Hoea ra - NgÄti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated
Hoea ra - NgÄti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated
Hoea ra - NgÄti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated
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Board Member StatementsBill HamiltonTe Whanganui-ä-Ta<strong>ra</strong>, under the leadership of ToniHuata and Clayton Reiri, has had a very busy year.Our focus has been on increasing membership,running wänanga and developing our reo plan. We<strong>ra</strong>n 9 wänanga over the year and have involveda good <strong>ra</strong>nge of our whänau living in Wellington.Our thanks to Taite Cooper who has been a greattutor. We closed down the Embassy as the cost didnot war<strong>ra</strong>nt keeping it open, and co-located withNgäti <strong>Kahungunu</strong> Social Services until their recentchange of location.We look forward to hosting the March meeting of the Board.Tau<strong>ra</strong>here are represented on the NKII Board by TeHuia Bill Hamilton(Te Whanganui-ä-Ta<strong>ra</strong>) and Owen Purcell (Kirikiriroa). Alternates Pao<strong>ra</strong>Ropiha (Murihiku) and Bill Rayner (Tämaki-makau-<strong>ra</strong>u) have also beenactive participants in NKII activities during the year. Each Tau<strong>ra</strong>here hasreceived a visit from our office to support the Tïhei <strong>Kahungunu</strong> wänangaand all have the opportunity to have input into the St<strong>ra</strong>tegic Plan. Thereare a number of big projects planned for the next three years and thechallenge for those of us who live outside the rohe, is to connect with ourwhänau who remain there and keep involved.Bill HamiltonTau<strong>ra</strong>here RepresentativeOwen PurcellThis year has been one of celeb<strong>ra</strong>tion as we sawour leaders move from strength to strength witheach new discovery and we successfully linkedthose concepts with our own qualities that makeus unique. My involvement with the TobaccoAction Group has been an exciting one as wehave witnessed more and more whänau becomeTobacco Free.Finally, I look forward to my continued contributionto our successes in Ngäti <strong>Kahungunu</strong>.Owen PurcellTau<strong>ra</strong>here RepresentativePage 7
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