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Kaumatua Briefing Hui Treaty Settlement Kaupapa - 9 August 2013 - Ngatiwai
Kaumatua Briefing Hui

 Treaty Settlement
     Kaupapa
     9 August 2013
Kaumatua Briefing Hui Treaty Settlement Kaupapa - 9 August 2013 - Ngatiwai
Marae        Trustees                Alternates
Tūparehuia   Kathy Pita              Dick Pene
Ngaiotonga   Merepeka Henley         Jury Greenland
             (Deputy Chair)
Punaruku     Haydn Edmonds (Chair)
Otetao       Gary Reti               Elvis Reti
Mokau        Donna Tamaki            Adrianne Taungapeau
Oakura       Henry Murphy
Whananāki    Allan More              Isha Waetford
Matapōuri    Kris MacDonald          Marion Kerepeti-Edwards
Ngunguru     Erica Wellington        Mike Rundlett
Pātaua       Hori P Mahanga
Takahīwai    Michael Leuluai
Pākiri       Laly Haddon QSM
Motairehe    Andrea Munro            Jeff Cleave
Kawa         George Ngāwaka
Kaumatua Briefing Hui Treaty Settlement Kaupapa - 9 August 2013 - Ngatiwai
Notified Purpose of Hui
• Provide and early briefing for Kaumauta
  – We want to keep you informed of developments
  – We want your support and advice
Notified Purpose of Hui
• Provide and early briefing for Kaumauta
  – Feedback received and issues identified following
    release of DRAFT mandate strategy
  – Improvements made to the mandate strategy
  – Ngatiwai Tupuna, Hapu, WAI claims included in
    mandate sought
  – Other matters
Overview of the Direct
Negotiations Pathway

Pre Negotiations       Negotiations &          Settlement                Post Settlement
                       Settlement              Legislation               Redress

    • Research             • Agreement in           • Legislation            • Historical
    • Mandate put to         Principle                created (Bill)           Account and
      Vote                 • Initialled Deed        • Select                   Apology
    • Deed of                of Settlement            Committee              • Cultural
      Mandate              • Ratification of          submissions              Redress
    • Terms of               DOS and PSGE             and hearings           • Commercial
      Negotiation            Put to vote            • Bill passed into         Redress
                                                      Law (Act)
Recap of events to date
• 2009 Ngati Manuhiri, Ngati Rehua
• Correspondence between NTB and Crown
• 3 Info hui: Ngaiotonga, Whangarei, Auckland
• DRAFT mandate strategy & feedback
• Revised mandate strategy endorsed by
  Crown
• Public Notice in Major Daily News media
Te Iwi o Ngatiwai
                       “Claimant Community”
Governance

               Kaumātua                   NTB               Hapū
Operations

                 Research             Treaty Claims
                                                           Negotiators
                 Group                 Committee

             Advisory Relationship              Blue indicates existing structures
             Reporting Relationship             Brown indicates proposed
                                                structures
Our Founding Tupuna

  • Manaia II
  • Te Rauotehuia
  • Tahuhunuiorangi
  • And other key tupuna
   (See full description in the mandate strategy page 11)
Our Marae
Our Hapu
                  Ngātiwai Hapu
Ngāti Kuta             Te Kainga Kurī
Patu Keha              Ngāti Toki ki-te-moana
Te Kapotai             Te Patuharakeke
Ngāti Tautahi          Ngāti Takapari
Te Uri o Hikihiki      Ngāti Kororā
Te Aki Tai             Te Whānau ā Rangiwhakaahu
Te Whānau Whero-mata-mamoe
Our Rohe/Area of Interest
                Within the Taitokerau Region
                The Ngātiwai rohe includes the
                contiguous area from the
                mountains to the sea and into the
                Exclusive Economic Zone
Crown settlement policy
  on WAI Claims to be included
• The Crown negotiates Treaty settlements with Large Natural
  Groups
   • The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi negotiations has
     recognised Ngatiwai as a Large Natural Group

• The Crown negotiates comprehensive Treaty settlements
   • This means all hapu and WAI claims are included in the
     mandate sought from Te Iwi o Ngatiwai

