Tutemohuta Waka Ama

Tutemohuta Waka Ama Tutemohuta Waka Ama is a hapū-based waka ama club established by Ngāti Tutemohuta.

Our goal is to strengthen our hauora, our whakapapa connections, and our relationship with the taiao through the traditions of our tūpuna.

11/06/2026

Kia ora e te whānau! A message from our nephew Tyson - please take five minutes to complete the survey below. Te Kapua Whakapipi has supported our waka ama kaupapa and now they need our help to be able to keep doing the awesome mahi that they do to help us. In particular, they supported our beautiful launch we had for our waka last year. Now they need whānau to complete this survey.
Te Kapua Whakapipi Whakatau Mai Ra Te Hi O Rongo Survey (Tūtemohuta Ki te Hoe Waka) – https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ksLpb1B-fUuAz-zPH3t1rQyX_UFYrddJukAEgpD6BsBUQ1VZQ1NHTjQ2WEtJSTVSUk1XVElZNFBITS4u&route=shorturl
Nga Manaakitanga
Tyson

28/05/2026

Morena whanau.
Sunday morning 8am come down for a paddle. Tairoki will be there to help.

13/04/2026

He rangi ataahua! Whose keen for a hoe today? i am if anyone wants to go out il be there waiting if you're doing nothing come down or comment below if you are its a good day for it.

12/04/2026

Mōrena Pania Tahau-Hodges Turi Hodges me te whānau ka aroha tōmuri mai te karere... Sorry it has been awhile but I was just wanting to know if it was possible to go out for a hoe these holidays we are just needing steerers if any are available but im keen to learn I usually sit at no.1 but I herd we have a mean steerer from Te kura o Waitahanui Tukairangi Wall Hawira Wall can you ask him if he can come out for a hoe 😆 comment below if you can steer and if we can go out for a hoe apopo Tuesday 14th April 9 am or 4:00 pm?

05/01/2026

Tutemohuta ki te hoe e!

05/01/2026

Our paddle this morning 💚🤍🖤

Beautiful hoe on the moana with the whānau this morning. Koro Tauhara looking splendid and we got to hear some kōrero f...
05/01/2026

Beautiful hoe on the moana with the whānau this morning. Koro Tauhara looking splendid and we got to hear some kōrero from Mihi Blake’s mum telling us about stories she heard from her mother-in-law about how our tūpuna used to bring watermelon and cherries over here on waka from the other side of the lake for the whānau back in the day. Awesome to hear stories like these. 💚🤍🖤

And a big mihi to John Andrews for coming to mow the lawns at the taunga waka - much appreciated e te whanaunga. 💚🤍🖤

Also just a heads up - we had to drive down past the marae this morning to get to the waka because there’s a big tree that must have come down in the wind the other day and it’s blocking the road to take the back way down to the waka taunga. Turi will be up again in a couple of days so we’ll look to get it cleared when he gets up here. But just a reminder for our whānau that we need to be taking this back road to get to the waka rather than driving down past the marae to get there.

Enjoy the day whānau. 💚🤍🖤

Ngā mihi o Hineraumati ki a koutou katoa! Now the beautiful weather is here, anyone keen to go for a paddle at 9.00am tm...
05/01/2026

Ngā mihi o Hineraumati ki a koutou katoa!

Now the beautiful weather is here, anyone keen to go for a paddle at 9.00am tmrw (Tuesday 6th Jan)? Let’s see if we can get two crews out. We’ll look to be back in by 11.00am. Please comment below if you are keen so we can make sure we get the waka filled. If we have more than 12 we’ll try and make a second session.

Five seats already taken (just coz these whanau have been asking to get out on the water):
Pilar Tahau
Mihi Blake
Gresha Wall
Tairoki Tahau-Hodges
Ngatuire Hapi
Pania Tahau-Hodges

So seven more seats to fill.

And just a heads up, we’re working on our calendar now and hope to have that up in the next couple of days to share when we’ll be out on the water.

Come and enjoy our beautiful waka, whānau. 💚🤍🖤

03/12/2025

Kia Ora whanau.
Our waka Matarangi had some defects when it was delivered. Our waka builder said he would give us a replacement ready in December. He contacted me a short time ago to say he was in Tauranga enroute to drop off our new replacement. It will be here this evening. He will have to get to Koropūpū from the side gate, the backroad is too narrow for the trailer to get through.
Arohamai for any inconvenience. The exchange will take a few minutes.

28/11/2025

Kia ora whānau. Unfortunately the wind has picked up and it’s white capping out on the water now, so we’ve had to bring our waka in for the day earlier than we’d hoped. Safety is our priority, so sometimes we have to make the hard calls to keep our whānau safe. We did manage to get out for a bit, and awesome to see Pip out on the water with her tamariki - and sorry to our whānau who arrived just as we were bringing the waka in. But just shows how fast the conditions can change on the lake. All good learning though whānau - we’re learning about the conditions here too, learning the signs to look for, just like our tūpuna would’ve back in the day. And I know a lot of our whānau already know how to read the signs that tell us what the winds and water are doing, so looking forward to learning from you all too. It’s all part of our journey together. But here’s a bit of a snippet of our whānau out on the water before the conditions turned. Kia pai te rangi ki a koutou whānau 💚🤍🖤

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Waitahanui Marae, 7 Pakira Place
Waitahanui
3378

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