Mātahi-ā-te-tau May 2011 I tukuna mai tënei whakaahua e Meri Wichman nö Kaiköura me Hokonui. Tēnei marama • Rūnanga access their red zone office building pg 8 • Hokonui Health and Social Services receive the office koha pg 16 • Mō Tātou closing pg 21– 23 Nä te Kaiwhakahaere 2006 to 2010. This is a great achievement and equates From this week onwards I will be able to growth in the Māori asset base of 4.3% per annum for speak with additional confidence the last four years compared to the overall real growth of to external groups about the ever the New Zealand economy of 3% for the same period. growing contribution of Iwi Māori to the New Zealand economy. This is As the Minister for Māori Affairs, Hon Pita Sharples, said because we have a new report with on May 5, at the launch of these figures, “No longer will the most recent figures. people question whether or not a Māori Economy exists. The Māori Economy, our sleeping giant has begun to The Māori Economic Taskforce and awake—and it has a fierce appetite.” Te Puni Kōkiri have released a new report by Beryl Economics, which The other message to take home from the report is that shows that the asset base of enterprises in the 2010 although there has been a significant increase in the Māori economy amounted to at least $36.9billion, more Māori asset base, our overall contribution to GDP has than double the last estimated figure we had, which was only slightly increased to 5.9%. $16.5b for 2006. The Māori Economic Taskforce believes this shows The report confirms what Iwi Leaders have been saying plenty of room for improvement, and that with better for some time, that the old figure did not account for all alignment to science, research and innovation we are Māori enterprises, and that there simply wasn’t enough likely to leverage much greater growth from our combined data being collected. asset base. The newer figure gives us a number of advantages Ultimately, we want our assets to better assist us to because it is able to be broken down to give us a create jobs and improved incomes for all. This is not to snapshot of the type of economy Māori are generating in say that it is going to be easy. In the short-term we are this country. The new figure of $36.9b comprises: pushing against the negative effects of a near double-dip recession and on top of that, in Te Waipounamu we must • $5.4b of assets attributable to the enterprises of overcome the economic consequences of two significant nearly 12,920 Māori self-employed. earthquakes. However, Iwi Māori need to face the future • $20.8b of assets attributable to the enterprises of confidently and my hope is that the materials produced 5,690 Māori employers. by the Māori Economic taskforce and the programmes • $10.6b of assets of Māori Trusts, Incorporations, created by the taskforce will provide momentum to Iwi Organisations, Boards, Post-Settlement Governance Māori to move forward and make the most of the assets Entities, Mandated Iwi Organisations and Iwi/ they have acquired and will continue to acquire. Even Rūnanga holding companies. just having the figures to prove that we are an economic force in this country, will ensure us a fairer hearing. What the Beryl report shows is a $20.4b improvement on the 2006 figure, much of this is associated with a significant improvement in data collection and the rise associated with capital goods prices. The balance of the increase is still $5.7b associated with real growth from Kāti Waewae Rūnaka Rā Whānau Maruaroa Mātahi-ā-te-tau Zion Meihana-Whittle Toni Tainui Hemi Mason HaaraTarumaitawhiti Ria Sacha Gibbs Janyne “Dottie” Morrison Danielle Tainui Emma Tainui Amanda Downs Te Rua Mason Lisa Tumahai Henare Mason Toby Tainui Shannon Watts Mahara Mcalister (nee Tainui) Shay Tauwhare Dwayne Mason ArianaTamainu Koha Mason Dean Tainui Mowena Mason Muri Ratana 2 3 Royal Surprise for 84-year-old kaumātua – Mary Tulloch (Aunty Babe) An invitation by the Greymouth District Council to Aunty Babe to meet Prince William came as a major surprise to her whānau. Her daughter (who lives in London) rang [Insert: add photo3] to say her photo was in a London daily mail newspaper. Then her son rang from Australia to let her know she was on channel 9, and in the Australian Womens Weekly. Aunty Babe presented the Prince with a pounamu taonga for his future wife Kate Middleton. Prince William came over to the coast to meet with the families who lost loved ones in the Pike River coal mine tragedy, and community leaders, iwi representatives and emergency service personnel. Trustees, Arahura Marae carvers, Jamie’s whānau and [Insert: add photo1] extended whānau and last but not least, Jamie Whittle. Rangatahi Profile [Insert: add photo4] Aunty Babe presenting a pounamu