Massey Cluster 2025

Then came February 2023, when Cyclone Gabrielle tore through Aotearoa and turned familiar places into disaster zones.

Massey was hit hard. Streets were flooded. Homes were red-stickered. Families were left to face the heartbreaking reality of displacement, loss, and uncertainty.
TROW Group understands how deeply these events affect communities. Once it was safe, our team worked in South Auckland alongside Auckland Civil Defence. We helped remove damaged furniture, clear debris, and support hundreds of whānau during the early stages of recovery. Throughout this experience, we heard powerful stories of connection to place, of family homes filled with history, and of communities doing their best to stay strong.

We are now applying that same care and experience in Massey. Our Deconstruction Methodology is designed to go beyond removing buildings. It is about recovering what still holds value and finding ways to give it new purpose. Through careful material salvage, we reduce waste and create resources that can be used again. At the same time, we are building opportunities for local employment, training, and investment back into the community.

This is a journey of restoration. Restoring spaces, restoring pride, and supporting Massey as it moves forward with strength and resilience

Te Kawerau ā Maki are a West Auckland-based iwi. Our origins arise through whakapapa to the first human inhabitants of the land – the Tūrehu, and descent from the early migratory people to settle the region, such as the Tini ō Maruiwi and Te Tini ō Toi, to the arrival of the Tainui, Aotea, Moekakara, Tokomaru, Kahuitara, and Kurahaupo canoes in the 14th century, and the Ngati Awa, Ngāoho, and Ngāiwi people who occupied the wider area prior to 1600. We affiliate in particular to the Tainui Waka, leading to Te Kawerau being referred to as ‘the sternpost’ or northernmost people of the Tainui waka.
We take our tribal name from the eponymous ancestor Maki who settled the northern parts of the Auckland region in the early 17th century. The name refers to an event involving Maki and his hapū at Maramatāwhana and Tīneki to the north of Muriwai. From Maki and his wives Rotu and Paretutanganui, and sons Manuhiri, Ngawhetu, Maeaeariki and Tawhiakiterangi, and Maki’s younger brother Matāhu, his wife Te Kura and son Rehua, descend the various sub-tribal groupings that made up the Te Kawerau confederation.

Tawhiakiterangi (Te Kawerau ā Maki) was a son of Maki and along with his wife Marukiterangi are the founding ancestors of the iwi.