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From the acting CEO
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Tūwharetoa consortium looks at new building project
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Annual Hui held by livestream again
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Rangatahi gain cadetship opportunity
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Summer means increased water monitoring
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2022 Education Grants open
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From the General Manager TST
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STEM Scholarships
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From the General Manager Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Trust
Cover Page : Cover: Artists impression of Te Whare Hono o Tūwharetoa building design
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From the Acting CEO Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board Tēnā koutou katoa, Welcome to our first issue of Te Kōtuku of the year. On behalf of the Trust Board team, I would like to wish you and your whānau the very best for the year ahead. The absence due to COVID-19 of the much loved Tūwharetoa Pa Wars, for the second year running, has meant a different start to
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the new year for many of us. Hopefully things will settle down and we can see the return of our key events.
Chief Executive update
CEO, Shane Heremaia, resigned before the Christmas break and finished with the Trust Board on 14 January. We would like to thank Shane for his leadership and mahi and wish him the very best in his future endeavours. In the meantime, the Board has appointed me as Acting CEO until the recruitment for a permanent CEO begins.
Education Grants are now open
With the start of the new school and university year about to kickoff, applications for Education Grants. See inside for more information and keep an eye on our FaceBook page and website for updates and important information. To avoid disappointment, please ensure you read the application carefully and provide everything which is required. Ngā manaakitanga, Rakeipoho Taiaroa Acting CEO
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Tūwharetoa consortium looks at new building project Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust A consortium of Tūwharetoa entities is looking
The Tūwharetoa Hono o Tūwharetoa Limited
at building a new three storey building in
Partnership was established in 2022 and
central Taupō.
includes the following entities:
An artists impression of the new building - Te Whare Hono Tūwharetoa Limited Partnership
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(L-R): Taupō Mayor, David Trewavas and Rakeipoho Taiaroa, Chairman of Te Whare Hono o Tūwharetoa Limited Partnership at the building site on Horomatangi Street, Taupō
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Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board;
Rakeipoho Taiaroa, says there is still some
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Tūwharetoa Limited (the commercial arm
work to be completed before final commercial
of the Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust);
terms are agreed between the parties – this is
Tupu Angitu Ltd (the commercial arm of
expected to be in March.
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the Lake Taupō Forest Trust); •
Te Pae o Waimihia; and
“This is an exciting development which will
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Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable
help mana whenua and local government to
Trust
work more closely together to build a cohesive relationship for the future,” said Mr Taiaroa.
Te Whare Hono o Tūwharetoa has been selected by the Taupō District Council to build
The building would be named Te Whare Hono
and own the new Civic Administration Building
o Tūwharetoa, which would reflect the coming
in Taupō.
together of various entities and council within Tūwharetoa.
If the project goes ahead, the new building will be located on Horomatangi Street in Taupō.
If the project goes ahead, its is expected
Chairman of Te Whare Hono o Tūwharetoa,
construction would begin early 2023 with completion expected in mid-2024.
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Annual Hui held by livestream again Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board
For the second year in a row, the Annual Hui was held via livestream due to COVID-19. Trustees were beamed into the livestream from three locations – Taumarunui, Tūrangi and Taupō. Some of the key highlights for the year ending 30 June 2021 included: •
$2.4 million in grants and support provided to Ngāti Tūwharetoa;
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Achieving a $9.2 million surplus;
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A High Court Declaratory Judgment confirming our ability to licence commercial operations on the lake.
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Copies of our 2021 Annual Report are available on our website or upon request from the office.
Back row (L-R): Channey Iwikau, Shane Loughlin, Tangonui Kingi Front row (L-R): Trish Otimi, Dame Geo Ariki Sir Tumu Te Heuheu – Paramount
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e Heremaia (CEO), Ngahere Wall, Te Takinga New, Heemi Biddle, Danny
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orgina Te Heuheu (Deputy Chair), John Bishara (Chair), Judy Harris, Te Chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa
AN N UAL RE PORT
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New faces - kaimahi Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board
Jesse Rihia
Mahora Manuel-Hepi
Ngāti Hikairo
Ngāti Te Maunga
Jesse was raised in Taupo and went on to
Mahora one day aspires to be a freshwater
Victoria University where he gained a Bachelor
scientist.
of Science degree majoring in marine biology. She joined the Natural Resources Team in midJesse joined the Trust Board’s Natural
2021 and is currently working on managing the
Resources team as Environmental Coordinator
Karapiti Incident. This relates to an incident in
in late 2021. He is heavily involved in
November 2020 when a Contact Energy facility
monitoring of Taupō moana and its tributaries,
failed releasing a massive sediment discharge
which includes taking samples of groundwater
into the waterway. The company is current
from around the lake.
working through a restorative justice process.
