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Wairoa iwi and hapū elect Initial Trustees
MEDIA STATEMENT
On behalf of Te Tira Whakaemi o Te Wairoa
5
November 2016
Wairoa iwi and hapū elect Initial Trustees for Post-Settlement Governance Entity
The Initial Trustees to represent the iwi and hapū of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa on their Post-Settlement Governance Entity (PSGE), Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trust, have been announced today.
The following people are declared to be the Initial Trustees for the Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trust:
| Ahi Kā Trustee | General Trustee Positions | |
| Ngā Tokorima a Hinemanuhiri Kāhui | Carmen MORRELL elected with 203 votes | Huia L H HUATA elected with 266 votes |
| Ngāti Rākaipaaka Kāhui | As Johnina Tewira SYMES was the only nominated candidate for this kāhui, no election was required. | Tamati OLSEN elected with 130 votes |
| Rongomaiwahine/Ngāi Te Rākatō Kāhui | As Leon SYMES was the only nominated candidate for this kāhui, no election was required. | Moana RONGO elected with 164 votes |
| Te Wairoa Tāpokorau 1 Kāhui | As Oha MANUEL was the only nominated candidate for this kāhui, no election was required. | As Darren BEATTY was the only nominated candidate for this kāhui, no election was required. |
| Te Wairoa Tāpokorau 2 Kāhui | Phillip BEATTIE elected with 122 votes | Carwyn JONES elected with 200 votes |
| Wairoa-Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board Kāhui | As Richard NIANIA was the only nominated candidate for this kāhui, no election was required. | Apiata TAPINE elected with 132 votes |
| Whakakī Nui a Rua Kāhui | Heta KAUKAU elected with 202 votes | Pieri MUNRO elected with 196 votes |
The voter return was 53.12%, being 1,918 votes cast from 3,611 eligible electors, of which 55.53% voted via the internet and 44.47% voted by post.
Te Tira Whakaemi o Te Wairoa, is the Trust currently mandated to represent the iwi and hapū of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa. Initial Trustees of Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trust will sign the Deed of Settlement with the Crown on November 25 and 26, 2016.
The ceremony will be held at the Takitimu Marae, in Wairoa, and all whānau who whakapapa to the iwi and hapū of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa are welcomed and encouraged to attend.
For more information, visit www.tetirawhakaemi.iwi.nz
Nau Mai - Te Tira Whakaemi O Te
Wairoa
Official website of Te Tira Whakaemi o Te Wairoa (Te Tira) for those who whakapapa to the waka of Tākitimu and Kurahaupō across the Wairoa Inquiry District.
ENDS
About Te Tira
Whakaemi o Te Wairoa
Te Tira is the mandated
representative for iwi and hapū throughout the Wairoa
Inquiry District to comprehensively settle all their
historical Treaty of Waitangi claims with the Crown. Through
seven clusters of iwi and hapū groups across the region, Te
Tira collectively represents approximately 34,000
people.
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