TE RUNANGA O NGAI TAHU REPORT

To: Te Runanga o Otakou Annual General Meeting
From: Otakou Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Representative - Tahu Potiki
Report on the November Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu meeting
4 December 2011

Tena tatou katoa

Kua tae atu tatou ki nga ra o tu waru, a taihoa ake ka oti atu te mahi, ka whakata mo te tau. Heoi ano nga mihi ki a koutou i tautoko mai i ahau a ki a tatou katoa nga ihu oneone i whakapeti ngoi i runga i nga kaupapa a hapu.
Taku mihi tenei ki a tatou kia pai te Kirihimete me ou koutou whanau katoa.
On the 24th of November Te Runanga held their meeting at the Wigram Office in Ōtautahi. On the 25th the AGM was held on site and broadcast out to a number of satellite locations. It was well attended at Christchurch but I am not sure how things went elsewhere although I heard Dunedin only had two people show up and one was a Te Runanga Rep.

Things of importance to not during the last period were:

Te Ati Awa Signing
Otakou hosted the signing of a relationship agreement between Ngai Tahu and Te Ati Awa regarding the boundaries and coastline agreements. Te Ati Awa specifically requested the venue due to important historical connections and particularly with regards the peace making hui of 1844. (See attached notes)
It was called at short notice but was well supported by the Otakou locals and much appreciated by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu.

TE RUNANGA MEETING

Te Awheawhe Rū Whenua Update Te Rūnanga received an update from Te Awheawhe Rū Whenua (TARW) and discussed the structure and terms of reference of TARW.
In the update TARW recommended it continue its work for the foreseeable future, and proposed to continue within its own budget and structures. It also recommending the funds Te Rūnanga committed to the earthquake move to TARW to be administered as directed by Te Rūnanga.
TARW recommended that in the interests of transparency, the Office will charge TARW for any seconded resources.
TARW acknowledged they have a responsibility to take care of the donations received from other iwi and to account for these donations separately.
Te Rūnanga agreed TARW would produce quarterly reports and continue to verbally report to Te Rūnanga at each meeting.
Te Rūnanga approved the adoption of the amended Te Awheawhe Rū Whenua terms of reference. Te Rūnanga also appointed representatives from Rāpaki, Tūāhuriri, Taumutu, Koukourarata and Ōnuku as members of the sub-committee of TARW. The Kaiwhakahaere is also a member.

External Appointments (Species)
Five appointments to external species committees were made by Te Rūnanga and are as follows:
Arapata Reuben to the Kiwi Species Recovery Group.
Sandra Cook to the Takahē Species Recovery Group.
Carolyn Campbell to the Weka Species Recovery Group.
Yvette Couch-Lewis to the Orange–fronted Parakeet Recovery Group and to the Hoiho Species Recovery Group.

Appointment to the Tribal Capability Working Group
The purpose of the Tribal Capability Working Group is to assist and guide the development and future of tribal capability development programmes, and to ensure programmes align with the aspirations of papatipu rūnanga and wider tribal aspirations.
Te Rūnanga agreed Tahu Pōtiki would represent Te Rūnanga on the group.

Te Rūnanga meeting dates and representative fees
Te Rūnanga discussed the proposed 2012 meetings and agreed to meet bi-monthly – beginning in February with an extra meeting in September.
Te Rūnanga received an information paper from Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation (NTHC) noting director fees have not amended since 2006 and therefore NTHC have reviewed these fees.
NTHC hired an independent external company to assess their director fees. As a result of the advice NTHC decided to increase director fees to $40,000 (previously $30,000).
NTHC subsidiary director fees have also been increased from $27,000 to $35,000. Chairs of each subsidiary are paid higher director fees and all Ngāi Tahu Holdings Group director fees were disclosed to Te Rūnanga in the information paper.
Te Rūnanga also considered Rūnanga Representative fees which have not been amended since 2006. Te Rūnanga agreed to increase Rūnanga Representative fees to $40,000 (in line with the change to NTHC director fees).
This fee includes services provided by Rūnanga Representative on Te Rūnanga committees (except for the Chair of Te Here and Te Apārangi who are paid a further $20,000 for the work involved in these roles).

