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December 16, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Hurimoana Dennis | Reflects on 2025 and Looks Ahead to 2026
Hurimoana Denis Reflects on 2025 and Looks Ahead to 2026
March 12, 2026
December 3, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Hurimoana Dennis | Chair of Te Puea Memorial Marae
The Reopening of Te Puea Memorial Marae,
April 15, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Hurimoana Dennis | Chair of Te Puea Memorial Marae
In 2018 Hurimoana you spoke to Radio Waatea about backing a call from a United Nations committee for a national housing strategy to increase the availability of quality affordable housing to low income, Maori and Pasifika families.
June 13, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Hurimoana Dennis | Kaitiaki Matua at Te Puea Memorial Marae
Te Puea Memorial Marae is a marae located in Māngere Bridge, Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in 1965, it was the first urban marae in Auckland, built for ngā hau e whā
May 21, 2024 | News
Money focus ignores social dimension to housing
Te Puea Memorial Marae kaitiaki matua Hurimoana Dennis says a critical report on Kāinga Ora is missing the social service and focusing on the dollar signs.
May 21, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Hurimoana Dennis | Kaitiaki Matua at Te Puea Memorial Marae
PM, housing minister announce findings of Kāinga Ora review
March 8, 2024 | News
Emergency housing system broken
The head of a marae supporting homeless whanau says the emergency housing system is broken - but he's not sure the Government's new policy will fix it.
March 8, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Hurimoana Dennis | Kaitiaki Matua at Te Puea Memorial Marae
The Government is planning to push families who live in emergency housing to the front of the queue for a state house. They have also signalled a stricter approach to allowing people into emergency housing in the first place
December 22, 2023 | News
Te Puea Marae expands to meet demand
The chair of South Auckland's Te Puea Memorial Marae says 2023 has been one of its busiest years ever.
December 21, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Hurimoana Dennis | Kaitiaki Matua at Te Puea Memorial Marae
2023 Wrap up for Te Hāpori o Te Puea
- Radio Waatea is Auckland's only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based at Nga Whare Waatea marae in Mangere, it is located in the middle of the biggest Māori population in Aotearoa.
