Te Panui o te PoariKey Messages from Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou
Board Meetings
Te Panui o Te Poari is published after every monthly TRONPNui
Board meeting to keep our iwi and the wider community up to
date.
Highlights in this edition:
• NgatiPorouReoStrategy
• TeTinioPorou
• NgatiPorouHauoraUpdate
• SocialHousing
Kua ara a Matariki nga mihi mo te tau hou.
E nga maunga whakahi, e nga awa tapu, e nga marae maha puta noa
te rohe mai i Potikirua ki te Toka-a-Taiau, tena kotou katoa. E nga
mate huhua o te wa kaenga, haere atu ra kotou ki te kaenga tuturu
mo tatau te tangata, moe mai ra i roto i nga ringa o te Ariki.
Ratau te hunga mate kia ratau, ki a tatau nga waihotanga iho a
ratau ma, tena tatau katoa.
Welcome to “Te Panui o te Poari”, key messages from the latest
Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou Board meeting. The panui has been
produced to give the Iwi a glimpse of what is happening around the
Board table and to disseminate this information to Ngati Porou
whanui. Te Panui o te Poari has been in recess for a while, however
the intention is to publish the newsletter after each monthly board
meeting.
No reira, ko te tumanako kei enei pitopito korero a te Poari ka
mohio te iwi, ka marama nga Whanau me nga Hapu, nga mahi kei te
mahia to tatau Runanganui o Ngati Porou.
PANUI 08 | HUNE 2015
TRONPNUI2015ElectionofElectedRepresentativesThe Board approved
the election timetable, with nominations opening on Wednesday the
15th of July. The Board resolved to select Electionz as the
independent specialist organisation to manage the election
process.
The Board were advised that a staff project team had been
appointed (legal, communications, administration) to assist with
the election programme alongside Electionz and a comprehensive
communications campaign is being finalised to engage with Ngati
Porou kei te kaenga, kei te whenua, kei te Ao. The Board were also
advised that a resource was being recruited to assist with
elections administration matters for the coming months.
For more information about the TRONPnui Election 2015 please
visit www.ngatiporou.com or contact the TRONPnui Election
Administration on 0800 NPOROU, email [email protected].
RegisterontheNgatiPorouRegister toensureyoucanhaveyoursayTo
participate in this year’s election you need to be an Adult Member
(18 years or older) and registered on the Ngati Porou Register. If
you would like to register or update your contact and Rohenga
Tipuna details, you can visit www.ngatiporou.iwi.nz or contact
Hiria Shaw – call free on 0800 833 502 or email [email protected].
Alternatively you can contact the TRONPnui Election Administrator,
Emma Bell on 0800 NPOROU.
SocialHousingIt was reported that TRONPnui has become a Class I:
Social Landlord, an accreditation assigned by the Community Housing
Regulatory Authority (CHRA). This follows on from TRONPnui’s
provisional accreditation. This will allow TRONPnui to be eligible
for income-related rent subsidies for tenants on entering into a
contract with the Social Housing Agency – Ministry of Social
Development.
TeTinioPorouIt was reported that the redevelopment of Te Tini o
Porou is nearing completion. The Te Tini o Porou redevelopment will
house approximately 30 Gisborne based Whanau Oranga staff,
currently spread throughout five locations in Kaiti. The
redevelopment will include specific areas for whanau and rangatahi.
It is expected an official opening will be held in August, a date
for this will be confirmed in July.
NgatiPorouHauoraUpdateThe Board received a thorough update from
the Ngati Porou Hauora Board.
The Board encourages Gisborne whanau to support the Gisborne /
Puhi Kaiti clinic by enrolling, as a means of supporting the
provision of health services on the Coast. It was noted that work
continues to integrate our Whanau Oranga services with Ngati Porou
Hauora services, and vice versa.
A thorough funding relief package was discussed at the June
TRONPnui Board meeting, involving a dividend distribution and
retirement of debt, to provide certainty to Ngati Porou Hauora and
Ngati Porou over the coming 3 to 5 years. More information will be
announced once details are finalised.
DoyouhaveakaupapatodiscusswiththeboardoryourelectedTRONPnuirepresentative?If
you would like to get in touch with the Board or one of your
elected representatives, please feel free to contact one of your
elected representatives directly, or alternatively email
[email protected].
UpcomingTRONPnuiBoardMeetingDate:Monday 20th July in
Gisborne.The next edition of Te Panui o Poari will be published
after the July board meeting.
Stayconnected!Keep up-to-date with the latest Nati news – visit
www.ngatiporou.com.
NgatiPorouReoStrategyDr Wayne Ngata presented the draft reo
strategy to the TRONPnui Board in June, after reviewing a number of
strategies adopted by previous boards and Ngati Porou. Dr Ngata
noted that according to Census 2013 survey information of people
who identified themselves as Ngati Porou, and how many conversed in
Te Reo, these statistics showed there is clear evidence not only
the Maori language but the language of Ngati Porou is not
healthy.
In reference to the Strategy he noted there are five points of
consideration for resuming normal transmission:
• Naturalintergenerationaltransmissionandacknowledging the state
of Ngati Porou Reo
• UnderstandingandappreciatingwhatisNgatiPorouReo
• Dispersedpopulation
• Appreciatethereareanumberofexistinginitiativesin place now,
therefore we don’t need to reinvent the wheel but co-ordinate
better
• Oralproficiency
The following Iwi Reo Strategy Goals were noted:
• TeManaoteReooNgatiPorou(CurrentStatusoftheReo)
• TePunaoteReooNgatiPorou(Corpus–collectionofthe language)
• TeAkoiteReooNgatiPorou(Acquisitionofthelanguage)
•
TePumaukiteReooNgatiPorou(CriticalAwarenessoflanguageandunderstandingisrequiredtorevitalisethelanguage)
• TePuakioteReooNgatiPorou(Usage)
The Board agreed to note and adopt the Ngati Porou Te Reo
Strategy and Toitu Ngati Porou progress this forward. Toitu Ngati
Porou will facilitate a hui a iwi to discuss the Ngati Porou Reo
Strategy, and to seek its endorsement.
More detail will follow in terms of wananga of the strategy and
its implementation.
NGATI POROU WHAIRAWA MONEY SMART WANANGA TRONPnui and MWDI have
teamed up again to run a financial literacy and money management
wananga for rangatahi, aged between 16 and 24. The wananga is FREE
to attend and will be held over three days at Hinepare Marae in
Rangitukia from the 29th to the 31st of July. Participants will
learn how to make smarter financial choices (including how to avoid
getting into debt), so they are free to focus on reaching their
goals and aspirations.
ToregistercontactRebaatTRONPNui – mob 021802234, tel 06 867
9960, email [email protected] – or go to www.ngatiporou.com.