taonga to Prince William. [Insert: Add photo2] Jackson Tainui DOB: 27 July 1993. Mātua: Charlie Tainui and Toni Caldwell. Mātua Tūpuna: Papakura Tainui (née Tauwhare) and the late George Tainui. Tribal Affiliations: Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Waewae, Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue. Sporting Achievements: Buller Rugby Representative 2006-2007, Nelson Bays Rugby Representative 2008 and 2009, Buller Rugby Development Team 2010, Prince William, Mayor of Greymouth Tony Kokshoon, Buller Cricket Representative 2006-2010: Senior Rugby kaumātua Mary Tulloch and Ben Hutana. Player, Marist Rugby Club Nelson 2011. Photos from: Greymouth District Council. Academic Achievements: NCEA Level 1 with Merit, NCEA Level 2. Whakairo Unveiling Leadership Achievements: Head Māori Boy Garin College 2011, Head Hostel Boy Garin College 2011, At 6am, Tuesday 11 April, many whānau from both Ngāti Barbier House Sporting Captain Garin College 2011, Waewae and Ngāti Māhaki along with the Westland Student Representative Garin College Board of High School community gathered to take part in a dawn Trustees 2011. ceremony to bless two new buildings, unveil a mauri Hobbies: rugby, cricket, taiaha, kapa haka, guitar, kōhatu (gifted by Peter Tauwhare) and unveil a maihi music, computers, long board skateboarding. carved for the school’s whare wānanga (which was Future Aspirations (order of preference): Attend carved by Jamie Whittle, Ngāi Tūāhuriri).This whakairo university to undertake a degree as a te reo Māori had been on the cards for Westland High School for secondary teacher or PE teacher, broadcasting career, a very long time, and finally came to completion last police traffic officer, and travel overseas. year. Credit must be given to all parties involved in the Subjects 2011: Te reo Māori (including taiaha), completion of the whakairo; Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae, mathematics, physical education, religious education, Tūterakiwhanoa Trust, Westland High School Board of history and adventure leadership. 2 3 Te Takapūo Rotowhio – Pounamu, Bone and Stone Our Poutini whānau set down a pounamu as a koha, Carving School Te Puia (New Zealand Māori Arts and which now carries the name “Te Ara Pounamu”. After the Crafts Institute) whakatau we had kai, then Lewis Gardiner showed us around the pounamu carving workshop before we went on a guided tour of Te Puia. We left from there to go get our boys all settled into their new homes and to make sure they both had plenty of kai. The Mahuika waka stayed in Rotorua while the Campbell and Meihana waka returned to Taupo before heading back south on the Saturday morning. By Monday everyone was back home. To date the two boys have both made appearances on Te Kaea, and are loving every moment of their new journey; soaking up everything Lewis and Thomas are teaching them. These two boys are setting examples for future generations of kaitiaki pounamu. Poutini Kāi Tahu whānau who escorted Katene and Waitaiki ki uta, poutini ki tai..... Shannon to Rotorua. Campbell and Meihana whānau (Kāti Waewae) Mahuika whānau (Kāti Waewae and Kāti Hip-Hop Wānanga Mähaki). In the early hours of Thursday 7 April, two waka full of whānau departed Te Tai o Poutini bound for Rotorua with Katene and Shannon in tow. It was a very long trip to Picton followed by a very rocky crossing over the Cook Strait, which saw a couple of us on the verge of sea sickness, not nice at all.Once we landed in Pōneke another member of the Mahuika whānau joined the convoy, and we were once again on our last leg of the trip north.The Campbell and Meihana waka stopped in Taupo for accommodation, while the Mahuika waka carried on to Rotorua. After a good night’s sleep (for some), we all met up in the carpark at Te Puia the next day. We were given VIP passes into Te Puia before being taken inside the complex The April school holiday hip-hop wānanga was such a for a mihi whakatau. While waiting in the courtyard we huge success with 40 registrations in total – woo hoo. spotted this lovely old tāua heading our way, and with We decided to open it up to the wider community this such delight to us it was Aunty Kaa Daniels. Such relief time. The response was terrific. The tamariki ranged from to know there are tāua like her there to manaaki our five to 13-year-olds fully participating with one 3-year-old boys. It wasn’t too long before we were given the wave to semi participating (when he was in the mood). Over half come into the whare for the whakatau, which was pretty of the tamariki were Waewae, while the rest were made awesome all round. up of Mātāwaka and Tauiwi. The wānanga ran from Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 of April, 10am to 4pm.