Ngāti Kahungunu

Ngāti Kahungunu Runanga Arts and Culture Board advocates for the arts, culture and heritage within the rohe of Ngāti Kahungunu iwi which has a geographical spread from Wharerata Ranges in Te Wairoa to the Remutaka Range in South Wairarapa and encompasses Te Wairoa-hōpūpū-hōnengenenge-mātangirau, Te Whanganui-a-Orotū, Heretaunga, Tamatea, Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua and Wairarapa and inclusive of our Tākitimu waka whānui Ngāti Ranginui. Ngāti Kahungunu has hosted Te Mana Kuratahi, Kura Tuarua, The Polynesian Festival in 1983 and Te Matatini in 2017.