• WAI Claims
  • Historical Treaty claims are those arising out of Crown
    actions an omissions before 21 September 1991.
   • Contemporary claims relate to actions of the Crown that
     occurred after 21 September 1991 – separate process later
WAI Claims Included
WAI No.   Claim Title                           Claimants
67        Oriwa 1 B3                            Jean Applehof & and Ors
156       Oriwa Block (Whananāki)               Marie Tautari
244       Te Iwi o Ngātiwai historical claims   Uru Palmer/Ngātiwai Trust Board
262       Flora & Fauna                         Saana Murray, Te Witi McMath & Ors
343       Otetao A Block                        Wayne Peters
504       South Whangārei Land & Seabed         Tamihana Paki
511       Matapōuri Bay Council sections        Chris Koroheke & Ors
745       Patuharakeke Hapū Lands &
                                                Luana Pirihi & Ors
          Resources
1308      Pukekauri & Takahīwai                 Grant Ngāwaka Pirihi & Ors
1384      Whāngaruru Lands                      Elvis Reti & Ors
1392      Pukekauri 1A, 2A & 2B. Wiki Te
                                                Ephie Pearly Pene
          Pirihi & ors
WAI Claims Included
WAI No.   Claim Title                                 Claimants
1512      Descds of Wiki Pirihi & Raiha Te Kauwhata   Michael Leulua’i
1528      Native Land Court: Te Kauwhata              Carmen Hetaraka
1529      Native Land Court: Hetaraka & Herewini      Toru Hetaraka
1530      Native Land Court: Hetaraka & Herewini      Te Rina Hetaraka
1539      Native Land Court: D Kereopa & S Pirihi     Te Aroha Going
1544      Ngātiwai Land Blocks                        George Davies & Ors
1677      Orokawa 3B Perpetual lease                  Hūhana Seve
1711                                                  Kris MacDonald, James
          Te Whānau ā Rangiwhakaahu Hapū
                                                      Mackie & Ors
1712      Native Land Court: Toi te Huatahi & Te
                                                      Marino Māhanga
          Mawe
1717      Native land Court: Te Whānau Whero          Alan Moore & Takapari Waata
1719      ML Blocks: Hone & Erana Murphy              Henry Murphy
WAI Claims Included
WAI No.   Claim Title                             Claimants
1723      Crown’s Environmental Policies          John Paki
1726      Paremata Mōkau A13 Block etc            Robin Paratene
1786      Actions of the Crown: Reweti whānau     Ike Reti, Gary Reti & Ors
1954      Native Land Court: Haika & Te Kauwhata Eta Haika
1960      Rangatiratanga: Tamihana & Kaupeka      Kapotai Tamihana
1961      Native Land Court: Pita Tunua & ors     David Carpenter
1955      Partitioning land: Patu Harakeke &
                                                  Juanita De Senna
          Ngātiwai
1973      Native Land Court: Hone Pita & Marara
                                                  Robert Carpenter
          Pita
2022                                              Edina Colston (Patuone Hoskins
          Foreshore Seabed Motokokako Island      on behalf of the Ahuwhenua
                                                  Trust and owners of Motokokako
2243      Little Barrier Is Acquisition Act       Tamihana Paki
4. Supplementary Claims
• After the mandate strategy was
  placed on the OTS website, the
  Crown instructed the Trust Board to
  include further WAI claims which
  appear to relate to Ngatiwai hapu.
4. Supplementary Claims
WAI    Claim Title                                 Claimants
245    Hinetapu Maihi Mahanga whanau               Hoori George Moanaroa Munro Parata
620    Te Waiariki/Ngati Korora Hapu               Colin Malcolm & Ors
688    Nga Hapu o Whangarei                        Richard John Nathan & Ors
887    Himi Tataiarangi Watene Tautari Whakapapa
                                                   Timi Tahana Watene & Ors
       Whanau Trust
1307   Ngati Kuta Ke Te Rawhiti                    Matiutaera Te Nana Clendon & Ors
1411   Te Waiariki/Ngati Korora/Ngati Taka         Violet Sade & Ors
1412   Te Waiariki/Ngati Korora/Ngati Taka         Violet Sade & Ors
1413   Te Waiariki/Ngati Korora/Ngati Taka         Violet Sade & Ors
1414   Te Waiariki/Ngati Korora/Ngati Taka         Violet Sade & Ors
1415   Te Waiariki/Ngati Korora/Ngati Taka         Violet Sade & Ors
1416   Te Waiariki/Ngati Korora/Ngati Taka         Violet Sade & Ors
1464   Te Kapotai and Ngati Pare                   Te Riwhi Whao Reti & Ors
1513   Te Roopu Whakamana                          Elizabeth Kopa & Ors
1546   Te Kapotai                                  Edward Henry Cook
Kaumatua Briefing Hui

