Upcoming Ngāpuhi hui in Porirua and Invercargill
Friday, 15 June 2012
Te Rōpū o Tūhoronuku will be convening a Hui with Ngāpuhi residing in Wellington to provide an update on the Tūhoronuku mandate process.
We invite you to attend and share your views at the following Hui
- Date: 20th June 2012
- Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm followed by kai
- Venue: Rota Waitoa Mihinare Church, Awarua Road (next to Porirua School), Elsdon, Porirua
- Date: 21st June 2012
- Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm followed by kai
- Venue: Te Tomairangi Marae, 54 Eye St, Invercargill
Kipa Munro
Te Rōpū o Tūhoronuku
Hapī Kaikōrero Facilitator
Mobile
Ph: 027 555 3852 OR 0800 101 084
Hapu Representation
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
In April 2012, Tūhoronuku convened four hui in Whangarei, Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaikohe. The primary purpose of these hui was to provide Ngāpuhi the opportunity to discuss how Hapū could be represented in negotiations.Overall there was no substantive call for a deviation from the Tūhoronuku model (which has been supported by 76% of those Ngāpuhi who voted during the mandate election) and no serious objections to the present structure.
Hapu Hui Presentation - view here
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Auckland Hapu Representation Hui
Friday, 18 May 2012
Te Rōpū o Tūhoronuku will be convening two Hui with Ngāpuhi residing in Auckland to discuss representation to Tūhoronuku. We invite you to attend and share your views at the following Hui;
Hui One
Date: 30thMay 2012
Time: 6.00pm– 9.00pm
Venue: Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa Marae
Uenuku Way (off Tom Pearce Dr)
Mangere
Hui Two
Date: 31stMay 2012
Time: 6.00pm– 9.00pm
Venue: Tātai Hono Marae
10 Burleigh Street
Grafton 1023
For more information please contact:
Kipa Munro
Hapū Kaikōrero Facilitator
Mobile Ph: 027 555 3852 OR 0800 101 084
Te Ropu o Tuhoronuku submit Deed of Mandate
Thursday, 19 April 2012
On 31st March 2012 Ngāpuhi Kaumātua and Kuia representatives on Tūhoronuku, John Klaricich and Titewhai Harawira officially presented the Deed of Mandate to the Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Chris Finlayson.Kaumātua John Klaricich spoke of the deprivation suffered by his elders while Kuia Titewhai Harawira thanked those that had made this day possible. The hui was attended by all the current members of Te Rōpū o Tūhoronuku and officials from the Office of Treaty Settlements.
Before the mandate is advertised and placed on our Tūhoronuku website, the Minister will give Tūhoronuku the opportunity to meet with Ngāpuhi Hapū to discuss Hapū Representation. A series of four hui will take place at the following venues:
24th April 10am: Otangarei Marae, Whangarei
24th April 6pm: Te Tii Marae, Waitangi
30th April 10am: Pakanae Marae, Hokianga
30th April 6pm: Kohewhata Marae, Kaikohe
31_March_2012_Mandate_cover_letter_to_Crown.pdf
5_April_2012_letter_to_MinFinlayson.pdf
11_April_2012_letter_from_Min_Finlayson.pdf
15April12_letter_from_TKONHN.pdf
16April12_letter_to_TKONHN.pdf
Hui to discuss Hapu representation
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Te Rōpū o Tūhoronuku will be convening Hui with Ngāpuhi Hapū to discuss representation to Tūhoronuku. We invite you to attend and share your views at the following Hui;Whangarei:
Venue: Otangarei Marae, Whangarei
Date: 24th April 2012
Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm
Waitangi:
Venue: Te Tii Marae, Waitangi
Date: 24th April 2012
Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Hokianga:
Venue: Pakanae Marae, Hokianga
Date: 30th April 2012
Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm
Kaikohe:
Venue: Kohewhata Marae, Kaikohe
Date: 30th April 2012
Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm
For more information please contact:
Kipa Munro
Te Rōpū o Tūhoronuku
Hapū Kaikōrero Facilitator
Mobile Ph: 027 555 3852
Progress toward united Ngapuhi settlement
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Significant progress has been made since Tūhoronuku gained a mandate from Ngāpuhi in September 2011, with 76% of those who voted giving their consent for Tūhoronuku to negotiate a settlement directly with the Crown.
A working party, Te Rōpū Whaiti, was formed, comprising four representatives from Tūhoronuku and four representatives from Te Kotahitanga. Work began during November 2011 to generate a range of settlement processes for a united approach to settlement. The working party ended its work programme after a report back on Friday 24th February 2012 to its parent groups, Te Rōpū O Tūhoronuku and Te Kotahitanga O Nga Hapu Ngapuhi.
