Ngāti Ira Wai 558 Claim Info Hub

02/04/2024

Carlo Gage and Tama Hata representing Ngāti Ira and Te Tarata at 160th Ōrākau Commemorations today ✊🏽

14/11/2023

Shared from Te Ringahuia’s page**

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!
RAILROADED BY YET ANOTHER POSTAL VOTE 🙄

Confused?? VOTE NO❗️

❓WHY❓

1. There is no information pack in your voting packs to explain to you what this means. You are voting blind.

2. This is the SECOND TIME you have voted on this same resolution that was voted down last October. So WPSCT did not meet the threshold, they have not discussed it with the iwi since then, now they are running the vote again to try and ‘reach’ the threshold after they have already established a Trustee Election. Cart before the horse!

3. If you vote NO and the do not meet the threshold again, blank slate start again and they are forced to CONSULT with the hapu. Let’s get it right!

4. The whakapapa of manipulated consent by postal ballots has to stop. We have a High Court hearing against WPSCT coming up next year about this very kaupapa - No Tikanga, No consultation and No mandate by Ngāti Ira and other hapu.

This is why you need to vote me on Te Tāwharau so I can keep the Trustees accountable and honest IF this circus gets off the ground and passes the threshold.

TINO HŌHĀ ĒNEI MAHI HUNA KAUPAPA, HUNA KŌRERO!

24/10/2023

TE TĀWHARAU o TE WHAKATŌHEA
VOTING UPDATE

ALL voting packs were sent by post last Thursday.

Email reminders will be sent out at a later date.

If you have NOT received your voting pack by this Friday 27th October OR you have moved house call 📞 ElectioNZ.com on 0800 666 047.

electionz.com is New Zealand’s leading election management company that offers a range of online voting, telephone, and postal voting options for corporate, education, government agencies, farming, energy trusts/power companies, not-for-profit, iwi, and local councils.

24/10/2023

Voting is open!
Voting online is available ✅

23/10/2023

What kind of questions are these?
These have nothing to do with trustees capabilities and abilities to be a trustee for the beneficiaries of Te Whakatōhea these are self-serving questions about individual opinion 😂

Vote for people over Profit.
Those that have selflessly serve their people not those who have never been seen or heard.

Kia kaha Te Upokorehe 🙌🏽

22/10/2023

E mau kanohi atu ana ngā tihi o Mākeo, o Mātītī ki Whakaari.
Ko te pueatanga o ngā mātāpuna o Waioweka me Ōtara ka rere iho ki ngā wai hono o Pākihikura p**a atu ki Toitehuatahi.
Mai i te awa o Mōtū ki Waiaua ka whakapau atu te wai ki Tirohanga.
He uri au nō ngā tīpuna i nōhia ai ēnei maunga, ēnei awa.
He paringa atu ki te moana i whakapau kaha ai ngā waka o Nukutere me Mataatua.
Ka pari mai ngā waka ki ngā kūreitanga whenua, ngā toka, ngā kirikiri o ngā hapū o Te Whakatohea.
Ko Te Ringahuia Hata tōku ingoa.

I am humbled to be supported by my whānau of Ngāti Ira and Ngāti Rua to be considered as a general trustee to Te Tāwharau alongside my hapū representatives who will be mandated by the hapū.

This position is a general one, mandated by all uri, that should represent and be inclusive of all of Te Whakatōhea at the table. I will also represent all my hapū as equally passionate as the other.

It is a role that bears huge responsibility as our iwi transitions into a post-settlement phase to manage tribal settlements and assets. I intend to ensure accountability and transparency is at the core of everything we do and including our people in that journey is paramount. Key skills are needed in this role.

The attributes and experience needed to navigate the ever-changing political environment of a new (and uncertain) government, experienced networking with Wellington and up-to-date with current policies to ensure our people’s health, employment, housing and social well-being is at the forefront of all decisions.

My biggest achievement for our people has been as part of the team to win Customary Marine Title for our Takutai Moana foreshore and seabed for all six hapū in the High Court - the first ever CMT title awarded to hapū for the benefit of iwi setting a precedent in the country. Still lots of mahi to do in this space but with a voice at Te Tāwharau’s table I will ensure our Takutai Moana is protected by law, for all our mokopuna.

I will bring to the table :-

👉🏽 Te reo me ōna tikanga
👉🏽 Kaupapa Māori values based on Mana Motuhake and Tino Rangatiratanga principles
👉🏽 20+ years International experience in tourism, trade, negotiations, teaching and event management
👉🏽 10+ years experience and knowledge in Te Tiriti partnerships and strategic planning
👉🏽 Protect our CMT title for tall six hapū in the marine and aquaculture space
👉🏽 Legal skills and negotiations
👉🏽 Extensive networks across the commercial, social and economic sector
👉🏽 Inclusivity and support of the rangatahi voice

My motto has always been “When hapū are thriving and healthy, then the iwi thrives and benefits”

I ask for your vote to be that unapologetic voice at the table who will advocate for our people.

✅ Tick for Teringahuia
✅ Nominated and endorsed by Te Rua Rakuraku
✅ Supported by Te Riaki Amoamo
✅ Supported by Wai 558 claimants to protect our interests

Ana Muriwai tō ringa te waka!

06/10/2023

Hei whānau it’s not too late to update your details on the Whakatōhea tribal register if you have moved or changed your email address.

