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Appendix F: Letter from Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

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Appendix G: Letter of support from Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua

Trust

PO Box 756, Masterton, 5840

www.kkwtnr.org.nz

26 February 2013 Wairarapa Governance Review Working Party PO Box 444 Masterton Tēnā koutou Feedback on options for change to Council structures Thank you for meeting with representatives of the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua Trust on 10 February to present the Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa district councils’ preferred option of a single Wairarapa Council. We appreciated the opportunity to discuss these issues with you and, in particular, to hear that the Councils wish to work with us to develop options for meaningful Māori representation in the proposed unitary authority. We see the conversations between us as just beginning and we look forward to engaging with you further as the unitary authority proposal develops, particularly in relation to Māori representation. In order to assist the Working Party we have included a short summary setting out the role of the Trust and the nature of the claims that the Trustees will be seeking to negotiate before confirming our position on the options for local government restructuring. Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua Trust The Trustees of the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua Trust have been mandated by the members of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua to represent them in negotiations for settlement of their historical Treaty claims. That mandate was recognised by the Crown late last year and the Trustees are currently finalising their Terms of Negotiation with the Crown. The Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua area of interest is attached as an appendix to this letter. One of the roles of the Trustees in the negotiations process will be to develop a proposed post-settlement governance entity structure for the claimant community. The post-settlement governance entity will receive all settlement assets from the Crown and will be party to all settlement instruments between the Crown and representatives of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua including any co-management or co-governance relationships over natural resources. The final structure will be developed in consultation with members of the claimant community and these discussions will also involve consideration of the on-going role, if any, of other Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua representative entities. Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua Claims

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Following an exhaustive inquiry in 2004 and 2005 the Waitangi Tribunal concluded in the Wairarapa ki Tararua Report that the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa- Tāmaki Nui ā Rua claims were well founded including in particular making findings in relation to:

• Landlessness as a result of the Crown’s actions;

• Barton’s Run/Maungaroa;

• The collapse of the Wairarapa leasehold economy;

• Crown purchasing in the Wairarapa;

• Native Land Court operations in the Wairarapa;

• The loss of Wairarapa Moana the provision of Pouākani;

• Pouākani and Mangakino issues;

• Public Works takings; and

• Local Government, Department of Conservation and Taonga Protection issues. The Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tāmaki Nui ā Rua claimants have also participated in several generic claims brought on behalf of Ngāti Kahungunu resulting reports from the Tribunal identify further specific issues of relevance to the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa- Tāmaki Nui ā Rua claimants as summarised below:

• Rongoa and access to rongoa materials;

• Rights in respect of Indigenous Flora and Fauna;

• Protection of Matauranga Māori;

• Destruction of the Environment, particularly the Ruamahanga River;

• Natural resources, including water and airways;

• The Resource Management regime;

• Exclusion from the petroleum exploration regime; and

• Rights in respect of the Foreshore and Seabed. The Trustees have the mandate and are now seeking to negotiate with the Crown for redress in relation to these issues, many of which also involve local government. In particular, the Trustees are seeking to address a range of issues in relation to their involvement in Council decision-making. For these reasons, the current consultation in relation to the form of local government in the Wairarapa is closely related to the issues that will be the subject of the Trustees’ negotiations with the Crown. Accordingly, the Trustees appreciate the opportunity to engage directly with the Councils on these matters. Option One - Single Wairarapa council The Trustees have considered both options described in the feedback form and your presentation. We support option one – a single Wairarapa council because we agree that it is important that decisions for the Wairarapa are made in the Wairarapa. This principle extends to Māori involvement in Council decision making - iwi and hapū with mana whenua in central Wellington should not be making decisions where they are not tangata whenua. Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa- Tāmaki Nui ā Rua are tangata whenua in the Wairarapa and we should be involved in local government decision-making in this region in a substantive and meaningful way. Under existing local government legislation the Councils have a range of functions that directly impact on the governance and management of our taonga including our land and waterways. However, we are concerned that even if a Greater Wellington Unitary Authority did contain provisions for Māori representation or involvement in decision-making, the number of other tangata whenua groups in the wider region would mean that any potential for us to influence decisions would be significantly diluted. Māori Participation During your presentation on 10 February you advised that although the three district councils were agreed that some form of Māori participation would form part of the model, the form that would take depends on the consultation process. We welcome the councils’ willingness to engage with us on this critical issue and

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confirm that we wish to be substantively involved in the development of the model for Māori Participation that will eventually form part of any proposal to the Local Government Commission. Our ability to be substantively involved in those decisions that affect our taonga is critical and therefore our support for the final proposal is dependent upon a suitable model for Māori participation being developed. We look forward to engaging with you further on these issues. Naku noa, na

