CANDIDATE PROFILES

Te Runanga o Ngati Maru
(Taranaki) Trust
2015 Election of Trustees
CANDIDATE
PROFILES
Election of SEVEN (7) Trustees
BURROWS Karl
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BURROWS Kiri - Ana
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HOHAIA Holden
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KOPU Michael
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NGĀTAIERUA-MAXWELL Rōpata
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NGERU Eddie7
PATUWAIRUA Dennis T
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PATUWAIRUA Tristan
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PERI Glenn Maraenui
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PUATA Ronald Burnard
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PUE Tamzyn-Rose
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TAPUTU Rangi
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WANSBROUGH Jordon
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WOODS Te Aroha
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BURROWS Karl
Ko ahau e mihi ana, he uri no
Ngati Teika, Ngati Rongonui, Ngati
Hinemokai. Tena koutou katoa nga uri
o Ngati Maru.
I am a father of 3 children Kimiora,
Tira and Kahu and we are based
in London. I am putting myself
forward to be elected as a trustee
on the runanga to contribute to the
development and growth of our iwi.
Ngati Maru has a very unique story with its roots and
home in Taranaki but now is one which reaches around
the world. I want to be part of that story, to bring our
people together and contribute to improving the welfare,
prosperity and mana of Ngati Maru.
I trained as a lawyer and practiced commercial lawyer
in New Zealand for Govett Quilliam and in the UK for
several multinational companies. I also worked in iwi
liaison and as a policy analyst for the Taranaki Regional
Council. In the UK I am the founder and MD of a company
which energises, builds trust, improves communication
and connects people to values utilising tools from Maori
culture. I have been privileged to be a part of Ngati
Maru’s recent development being part of a team that
researched and prepared the Ngati Maru tupuna list
which now forms the basis of our iwi’s membership.
I am a regular visitor to Taranaki and believe through
these visits and the use of modern technology that I can
make a valuable contribution to Ngati Maru’s future.
Kati ra.
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BURROWS Kiri - Ana
Ko Ngati Hinemokai, ko Ngati Teika
oku hapu
Ko Te Puata Ika Haehae kupenga, ko
Mere Te Ikamatawhero Whakaruru
Whatitiri oku matua tupuna
Ko Kiriana Burrows toku ingoa.
Tena koutou
I’m staunchly proud to be Ngatimaru.
I am passionate about our
development as an iwi for the benefit of our tamariki and
future generations.
My professional background is in education. I live in
Waitara and as a qualified teacher, I have been teaching
at Waitara East School for fifteen years in the Kaupapa
Maaori bilingual unit. I have had the opportunity to
practise and refine many skills such as:
• Organising and managing documents and accounts.
• Time management and planning.
• Reporting to boards on the progress and
achievements of programs, clients and staff.
• Communicating effectively with whanau, iwi and
community.
• Managing and organising staff and teams of people.
• Devising effective programs to support learning and
practice.
• Being inclusive of whanau, to value and implement
their voice.
• Managing finances.
• Planning from within a kaupapa Maori lens or world
view.
• Interviewing and research.
While I can work collaboratively and cooperatively as part
of a team, I am also an independent thinker. As a people
we need the best skills and experience with the right
determination, integrity, transparency and commitment
to move our iwi into the future. The best contribution
I can make to you is to ensure that the decisions made
are in the very best interests of our iwi, to secure a
positive future for Ngatimaru, our tamariki and the future
generations.
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HOHAIA Holden
Kia ora whanau
Ko toku tupuna koroua ko Tokotaua.
Ko toku tupuna kuia ko Ngaone Te
Manihera. Ko Ngati Hinemokai me
Ngati Teika oku hapuu.
I am proud to be Ngati Maru and love
going back home to our marae at
Tarata to reconnect with whanau. I
have over the years worked to build
our identity through our marae and as Ngati Maru. I have
mainly done this through the wananga process, which I’ve
been facilitating at the marae since the 90’s. Recently, as
a court appointed Runanga trustee, I have been privileged
to assist in the review of our tribal register to ensure
processes are robust and membership based on Maru
descent.
Tribal decision making should be based on our marae
and the Runanga and marae committee should work in
partnership to bring our people back to the marae.
My lovely partner, Marama, and I have a beautiful
blended whanau of six well-behaved (most of the time
anyway) children.
Some of my qualifications, work experience and current
roles include:
• Solicitor of the High Court
• Certified Maori Language Interpreter
• President: Tunui Outrigger Club in Poneke
• Trustee Te Runanga o Taranaki Whanui (Poneke)
• Advisory Trustee – Te Aro Pa Land Trust
• Currently Government and Community Relations
Manager at NZ Post
Recent roles include:
• Director Iwi Engagement CYF
• General Manager – Child Family Community Policy
MSD
• Trustee Palmerston North Maori Reserves
I would be honoured to serve you as a trustee.
