2012 Hōngonoi (July)

MA TE AROHA, TE TURE, TE WHAKAPONO KIA WHAKAKOTAHI AI A TAMAOHO
With compassion, integrity, and faith, Tamaoho will be united
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 16 August
2012 for a week.
HE KUPU
WHAKATAKI
Koroneihana
Sunday 12 August 2012 Volunteers needed
Papakura Public
Library, Uenuku
room @ 3pm
Thursday 23 August
2012
HE PITOPITO KŌRERO
PUTANGA 11, 2012 (Hōngongoi) (JULY)
Ngāti Tamaoho
Trust Board
meeting* 5pm
Sunday 26 August 2012 Hui-a-iwi @
Mangatangi Marae
Friday 31 August 2012
Whatapaka Marae,
Poukai
Sunday 16 September
2012
Oraeroa Marae,
Port Waikato
It has been another extremely busy month. I hope that all of our registered members
over eighteen have received voting papers in the mail and taken the time to fill them
out and return in the freepost envelope provided or voted online. In our June newsletter we set the challenge of Ngāti Tamaoho having the highest turnout of voters
across all the 13 hapu/iwi in the Tamaki collective. We have a better than average response so far, with 27% of Tamaoho votes in compared to only 17% for the whole Collective — but we’re not at the top of the league yet so let’s make it even better! Don’t
forget that if you haven’t received your voting papers you can ring 0508 666 104 to
make a special vote. Votes will be accepted until noon on 10 August 2012.
A big thank you also to those members that attended a Tamaki Collective ratification
hui or our Tamaoho specific hui-a-iwi and a hearty mihimihi to our negotiators, trustees, and office staff that worked tremendously hard during the Tamaki Collective
voting process.
This month we also went on a hikoi around our Sites of Significance (SOS), with our
Negotiators, Cultural Advisers, DOC and OTS (for explanation of these acronyms look
on the back page under Alphabet Soup). The weather held up for us (well for most of
the day) and our guests enjoyed themselves and found the day very informative. Overall it was a great trip and it was fantastic to show the Crown some of Tamaoho’s historic sites. We wish to acknowledge the OTS team that came all the way up from Poneke,
DOC (Tamaki and Waikato) and David Armstrong our CFRT contracted historian for
attending. Nga mihi nui kia koutou.
The next couple of months are going to be busy for our Treaty Claims Unit and our
Trust Board. We are all currently working very hard towards finalising Ngati Tamaoho’s
Agreement in Principle by October. We will continue to report regularly to you via
these panui and our hui-a-iwi. Please come along to our hui-a-iwi if you wish to find
out more information on how the negotiations are going.
Sunday 23 September
2012
Hui-a-iwi and AGM It seems incredible, but it’s already time for our AGM again. Four of the Trustees will
@ Whatapaka Ma- be up for re-election. Start thinking if YOU have what it takes to be a Trustee, or you
may know someone that has the necessary skills for this role which is vital for setting
rae at 9.30am
the direction of Ngati Tamaoho. It involves attending one board meeting a month in
the evening, and sometimes there are other wānanga as well. Further information and
forms for nominating candidates will be on the website, but you need to be registered
Thursday 27 September Ngāti Tamaoho
as a Tamaoho member to nominate someone—and of course to vote.
2012
Trust Board
meeting* 5pm
We do have other initiatives that you may want to participate in; see inside for details.
Mā tō rourou mā toku rourou ka ora ai a Tamaoho. With your basket and my basket,
Tamaoho will be sustained.
*PLEASE NOTE
*PLEASE NOTE The Trust Board meetings are
open to all members; however please register
your interest prior to attending so that we can
arrange kai and seating.
Paimarie
Dennis Kirkwood - Heamana (Chairperson)
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
In the June newsletter, we introduced Teresa Kirkwood who is providing
support for development in the area of Oranga Hou (education,
employment, health, rangatahi, etc). In only one month, she has so far
investigated a wide range of activities and helped us get started with
several kaupapa.
Her first task was to review the results of the survey many of you
completed a couple of months ago where you told us that your top
priorities were employment, education, Tamaohotanga and health. So,
in addition to the Tamaoho sports day referred to below, we have