Delegated Financial Authority Manual
Te Rūnanga received a paper titled Delegated Financial Authority Manual (‘DFA Manual’). This paper set out financial limits for staff within the Office to operate within. In considering the DFA Manual, Te Rūnanga gave Te Here permission to approve budget changes of up to $150,000 but budget changes over $150,000 need to be approved by Te Rūnanga.

In Committee
Te Rūnanga continued discussions about the boundary relationships with Te Tau Ihu Iwi and received the first quarterly report for the 2011-2012 year from NTHC for the September quarter NTHC Net Operating Surplus was behind budget mainly due to the timing of property sales. A summary of the NTHC quarterly was approved for distribution in Epānui.
NTHC also reported it had achieved 100 per cent disaster insurance across the portfolio. Te Rūnanga also discussed the NTHC Annual Review, which is a high-level assessment of the state of the businesses and their performance in the previous year. The review assists Te Rūnanga to understand how NTHC is moving towards the meeting its expectations under the Investment Policy Framework.
Te Rūnanga also made appointments to the Contracts Review Committee. These were Sandy Lockhart as chair, and Wally Stone.

THE OFFICE
There continues to be issues with staff ‘churn’ and ultimately productivity around achieving the work plan. There are processes in place to attempt to address this issue.
Progress is being made on some key strategic development work:

There is apparently some positive progress on the pounamu management plan with regards Te Tai Poutini.

Freshwater strategy has been endorsed by Te Apārangi and will be taken to Te Rūnanga in February after wider consultation has been completed.

The Cultural Strategy Advisory Group has been established with members including: Tahu Pōtiki, Matapura Ellison, Areta Wilkinson, Dean Whaanga, Miriama Evans, Iaean Cranwell, Bill Doland and Hana O’Regan. Initial meetings of this group have been held to cement the scope of their new role.

Alan Bateman from ABA Consulting Limited has been identified as being suitable to develop a scoping report on the current state of our 18 Papatipu Marae. This is an important step in developing the $1 million Marae fund.

The distribution of grants to environmental entities (totalling $0.2 million) have been approved and will be progressed by the Office. (See attached note)

Te Pūtea Whakamahi agreements (with the increased $0.24 million) have also been issued and signed.

Improving support services efficiency and effectiveness remains a priority. To this end some of our infrastructure support services (and associated 6 BIS staff) were transferred to Dimension Data NZ Limited and are now effectively outsourced. We will continue to look for opportunities to make improvements in our support areas.

People
Brett Ellison has started with Strategy and Influence as Programme Leader, Economics;
Iain Gover started fulltime in a GIS role with Toitū Te Whenua; in the Whai Rawa and Direct Distributions team Kirsten Dell Hartgers commenced a permanent role with a primary focus on leading the Ka Pūtea and Kaumātua Grants areas;
David Tikao started a 6 month contract working on a range of projects across the Whai Rawa and Direct distributions area.

Wigram and TWP House
Discussions with owner of 158 Hereford Street continue, including the future of our lease and removal of remaining items from TWP House.
Te Rūnanga, NTHC and NTP staff have moved into the Wigram Tower and megacom facilities. The move has mostly gone smoothly, but there are still a number of transitional issues, including health and safety issues to work through. A break-in in at the megacom complex resulted in heightened security measures being put in place.

Aoraki Bound Funding
$120k has been secured from BNZ to provide financial support to Aoraki Bound, the Heads of Agreement was signed on November 3.

Ngai Tahu Research Centre
Planning to improve digitisation of Ngāi Tahu Archives and prioritisation of the work required is underway. This included a meeting with Tā Tipene O’Regan.

Ngāi Tahu Fund
To date, 25 Ngāi Tahu Fund applications have been received for Round 12 of the Ngāi Tahu Fund. Out of those applications 19 are for small projects ($5,000 range) and 6 are for medium projects ($5,000 to $30,000 range).

Indigenous Foods
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu have launched Ngāi Tahu Mahinga Kai online development platform [www.authenticindigenousfoods.co.nz]. This launch coincided with Te Rūnanga o Wairewa launching their first line of product [lamb] to be sold through the system.