Ngati Maru - Mana Tuupuna
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KOPU Michael
No profile supplied.
No photo
supplied.
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NGĀTAIERUA-MAXWELL Rōpata
Ko Rua Taranaki te tauheke maunga,
te pouherenga o nga waka e toru
Ko ona hekenga wai katoa, ko au
Ko toku Matua no te Marakiraki o
Taranaki, Ko toku Whaene no te
Matongatonga tae atu ra
Ki te Awa Tupua o Whanganui
Tenei au e mihi ake nei kia koutou oku
nei whanaunga no roto mai I to tatou
iwi o Ngati Maruwharanui ki tuawhenua
Ki nga mate huhua ki waenganui I a tatou, haere hoki atu
ra koutou ki nga Hawaiki o nga Matua o nga Tupuna okioki
atu ai.
Tena koutou, Tena Tatou Pai Marire!
“Maru kai atu, Maru Kai mai”
At present I am working at Te Kopae Tamariki Kia U Te Reo
Te Kohanga Reo based in New Plymouth as a Kaiwhakaako
Reo Maori.
Previous to this position I was a Tutor and programme
Co-ordinator for the Traditional Maori Performing Arts
Programme at WITT.
I have a Diploma in Te Reo Maori, Diploma in Traditional
Maori Performing Arts and presently studying towards my
Teaching Degree with Massey University.
I have of late taken a strong interest in iwi affairs
especially with NgaRuahinerangi and Ngati Mutunga
and observing as to how these 2 of my iwi have or
are strategically planning for the future of all their
descendants.
Two very different iwi, with two very different paths
forward for themselves but with the same intention of
leading their people into the future with very vibrant and
achievable goals
This is what I see for Ngati Maruwharanui... (abridged)
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NGERU Eddie
I’m Chairperson of the Ngati Te Ika
Hapu Trust, a Hapu of Ngati Maru Iwi.
I’ve lived, taught, worked and farmed
in the Matau, Purangi and Tarata
areas most of my life. During that
time I’ve canoed and walked along the
Waitara River from the waterfall to
Waitara town many times; canoed the
Whanganui River from Taumaranui
to Pipiriki several times; walked the
Matemateaonga track from Makahu to Tieke; followed
the Whangamomona river from Whangamomona to
Aotuhia; followed the Tangarakau river almost to the
Whanganui river; walked to the coalface of the Tatu
coalmine; hunted pigs, deer, possums in the Tangarakau,
Whitianga, Te Wera and Ngati Maru Forests.
I was a Ngati Hawe Hapu member on the Ngati Ruanui
working party and eventually became their Hapu
representative on the Ngati Ruanui Runanga Trust (NRRT)
when Ngati Ruanui settled with the Crown. Now I am
content to be the deputy Trustee for Ngati Hawe on the
NRRT.
Ngati Te Ika Hapu is not being recognised as a tuturu
Hapu of Ngati Maru by the Ngati Maru Runanga. It
is important that our Hapu rights be pursued and
safeguarded. Ngati Te Ika has always been autonomous
and made its own decisions to protect its interests for
the benefit of all its descendants. It is our intention to
gain back from the Crown those many Ngati Te Ika Hapu
assets which were stealthily acquired. I have listened to
the stories, been to visit and seen the places which were
taken by the Crown.
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PATUWAIRUA Dennis T
Rev’d Dennis T Patuwairua
I have been working with Ngātimaru
since 1981 when The Kaumātua Tainui
Tokotaua and Mister Pue approached
me about helping rebuild Ngātimaru...
This was the beginning of the fight
to resolve our Muru mete Raupatu
settlement with the Grown. I have
had many troubles to resolve with
Ngātimaru and it has made my whanau weary.
At this juncture many of the people involved have taken
Ngātimaru to so many different places. I was called
the King of the road because I did what the tipuna did
I hitchhiked to all the meetings called in Wellington
because I believed in the work I was doing, it cost
Ngātimaru nothing. My cousin Peter Patu and I put in a
proposal for the funding to The Runanga Iwi Act and we
were the first Iwi in Aotearoa to received the $100,000
dollar Grant, this grant helped us build the Wharekai and
the new ablution block.
So this has been my commitment to my iwi and I will
stand and make sure that our Rangatahi and tamariki get
what are legally their rights.
