RONGOWHAKAATA
CHARITABLE TRUST
RONGOWHAKAATA
CLAIMS COMMITTEE AND NEGOTIATORS
CLAIMS UPDATE
This
is a short note to inform you of the scheduled hui
for the Rongowhakaata Claims Update on the Agreement
in Principle (AIP); being held throughout Aotearoa
from 13 September 2008 to 16 September 2008.
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a print
version or to view
a powerpoint
version of the information
that is being presented at the hui.
The
Schedule of Hui is as follows:
•
Saturday 13 September 2008:
Hamilton
Venue: Ibis Hotel, 18 Alma Street, Hamilton.
Time: 9.30am.
Presenters: Ronald Nepe & Stan Pardoe
•
Saturday 13 September 2008
Auckland
Venue: Special Education Office, 492 Great South
Road, Otahuhu, Auckland.
Time: 3.30pm
Presenters: Ronald Nepe & Stan Pardoe
• Sunday 14 September 2008:
Turanganui a Kiwa
Venue: Te Kuri a Tuatai Marae, Lytton Road, Gisborne.
Time: 9.00am.
Presenters: Ronald Nepe & Stan Pardoe
Sunday
14 September 2008:
Hastings
Venue: Angus Hotel, Railway Road, Hastings.
Time: 3.30pm.
Presenters: Ronald Nepe & Stan Pardoe
•
Monday 15 September 2008:
Wellington
Venue: Naumai Room, Te Puni Kokiri, 143 Lambton
Quay, Wellington
Time: 5pm
Presenters: Kristen Maynard & Meka Whaitiri
•
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Christchurch
Venue: All Seasons Hotel, 72 Papanui Road, Merivale,
Christchurch.
Time: 6pm.
Presenters: Kristen Maynard & Meka Whaitiri
RONGOWHAKAATA
– HAERE MAI – WHAKARONGO MAI –
KORERO MAI !
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Turanga Agreement
in Principal
Please note:
this is not the full and final doc as some attachments
are yet to be included.
Popo!
Popo! E tangi ana Tama ki te kai mana
Popo! The sacred being seeks sustenance and sustainability.
The ancient wisdom expressed in the oriori Popo!
has shaped the way in which Turanga Manu Whiriwhiri
has chosen to participate in the negotiations process
with the Crown.
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2008
WHAKATO MARAE TRUSTEE ELECTION
The
following persons have been duly nominated as candidates
in the election for the Whakato Marae Trustee position
(one vacancy) on the Rongowhakaata Charitable Trust:
BROWN,
Moera Jane
MORGAN, Carol Beverley Mate
NEPE, Erena
The
highest polling candidate shall be elected as the
Rongowhakaata Charitable Trust Trustee for Whakato
Marae. The second highest polling candidate shall
be elected as the Alternate Trustee for Whakato
Marae.
Registered
Adult Members of Rongowhakaata Charitable Trust
who have selected Whakato Marae for trustee election
purposes on their registration form will have a
voting paper sent to them by the Rongowhakaata Charitable
Trust. If you have moved house and not informed
the Trust Office of your new address, please do
so immediately.
You
can return your voting paper by post in the envelope
provided with the voting paper in time to reach
the Returning Officer no later than 12 noon, Friday
26 September 2008.
OR
You
can return your voting paper in person at the Annual
General Meeting (AGM) of Rongowhataaka Charitable
Trust by placing it in the Ballot Box provided before
11am. The AGM will be held on:
Date:
Sunday 28 September 2008
Venue: Whakato Marae, Whakato Road, Manutuke
Time: 10 am
Further
information and voting papers (including registration
forms) may be obtained by contacting the Rongowhakaata
Charitable Trust (RCT) Administrator, Wai Waipara,
at the RCT Office, telephone 06 862 8086, Monday
to Friday from 9.00am to 3.00pm or, by email to
trust@rongowhakaata .iwi.nz.
Return
of Voting Papers by post:
Returning
Officer
2008 Rongowhakaata Charitable Trust
ElectionsCMB 106
IMPORTANT:
Voting papers sent via email or fax will not be
accepted and will be deemed invalid.
The
preliminary results of the election will be announced
on completion of the counting of the votes received
by post and at the Rongowhakaata Charitable Trust
AGM. A public notice of the Official Results will
be issued on 25 October 2008.
