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Registration

We welcome applications from those who can trace their whakapapa to Wairewa and are 18 years or older.

Please ensure your registration form is certified by an authorised person (e.g., a Justice of the Peace, Solicitor of the High Court, Deputy Registrar), as instructed on the registration form.

Due to the signatures required, registrations cannot be completed online or electronically at this stage.

Registration Form (PDF)

It should be noted that the Wairewa Rūnanga Inc. Soc. registration is completely separate from that maintained by the Whakapapa Unit of Te Rūnanga of Ngāi Tahu.

What You’ll Need

As part of your application, you’ll be asked to provide:

  • Your personal and contact details

  • The name(s) of your affiliated Wairewa 1848 Kaumātua and their corresponding census number(s)

  • Proof of identity (e.g., birth certificate, drrivers licence)

  • Your whakapapa tree

  • The names of any children under 18 years of age at the time of application


The details of your Wairewa 1848 Kaumātua can be found in the Ngāi Tahu 1848 Census (the "Blue Book").

If you have any pātai about the Blue Book or need assistance identifying your Wairewa 1848 Kaumātua, please contact the Ngāi Tahu Whakapapa Unit:

Phone: 0800 KAI TAHU (524 8248)
Email: whakapapa@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

Blue Book (1848 Census)

“Hokia ki ōu maunga kia purea e koe i ngā hau o Tāwhirimātea”

Return to your ancestral mountains to be cleansed by the winds of Tāwhirimātea