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Friday, 7 December 2018
For immediate release NGĀTIWAI ASK THE CROWN TO PAUSE HAURAKI SETTLEMENTS On Friday the 9th of November, the Waitangi Tribunal granted an Urgent Hearing into the controversial Crown overlapping claims process. The Ngātiwai Trust Board, on behalf of their people, submitted an application to the Waitangi Tribunal on the 24th of July 2017 to ask the Tribunal to look into the Crown’s flawed processes and redress offered in dealing with the Hauraki Settlements that were signed in August this year. Recently the Ngātiwai Trust sent a letter to Treaty Settlements Minister, Hon. Andrew Little, requesting confirmation that the Hauraki Settlements are paused. Ngātiwai Treaty Claims Committee Chairman, Aperahama Kerepeti-Edwards says “We have asked the Crown to confirm that they have put a pause on the Hauraki Settlements while our claims are being heard under urgency by the Waitangi Tribunal.” “As a result of this inquiry we would expect that no further steps are taken by the Crown to advance any of the Hauraki settlements involved until the Waitangi Tribunal has completed the inquiry and presented their report.” “We would like to acknowledge the Waitangi Tribunal for granting this hearing to Ngātiwai and the five other mandated iwi groups who also sought to be heard by the Tribunal.” “Some of our whānau that have logged their own individual applications for urgency unfortunately had their requests dismissed. We encourage them to work with our team to ensure their voices are still heard.” “Through the hearing process we hope that the Tribunal can give some definitive recommendations on an improved process consistent with tikanga and what mana whenua and ahikaa means and how that impacts on the Crown’s behaviour and decisions.” “We want to be clear that this claim is against the Crown, as we all know that the iwi of Hauraki have been caught up in this flawed process which has strained our long standing relationships that we have always valued.” “For us we have always sought to have a genuine tikanga process for resolving these matters and still firmly believe that once we get through the hearings, this will be the only way to resolve these matters.” “Once these Hearings are completed, we would then look forward to further discussions with Hauraki negotiators and the Crown.” ENDS Contacts: Aperahama Kerepeti-Edwards, Chairman Ngātiwai Trust Board Treaty Claims Committee Phone: 09 430 0939 E-mail: aperahama.edwards@Ngātiwai.iwi.nz Barry Caldwell, Communications Advisor Ngātiwai Trust Board Phone: 021 728 291 Email: barry.caldwell@Ngātiwai.iwi.nz 
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Board will be held in the ASB Lounge 1, ASB Leisure Centre, 93 Western Hills Drive, Kensington, Whangarei on Saturday 1st December 2018 commencing at 10:00am Nau mai haere mai whānau!  E te iwi, the Ngātiwai Rōpu Kaumātua and the Ngātiwai Trust Board invites you and your whānau to the next wānanga-a-iwi, to be held at Ngunguru Marae on 16 & 17 November. Please see below for all details of the wānanga and a full agenda. Nau mai piki mai e ngā iwi e 
The Ngātiwai Trust Board will not tolerate any form of violence against whānau.
New Zealand has unacceptably high levels of abuse towards woman and children – physical, mental and sexual. This is a problem we face within our own whānau, marae, hāpu and iwi. We need to acknowledge that it is happening, and as Ngātiwai, we want to make a firm stand – we will no longer tolerate it. Ngātiwai wants a future free of violence against all tamariki, wāhine, tāne and whānau in Aotearoa. Ngātiwai Chairman Haydn Edmonds says “We will advocate for child and whānau rights, we will support and promote positive strategies in our communities, with zero tolerance to all forms of violence within our whānau.” “It saddens me when I open the papers to reports that New Zealand has one of the worst records of child abuse in the developed world.” On average, a New Zealand child dies every five weeks as a result of violence, with most of these children aged under five and the largest group is less than a year old. “Ninety percent of all tamariki deaths are perpetrated by someone the child knew, and in many instances, a member of their own whānau. As an iwi we firmly believe we have a role to play in turning these terrible statistics around.” E mea ana a Ngātiwai me mahara tātou ki te mana, te tapu me te mauri o te tangata. Me mutu te tūkino ahatia pēhea nei. Poipoia wa tātou nei tamariki kia pakari ai ngā rangatira o āpōpō. Me meinga ngā kāinga me ngā marae hei wāhi taurikura mo te whānau, hapū me te iwi. Ngātiwai statement to the world is that every person is tapu, and has mana and mauri. We need to ensure that all forms of abuse and violence cease. Nurture our tamariki to be strong Ngātiwai leaders of tomorrow. Ensure all homes, workplaces and marae are safe havens for whānau, hapū and iwi. “The days of sweeping this type of behavior under the carpet is over. We encourage people to call out the abusers. Allow those that have suffered abuse to come out and let their stories be heard. By doing so, letting them heal and try to still have a happy and fulfilled life.” Contacts: Haydn Edmonds, Chairman, Ngātiwai Trust Board Phone: 09 430 0939 E-mail: haydn@ngatiwai.iwi.nz Barry Caldwell, Communications Advisor Ngātiwai Trust Board Phone: 021 728 291 Email: barry.caldwell@ngatiwai.iwi.nz ENDS |
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