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GENESIS | RIVER CLAIM UPDATE

Any enquires contact the office (06) 34 58160. email: Sheena: sheenam@wrmtb.co.nz or Gerrard albertg@wrmtb.co.nz.

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-----| Te Awa Tupua Hui 2013 |------

For full details, please download pdf |HERE

E nga tini mata o te raukotahi E Nga muka o te Taurawhiri a Hinengakau ki ana tungane ki a Tamaupoko raaua ko Tupoho Nga manga iti Nga manga nui E honohono kau ana kia tuputupu Hei Awa Tupua, maranga!

For the past four years Whanganui Iwi (Te Ati Hau Nui a Paparangi) has been negotiating settlement of the Whanganui River claim, WAI 167. In August of last year an interim agreement ␣ Tutohu Whakatupua ␣ was signed with the Crown setting out the parameters of an unprecedented legal status to be created for the River, called Te Awa Tupua status.
The next level of detail has been negotiated with the Crown in respect of the Te Awa Tupua status and the settlement. Uri of the Whanganui River are strongly urged to attend a series of meetings over April and May 2013 to receive information on this detail and to decide whether to proceed toward the Deed of Settlement stage with the Crown.
If the Iwi agrees that the elements involved in the Te Awa Tupua settlement are acceptable terms upon which to settle the River claim, a Deed of Settlement would potentially be initialled at the end of June 2013. A formal ratification process would then be run over July 2013 leading to a potential signing of a final Deed of Settlement Documents for the Whanganui River at the end of August 2013.

It is stressed that moving to the DOS stage is reliant on gaining the assent of the Iwi over April and May 2013 to the Te Awa Tupua approach to settlement.
Your attendance at this hui will contribute to making the decision over whether to proceed.

DATES 2013	TIME	VENUE	TOWN/CITY
Monday 22 April	7.00 pm	Westpac Stadium Level 3 East Lounge	Wellington Waterloo Quay
Tuesday 23 April August	7.00 pm	Hamilton Kingsgate	Hamilton
Wednesday 24 April	7.00pm	Vodafone Events Centre Formally known as TelstraClear Pacific	Manukau 770 Great South Road Manukau 2104 Auckland
Saturday 27 April	1.00 pm	Ngapuwaiwaha Marae	Taumarunui
Sunday 28 April	1.00pm	Ruaka	Ranana, Whanganui River Road
Thursday 2 May	7.00 pm	Copthorne Commodore Airport Hotel	Christchurch 449 Memorial Avenue Christchurch
Sunday 5 May	1.00 pm	Putiki Marae	Whanganui

For catering purposes please RSVP to
e: sheena.maru@wrmtb.co.nz | ph: 06 34 58160 cel: 027 252 7095

For full information, please phone the office or download the pdf above.

Remember to ensure that you and your whanau are on the register and over the age of 18 you will vote on whether or not to receive the Draft Deed of Settlement when it comes out for ratification. So be prepared get on the register now, forms are online or available by ringing 06 345 8160.

For all enquires please call
Gerrard Albert 021 705 420 or alternatively Sheena Maru 027 252 7095.

Or alternatively call the WRMTB office (06) 34 58160

Hinengakau Board Elections | Candidate Profiles

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Whanganui River Māori Trust Board Elections – Hinengakau Representation

Recently The Whanganui River Māori Trust Board held an election of new members for the Hinengakau rohe by way of a postal ballot in the period beginning on 5 December 2011 and ending on 13 January 2012.

However, the postal ballot for members of the Hinengakau Representation was irregular in the following ways:

(a) Where more than 1 beneficiary lived at the same address, the Board enclosed ballot papers in the same envelope instead of separate envelopes as required by section 51 of the Act; and

(b) Because of the irregularity referred to in paragraph (a), the results of the election could not be forwarded to the chief executive of Te Puni Kōkiri in accordance with section 49 of the Act.

An Order of Council has been promulgated to invalidate the previous election process for the Hinengakau vote which commenced 6 July 2012 and can be viewed at; http://www.legislation.co.nz/regulation/public/2012/0169/latest/DLM4549507.html

Therefore under the Order of Council a fresh postal ballot is required for the election for the Hinengakau representation of the Whanganui River Māori Trust Board to be held. Voting papers are required to be received no later than Monday 27 August 2012.

Sheena Maru

Board Secretary

New publication- Mouri Tu, Mouri Ora

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TE HAONGA MAI

Te Haonga mai is an Iwi Newsletter produced by the Trust Board to keep Whanganui Iwi up to date with issues or events have happened or will be in the near future. Though not updated for some time, we are pleased to advise the next issue for 2008 is fast approaching completion.

Should you wish to promote or include something that would be beneficial please leave a message for Nancy Tuaine at the Trust Board refer CONTACT US for her details. If you would like to be included on an Iwi Electronic Mail Out please forward your most up to date email address to the team.