CONTACT ElectioNZ.com

☎️ 0800 666 047 (Freephone NZ)

📞 +64 33773530 (International)

📧 [email protected]

Update your info before voting starts on
📅 Tuesday 24 October 2023

Make your vote count whānau ✅

electionz.com is New Zealand’s leading election management company that offers a range of online voting, telephone, and postal voting options for corporate, education, government agencies, farming, energy trusts/power companies, not-for-profit, iwi, and local councils.

03/10/2023

TE TĀWHARAU O TE WHAKATŌHEA PSGE
✅ TICK FOR TERINGAHUIA

Te Tāwharau is the Post-settlement governance entity established to receive and manage the Treaty settlement assets as well as the assets of the Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board.

The Trust will comprise of sixteen (16) available Trustee positions and if you are registered you will receive a Voting Pack so you can vote for:-

➡️ twelve (12) Hapū Trustees – two (2) to be elected from each of the 6 hapū Ngai Tamahaua, Ngāti Ruatakena, Ngāti Patumoana, Ngāti Ngahere, Ngāti Ira and Ūpokorehe

➡️ three (3) General Trustees and one (1) Rangatahi Trustee (aged 18 to 35 years old)

🙋🏻‍♀️ Te Ringahuia Hata has been nominated to stand as a General Trustee and therefore everyone registered is able to vote for her 😉

🙋🏻‍♀️ Amber Rakuraku-Rosieur has been appointed and the hapu representative along with Renay Jones. It will not go to a vote because only two names were put forward, congratulations Amber!! 👏🏽

📆 Voting opens Tuesday 24 October 2023

🗳️ Make your vote count whānau!

✅ Vote Te Ringahuia as our general trustee, a voice for the voiceless, a face of truth and experience to keep the Trust accountable 🙌🏽

🌐 Candidate Announcement here
https://tewhakatohea.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CandidateAnnouncement-September2023.pdf

19/08/2023

Summary for making submissions to Parliamentary Select Committees in image below.

Click the link for more details on making submissions

https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/how-to-make-a-submission/

18/08/2023

🚨 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN 🚨

‼️ CLOSING DATE - TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER ‼️

The Chairperson of the Māori Affairs Committee is calling for submissions on the Whakatōhea Claims Settlement Bill.

LINK BELOW 👇

https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/53SCMA_SCF_F9616DB3-6663-467E-0B4F-08DB6C775065/whakatōhea-claims-settlement-bill

‼️Now is your chance whānau! Get your submissions in to lodge your objections to the Crown’s corrupt practices and processes used to commit modern day raupatu against our people‼️

Ka whawhai tonu mātou mō to āke,āke, āke ✊🏽

16/05/2023

[Hata v Attorney-General]

Kua tukuna e Ngāti Ira he tono ki te Kōti Matua o Whanganui a Tara hei whakatārewa i te mokotanga o te whakataunga tiriti o Te Whakatōhea. I tohua e te Kōti Teitei kia pānuitia ēnei kōrero ki tēnei whārangi. Pāwhiritia tēnei hononga kia kitea ngā tuhinga a Ngāti Ira: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sgn3jejjd7yly13/AACfiEgh_31bVthM2jHdWAcja?dl=0



Ngāti Ira has filed an application in the High Court at Wellington seeking interim orders to delay the signing of the Deed of Settlement. The High Court has directed that notice of this application be posted on this page. Copies of the documents filed by Ngāti Ira can be accessed at this Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sgn3jejjd7yly13/AACfiEgh_31bVthM2jHdWAcja?dl=0.

04/05/2023

01/05/2023

Nga mihi Wairarapa Moana… same whawhai as Ngāti Ira Wai 558

Anne Carter, Wairarapa Moana Incorporation Committee of Management recently attended the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. The Permanent Forum is one of three United Nations bodies that is mandated to deal specifically with indigenous peoples’ issues.


In a speech to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues she told members that Wairarapa Moana had been denied access to justice by the New Zealand Government, and the passing of legislation whilst in the middle of active legal proceedings was an egregious act by the New Zealand Government.

In doing so, the Government:
-Breached Te Tiriti of Waitangi.
-Forced a settlement of the Wairarapa Moana claim, Wai 85, without our free, informed, and prior consent.
-Violated our human right to have our claim and lawful rights heard and properly determined by the New Zealand courts.
-Have repeatedly acted in a way which is inconsistent with the intent and articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.


In a further written statement to the United Nations Permanent Forum, Ms Carter reminded members that this behaviour mirrors what happened with the Foreshore and Seabed issue, and in that case the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination criticised the New Zealand government’s enaction of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004.


Professor Claire Charters, Rongomau Taketake at New Zealand Human Rights Commission, in a statement to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues the following day, called on the United Nations to hold the New Zealand Government to account for breaching Wairarapa Moana’s human rights and rights as indigenous peoples.

“The Commission supports the Wairarapa Moana group represented here at the Permanent Forum.

As they claim, Parliament’s legislative override of their lands, territories and resources, recognised by the independent Waitangi Tribunal and the Supreme Court, is of upmost concern. Such action is abhorrent to the rule of law, fundamental human rights and indigenous peoples’ rights under the Declaration.

Wairarapa Moana will be raising this issue with both the Expert Mechanism, the Special Rapporteur, the Permanent Forum and Human Rights Treaties bodies.

The Commission requests the United Nations to hold New Zealand to account on these breaches of human rights and indigenous peoples rights.”

26/04/2023

Nga mihi Richard & the team