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Nga Mihi me nga roimata mo wo When Victor opted to resign following CONTENTS tatau mate kua haere atu nei ki te the first process, our Chief Finance kei te po. E nga mate, ara, te Officer (CFO) Allan Jensen became hunga i hinga mai te wa kaenga, me Acting C.E. His contribution in this 01 - Chairman’s korero wera i katohia i waho o te wa kaenga, role has been enormous. He has haere! Haere atu ke te huinga o wo been a tower of strength to myself, to 02 - Lecture Series Marks tatau tipuna, a, ma ratau koutou e TRONPnui and consequentially to Ngati Historic Anniversaries whakatau, a, ko ta matau he tangi, Porou. His network in the business 03 - Cultural Heritage Expo he poroporoaki mo koutou kua kanohi and finance area has been capitalised kore nei i te ao tu roa nei. to assist some hapu to achieve their 05 - The Price of Citizenship needs, for example, the removal of Local Body Elections This Nati Link covers a number of the ablution blocks at Pakirikiri Marae. topics and issues which will interest all In this case, he was able to seek the 07 - Turning The First Sod C-Company House of you, because these have relevance assistance of his former employers Site Blessing to our present and future. Some of the (Fulton Hogan) where he held a senior topics are challenging for TRONPnui, management position for years – to 09 - Te Panui o Te Poari while others, like Toitu, are still to be assist voluntarily in this task. Other May, June & July determined as to their exact role going financial mattes instituted by Allan, 11 - New CEO of TRONPnui forward. All exciting stuff. New C.E.O. was to assist with TRONPnui’s financial Appointed appointments have been made, and, management going forward. His again, we anticipate Teepa’s C.E.O. achievements are appreciated. 12 - Acting CE Korero role, as he is the one who manages staff and their roles in achieving In discussions with Allan, he has 13 - TRONPnui and CYFS Sign MOU TRONPnui’s goals and aspirations. proposed other ideas which can assist marae, for instance, in the 14 - New CEO of Ngati Porou We likewise anticipate with similar management and administration of Hauora Appointed interest, our new Hauora C.E., and some of their businesses in the future. we’ll work with her to achieve the Thank you Allan. 15 - Messages for avoiding Gout most effective and positive health another research services for Ngati Porou. CEO finding update Teepa Wawatai’s background and I must thank our Acting C.E.O.s of experiences are well documented in this 17 - Ngati Porou Seafoods TRONPnui – Victor Walker, who series of Nati Link. I believe that Teepa Introduce worked strenuously to keep the work will do an excellent job for TRONPnui New Customer Loyalty Programme of TRONPnui ticking over, while dealing Board and Staff and in the process for at the same time with the challenges Ngati Porou Whanui. He has excellent 21 - Tairawhiti Maori of the processes as to who should be PR skills and this will be positively Agri-Business Hui appointed as C.E.O. - Thank you Victor. responded to with all those both whom 25 - NPEC Women Aim For he will work with as C.E. Teepa is an Rio de Janeiro When the first process failed, we again excellent team player and I welcome re advertised with consultants making him in confidence to TRONPnui. 27 - NPEC Ranfurly Shield recommendations as to the calibre of 1 Challenge applicants, but again the process did CONCLUSION 30 - Ngati Porou & 2 not come through with the answer/ Ma te atua tatau e tautoko e manaaki. Degrees Join Forces answers. We then returned to our tikanga approach which resulted in Teepa’s appointment. For me the Kia ora moral of this is that more often than not we have tikanga systems to deal Dr. A T Mahuika with iwi matters which are far more Chairman informative and or effective than most. Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou

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