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PATUWAIRUA Tristan
Tini whetu ki te rangi, ko Ngati Maru
ki te whenua.......
Tena tatou katoa e te iwi o Ngāti
Maru.
My name is Tristan Patuwairua and I
am honoured to put my name forward
to stand for Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Maru,
and to represent our families, our
hapū and our iwi.
I am the eldest son of Jack Patuwairua, the grandchild
of Ati and Jane Patuwairua, and a proud decendant Te
Ikatere, and of course Patuwairua himself.
I live in Whaitara with my partner Candy Harrison and our
5 children. I am currently the head chef at the Bach on
Breakwater and run the restaraunt and supervise 8 staff
members. I am also in my last year of my masters degree
in Mātauranga Māori where I am writng my thesis on the
different levels of Hapū development.
I bring a vast variety of skills wich I believe will benefit
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Maru, however I will do my upmost
to provide and support our people, our Marae, our
Hapū and Iwi. These skills include Management,
administration, buisness, life skills and of course my
passion - Te Reo me ona Tikanga.
Tena koutou katoa!!
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PERI Glenn Maraenui
• Born in 1965
• Live in New Plymouth, Taranaki
• Business Owner of Chain Group 7
years
• My mother – (Hazel) Pareteuira
Ngataierua Tekere
• My father – Raymond Peri
(Kaperiere)
Overview / Experience
I am the Managing Director and Owner of Chain Resources
Group. I have 20 years experience in the Oil and Gas
/ Energy sector locally, nationally, and internationally.
Chain Resources Group is 70% Maori employed with 45
employees, we are a Maori proud Company.
My father Raymond Peri and koro Albert Peri were both
past Ngati Maru committee members.
I am honest, I have empathy for people and also a strong
business sense.
I serve no need for myself, other than clarity and dignity
for the people that I will represent in the Runanga
committee and wider Ngati Maru environment.
I am a forward thinker and very resourceful in making
things happen when needed, a network second to none,
a whanau base that is self sufficient, self made and
financially secure. I would ask you give me the chance to
help support, advise and make sound recommendations
on any issues forthcoming for all of our Ngati Maru people.
Community Involvement 2014
• Choices – Te Whare Oranga Ake / Prison Reintegration program.
• Employment Advisor for Maori Youth.
• Pathways – Boys High students / school to employment.
Sponsorships 2014
$40,000 within Taranaki.
Interests
My family, Travel, Work, Maori Business Development.
Character References
Wharehoka Wano, Colin Cooper, Taranaki Public.
With Respect, Glenn Maraenui Peri.
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PUATA Ronald Burnard
I am Ronald Burnard Puata and I was
born in 1937 at Purangi. I lived my
early years in the bush heartland of
Ngati Maru, surviving off the land and
fishing village settlements at Waitara.
I am an active, outgoing and healthy
person and I enjoy working to the
highest personal standard. I am a
capable and reliable person who
strives for the best of my abilities in all
things.
I believe that our young children will need to learn
their whakapapa/tikanga/kawa through the help of the
Kaumatua and Kuia. I am honest, outgoing and have a
good sense of humour.
It is time to look forward. Ngati Maru is behind most of
the Taranaki tribes in completing Treaty Settlement Treaty
Settlement talks with the Crown. Fisheries, Forest and
Land Claims should be finished this year then we can talk
about developing benefits for our people and our marae.
I was told by my wise Kaumatua and Kuia that helped me
grow up, that I should share the histories and memories
to our people and I want to see a better world for Ngati
Maru. I can help the process to get back land and money
that belongs to Ngati Maru.
Work & Training History:
• 1953-1954 Building and Framing Houses, Joinery
• 1955-1955 New Zealand Army/Regular Army United
Nations Forces for
• 4 years in East Asia, 7 years Training Officer
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PUE Tamzyn-Rose
“He puawai ahau nō runga i te
tikanga
He rau rengarenga ahau nō roto i te
raukura.
Ko taku raukura he manawa nui ki te
ao...”
Iwi/Hapū Affiliation: Ngāti Maru te
iwi – Ngāti Kui te hapū
Occupation:
• Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngā Pekanga Kaimahi
• Radio Broadcaster
Personal Interests:
Whānau, Iwi, Reo Māori, Kaupapa Māori
Community Involvement:
I co-tutor a community based Haka Team which
represents Taranaki – Language and History
I MC events quite often and facilitate forums etc
Relief teaching at various kura and teaching reo and
kapahaka to anyone who is keen to share in the learning
Candidate Statement:
The most important role for me is being a very devoted
Mummy to my son Rākaiao Nuri. On that note, he is 1
of the most important reasons why you are reading my
profile today. Him and the unborn mokopuna of Maruiwi
to come.
