Annual Report 2018-2019
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Ruapuha Uekaha Hapū Trust Annual Report 2018-2019 Contents Whakataka te hau ki te uru Agenda 2 Whakataka te hau ki te tonga Kia mākinakina ki uta Chairman’s Report 3 Kia mātaratara ki tai Financial Report 4 E hī ake ana te atakura Auditor’s Report 6 He tio, he huka, he hauhū Initiatives Report 20 Tihei Mauri Ora! 2019 Summary 23 Grant Recipients 2019 26 Get ready for the westerly Minutes of the Ruapuha Be prepared for the southerly Uekaha Hapū Trust AGM 2017 29 It will be icy cold inland Elections 34 And icy cold on shore General Business 35 May dawn rise red-tipped On ice, on snow, on frost Ruapuha Uekaha Hapū Trust 36 The sneeze of life! Cover: Arama Davis – Ngāti Maniapoto, Nga Puhi Ruapuha Uekaha Hapü Trust Annual Report - Page 1 Contents Whakataka te hau ki te uru Agenda 2 Whakataka te hau ki te tonga Kia mākinakina ki uta Chairman’s Report 3 Kia mātaratara ki tai Financial Report 4 E hī ake ana te atakura Auditor’s Report 6 He tio, he huka, he hauhū Initiatives Report 20 Tihei Mauri Ora! 2019 Summary 23 Grant Recipients 2019 26 Get ready for the westerly Minutes of the Ruapuha Be prepared for the southerly Uekaha Hapū Trust AGM 2017 29 It will be icy cold inland Elections 34 And icy cold on shore General Business 35 May dawn rise red-tipped On ice, on snow, on frost Ruapuha Uekaha Hapū Trust 36 The sneeze of life! Cover: Arama Davis – Ngāti Maniapoto, Nga Puhi Ruapuha Uekaha Hapü Trust Annual Report - Page 1 NOTICE OF 2019 Annual General Meeting CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Notice is hereby given that the 2019 Annual General Meeting of Ruapuha Uekaha Peter Douglas Hapū Trust will be held on Saturday, 5 October 2019, at Te Kauae Marae, 945 Mangarino Rd, Hangatiki starting at 10am. Registrations and Special Voting for the assist with their marae upgrade. We expect to see Trustee election will take place from 9am. further developments in this area this year. During the past year we visited a number of He kororia ki te Atua Māori operations to learn how they go about AGENDA He maungarongo ki runga i te whenua their business. We met the operators at Waiotapu He whakaaro pai ki ngā tangata katoa Wonderland near Rotorua which is owned by Ngāti Tahu but run by the Te Arawa Group Holdings. 1. Karakia/Mihi Tēnā koutou e te whānau We also spent some time with Ngai Tahu Tourism Tēnā koutou i roto i ngā ahuatanga o te wā 2. Apologies in Queenstown where we were able to see some He tika me whakamahara ki ngā aitua, ngā mate of their operations including the Shotover Jet with o te tau kua pahure ake nei 3. Chairman’s Report its development programme for engineers and Rātou te hunga mate ki a rātou, moe mai i roto i mechanics. 4. Financial Report te Atua This year saw the retirement of our longest serving 5. Initiatives Report Ko tātou te hunga ora, tēnā koutou katoa Trustee, Steve Keung who has served on the Trust 6. Minutes of the Previous Meeting I am pleased to present the annual report for the since 1990. Steve brought a strategic outlook to the 2018/19 financial year. The story of our performance Trust and coupled with his professional training and 7. Elections this past year is one of efficiency, our income has experience as a chartered accountant was able to increased by close to 37% in the face of difficult 8. General Business lead and contribute to most aspects of our work for economic times and our expenses have decreased over twenty years. Steve has spent the past few 9. Karakia Whakamutunga by a little under 10%. years in Washington DC working on the Whānau Our efforts in the education and training area have 10. Lunch 1.30pm Tahi programme he spearheaded at the Whānau o had mixed results, the Maths Buddy programme Waipareira Trust. When he retired from our board 11. Preliminary Election Result has had a small increase in subscriptions with Steve moved to Calgary in Canada where he is growing interest. I encourage you to enrol serving out a Mission for his Church. your children and mokopuna if you can as this Our long serving General Manager Miria Davis programme helps to develop numeracy skills from also retired after twelve years of loyal service. Miria an early age and continues to build these skills established and operated most of our practices throughout secondary school. I want to thank our and programmes over that period of service. I want matua Lloyd Keung for his loyal dedication and to thank Miria and Steve for their dedicated service encouragement of our tamariki. I would also like and wish them well. to