IMPORTANT ISSUES

Boundaries
A high level of activity has been taking place within this portfolio. The four Taranaki-Tainui iwi initialled Deeds of Settlement with the Crown on 7 October. It was pleasing to note the level of co-operation between those iwi, the Crown and Ngāi Tahu and that none of these iwi sought redress within the Ngāi Tahu Takiwā.
Also of significance, a formal relationship agreement has been signed with Ngati Tama and with Te Ati Awa (see above) which also included the first of the final coastline agreements. Now six of the eight Te Tau Ihu iwi have signed coastline agreements and this week it seems we may have also come to agreed terms with Ngati Apa ki te ra to.
While huge progress has been made in resolving issues between Ngāi Tahu and each of the Te Tau Ihu iwi, so far we have not made much progress with Ngati Toa who are continuing to progress their Deed of Settlement negotiations with the Crown. A meeting is set for December 12 to discuss issues with Ngati Toa and the Office of Treaty Settlements with a view to finding a way to resolve issues relating to their Deed of Settlement and on coastline matters.

Attachment 1: MY BRIEFING PAPER FOR TE ATI AWA SIGNING

There were several battles, attacks, skirmishes and ambushes between Ngai Tahu and Ngati Toa and their allies during the 1820s and 1830s. In a timeline they appear something like this. Kaikoura Coast and Kaiapoi resulting in Te Peehi’s death (1829-30)
Akaroa Harbour and Banks Peninsula resulting in Te Maiharanui’s death (1830-31)
Tau Ihu and Poutini invasion (1831-32)
Kaiapoi Pa resulting in the fall of Kaiapoi and Onawe (1832)
The Marlborough retaliations including Taua-iti and Taua-nui (1832-34)
Te Puoho’s campaign to Murihiku (1836-37)

The allies of Ngati Toa actively involved in these altercations included Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Rarua, Ngati Tama and Te Ati Awa. (often referred to as Ngati Awa in older accounts) There are firsthand accounts of significant Te Ati Awa involvement in the fall of Kaiapoi and the Cloudy Bay engagements.
The actual numbers of participants and casualties are impossible to accurately determine but the cost to all parties was high as was the impact on lifestyle, traditional settlement patterns, important relationships across northern South Island and the southern tip of the North Island and the natural evolution of the tribes caught up in a more destructive, modern form of warfare.
The tensions continued through until the late 1830s although most major efforts after 1834 were thwarted by plagues of disease which halted the large war parties in their tracks both from the south and the north. By this time there were several reliable European accounts to give us a more accurate picture of the events and it seems large numbers of Maori were regularly marching or sailing through the shore whaling establishments heading north or south to avenge earlier deeds but never reaching their ultimate destination. Simply wreaking havoc upon the tiny European settlements and then retreating.
At the same time Te Rauparaha was also facing disarray within his alliance as he and his former friends found reasons to be in conflict. This alongside depleted populations, increased European immigration, land sale pressures, a hunger to capitalise on trade opportunities and, possibly, the early introduction to Christianity led to a desire to establish peace.
Accounts differ as to the timing of these events but one of the early and important peace initiatives was the release, by Te Rauparaha, of three high born Tuahuriri chiefs, Momo, Paora Tau and Iwikau, who were captured after the fall of Kaiapoi and imprisoned at Kapiti.
Patuki states that “when Te Rauparaha heard that Ngaitahu were coming to the North Island he sent back some of the prisoners of Ngaitahu whom he captured at Kaiapoi. One of them was named Momo; he was a man of rank among the Ngaitahu previous to his capture. He was sent back in token of peace-making, and to tell the Ngaitahu that his anger against them was at an end. Peace was then made, and the fighting ceased between Ngatitoa and Ngaitahu” He further states that “about three years after the peacemaking the Ngatitama went to the Middle Island, under their chiefs Te Puoho and Wahapiro, with all their party.”
Many other accounts place the release time much later although Patuki has proved a reliable source and was an eye witness during this period being an adult at the time of Te Puoho’s demise as it was he who shot the Ngati Tama chief.
Te Kaahu, another participant in the wars, appears to place the release of Momo at about the same time. “After this Ngati-Toa sent their friends Momo, Iwikau, and Paora-Tau, who were prisoners captured at Kai-apohia, to the districts of Ngai-Tahu, asking that fighting might cease and peace be made. They came on to Otakou (Otago) and said their say, to which Ngai Tahu consented, and sent back two of their chiefs—Whakaka and Tu-tawhia to carry the peace-making to Ngati-Toa. Then was peace made.”
But peacemaking was not a simple affair and although these important gestures had occurred it is quite possible that Te Puoho’s assault on the Lake Hawea Ngai Tahu may have happened after these initial attempts, no doubt, entirely undermining any gains made.
The Ngai Tahu military excursions to Marlborough during the years 1835 to 1839 appear to have been primarily driven from the deep south and are well recorded at Otakou in the Weller’s correspondence and in the Octavious Harwood diaries. This could also have been a reflection of the tensions that still remained between the northern and southern regions of Ngai Tahu. Peace was declared with Tuahuriri but not with Murihiku.