At the request of the Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Hon Chris Finlayson, both parties agreed not to make any media comment until this process and report back was complete.
Tūhoronuku continues to support Waitangi Tribunal hearings and believes Ngāpuhi will benefit from both hearings and settlement. With careful planning, it is possible to have both occurring simultaneously and complimentary to each other.
Tūhoronuku will submit its Deed of Mandate for formal recognition by the Crown in March.
Kirsti Luke - Tuhoronuku Representative to Te Roopu Whaiti
Thursday, 8 March 2012
During the tenure of Te Ropu Whaiti, Tuhoronuku Representative Kirsti Luke of Whakapara was appointed the first Chief Executive of Tuhoe’s new Te Uru Taumatua tribal authority. She said being appointed the Iwi’s most senior employee this month is a “humbling” experience, but I’m extremely happy”.
Kirsti’s association with Iwi trust Te Kotahi A Tuhoe began when it was formed in 2005 and subsequently secured the Tuhoe mandate to negotiate a comprehensive Treaty of Waitangi settlement.
She has bachelor degrees from Waikato University in management and law, with majors in finance and accounting, and was admitted to the High Court in 2004.
Kirsti is a valued member of Te Rōpū Whaiti, her contribution in assisting Ngāpuhi on our road to settlement is much appreciated.
Nā reira e te tuahine e Kirsti ngā mihi kia koe I to whiwhingatahitanga ki tēnei tūranga Rangatira hei hāpai I to iwi kia tūtuki wā koutou moemoea, wā koutou tumanako, wā koutou wawata. Nā reira tēnā koe, tēnā koe, tēnā rā koutou katoa.
Te Rarawa face opposition to settlement
Thursday, 26 January 2012
While Te Aupōuri prepare for three days of festivities and celebration with the signing of the Te Aupōuri Deed of Settlement scheduled for 26th January in Te Kao, Te Rarawa are faced with opposition to their settlement with claims that Te Hiku Kaumātua and Kuia are not happy.Te Rūnanga O Te Rarawa Chairman, Haami Piripi has responded to these claims in the Northland Age.
NORTHLAND AGE - Thursday January 12, 2012
Far from being unhappy, iwi are showing more unity than ever over their collective negotiation says Te Runanga chairman
Claims that Te Hiku elders are unhappy with the deeds of settlement initialled by Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri and Ngai Takoto (Iwi 'unhappy' with deeds of settlement, Northland Age January 10) have been rejected by Te Runanga o Te Rarawa chairman Haami Piripi as misleading.
Only one iwi had convened a meeting, attended by some individual rangatira but not representatives mandated to speak on behalf of any other iwi besides Ngâti Kahu, and, far from "some kind of brewing discontent among the iwi of Te Hiku o Te Ika" there had never been so much unity among the other four iwi which began, three years ago, to collectively negotiate their respective claims.
"This joint approach to negotiations has produced the best outcomes possible for each of the iwi concerned, and a renewed respect for each iwi's issues and mana. Even where final agreement has not yet been reached the relationships remain buoyant and full of possibility," Mr Piripi said.
Current attempts by the Ngâti Kahu Rûnanga-a-Iwi to undermine the passage of the Hiku iwi settlement process was reminiscent of the approach taken by their leadership to sabotage the old Muriwhenua Rûnanga and the negotiations led by Matiu Rata 20 years ago.
"Once again we have become afflicted by the 'It's never enough' syndrome which has historically cursed Muriwhenua and Hiku negotiations," he said.
"It usually expresses itself through an ill-informed audience who have been fed half-truths to stoke up already suspicious minds. Sometimes it emerges through a voice of passion which has not been privy to the process and therefore hasn't quite got the picture up the right way. Scaremongering is so easy to do in a climate of colonisation and a dangerously high state of socio-economic deprivation resulting in utter dependence.
"People like me were born into this environment, and nurtured by elders, many of whom have now passed away. Supported by them, I have played an active role in the Te Rarawa and Muriwhenua claims since 1981 and have held an elected and mandated position as negotiator for over 15 years. In this time I have worked with numerous leaders, negotiators and commentators and consider myself well qualified to play a leadership role in progressing the Te Rarawa and Te Hiku o Te Ika claims.
"I have come to understand the hard graft that needs to be put into Treaty negotiations in order to achieve a successful result. It is not simply a wish list, it is a torrid negotiation. The iwi negotiators, including our legal advisers, were first-class, each eminently qualified, but most importantly solidly mandated to undertake the negotiation on behalf of their respective iwi.
