14 JUNE 2008

Key Components Hui

The Section 30 Representatives have been consulting on a proposed governance entity, fully accountable to Ngati Pahauwera which can receive settlement assets, enter into joint ventures, joint management arrangements (or other commercial ventures), be its representatives in other initiatives and ensure continuity.

As a result of feedback received during the consultation, a hui will be held to confirm the key elements to be included in the Governance Entity to be approved by postal ballot (in late June 2008):

            Key Components Hui:  14 June 2008  10am  Kahungunu Marae

Copies of the proposal and key elements for which confirmation is sought at the hui will be available from Monday 2 June 2008.

Please phone the Section 30 Representatives on 0800 838 6833, email at section30@slingshot.co.nz or check the website http://www.ngatipahauwera.co.nz/ for copies.  Copies of the draft deeds for the Governance Entity will also be available on request.

JUNE NEWSLETTER 2008 

2 June 2008

Tena koutou katoa

Ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa e te whanau o Ngati Pahauwera whanui.

Crown negotiations

It has been 17 years since our first hearing over the Mohaka river claim and we are now finally sitting at the table with the Crown. Yes, negotiations are certainly underway. On 15 May the negotiation team Toro Waaka, Kuki Green, Tom Gemmell and Tureiti Moxon (nee Hawkins) attended the first formal meeting with the Crown in Wellington.  We were also accompanied by our lawyers Grant Powell and Roimata Smail.

Those who attended the meeting representing the Crown included representatives from the Ministry of Justice headed by Benesia Smith, a Director for the Foreshore and Seabed Unit/Public Law/Policy and Legal Group, the Crown Law team led by lawyer Craig Linkhorn, the Office of Treaty Settlements, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Te Puni Kokiri. We are in the process of disclosure of Ngati Pahauwera land that is held by the Crown through LINZ and DOC.

Our focus is to sign an Agreement in Principle (AIP) by September 2008. This will mean that the negotiators will be undergoing some very intensive work over the next three months. Further meetings with the Crown will be held on a fortnightly basis.

Crown Site Visit

The Crown representatives arrived in Mohaka for a two day site visit from the 28-29 May to familiarise themselves with the land area under our Treaty Claim. The visit also included the forest, river, foreshore and seabed. They were welcomed at Mohaka Marae and the Crown were introduced to our whenua through a short powerpoint presentation.  The Crown representatives were shown Te Huki urupa, the Mohaka beach, the crusher, Raupunga, Putere, Kahungunu and the marae, Rawhiti Station, along Cricklewood road, Waihua Marae, Waihua beach, Mangaturanga, Arakanihi, the Mohaka forestry camp, Willowflat and Waitere Station opposite Te Hoe. We will visit Te Heru o Tureia at a later date but the maunga looked majestic in the background everywhere we went. The visit also included Tutira, Waikare and Kotimaori which are apart of the raupatu or confiscation lands which forms part of a cross claim with Ngati Hineuru.

Registration of Ngati Pahauwera Whanau

It has been suggested that Ngati Pahauwera number in excess of 20,000 people. At the moment we have just over 200 registered with Section 30. We have therefore set ourselves a goal to reach 10,000 by the end of September 2008. In order for us to reach that number we need your help. Please enrol every member of your whanau and friends.

We understand that many whanau have a data base of their whanau already. Please get in touch with them so we can enrol them on the beneficiary roll. The enrolment forms can be found on the website or contact Kuki Green for a form.

We understand that there are a number of whanau who have their own data base of their whanau members. We need everyone to take an active role in enroling all your whanau onto the Ngati Pahauwera beneficiary data base.

Project Manager

Toro Waaka has been appointed Project Manager to support the Ngati Pahauwera Negotiations team. He will have a reporting function to Crown Forest Rental Trust on outcomes and expenditure as well as coordinate the Section 30 strategy to increase iwi registrations. He is also responsible for managing effective communication on the part of Section 30 with all key parties and stakeholders, especially Ngati Pahauwera.

Governance Entity Hui

We have undertaken a number of consultation hui in relation to a proposed governance entity i.e. Trust, Incorporation or company throughout the country over the past month. As a result a hui will be held to confirm the key elements of the entity which will be approved by postal ballot.

HUI A IWI Ngati Pahauwera Governance Entity Key Components Hui Date: 14 June Time: 10am Where: Kahungunu Marae