Below is a song that recalls peace proclaimed at Kaiapoi which was apparently composed by Matiaha Tiramorehu. Although further study is required it appears to talk to Iwikau bringing reconciliation and calm and a longstanding agreement.

E kore Iwikau e
Mahuru i au ii
Te pouka o te hora
Waiho nei i au ii
Ka wheturaki mai ii
Kati ra o Puaka
Ka mahara ai au
Kai aku kaitawhito ii
Ka huri te manako
Ka wehetau i ahau ii

It seems that other efforts at collective peacemaking were made in the latter 1830s and particularly included the chief Rakiwhakatia from Waiateruati and was driven by a council of chiefs. They met and decided to send the Waiateruati chief Rakiwhakatia to deliberate with Ngati Toa, Te Ati Awa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Koata and Ngati Raukawa after an invite from Te Rauparaha to do so. A song commemorating the event is recorded below

Ngaro te whenua i te korehu ahi e i
Te ahi tahu mai
Na Rangiwhakatia e nui taku puku
E rei au ki reira nau i taki rongo
I piri ai te whenua tae rawa te kawata
Kei a Raukitua e i e

Another waiata that records this period is to be found in Governor Grey’s collection and it mention Rakiwhakatia and his engagement with the Te Ati Awa chief Te Wharepouri who resided at Ngauranga (Kauraka).
Ki konei ra e Rangiwhakatia;
I te ao nei e,
Kauraka taku nui, hei waiho i konei e,
Pikautia au ki te ’Ati Awa e,
Maua ko taku kane te kite i o Te Wharepouri e,
E tu noa mai ra i te tu a te riri e,
Nau mai e tuku, kei to hau kainga e,
I Ngahui ra i a manu rewa maringi ana.

Also during this period the influence of Taiaroa must be considered as influential in terms of relationship building. Considering events at Kaiapoi it seems he already had a strong connection with Te Rauparaha and he regularly appears, over the next ten years, in close proximity to Te Rauparaha, Te Ati Awa and Ngati Tama. In later years he is certainly the most upwardly mobile Ngai Tahu chief in terms of high profile travel throughout the North Island and, despite his home reputation, he clearly served as a leader in Ngai Tahu diplomacy.
We know he received special attention at the siege of Kaiapoi and he was the first to intervene amongst the Ngai Tahu assault on Te Puoho taking the Ngati Tama chief’s stepson, Wahapiro, captive and raising him as a privileged slave for several years before releasing him to return to his people. He also made peace with Te Rauparaha in a famous exchange of taonga. Te Rauparaha presented the waka Waikahua and Taiaroa gifted the mere pounamu Tuhiwai.
This may well have occurred in September 1843 when it was recorded that, “Taiaroa, one of the influential chiefs of the southward, is at Porirua, having crossed the Straits with the intention, and at the request of Rauparaha, of making friends with each other and burying all old differences.”
We also know that within 12 months of this event there was a Te Ati Awa peacemaking delegation at Otakou under the leadership of Huriwhenua who was one of the great rangatira of Te Ati Awa. He had been of great influence during the previous ten years as Te Ati Awa moved in to the Wellington region. In later years he established a pa on Moioio Island in the Tory Channel. His tomb was painted by Angas and portrays a classic image of a highly decorated upturned canoe.
We know that Huriwhenua was at Otakou in 1844 due to H.K. Taiaroa’s submission to the Smith Nairn Commission where he explained the origin of his name. He was originally called Huriwhenua in commemoration of the visit.
It is quite possible that during this visit the very important Te Ati Awa chief Ngatata-i-te-rangi was also present. It is not clear exactly when it occurred but at one of the peacemaking gatherings Taiaroa was betrothed to the daughter of Ngatata, Karoraina, whilst Taiaroa’s daughter, Heni Haeora, was betrothed to Ngatata’s son Mohi. In fact Ngatata was in a visit to Otakou when he passed away and was one of the first to be buried in the Omate urupa in 1854.
There were many other attempts at peacemaking between the old enemy tribes including Te Rauparaha’s son, Tamihana, travelling south under a missionary banner with Matene Te Whiwhi in 1843. Apparently, when asked about his father, Tamihana declared that, ”He indeed will not come for I have indeed come hither to you to bring an end to war-fare, and to bind firmly peace by virtue of the words of the Gospel of the Lord.”
The next year he accompanied Bishop Selwyn on his first overland trek in the South Island which began with the first church service in South Canterbury at Te Wai-a-te-ruati.
There are many other important relationships between Ngai Tahu and Te Ati Awa many of which are described by Sir Tipene in his brief paper. This includes the marriage between Taiaroa’s granddaughter Nani and Raniera Ellison who was the son of Te Ika Raua of Te Ati Awa from Taranaki and Marlborough and the whaler Thomas Ellison.
The people of Banks Peninsula and Otakou also established enduring relationships with Te Ati Awa during the period of their unjust imprisonment following the Taranaki conflicts of the 19th century.