Outside of mahi, Jesse enjoys golf in summer,
Mahora enjoys travel, volleyball, hiking and
skiing in winter and is an avid follower of the
swimming.
American basketball league.
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Casana West
Sarah-Jane Cuthers
Ngai Tamanuhiri
Ngāti Parekaawa ki Poukura
Casana West works in our front of Taupō
Sarah-Jane Cuthers joined the Trust Board
office.
in 2021 as Executive Assistant to the CE and Board.
She grew up in Gisborne and Kawerau and moved to NSW Australia aged 12, before the
However, she is now holds the position of
whanau returned to Aotearoa in 2001.
Project Coordinator of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Mercury Development Group and the Ngāti
Casana was appointed to cover a period
Tūwharetoa Genesis Energy Committee.
of maternity leave. Her role is key in the organisation being front of house. She enjoys
Sarah-Jane crew up in Ōtautahi and Te
helping kaumātua and people who come in to
Awamutu. She spent some time working in
apply for grants or renew forest permits.
Ngāi Tahu for tribal entities during her time in the South Island, before she moved back home
Casana is a busy mum and finds joy following
last year.
her tamariki in their sports. She is involved in managing the Taupō Phoenix Rugby League
One day, Sarah-Jane would like to get her
Club and Tuwharetoa Māori Rugby League
Masters and eventually complete a PhD,
Club Team.
before eventually retiring to Poukura beside beautiful Taupō moana.
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New faces - kaimahi Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board
Journey Whaiapu
Ngati Kurauia, Tokaanu Marae
Journey grew up in Hamilton and Tūrangi. My whanau moved back to Tūrangi in 2007. Since then, she was a student at Kuratau School, then went to Te Kura o Hirangi for the rest of my kura years. Journey graduated kura in 2018 and in 2019,2020 and 2021 she worked parttime and studied Business Management online through Open Polytechnic. She enjoys assisting our beneficiaries and people who come into our office to register, apply for grants or just general enquiries.
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Rangatahi gain cadetship opportunity Taupō Moana Group Holdings In October, Lake Taupō Hole in One Challenge
Set as priority goal by Taupō Moana Group
and Chris Jolly Outdoors welcomed five
Holdings, the commercial subsidiary of the
new tauira mahi to their joint cadetship
Trust Board, this kaupapa aligns with the
programme.
board’s Ngā Ara Mātua strategic priorities for 2021-2026.
This is part of a long-term sustainable strategy to use the two businesses as vehicles to create career pathways for our people.
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Te Kapua Wall (Ngati Tūwharetoa)
In October, Lake Taupō Hole in One Challenge and Chris Jolly Outdoors welcomed five new tauira mahi to their joint
Āmua Te Maioha (Tainui/Te Arawa/Ngā Puhi/ Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
cadetship programme. This is part of a long-term sustainable strategy to use the two businesses as vehicles to create career pathways for our people.
Erama Smith
Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Ngāi Te Rangi
Set as priority goal by Taupō Moana Group Holdings, the commercial subsidiary of the Trust Board, this kaupapa aligns with the board’s Ngā Ara Mātua strategic priorities for 20212026.
Arahia Kahura Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Bailey Nelson
Ngāti Pikiao/Ngāti Whakaue
Image here?
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Summer means increased water monitoring Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board A cracking hot summer has kept our small Natural Resources team busy carrying out regular water monitoring around the lake and rivers. Our water monitoring mahi increases substantially during the summer period. In July 2020, certain water monitoring functions were transferred to the Trust Board, on behalf of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, by the Waikato Regional Council. We became the first iwi authority in the country to be transferred such functions under the Resource Management Act. As kaitiaki of Taupō moana, we have a role to play in monitoring the health of our lake and tributaries.
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If anything of risk to public or environmental heath is detected we liaise immediately with the Waikato Regional Council and Toi Te Ora Public Health. The Public Medical of Health will issue a public health warning if anything is detected which may be a risk to the health of the public, pets or the environment.
Jesse Rihia labels a water sample before it is sent away for analysis.
