Simon Te Wheoro News Today

The final piece of the Raglan Whāingaroa Wharf Project is now complete after Waikato District Council opened the wharf’s western walkway last week. The...

The new entry precinct for Hamilton Zoo and Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park officially opened today (Friday 31 March), with a blessing from Te Haa o te Whenua o Kirikiriroa. The shared entry on Brymer Rd connects two iconic visitor destinations in Hamilton ...

By Atakohu Middleton, Kaiako/Lecturer, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau/Auckland University of Technology At 1 pm on a Sunday in January, I will enter a small studio off the road that leads to Whāingaroa (Raglan), climb on to a bench and lie down. Around me with gather my husband, my brother and a hoa pūmau, a close friend. After reciting a karakia, my whanaunga, my Ngāti Mahanga relation Simon Te Wheoro, will take up his tattoo gun and touch it to my chin, starting the process o...

By Atakohu Middleton, Kaiako/Lecturer, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau/Auckland University of Technology At 1 pm on a Sunday in January, I will enter a small studio off the road that leads to Whāingaroa (Raglan), climb on to a bench and lie down. Around me with gather my husband, my brother and a hoa pūmau, a close friend. After reciting a karakia, my whanaunga, my Ngāti Mahanga relation Simon Te Wheoro, will take up his tattoo gun and touch it to my chin, starting the process o...