thank our volunteer supporters Jane Davis and After last year’s Annual General Meeting the Aroha Carnachan for supporting with the Maths election results were finalised and the beneficiaries Buddy programme. The Train Me programme elected a new trustee to replace Steve Keung. continues to prepare some of our rangatahi for Hariata Trish Davis joined our board late last year work experience at the Glowworm Cave, and in and I want to welcome her to this role. Today we many cases helps them make their minds up on will also learn of the results in an election to fill the what they want to do next. The feedback we get on vacancy left by the retirement of our kuia Josephine both of these programmes is good. Huti Anderson. Our kuia was responsible for the Our kaumātua grants have increased by more than preparation of the claim to the Waitangi Tribunal 50% last year. This is a fledgling programme where and the successful negotiation of the settlement in we are still considering useful additions to what we 1990. I want to publicly thank her for her service might do. If you have suggestions then please raise and leadership, and wish her well too. them with us. Three of our five marae have applied for funding Ngā manaakitanga in the past year. More than $100,000 was granted to Tokikapu, Mirumiru and Te Korapatu to help with Peter Douglas some of the projects they are running. The first Chairman capital works grant was provided to Te Korapatu to Page 2 - Ruapuha Uekaha Hapü Trust Annual Report Ruapuha Uekaha Hapü Trust Annual Report - Page 3 NOTICE OF 2019 Annual General Meeting CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Notice is hereby given that the 2019 Annual General Meeting of Ruapuha Uekaha Peter Douglas Hapū Trust will be held on Saturday, 5 October 2019, at Te Kauae Marae, 945 Mangarino Rd, Hangatiki starting at 10am. Registrations and Special Voting for the assist with their marae upgrade. We expect to see Trustee election will take place from 9am. further developments in this area this year. During the past year we visited a number of He kororia ki te Atua Māori operations to learn how they go about AGENDA He maungarongo ki runga i te whenua their business. We met the operators at Waiotapu He whakaaro pai ki ngā tangata katoa Wonderland near Rotorua which is owned by Ngāti Tahu but run by the Te Arawa Group Holdings. 1. Karakia/Mihi Tēnā koutou e te whānau We also spent some time with Ngai Tahu Tourism Tēnā koutou i roto i ngā ahuatanga o te wā 2. Apologies in Queenstown where we were able to see some He tika me whakamahara ki ngā aitua, ngā mate of their operations including the Shotover Jet with o te tau kua pahure ake nei 3. Chairman’s Report its development programme for engineers and Rātou te hunga mate ki a rātou, moe mai i roto i mechanics. 4. Financial Report te Atua This year saw the retirement of our longest serving 5. Initiatives Report Ko tātou te hunga ora, tēnā koutou katoa Trustee, Steve Keung who has served on the Trust 6. Minutes of the Previous Meeting I am pleased to present the annual report for the since 1990. Steve brought a strategic outlook to the 2018/19 financial year. The story of our performance Trust and coupled with his professional training and 7. Elections this past year is one of efficiency, our income has experience as a chartered accountant was able to increased by close to 37% in the face of difficult 8. General Business lead and contribute to most aspects of our work for economic times and our expenses have decreased over twenty years. Steve has spent the past few 9. Karakia Whakamutunga by a little under 10%. years in Washington DC working on the Whānau Our efforts in the education and training area have 10. Lunch 1.30pm Tahi programme he spearheaded at the Whānau o had mixed results, the Maths Buddy programme Waipareira Trust. When he retired from our board 11. Preliminary Election Result has had a small increase in subscriptions with Steve moved to Calgary in Canada where he is growing interest. I encourage you to enrol serving out a Mission for his Church. your children and mokopuna if you can as this Our long serving General Manager Miria Davis programme helps to develop numeracy skills from also retired after twelve years of loyal service. Miria an early age and continues to build these skills established and operated most of our practices throughout secondary school. I want to thank our and programmes over that period of service. I want matua Lloyd Keung for his loyal dedication and to thank Miria and Steve for their dedicated service encouragement of our tamariki.