 Treaty Settlement
     Kaupapa
     9 August 2013
Crown settlement policy
  And NTB Accountability Measures
• To be recognised as a mandated body the
  Ngātiwai Trust Board needs to:

  – provide a claimant definition including all
    hapu and WAI claims;
  – be appropriately accountable to the large
    natural group; and
  – carry out an open and transparent process to
    seek a mandate.
NTB Structure & Accountability
• The Ngātiwai Trust Board is a Charitable Trust
  established in 1984 with governance and
  management arrangement set out in a Trust Deed
• The Trustee’s are appointed through Marae elections
  held every three years
• The Trustee’s decision making process is by a simple
  majority (>50%)
• Any adult registered members of Ngātiwai Trust
  Board is eligible for election
• Each Marae may also elect an alternate Trustee
Structure and Accountability
•   The Ngātiwai Trust Board will report back to the Te Iwi o
    Ngatiwai through:
     • Annual General Meetings and Special General Meetings
     • Wananga and ongoing Hapu/Marae hui
     • Regular Panui/news-letters/website, smart phone
       “app”

•   The mandate can be removed through a process
    equivalent to the process that established the mandate.

•   The Ngātiwai Trust Board will present an initialed deed of
    settlement to the claimant community for their
    ratification.
An Open and Transparent
  Mandate Process
• Mandate hui and voting period August/September
   – Regional hui: Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Tauranga,
     Wellington
   – Marae hui: Ngaiotonga, Matapouri, and Pakiri
• Votes counted
   – made public
   – Passed to OTS
• Submissions invited
   – Public notification and letters to Wai claimants:
   – submissions, views and enquiries invited
• Ngatiwai Trust Board respond
   – to any issues raised in submissions
• Ministers make a decision
   • whether to recognise a deed of mandate for the Ngatiwai Trust Board
5. Mandate hui schedule
The voting period will open on 17 August and close on 15 September 2013

 Venue                      Location            Date
 Ngatiwai Marae             Ngaiotonga          24 August 2013
 The Tauranga               Tauranga            28 August 2013
 Brentwood                  Wellington          29 August 2013
 Matapouri Marae            Matapouri           31 August 2013
 Copthorne Hotel            Rotorua             2 September 2013
 Kingsgate                  Hamilton            3 September 2013
 The Waipuna                Auckland            4 September 2013
 Northtec Marae             Whangarei           7 September 2013
 Omaha Marae                Leigh               14 September 2013
5. Where can I get more information?

Voting/Hui information        Mandate Strategy information
Election Services Ltd         Ngātiwai Trust Board
P.O. Box 5135                 129 Port Road or
Wellesley Street              P.O. Box 1332
Auckland 1141                 Whangarei 0110
Free phone: 0800 922 822      Phone: (09) 430 0939
E-mail:                       E-mail:
info@electionservices.co.nz   ngatiwai@ngatiwai.iwi.nz
Website:                      Website:
www.electionservices.co.nz    www.ngatiwai.iwi.nz
6. Questions
    And
 Answers?
7. Voting: Mandate Resolution
 The vote is by postal ballot for all members of Te Iwi o Ngatiwai over 18
  years of age.
 Special votes are available to unregistered members.
 Votes may be posted to the Independent Returning Officer,
  placed in the ballot box provided at the mandate hui or cast online.

The resolution to be put to the vote is as follows:

   That the Ngātiwai Trust Board is mandated to
   represent Te Iwi o Ngātiwai in direct negotiations
   with the Crown for the comprehensive
   settlement of all the remaining historical Treaty
   claims of Ngātiwai including registered and un-
   registered claims
Ngātiwai Trust Board
   wants your mandate to
Seek a Treaty Settlement with
           the Crown
   (via direct negotiations)
         Mandate hui
      August/September 2013
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