It’s been enriching to say the least being a rūnanga
member for the past few years. We’ve had many trials
and tribulations and I am very optimistic about the future
of our Ngāti Maru people. It’s been wonderful serving
our iwi interests and I am extremely proud to belong
to Ngāti Maru. We all have stories about our love and
devotion to our iwi and some of us are fortunate enough
to have grown up at Tarata on our marae, Te Upoko o Te
Whenua with our old people who have now gone before
us.
It would be great to continue to encourage our people
to... (Abridged)
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TAPUTU Rangi
As a former Trustee of the Ngati Maru
Trust I wish to make this submission
related to the request from Judge
Harvey for our individual CV’s.
I wish to indicate I have been involved
in many matters relating to the iwi
since 1985. I wish to see the process
of negotiations with the Crown
proceed as soon as it can be achieved.
I wish also to be part of that process to see my whanau
benefit from that outcome.
The following are the organisations that I have been
involved in over the years and still am, as I have a great
desire to see my people benefit from my involvement.
1985
Ngati Maru Marae Committee Treasurer
1989
Ngati Maru Research Group
1987
Te Rangatahi o Taranki
Trustee of the MACCESS Programmes
2007-09 Kura Talaho Organisation
2007-09 Kaumatua Kaunihera o Pukeariki (KKOP)
1988
Taranaki Maori Access Committee
2008-09 Toastmasters International
2003-04 NZQA Wananga o Aotearoa Advanced Te Ara
Reo
Trustee of Ngati Maru Claims Progression Trust
Taranaki Diabetes Support Group DHB
Te Mate Huka Group Board Member
2007-09 NZQA Te Reo o Taranaki
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WANSBROUGH Jordon
Kia ora Whanau
Ko toku tupuna koroua ko Te Puata Te
Ika Haehae Kupenga. Ko toku kuia ko
Mere Te Ikamatawhero Whakaruru
Whatitiri Te Ika Puata. Ko Ngati Teika
me Ngati Hinemokai oku hapu.
I am passionate about Te Ao Maori
and making connections through
whakapapa. My personal goal is to
bring my whanau home. This has
motivated me to organise my whanau in setting up our
own trust and led me to put myself forward as a Trustee
for our Iwi.
After achieving the Diploma in Performing Arts, I have
continued my studies at Te Wananga O Raukawa, working
towards a degree in Matauranga Maori which I will
complete at the end of 2015.
I have always loved animals and I am a keen equestrian.
Currently I am an Australasian Junior Show Jumping
Judge. I also enjoy karaoke and a good game of pool.
I have found contributing to the community a challenging
and rewarding experience and have been involved with:
• The Porirua City Youth Council, as a Youth Councillor
• The Discovery Programme (for teenagers) as a support
worker; and
• The New Zealand Heart Foundation (Zipper Kids) as a
member and support person
Although this would be my first experience in a Trustee
role, I am a quick and willing learner. I feel my passion for
whakapapa along with my continuing studies; will be seen
as an asset given the opportunity to represent our Iwi as
a young person.
Noho ra mai
Na Jordon Marshall Wansbrough
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WOODS Te Aroha
Tēnā Tātou te Iwi nui tonu o
Maruwharanui,
Ko ōku Mātua Tupuna, Ko Tamatea
Teika, Ko Merania Peri, ratou Ko Titi
Tihu.
Ko Te Aroha Woods tōku ingoa, anei
taku mihi ki a koutou kātoa.
I was born and raised in Taumarunui;
in a large supportive whanau; I
acknowledge their support in my nomination. I currently
reside in Whanganui, I have four children; and work as a
self-employed consultant.
My background is in business and accountancy; with
ten years work experience, and concurrent study. I am
studying towards of a Bachelor of Business with an
Accounting major. I have worked closely with many Maori
Organisations, including recent involvement with an Iwi in
the context of Post-Settlement Governance.
I am passionate about Iwi Development, and the
economic growth of our people. This can only
be achieved by strong leadership, transparency,
accountability and creating initiatives that encourage iwi
participation. Trustees need to make sound decisions,
reflecting the overall aspirations and tikanga of the Iwi. If
successful, I would look to improve these things as part
of the wider team of the Rūnanga. I am also interested in
ways to create opportunities for our people at the grass
roots level.
My whanau describe me as efficient and capable, able to
exercise humility when required, though still able to stand
up for what is right. I bring honesty, transparency and the
faces of my tupuna to the table of Ngāti Maruwharanui,
and I offer myself for election.
Ki te Wheiao, Ki te Ao Mārama
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