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Whats involved
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Ongoing water monitoring and testing
Take sample
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Toi Te Ora Public Health will issue a Public Health Warning if there is a risk to
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Send for analysis
public health
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Re-tests carried out to confirm
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If a positive Ecoli result is received, liaise with Waikato Regional Council
Summer water monitoring period
November – March What we test for
Ecoli
Algae blooms
Receive and review results
T ER A KŌ U TMUAKTUI
KAUPAPA
MAHI RANGATIRA KI TE IWI
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2022 Education Grants open Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust
It’s that time of year again when applications open for our annual Education Grants.
Checklist
It’s important that you take the time to read the information carefully and provide everything that is required. Your application may be delayed or declined if everything is not in order when you submit it.
Applications open 1 February 2022
Make sure you are registered and are eligible Provide full details about your courses and programmes
Applications will open and application forms will be available (online or hard copies available from our offices) from Tuesday, 1 February 2022. The closing date is Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Save time – apply online
We encourage you to apply online! This is much quicker. You can do this from Tuesday, 1 February 2022 at our website tuwharetoa.co.nz/education
Stay tuned for updates
We will post information updates to our FaceBook page – so make sure you follow us and stay tuned for updates. If you have any general enquiries, you can email education@ tuwharetoa.co.nz
Submit your application online before the closing date
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Have you moved house or changed email? Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust
A lot of whānau often forget to tell us when they have moved house or changed their email. Make sure you don’t miss out on any news or updates from us! Keep us up to date with your contact details!
Tel: (07) 376 5086 Email: info@tuwharetoa.co.nz
Tel: 0800 889 427
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Email: info@tst.maori.nz
Tel: (07) 376 5086
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KEEP YOUR KETE UP-TO-DATE & FULL OF NEWS We currently have 21,000 registered members. Approximately 3,000 don’t have an email address. 5,000 over the age of 18 have an email address. Stay up-to-date with marae, whānau, pānui, events and news from around Ngāti Tūwharetoa. To register online or download a form, visit www. tuwharetoa.co.nz
Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board
Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust
PO Box 87, Town Centre, Tūrangi 81 Horomatangi Street, Taupō
0800 889 427 (within NZ) +64 7 378 6793 (from outside NZ)
+64 7 386 8832 (Tūrangi)
info@tst.maori.nz
+64 7 376 5086 (Taupō) info@tuwharetoa.co.nz www.tuwharetoa.co.nz
www.tst.maori.nz
81 Horomatangi Street, Taupō
Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust 81 Horomatangi Street, Taupō +64 7 377 3176 info@ntf.maori.nz www.ntf.maori.nz
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From the GM Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust Tēnā tātou, It’s been just over six months since I first joined the Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust (TST). The learning curve has been steep and I still have much to learn. I am fortunate to have inherited a great team of staff and advisors to support our mahi and I am confident that together we will do a great job of implementing our TST Strategy. If you would like to see what is in our Strategic Plan, visit our website here –
Sean Te Heuheu – General Manager
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Aaron Te Huia – Technical Building Assessor
Kaimahi – New Staff
Housing Assessment. A housing assessment is
into our He Iwi Kāinga team. Aaron, who has
of the building.
In October 2021 we welcomed Aaron Te Huia whakapapa connections to both Ngāti Te Maunga and Ngāti Tahu, comes on board with 17 years of building experience. Aaron has worked in both Australia and New Zealand and also spent 4 years in Christchurch following the devastating earthquakes of 2011. Aaron’s role is as the Technical Building Assessor and he is responsible for visiting the homes of those of our whānau who have registered interest in the Repair and Maintenance Programme to carry out a
essentially a stocktake of the current condition
If you want to know more about our Repair and Maintenance Programme read our He Iwi Kāinga story later in this issue or visit our website here –
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2021 Annual General Meeting
As with the Trust Board, it was decided for health and safety reasons to hold the TST Annual General Meeting online due to the potential negative impact that COVID-19 could have on our hāpori. We acknowledge that the Online AGM process is not perfect but it is the best alternative we have at this stage. I would like to thank the large number of you who took the time on a Saturday morning to join our livestream broadcast. It was great to have you online with us and we hope to be able to connect with you in person over the course of the year. If you couldn’t make it, you can still watch the Livestream here –
Copies of our 2021 Annual Report are available for collection from the TST office, 81 Horomatangi Street, Taupō 3330 or you can access it online here –
Ngā manaakitanga Sean Te Heuheu General Manager
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He Iwi Kāinga Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust
through the relationships we have built with entities such as Habitat for Humanity and also through external grants, which can be of assistance to those who qualify. We are also investigating interest in homemaintenance workshops with a proactive approach to keeping our homes warm, dry and safe. All those who have previously registered their interest in our Repairs and Maintenance programme will be contacted in due course to arrange a time for Aaron to assess your property. If you would like to be part of this programme and have not yet registered, Our He Iwi Kainga team has started the 2022 year with our new Technical Building Assessor, Aaron Te Huia, beginning the first round of Housing Assessments on our Tūwharetoa homes. Our aim is for these assessments to show the true depths of where our Tūwharetoa housing needs lie. As the Repair and Maintenance Programme is in its infancy it does not include funding for repairs. However, with the help of our Senior Kāinga Coaches, the HIK team will assist whānau to create action plans to improve whanau homes where they can. There are a number of pathways for low-cost lending,
go to our website and fill in the repairs and maintenance enquiry form –
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Shaun Te Rire McNeil - 2021 STEM Scholarship recepient
STEM Scholarships
Te Herenga Tahere-Williams – 2021 STEM Scholarship recepient
Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust (TST) is pleased
in Earth Science.
