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ELECTION 2015 a Guide to Voting and the Candidates TE RUNANGANUI O NGATI POROU ELECTION 2015 A guide to Voting and The Candidates TRONPnui Election 2015 1 2 CANDIDATES INVITED TO SHARE THEIR VISION FOR NGATI POROU LOREMNgati Porou are goingIPSUM to the polls DOLOR1. What SITis the best AMET way to share the This is the second runanganui election this week through to October 14. to elect 14 representatives for their wealth now within Ngati Porou for since the iwi’s historic 2010 settlement The decisions made at the board VOTING OPENS MONDAY A QUICK GUIDE TO VOTING collective interests and to make generations to come? with the Crown. table over the next four years will have decisions about the tribe’s $200 million Ngati Porou are the country’s second an intergenerational impact on Ngati 14TH OF SEPTEMBER For more information about the voting process go to www.ngatiporou.com or pick up a copy of the Loremasset base. ipsum dolor sit amet, pertinacia forensibus2. 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Potaka Te Pae o nga Pakanga Rohenga 1: Potikirua ki Provisional Voting 2. Hinemaurea Tuwhakairiora Contact the Ngati Porou Register Whangaokeno 3. Punaruku Te Pikitanga o KauwhakaAdministratortuakina or register online at Contact the electionz Helpline to VOTES MUST BE CAST Represented by two Elected 4. Paerauta (Tutua) Tamakoro request a provisional vote if you 5. Hinerupe Hinerupe BY 12 NOON, WEDNESDAY Representatives www.ngatiporou.iwi.nz haven’t registered yet or if you 6. Matahi o te Tau Matahi o te Tau registered after the 12th of August. THE 14TH OF OCTOBER 7. Awatere Te Aotaihi 8. Te Kahika (Hurae) Hurae Rohenga 2: Whangaokeno 9. Putaanga Putaanga 10. Kaiwaka Te Kapenga ki Waiapu 11. Rahui Rongomaianiwaniwa Represented by two Elected 12. Taumata o Tapuhi Te Aokairau 13. Hinepare Tairawhiti Representatives 14. Ohine Waiapu Te Ohaki 15. Karuai Te Rehu o Karuai Rohenga 3: Pohautea 16. Tikapa Pokai 17. Te Horo Rakaitemania ki Te Onepoto 18. Waiomatatini Porourangi Represented by two Elected 19. Kakariki Rakaihoea 20. Tinatoka Whenuakura Representatives Rohenga 4: Te Onepoto 21. Reporua Tu Auau 22. Umuariki Umuariki ki Rahuimanuka 23. Ruataupare Ruataupare Represented by two Elected 24. Mangahanea Hinetapora 25. Uepohatu Uepohatu Representatives 26. Rauru (Taumata o Mihi) Rauru Nui a Toi 27. Te Heapera (Mangarua) Te Heapera Rohenga 5: Rahuimanuka ki 28. Kariaka Ngati Porou 29. Hiruharama Kapohanga a Rangi Mataahu 30. Te Aowera Te Poho o Te Aowera Represented by two Elected 31. Whareponga Te Poho o Materoa 32. Rongohaere (Pahou) Rongohaere Representatives 33. Rongoitekai (Penu) Rongo i te kai Rohenga 6: Mataahu 34. Te Ariuru Te Poho o Te Aotawarirangi 35. Waiparapara Te Poho o Te Tikanga ki Kokoronui 36. Pakirikiri Te Hono ki Rarotonga Represented by two Elected 37. Tuatini Huiwhenua 38. Iritekura Iritekura Representatives 39. Taharora Mihi-Koinga 40. Te Kiekie Hau Rohenga 7: Kokoronui 41. Anaura Hinetamatea 42. Hinemaurea ki Mangatuna Hinemaurea ki Te Toka a Taiau 43. Okuri Okuri Represented by two Elected 44. Puketawai Te Amowhiu 45. Hauiti Ruakapanga Representatives 46. Te Poho o Rawheoro Hapu Ngati Patuwhare 47. Whangara Waho te Rangi (Whitireia) 48. Te Poho o Rawiri Te Poho o Rawiri Cover image: Four-year-old Neri Waititi contemplates his aspiration to be the future TRONPnui chairman, while looking across the Waiapu towards Hikurangi. 11 2 The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, September 19, 2015 3 CANDIDATESLOREM IPSUM INVITED DOLOR TO SHARESIT AMET THEIR VISION FOR NGATI POROU VOTING OPENS MONDAY A QUICK GUIDE TO VOTING LOREMNgati Porou are goingIPSUM to the polls DOLOR1. 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