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Will
be held on Sunday 28 September 2008 at Whakato Marae
commencing at 10am.
| AGENDA |
Karakia/Mihi |
NB:
The Ballot Box for Personal Voting for the
2008 Rongowhakaata Charitable Trust Trustee
Election for Whakato Marae will close at 11am.
|
1.
|
Apologies |
2. |
Receive Minutes of Hui-A-Tau held at Te Pahou
Marae on 30 September 2007. |
3. |
Chair’s
Report |
4. |
Finance |
|
-
Annual Accounts: Receive and adopt the audited
accounts - for the year ended 30 June 2008. |
|
-
Confirm Auditor |
|
-
Rongowhakaata Iwi Asset Holding Company |
5.
|
Claims
Co-ordinator’s Report |
6.
|
Tabled
Reports |
|
-
TROTAK |
|
-
Turanga Health |
|
-
Museum |
|
-
Marae Reports |
7. |
General
Business |
|
-
Strategic Plan |
|
-
SMG Update |
|
-
Kokiri Building |
| 8. |
2008
Trustee Election |
|
-
Preliminary Results |
| Karakia
Whakamutunga |
Erena
Nepe
CHAIR
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CLAIMS
UPDATE - 11 July 08
Kia ora whanau
Thanks
to those of you who participated in the series of
wananga we had over the past year to assist our
Treaty of Waitangi negotiations. The korero at these
hui has really helped our negotiators in their meetings
with the Crown. At the last hui-a-iwi our whanau
asked for an update on the claims and some information
on the Rongowhakaata negotiation strategy.
Process
Despite our people’s desire to negotiate by
ourselves, the Crown insisted that if we wanted
to negotiate NOW we needed to do so as a collective
with other Turanga iwi. For this reason at a hui-a-iwi
whanau supported Rongowhakaata entering into negotiations
with the Crown as a collective with Ngai Tamanuhiri
and Te Pou a Hao Kai (which includes Te Aitanga
a Mahaki, Nga Ariki Kaiputahi, Whanau a Kai, Whanau
a Wi Pere and Rangi Whakataetae). Our whanau Nga
Uri o Te Kooti Rikirangi is also part of the collective
which is called Turanga Manu Whiriwhiri.
For
the past year the negotiators have been meeting
every week about our claim.
Where
we are at in the process
Turanga Manu Whiriwhiri received an initial offer
from the Crown last month. The content of this offer
is confidential because it could change a lot through
the series of discussions the negotiators will be
having over the next few weeks with the Crown.
The
negotiators are aiming to reach an Agreement in
Principle with the Crown by the end of August. The
Agreement in Principle will outline the key aspects
of the Crown’s offer for settling our claim
and will be widely consulted on.
One
of our rangatahi has been working on a communications
plan so that we are in a better position to keep
our whanau up to date with the claims.
Key
negotiation messages and information
In line with what our people have been saying at
hui-a-iwi and the evidence presented at the Waitangi
Tribunal hearings the negotiators have been reminding
the Crown that:
• Rongowhakaata was most affected by the Crown’s
invasion both in terms of LAND and LIVES LOST.
• Rongowhakaata seeks it’s own redress
package (we want to know what the Crown is specifically
offering to Rongowhakaata separate from the other
claimant groups).
• Our interests in the East Coast claim, particularly
Kaiti, Pouawa and Te Toka a Taiao, must be acknowledged.
• We want no less favourable redress than
what has occurred in other settlements.
Our
negotiators have also put forward the korero that
came out of the wananga series about the types of
things that our people would like to see in a Rongowhakaata
redress package. I have attached a copy of the Wananga
Series Report prepared by the Claims Committee
in March 2008 that lists these things.
This
korero has been put to the Crown by our negotiators.
Unfortunately there are no guarantees that we will
get everything that we ask for. However the negotiators
are trying very hard to secure the best settlement
possible for Rongowhakaata and to get as many of
the things that our people have told us that they
want to see in a redress package.
I
hope to be able to update you again in the next
month or so, on progress.
Nga mihi
Erena
Nepe
Chair, Rongowhakaata Trust
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Coordinator
Report
24
February 2008
The Rongowhakaata claim (Wai 684) was
heard by the Waitangi Tribunal
over a 2 year period and concluded in 2003. The
Tribunal released its report on the Turanga grievances
including those of Rongowhakaata in 2004. In addition
to discussing the Turanga grievances, the report
set out the Tribunal’s recommendations about
how the Crown should redress the injury and loss
suffered by Rongowhakaata and the other Turanga
groups with a view to the Turanga groups including
Rongowhakaata progressing to Negotiations with the
Crown to reach a “full and final” settlement
of the Rongowhakaata grievances.......
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