Ian Perry Chairman Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa Tamaki Nui A Rua Trust

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Appendix H: Email supporting Wairarapa unitary authority from Motuwairaka Marae

Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa

1 May 2013

To Jane Terpstra - Deputy Mayor

Masterton District Council

PO Box 444

Masterton 5840

Tēnā koe Jane

Re: Wairarapa Unitary Authority

In the event of Mōtūwairaka Marae representatives on MDC Māori Liaison Task Group inability to participate in the

presentation by MartinJenkins on Monday 6 May 2013 at 3.30pm, this letter summarises our position.

Members of our entity have attended a number of hui that have presented the pro's and con's to local government

reform in the Wairarapa/Wellington region and have gaged varied understandings of the benefits and disadvantages

of the options presented. However, as a Māori entity who is tangata whenua of Wairarapa through hapū affiliation

to Ngaī Tūmapūhia-a-Rangi of the iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu, we are acutely aware of the real probability of being

significantly marginalised within a super city structure.

A Wairarapa Unitary Authority will bring into alignment the hapū and marae of Ngāti Kahungunu of Wairarapa as at

times we have felt quite disassociated within the current local bodies structures.

We perceive more benefits than disadvantages for tangata whenua within a Wairarapa Unitary Authority and as

such Mōtūwairaka Marae are in favour of and endorse the proposed option.

Nāku nā

Sue Taylor - Secretary

Ngāi Tūmapūhia-a-Rangi ki Mōtūwairaka Inc

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Appendix I: Notes of Meeting with Hurunui o Rangi Marae representatives 1 March

2013

Wairarapa Governance Review Working Party (WGRWP)

Notes of Meeting with Hurunui o Rangi Marae representatives

Friday 1 March 10 am at Carterton Events Centre

Present:

Hurunui o Rangi Marae Committee: Chair, Rev Mihi Namana; Mrs Lou Cook; Mrs Mary Nunn; Rawiri

Smith; Charmaine Kawana and Mrs Hine Webster

WGRWP: Cr Lyn Patterson, chair; Mayor Adrienne Staples; Mayor Ron Mark; Cr Viv Napier; Cr Elaine

Brazendale; Cr Jill Greathead; Colin Wright.

Apologies: P J Devonshire; Francis Smith; Henare Manaena; Mayor Garry Daniell; Cr Jane Terpstra and Cr

Maxwell Stevens.

The meeting was opened with a karakia by Rev Namana.

Karakia:

Karakia was delivered by the Reverend Mihi Namana.

Introduction and Welcome:

Mayor Ron Mark of Carterton welcomed Hurunui o Rangi Marae representatives and completed the

introduction.

The Presentation:

Cr Lyn Patterson gave a presentation to the meeting using PowerPoint slides that outlined the future local

governance options open to the Wairarapa in some detail. Copies were provided to those present. There

were a number of questions and comments during the presentation.

During discussion about the possible wards and community boards, it was pointed out that although the

Hurunui o Rangi Marae is in the Carterton District, many of the members live in Masterton and many of

their personal interactions are there.

The need to overlay hapu boundaries to ascertain hapu interests across wards.

The point was made that in a super city any focus on social issues would see the priority being on urban

Māori more than rural Māori because of the weight of numbers and the size of the problem.

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A view was put by Hurunui o Rangi that Wairarapa Māori own land and run agri-businesses and that those

farming interests needed to be protected from urban imposed constraints.

The WGRWP stated that guidance was needed from Hurunui o Rangi as to whether in a Unitary Authority

the authority should be placed with iwi, hapu or marae, where the demarcation lines should be drawn and

who should be drawing them. Hurunui o Rangi stated that they would assist with that work.

There was discussion and comment led by Mayor Adrienne Staples as to the strengths and weaknesses of

Community Boards.

Marae representatives expressed a general view that Wairarapa was very different to Wellington.

There was an explanation and some discussion about some possible options for Māori participation with a

Wairarapa unitary council.

Rev Namana as Chair of the marae committee expressed a strong endorsement of the preferred option of

a Wairarapa unitary council and other representatives present supported this view. Rev Namana noted

that this view was on behalf of the marae committee and the marae trust and she said that the marae may

discuss a formal position later.

There was a brief discussion about the public views being expressed by an iwi leader that were not

supported by the marae.

The meeting concluded at 11.20 am.

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Appendix J: Letters of support from Tararua District Council

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