Ngati Pahauwera

Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust

&

Ngati Pahauwera Tiaki Trust

Maunga haruru ki uta Tangitu ki te moana

Mohaka Harara Taupunga Opunga

May 2009

Tena koutou e te whanau

Crown Negotiations

We have a great deal to get through this year and so negotiations with the Crown will intensify as we progress.  We have already been slightly interrupted with the Foreshore and Seabed Review as many of the Crown negotiators from the Ministry of Justice have been assigned to the review team.  This has meant a lot more focus will be required from now on.

Hui A Iwi

Our last Hui-A-Iwi was held at Waihua Marae in May to discuss the claimant definition.  Further Hui-A-Iwi will include the following:

• 27 June - Kahungunu Marae

• 25 July - TBC

• 22 August - Mohaka Marae

• 26 September - TBC

• 31 October - TBC

It is important for as many as possible to attend these meetings.  While the deed of settlement will need to be ratified we still need your input to ensure that your views are taken into consideration.

Resource Management Act Review

The Trust made submission in relation to the Resource Management Act (RMA) and were asked to make a presentation to the RMA Select Committee by conference call.  Our lawyer Grant Powell appeared on behalf of the Trust.  Our submission was reported in the New Zealand Herald on the 27 May.  It was our submission that the changes to the RMA were still inconsistent with the Treaty of Waitangi and that they made inclusion Maori more problematic.  Furthermore that Maori were ignored and excluded from decision-making under the RMA and the Act’s processes are uncertain, expensive and time-consuming.  See New Zealand Herald article attached.

Foreshore and Seabed Review

The Trust was invited to appear before the Foreshore and Seabed Review Committee in Wellington which was a very successful meeting.  We appeared before former Judge Eddie Durie and Richard Boast.  We are the only iwi in the country who had made an application to the Maori Land Court to the heard on customary rights.  We have also made submissions on the Foreshore and Seabed Review.

Tohu

The competition for a tohu or symbol that represents the Ngati Pahauwera Development and Tiaki Trusts has been extended to the 30 August 2009, for which the successful artist will receive $500.00.  Please encourage our whanau to participate.

Design Competition

The Ngati Pahauwera Development and Tiaki Trusts are looking for a tohu or symbol that represents who we are.  The competition is open to anyone who wishes to participate.

Opened:                1 April 2009                                                                            

Closed:                    30 August 2009 (Note date change)

Prize:                       $500.00

The judges decision is final.  No correspondence will be entered into.  Please send your entry to: Marie Moses at PO Box 374, Wairoa.

The entries will become the property of the Ngati Pahauwera Development and Tiaki trusts.

The Ngati Pahauwera Development and Tiaki Trusts would like to thank all those who have submitted their Tohu and wish you all the best.

Important Dates for the Trust

• 16 June 2009 - Site visits of the Mohaka, Waihua and Waikare rivers.  This is to be coordinated by the Hawkes Bay regional Council.

• 19 June 2009 - Wairoa District Council, Hastings District Council and HB Regional Council will each present list of their functions related to the rivers.

• 10 July 2009 - Rivers co-management workshop following on from our site visits and the provision of lists of functions from the Councils,  we will workshop together on rivers co-management.

Iwi Register

We need a concerted effort to enroll as many members of our whanau as possible prior to the signing of the settlement deed.  We are still aiming to enroll 10,000.  Please encourage all your whanau to enroll or let Marie Moses know who they are and their contact details so she can send them enrolment forms.

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