applied for funding to have a community education officer for three
years; we are getting involved with education, employment, business
and cultural opportunities related to the V8 Supercars event returning
to Pukekohe; we are considering a large health research project to
provide supportive evidence of the impact of Tamaohotanga on our
people.
Teresa will be at the hui-a-iwi in August to
find out more about your aspirations and to
discuss the initiatives already begun. In
particular, we want to know whether you
would like us to apply to the Whanau Integration, Innovation and
Engagement Fund (WIIE) for your whanau to receive up to $5000 to
prepare a plan to move toward greater self reliance and self
management by strengthening whānau connections and engagements,
by developing whānau leadership, building whānau knowledge, skills
and capabilities to achieve their goals and aspirations. If you are
interested but can’t come to the hui please contact the office.
He karanga tēnei ki ngā ringa raupā o te hau kāinga –
WE WANT YOU!
The trust is looking for volunteers who will be able to assist
us out with preparations for our first ever Tamaoho Day
this November 11. Whether you can referee a sport, butter
some bread, usher people, or manaaki our kaumātua –
WE WANT YOU!
We need a number of volunteers to assist us with our
preparations for this event. So we are holding a Volunteer Meet where we can
give you some information, and talk about what you might be able to do. So
how can you sign up?
Turn up on Sunday 12th August at 3pm – Uenuku Room (opposite Papakura Library) Papakura, Auckland – where we will take your details, and talk about the
run down for the day. For more information contact [email protected]
Special thanks to Lottery for a grant which is making the Tamaoho Day possible!
TREATY CLAIMS LODGED WITH
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
(2004and 2008)
√
PUTANGA 11, 2012 (Hōngongoi) (JULY)
SOS HIKOI
To the right of the
road is our Maunga, Maungaroa,
crowned with
cloud.
Our manuhiri
OTS, DOC
and Tamaoho
people.
Photo of Whangamarino wetlands which at
one time was an important thoroughfare for
Negotiator and
Trustee for NTT
Ted Ngataki with
Jean Cooper nee
Edwards who is
also a Trustee for
NTT and a NTT
Cultural Adviser.
At the back is
Barry Hughes
from OTS
CLAIMS PROGRESS
FORMAL DEED OF MANDATE √
TERMS OF NEGOTIATION √
For the Trust to negotiate on
behalf of the hapu (Aug 2009)
Agreed between Tamaoho and
the Crown (Oct 2010)
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PUTANGA 11, 2012 (Hōngongoi) (JULY)
BACK THEN .................
For our rangitahi reading this, I bet you don’t know where the ma me te pango
photo below was taken? Here is a clue. In 1936 Princess Te Puea and our Tupuna
at that time, had decided that Tamaoho needed a marae somewhere.
Did you know that this whare
tawhito was at Mangatangi Pa.
After years of hard work by our
Tupuna, Tamaaoho was completed in 1946.
Building of Kirihaehae was undertaken in 1962/63 and it was
opened in 1968 by our late Maori
Queen Dame Te Ataitrangikaahu.
It was named after Princess Te
Puea.
.......... AND NOW
Did you know too, that the kitchen was named after her husband
Tumokai. Both buildings were
demolished in 2008 to make way
for the new wharekai.
This wharekai was opened in
2009 by our very own Tamaoho
kaumatua and people. The whare
kai and the kāuta still bear the
same name as its predecessor. As
with the buildings before, it is
now up to our younger generation to make their memories like
their Tupuna before them
In the next newsletter we will
hopefully get to show you shots of our other marae, a bit of history and the
changes they have gone through as well.
AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE
(sometime between Sept
2012 and June 2013)
ENVIRONMENT
On the back page we have short profiles of
two people working hard to support our
environmental management and protection activities. We really appreciate all the
effort they and the other members of the
Environment group put in each week. And
the mahi is about to expand even further
thanks to a generous grant from the Auckland Council to support the Trust’s capability development in this area over the
coming year.
Some of you
may remember
a hui we had at Papakura earlier this year
to begin the planning by identifying both
geographic and resource priorities, but
now we will be able to go much further.
