A new energy future for our community Something exciting and new is happening in Utakura Utakura Hiko Hapori Trust is a community-focused energy kaupapa established to help create a more affordable, resilient, and sustainable energy future for our whānau. Led by the aspirations of Utakura 7 Incorporation, Utakura 7 Atawhai Trust, and our wider whanau,Continue reading “Utakura Hiko Hapori Trust”
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Maraeroa Papakāinga: A Homecoming for Utakura
On 29 November 2025, before the sun woke from its slumber, our community gathered in quiet anticipation to mark a moment many years in the making—the opening of Maraeroa Papakāinga. As the first light crept across the whenua, a dawn blessing was held for each whare. One by one, the homes stood illuminated in theContinue reading “Maraeroa Papakāinga: A Homecoming for Utakura”
Whakato Kohatu Mauri
A Momentous Ocassion: Laying the Mauri Stone for Our Papakāinga Last Saturday, in the stillness of pre-dawn, when the Ao Wairua and the Ao Kikokiko coexist on the whenua, around 25 members of our whānau whānui gathered at Maraeroa. They left the comfort of their warm beds before the dawn chorus began, coming together toContinue reading “Whakato Kohatu Mauri”
Manuka Honey Joint Venture
Seeking Experienced Beekeeper for Sustainable Honey Production Utakura 7 Inc. is seeking expressions of interest from an experienced and registered beekeeper to establish a mutually beneficial partnership in honey production. As a sustainable beekeeper, you can work in perfect harmony with our unique Far North valley, situated on the upper reaches of the picturesque HokiangaContinue reading “Manuka Honey Joint Venture”
Who lived there..Horeke
Maori Land Court Hearing
Tēnā koutou katoa As many of you who regularly read our FB posts will know, in early October we learned via that same page that we were to appear before the MLC on November 18. This application for hearing was lodged by Tiraroa Bucknell-Webb, a current Committee of Management member. Tiraroa’s application to the MaoriContinue reading “Maori Land Court Hearing”
What’s Happening
Pakihi Hou / Riverhead Bed and Breakfast Renovations to transform Riverhead from a private dwelling to a fully functioning Bed and Breakfast kicked off in mid July with the intention to re-open at the end of September. Like everyone else, we now have to go with the flow until travel restrictions ease. That said, muchContinue reading “What’s Happening”
Ka Tu Kainga Rua
Below is an excerpt for the Utakura Housing Report written by Kristen Maynard and published in September 2020. Although it has been written with very little in put from the Committee of Management, is does however, with uncanny accuracy, mirror every aspect of the body of work we have set for ourselves in our KaContinue reading “Ka Tu Kainga Rua”
Horeke Shipyard
Tiakinga te Whenua
Utakura 7 is planning to start the first of many new papakainga projects this year. While this may bring a sense of excitement and create a pathway home, it is important that we balance the desire of our whanau to return to their turangawaewae with our collective duty of Kaitiakitanga. To this end, we haveContinue reading “Tiakinga te Whenua”
Utakura 7 Incorporation 