"We found our greatest strength in total unity, which began to erode with the break away by Ngâti Kahu and has been continued by the efforts of certain Ngâti Kahu employees to undermine the calibre of the Hiku iwi deeds of settlement.
"In 2012 we have again reached a crossroad where a group of mandated and well qualified negotiators have worked stoically for nearly ten years to produce the current deeds."
The proposed settlement initiatives began almost 30 years ago, via a process which the Runanga had underwritten and the elected negotiators were holding faith with. The assertions being promulgated by "these latter day experts" in relation to the settlement deeds of other iwi was mischievous "to say the least." The deeds for two of the iwi were yet to be taken to those iwi to be ratified, yet Ngâti Kahu leaders had persisted in precipitating iwi rights by filling the house with their korero.
"To takahia other iwi in this way reveals the truth about the intent of the strategy to subvert the deed ratification process by Ngâti Kahu," Mr Piripi added.
"I believe that we as elected negotiators have the mandate and responsibility to report back to our iwi on the position that we havereached as negotiators and why. Bombarding media space with accusatory statements and inferences is a clear indication of intent, especially as it emerged to be a destructive strategy set adrift by the Ngâti Kahu Rûnanga-a-Iwi hierarchy.
"The meeting described (on Tuesday) was called in response to a hostile legal challenge by the Ngâti Kahu Rûnanga-a-Iwi to halt the Te Hiku iwi deeds of settlement."
The debate about the deeds needed to take place amongst the iwi concerned, not by those described by Mr Piripi as uninformed outside commentators.
"In many ways it is inappropriate for me to discuss via the media the specific pros and cons of the proposed settlements," he said.
"This needs to be shared in the right way with the right people before sharing the details with all and sundry.
"For Te Rarawa the place for this debate is during the iwi hui that are being held during the ratification process for the deed. We've set up a website with details about the Te Rarawa deed of settlement and how this process will work (www.tiriti.terarawa.iwi.nz)
"It is important for the public to understand that the negotiation process that was undertaken was done so with great rigour and highly-qualified teams of negotiators. We owe it to them, and those who mandated them, to hear, with an uncluttered mind, what they have to say. To settle for anything less would be to short-change the process and betray the hard work of our elected representatives.
"At a time like this we must not waver in the face of our old foes disunity, jealousy and fragmentation. Instead we must maintain a faith in each other and the process that we have used to facilitate these negotiations and the resulting deeds of settlement. Back to top
We wish to thank you
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
To Ngāpuhi katoa – thank you for your commitment to the settlement process during 2011. We have been humbled by your support of Te Rōpū O Tūhoronuku.
Ngāpuhi is now well on its way to settlement and cultural, social and economic advancement. Settlement will have a profound effect on Ngāpuhi, Northland and the wider Ngāpuhi communities throughout Aotearoa and Australia, just as settlement has done for Tainui and Ngāi Tahu
Our commitment to you remains the same – we will continue to consult with you, and all Ngāpuhi will benefit from this settlement.
Please continue to look at our website during 2012 to keep up with the news about our settlement.
Finally, Te Rōpū O Tūhoronuku – representatives and project team –wish you and your whānau Meri Kirihimete and safe, happy times over the holidays.
Back to topHapu Kaikorero Report Back
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, HAKATAU MAIE mihi kau atu ana ki te hunga kua rongo i te kākatitanga o te mahi nanakia a te toki o Aituā. Ko ngā
mate o te wā nei, tae noa atu ki ngā mate kua wheturangitia, haere, haere, haere atu rā. Kua
tangihia, kua mihingia, kua poroporoakitia, me kī, kua ea te wāhanga ki a rātou.
Ngā mihi o tēnei wāhanga o te tau ki a koutou katoa ngā kai pikau i o tātou wawata, tumanako, tēnā
koutou, tēnā koutou tēnā rā tātou katoa.
Following the conclusion of the mandating Hui and subsequent voting results the three Hapū
Kaikōrero Representatives on Te Rōpū o Tuhoronuku, Sam Napia (Te Whiu), Toko Tahere (Ngāti
Tautahi) and Kyle Hoani (Ngai Tāwake) wish to take this opportunity to invite all descendants of Te
Waimate - Taiamai Hapū to attend a Hui to report back on the progress of Te Rōpū o Tūhoronuku.
Date: 19th November 2011
Venue: Tauwhara Marae
Time: 2.00pm
If you need to know more about this Hui please contact Kipa Munro
Ph: (09) 401 5530 Ext: 244, Cell: 0275553852, kipa.munro@ngapuhi.iwi.nz
Mauri ora,
Sam Napia/Toko Tahere/Kyle Hoani
Te Rōpū O Tūhoronuku
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