to announce the two recipients of its annual
Each of the recipients demonstrated key focus
Science, Technology, Engineering and
on Mātauranga Māori. With impressive and
Mathematics (STEM) scholarships.
dedicated rangatahi like these recipients, our future is certainly looking bright.
Each year we allocate scholarships worth $10,000 toward the tertiary studies of some
Applications for the 2022 STEM Scholarships
of our top Ngāti Tūwharetoa students.
open in February. Make sure you check out our
Those who apply for the scholarship have to
website and apply if you are studying Science,
show great promise in their field (Science,
Technology, Engineering or Mathematics this
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
year –
and commitment to bettering the lives of our people. This year’s recipients are Shaun McNeil, who is completing a Master of Science majoring in Chemistry and Te Herenga Tahere-Williams, who is pursuing a Master of Science majoring
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From the General Manager Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust
Tēnā koutou katoa,
2021 Election
At the end of 2021 the trust’s Election Returning Officer, Anthony Morton from ElectionNZ, confirmed that all trustees had been returned for another three years.
Pictured (L-R): Tuirirangi te Heuheu, Shaneen Simpson-Almond, Danny Loughlin (General Manager), Judy Harris (Chair), Heemi Biddle, Karilyn Te Riini (Deputy Chair) and Tangonui Kingi
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Chairperson Judy Harris saw that outcome as a
contract with MBIE (The Ministry of Business,
vote of confidence in the board’s strategy and
Innovation and Employment) in October 2021.
the hard work put in by our team over the last
The contract funded their consultant, Tui
term. Karilyn Te Riini was confirmed as Deputy
Group Innovation, to establish “Te Kupenga
Chair.
Hou”, a collective of Ngāti Tūwharetoa entities who are focussed on Innovation (in particular
You can see the official results on our website:
AgTech).
www.ntf.maori.nz
2021 AGM
The Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Group has a 30 September financial balance date to align with the fishing season. The 2021 AGM is scheduled to be held in March 2022. The AGM will be held online due to the impact of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. General Manager Danny Loughlin said that the trustees were looking forward to holding the AGM ‘kanohi ki te kanohi’ but weren’t prepared to put whanau at risk. The positive from last years AGM was that members who completed the online survey after the 2020 hui went into a draw for pottles of kina and paua. Whanau who lived outside of the rohe got a $50 voucher to buy seafood from their local supermarket. Chairperson Judy Harris said her board were extremely disappointed we couldn’t meet in person, but looked forward to a ‘tinana hui’ in March 2023.
Innovation
Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Holdings Limited completed its ‘Commercial Advisors Scheme’
At the 30th September the new subsidiary of the trust, Te Kupenga Hou Limited, had 9 members. Director Danny Loughlin said that we were extremely fortunate to have Francene Wineti on our board. Francene has a lot of experience in Innovation including her former role Maori Business & Relationship Manager at Callaghan Innovation. The company will give a progress update at the 2021 AGM. Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust also invested in Biolumic Ltd www.biolumic. com. The company uses Ultraviolet Light (UV) that boost yield, disease resistance and quality in plants. Biolumic’s current focus is on Cannabis and Soybean production in USA. Danny Loughlin, General Manager
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