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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Rangatahi learn building skills while building whare for iwi
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:03
	Publish Date:		2025-09-19 04:35:00
	Description:		A group of South Taranaki rangatahi are reconnecting with their culture while learning carpentry skills building whare for local iwi, in a first-of-its kind collaboration with the Western Institute of Technology. The 14 trainee builders are the first cohort on a project involving Ngāruahine hapū Ōkahu Inuāwai that aims to build four homes that will be taken to iwi land at nearby Okaiawa. Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin went to take a look.
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