero, the kai, and the connections made, every part of the day was strengthened by your efforts Ngati Hine FM, Ngāti Hine Health Trust, Ngati Hine ki te Ao, Nga Tangariki o Ngati Hine and others – we appreciate our mahitahi.

We also celebrate the recognition of our kiwifruit team supervisor Robert Manuel (Ngāti Rēhia, Ngapuhi, Ngati Kahu, Ngati Raakaipaaka) as a worthy finalist for the Young Māori Grower Award!

Winners will be announced on 5 June at an Awards Dinner which will be held at McKay Stadium in Whangarei.

Here are a couple of photos from the judging day. Pics from the Field Day have been uploaded to the Ahuwhenua Trophy website here https://photoshelter.alphapix.co.nz/gallery/Ngati-Hine-Forestry-Trust-AHU26-Field-Day-260423/G0000JK80HP.9duU/C0000P3yLxuvqbM4

24/04/2026

23/04/2026