He Ahi (Current)

In May 2022 Te Pae o Waimihia announced the purchase of 45 hectares of industrial land from Contact Energy and entered into a partnership with them to develop the land into a Clean Energy Industrial Park. The park would be a special place to promote the use of renewable energy, kaupapa Māori and other environmental and climate outcomes – while still producing a profit. Land and buildings will be developed to meet customers specific requirements and leased to them on a long term basis.

The park will potentially have over 40 lots available to all sorts of industrial and commercial businesses, from local to international tenants.

For all inquiries please email Blandina Diamond (Project Manager).

He Tipu is a collective kaupapa of ngā hapū o Tauhara to develop the former Taupō Native Plant Nursery into a self-sufficient, regenerative eco-center, which will provide employment, training, and a maara kai for our whānau. We currently hold a Management Agreement with the Department of Conservation which is a stepping-stone to the ultimate goal of permanently reclaiming this site back for our hapū.

The site requires a lot of work and the first stage in the project was to do an extensive cleanup as it had been derelict for a number of years.

The 27 hectare site holds over 20 greenhouses and nursery areas, workshops and sheds, water tanks and water bores, geothermal piping and irrigation. There are two houses and two office blocks on site, all of which will be used at some stage for our site management and training facilities.

For all inquiries please email Blandina Diamond (Project Manager).

Kaumatua Healthy Homes (current)

Since introduction of the Kaumātua Healthy and Accessible Homes Grant, Te Pae o Waimihia has funded the improvements of over 18 homes in the Taupō region greatly benefitting the health and wellbeing of our kaumātua.

This project now focuses on ‘healthy homes’ (heating) with applications being considered throughout the year. For queries and details on how to apply, please contact He Akina on (07) 378 5180.

11 Tuwharetoa Street (Current)

In July 2017, the property ‘11 Tūwharetoa Street’ was offered for sale by the Crown to the Tuwharetoa Settlement Trust (TST) under the ‘Right of First Refusal’ process. TST then approached Te Pae o Waimihia to enter into a 50/50 joint partnership arrangement to purchase the property and the purchase was completed on the 20th October 2017. Commercial opportunities for the property are currently being considered.

Nukuhau Marae Kitchen Upgrade (Completed)

The trust provided a grant to Nukuhau Marae towards the kitchen refurbishment and the marae now has a fully functioning commercial kitchen that can cater to larger numbers of manuhiri.

Pakira Marae Redevelopment (Completed)

A significant event for 2016 was the closing down of Pakira Marae held on 8th October 2016. Following the closing down ceremony, Pakira Marae and the wharekai were removed to make way for a brand-new marae complex for Tutemohuta hapū. The Pakira Marae redevelopment was completed in August 2017, with the reopening held in November 2017.

The project team (Wades Construction, Tom Sando, Wi Tawhai, and marae trustees) did a fantastic job running this project and thanks goes to the many whānau who gave freely of their time for this kaupapa.