It was the first-ever in Auckland diocese that encompasses Tamaki ki Te Taitokerau and potentially Hauraki. Continue reading in NZ Catholic

Te Ohu Kai Manaaki, the Maori Pastoral Care Team of the Archdiocese of Wellington, organised the Hui.

The bishops nominated the participants as those Church members who are working in Maori pastoral care and Ministry with Maori in their dioceses.

Currently, Te Runanga O Te Hahi Katorika advises the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Council on Maori affairs with representatives from each diocese.

Historically, gatherings of the Marist and the Mill Hill Fathers focused on Maori Pastoral care; and Hui Aranga provides inspiration from its origins in 1946 at Pukekaraka.

The hui proposed a new forum be established to support the increasing numbers of staff and volunteers working in Maori Pastoral Care.

The kaupapa aimed to:

• Invite those in each diocese with special responsibility in Maori Pastoral Care as well as those employed by the dioceses with this responsibility
• Share what each diocese is doing in the area of Maori Pastoral Care, communicate resources and ideas, and discuss challenges

Each diocese presented an overview of Maori Pastoral Care in their diocese including:

• Territory and demographics
• Number of Maori Catholic communities including Mass centres and Eucharist communities
• How Maori Pastoral Care is cared for, by whom and with what resources
• Challenges, issues and needs for Maori Pastoral Care.

There were discussions about future collaboration between dioceses and issues for the next hui.

Participants agreed on the significance of the relationship with Tangata Whenua and the incorporation of Te Reo Maori in each diocese's activities, as well as consideration for a shared database.

At the conclusion, the Tono presented by Turanga Maori, Danny Karatea-Goddard, was accepted by the Maori Apostolate of the Palmerston North Diocese, host for the next Hui.

Photo: National Maori Pastoral Care Hui participants

(l-r) back: Mons Gerard Burns, Danny Karatea-Goddard, Manuel Beazley, Jaana Kahu, Kea Renata, Marcel Wainohu, Charles Ropata, Nick Wilson. Front: Bob Te Miha, Rangireremoana Hau, Rangi Davis, Barbara Te Miha, Fr Gerard Patterson, Korty Wilson, Mynetta Erueti, Melissa Paul.

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WelCom June 2019

Cadigan is the chair of Te Runanga o te Hahi Katorika ki Aotearoa (National Catholic Maori Council of New Zealand).

Te Runanga is an advisory council to the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference.

She said Maori now have many opportunities to engage with the Maori part of themselves, "I can start with kohanga and work all the way through", but the Hahi side has not kept pace with that.

Cadigan says it is a time for te iwi Maori within the whanau of Katorika to do something about it.

The church, she says, is going through a period of change, with Pope Francis attempting to move a lot of the decision- making away from the Vatican towards the people.

Te Iwi Maori Katorika held a hui at Whaiora Marae in Otara over the weekend.

The hui was facilitated by Cadigan, Danny Karatea Goddard (an advisor to the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference) and historian Peter Lineham from Massey University.

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• Waatea News
• Image: YouTube

NZ Catholic reports that the hui, "Te Iwi Maori Katorika", is to be held at Whaiora Marae in Otara.

It aims to strengthen "Mana Maori" within the Church and the diocese and to "consider what leadership structure might be needed to develop this kaupapa".

The hui will feature three presenters - Sister Tui Cadigan, RSM (the chairperson of Te Runanga o te Hahi Katorika ki Aotearoa), Deacon Danny Karatea Goddard (an advisor to the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference) and historian Professor Peter Lineham from Massey University.

Speaking on behalf of the Diocesan Bicultural Committee for Auckland diocese, Fr Bernard Dennehy told NZ Catholic that "although the 1979 diocesan synod committed the diocese to promote a bicultural church and a bicultural society, there is little Maori participation in the structures of the diocese".

There is no Maori office or spokesperson at the Pompallier Diocesan Centre.

Dennehy said there was a Diocesan Maori Pastoral Council in Auckland during the 1970s and 1980s, but this no longer meets.

"The [present] Diocesan Pastoral Council has two Maori representatives, one for Auckland and one for Te Tai Tokerau.

"The Tai Tokerau Regional Pastoral Council continues to meet a few times a year. Both Maori and Pakeha attend the meetings but the format has changed from an overnight live-in on a marae, favoured by Maori, to a briefer one-day session, favoured by Pakeha."

Given the minimal representation of Maori in the Church, the November hui will be an opportunity for committed Maori Catholics, young and old, to listen to three speakers and work out strategies and plans to move forward.

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• NZ Catholic
• Image: Catholic Diocese of Auckland

Ko nga karapu i tae mai i tenei tau, ko Te Ropu o Te Whitu (no Hokianga ki Whangarei), ko Te Puna Tauranga Moana (Tauranga Moana), ko Waipatu (Heretaunga), ko Araukuku (Taranaki), ko Ruapehu, ko Te Wainui-a-Rua, ko Te Ropu o Parikino, ko Hato Petera Kaniera, ko Hato Weneti (no Whanganui nui tonu enei ropu e rima). Ko nga ropu tangata whenua ko nga karapu Katorika ki te tonga, ara, ko Nga Karere (Te Whanganui-a-Tara), Tu Hono (Porirua) me Te Waiora (Te Papa-i-oea). Read More