Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 18, 2022 3:54:41 GMT 12
HISTORIC WAITARA MARAE LOOKS TO THE FUTURE WITH HELP FROM NPDC MARAE FUND
One of Taranaki's most historic and important sites, Owae Marae at Waitara, is entering a new era with some help from NPDC's marae funding.
A $55,000 grant from the Marae Development Fund has helped put a new roof over Owae's main meeting house, Te Ikaroa-a-Māui, which houses a collection of hand-carved wooden taonga that are about 90 years old.
The funding follows an $80,000 grant from the fund last year to help pay for the design and planning of a new wharekai kitchen and dining hall to replace the ageing wharekai Ko Tamawahine which first opened in 1921.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/stratford-press/news/historic-waitara-marae-looks-to-the-future-with-help-from-npdc-marae-fund/DKGLGCIWT5YP5DWDLHT67HR744/
One of Taranaki's most historic and important sites, Owae Marae at Waitara, is entering a new era with some help from NPDC's marae funding.
A $55,000 grant from the Marae Development Fund has helped put a new roof over Owae's main meeting house, Te Ikaroa-a-Māui, which houses a collection of hand-carved wooden taonga that are about 90 years old.
The funding follows an $80,000 grant from the fund last year to help pay for the design and planning of a new wharekai kitchen and dining hall to replace the ageing wharekai Ko Tamawahine which first opened in 1921.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/stratford-press/news/historic-waitara-marae-looks-to-the-future-with-help-from-npdc-marae-fund/DKGLGCIWT5YP5DWDLHT67HR744/