he pitopito kōrero here-turi-kōkā | august 2014 | issue 53 Tēnei ka tāpae atu ngā mihi ki Nominations for ō tātou tini mate kua hinga mai nei, kua hinga mai nā – moe mai the Wakatū Board rā. Kei ngā uri whakatupu o ngā We would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the Board terms of Rore Stafford and James Wheeler will hekenga – tēnā koutou. expire at the 2014 Annual General Meeting in Nelson on Anei te pānui o te wā. Saturday 6 December 2014. The two retiring members are eligible for re-election for a further term of office, and both have advised they will be standing for re-election. Nominations for the two vacancies must New Subdivision be made by a shareholder Wakatü is now taking expressions in writing to of interest in its affordable Kerensa Johnston, Incorporation Secretary, Tana Pukeköhatu subdivision which Wakatü Incorporation, PO Box 440, Nelson, and is located in Grey Street, Motueka. must be lodged by 5pm, Thursday 18 September Sections range upwards in size 2014. Nomination forms can be obtained from from 320m2 and start at $125,000. Celia ([email protected] / 03 539 0811). Please contact Jan Long or Sandra Goodman on (03) 528 5242 Please include brief details about the nominee, and for more information. include the signed approval of the nominee to his/ her nomination. The information will be circulated to shareholders with the Notice of Meeting for the 2014 Annual General Meeting. Kono acquires “Annies” fruit leather company New technology We are very pleased to advise that the Annies acquisition was settled at the end of April, means there are and Kono is the proud owner of those business assets including plant, equipment, stock now more cost and trademarks that comprised Annies Marlborough Limited. The factory was blessed by effective ways for Board, staff and whänau, in a moving ceremony. us to connect with our whänau. This investment is very exciting as it utilises These technologies make our our apple waste-stream. Further, it communications much more transforms a product with a relatively environmentally friendly. Going short shelf-life into one with a two forward, these panui will be sent year shelf-life. And all whilst via email to those living outside being preservative free, and of Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu, with no added sugars or as well as posted on our website. colours. You will find Of course, it is important we have these Annies branded current email addresses, so please fruit leather and Wiggles keep us updated. Please send your bars for sale in the fresh email contact to [email protected] fruit section of your local supermarket. he pitopito kōrero Interested in giving back? Over the years, the various wänanga we hold have attracted a lot of positive attention here-turi-kōkā | august 2014 from owners wanting to participate. Please contact [email protected] to register your interest to contribute to future wänanga. We need to know your name, age, iwi and hapü, and please let us know your skills and interests which we could utilise in our wänanga. Education Scholarship opportunities Enclosed please find application forms for our Proprietors of Wakatū & Tertiary Education Scholarships. We have offered Education scholarships this opportunity to our whänau whänui for over Ors v Attorney-General paid out to date: ten years and are excited and inspired by the talent emerging across the board. If you or a member of The High Court did not accept our $457,000 your whänau is interested in applying to be part of legal arguments relating to trusts and these programmes, please forward your application fiduciary duty, but recognised that Total scholarships to us no later than 24 October 2014. some form of trust or other type of paid out to date: legal arrangement was intended to If you are a recent graduate and want to join our fulfill the Crown’s obligations to Mäori. $863,000 Alumni network, please contact Röpata Taylor on The Judge was not prepared to hold [email protected] to register your interest. the Crown to account as a private law trustee. What all this means in legal terms is unclear, but it is something Alumni Profile – Jessica Sanderson the higher courts will need to resolve. Jess is a former Wakatü tertiary education scholarship Wakatü appealed the High Court recipient, and is a visual artist who works primarily with decision, and was heard by the Court video. Jess has spent the last few years working for of Appeal in Wellington on 31 March TVNZ, creating trailers and promos for their shows on - 3 April 2014. Arguments were TV ONE, TV2, OnDemand, along with advertising for presented by our legal team over four their creative department. But she also works on her days. We expect to receive the Court’s own projects outside of these more commercial ones; decision later this year. We will inform drawing, designing and directing. Her latest directing you as soon as we receive the decision. and producing project was for Sony Music NZ, where she directed a music video for Stan Walker and Ginny Blackmore’s song ‘Holding You’. The project came about after Stan saw a music video Jess made for ‘Best Of Me’, by Ria Hall (Ria is Stan’s Aunty). Jess is now at a new stage in her career; she has just started a small production company, ‘Kähu Märama Limited’, which she hopes to grow in the coming years. For examples of Jessica’s work you can visit: www.jessicasanderson.com Sponsorship In 2012 Wakatü sponsored Kahurangi Havercamp to attend our wänanga, and she recently received our sponsorship towards her international cultural exchange to Mexico. Upon her return, Kahurangi wrote to us and said “… I had many experiences whilst I was based in Oaxca, and Umanga my life is enriched from the vibrant culture, the entrenched history, their religious stronghold, Whanaungatanga: the geographical landscape and the people. I have returned home with a greater empathy and Māori Business understanding of others and truly grateful for all that I have here at home, things that I would normally take for granted, running fresh water, our Recognition Award beautiful unpolluted enviroment, my friends and Wakatü was very humbled to accept whänau… All in all my trip was terrific and I will be eternally grateful to you and my parents the Mäori Business Recognition Award for assisting me to travel abroad. I can now say that I am fluent in spanish as well as at the Mäori Business Leaders’ Awards. Te Reo Mäori ...” Wakatū Incorporation | Level 2 Wakatū House Montgomery Square Nelson | PO Box 440, Nelson 7040 (03) 546 8648 | [email protected] | www.wakatu.org.