Suggestions include preparing an iwi management plan, adapting information we
are collecting through the Treaty claims
process for use in this area of work, and
developing one or more papakainga proposals.
But before we decide on specifics, we
need to find out more about what the
members want; so this will be a topic for
discussion at our August hui-a-iwi. Please
come with your suggestions and concerns
to help shape what we will be doing and
how in the next 5, 10 , even 20 years.
And don’t be surprised if you see some
unknown faces! Six students studying for
their Masters Degree in Planning, have
volunteered to undertake specific tasks to
help us.
SIGN DEED OF SETTLEMENT
(approximately 1 year after
AIP)
RATIFICATION OF
DEED OF SETTLEMENT
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PROFILE ON
LUCIE RUTHERFURD
Working with our Enviromental Management team Lucie has
been the Enviromental Technical Officer for
Ngati Tamaoho for the past eighteen
months.
She has lived and worked in the Franklin
and Awhitu district all of her life. As with
her children, parents and grandparents
alike.
Lucie is a conservationist and an advocate
for sustainable development while ensuring
the protection of our cultural heritage, natural surroundings,
and rural environment. She is particularly passionate about
water quality.
PUTANGA 11, 2012 (Hōngongoi) (JULY)
PANUI ...........
After six years of hard study, one of our NTT Trustees Panetuku
Rae nee Pompey graduated on 26 July 2012 with a Masters degree in Adult Literacy and Numeracy from Auckland University of
Technology.
She is wearing a beautiful korowai from
Whatapaka marae kindly loaned by
Aunty Rena Ngataki.
This photo was taken at the NTT board
meeting. To her left is NTT board member Roto Jenkins nee Kirkwood. To the
right is the NTT Chairperson Dennis Kirkwood.
GOING FOR GOLD
Tori Ngataki is the middle child of Ted and Waiata
Ngataki nee Cairns, just one of the many mokopuna that Aunty Rena Ngataki has.
Her background includes an extensive history in local government from 1998 to 2007 including Community Board and
Council. She is also a certified commissioner which means
she makes good decisions under the RMA. It also enables her
to be a decision maker at hearings should things go to court.
Like Panetuku Rae above, Tori has been studying at
the Auckland University of Technology towards a
Bachelor of Sports Science, with one year left.
Her understanding of the issues and the challenges facing our
rural and urban communities helps us to have a voice in developments affecting our rohe.
Tamara Taka-Brown is the eldest of four tamariki.
She is a mokopuna to David and Carolyn Taka, and
a great mokopuna to Naina and Mere Taka. She is
in her first year of university currently studying
towards a Bachelor of Health Science at Auckland
University of Technology as well.
JOANNA KATIPA
Joanna is from Ngati Mahuta, Ngati Naho
and Ngati Tamaoho. She currently lives in
Te Kohanga. She attended, Mercer Primary
as a young girl and attended Pukekohe High
School. In her later years she decided to
give Australia a try. However after 15
years over the ditch she is back in Aotearoa
Her interests are music, farming, maori history and sites of
significance and is learning to trace Whakapapa.
Her whānau are very proud of her achievements
and wish her well for her future education and
sporting pursuits.
Tori and Tamara have been selected to represent NZ in the Va’a
World Sprints (outrigger) waka ama at their prospective clubs. The
championships are being held in Canada—in August 2012.
Chur tumeke nga kotiro, you go girls bring back the gold.
At Tamaoho she has been the kaiawhina mahi for RMA hui,
and caters for various hui-a-iwi.
ALPHABET SOUP
On the previous pages you may have seen some abbreviations
and wondered what the heck we were talking about. So here it is
whānau, your very own dictionary
DOC

Department of Conservation
.
Email: [email protected]
Phone:(09) 551-6266
or
we are on Pukamata
(Facebook) whānau, search for us
and add the page as a friend, or visit our
Website: www.tamaoho.maori.nz.
Our office is located at:
3/11 Freeman Way,
Manukau, Auckland
DOS

Deed of Settlement
Kaitiaki

Environmentalists, caretaker
NTT

Ngati Tamaoho Trust
OTS

Office of Treaty Settlements
PSGE

Post Settlement Governance Entity
RMA

Resource Management Act
Rohe

Area
SOS

Sites of Significance
TE KOTAHI A TAMAOHO – UNITY OF TAMAOHO