Na Tahu Potiki i tuhi

Attachment 2: MEMO FROM MIKE SANG CEO

Purpose
This memo is to inform you of recent decisions on the allocation of funds from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (Te Rūnanga), to support the capacity of Regional Environment Entities and the next steps for the implementation of these decisions.

Background Te Rūnanga has approved a goal of capping funding in the “center” and focusing on increased direct distribution.
As part of this, the 2011/2012 budget for Te Rūnanga included $200,000 of new funding to support capacity building among Ngāi Tahu Regional Environmental Entities. It is intended that this fund is on-going and may increase over time to support local decisions being made locally.
This new allocation complements Te Rūnanga‟s recent decision to substantially increase Pūtea Whakamahi incrementally over the next 5 years. These increases will allow Rūnanga to allocate further resources to other environmental kaupapa.
The allocation decision was complex and the Office sort guidance from Te Here during the process. There were a number of variations to take in to account including the way entities are set up, the scope of work they undertake and other funding sources available.
In some cases Rūnanga do not have entities or the entity only undertakes District Council rather than Regional Council RMA work. In the case of Kaikōura, the Rūnanga has a discreet takiwā and no need to create an entity, so has chosen to employ a dedicated staff member to represent their RMA environmental interests.
Through the process it was clear there was no straightforward approach to allocating the fund that reflects all these factors, however we remained committed to finding the best solution that would enable the Regional Environmental Entities to uphold the mana of their mahi.

Funding allocation for 2011 / 2012
In October 2011, Te Here considered the variations and supported the allocation of these funds for the current financial year. Te Here wanted the funding to be available to the Regional Environmental Entities as soon as possible and sought to ensure funding was both simple and equitable.

The following principles underpinned Te Here’s decision:
The allocation for this financial year will be based primarily on the mahi surrounding Regional and District Council RMA processes.
The funding allocation will acknowledge those Entities that operate more independently of Te Rūnanga and cover both Regional and District Council functions.
That future allocations can be informed by further consultation with Papatipu Rūnanga and the Regional Environmental Entities

Across the 18 Papatipu Rūnanga they, or their entities, fall broadly into two categories:
those largely independent of Te Rūnanga with environment entities or dedicated environment staff; or
those more dependent on Te Rūnanga.

On this basis, and with the aim of both „getting something underway‟ and keeping funding allocations simple and equitable, the fund was split into two components. The first component is available to those entities or rūnanga that are largely independent of the Office in addressing RMA issues within their takiwā. The second component is available to all entities or Rūnanga to support their manawhenua and kaitiaki responsibilities.

2011 / 2012 Funding Allocation

Largely Independent
Kaikōura
Poutini Environmental 75% of 200K (150K)
KTKO
Te Ao Marama

Largely Dependent
MKT
Arowhenua 25% of 200K (50K)
Waihao
Makaawhio

Next Steps
Contracts will be prepared to allow for the distribution of funds. Toitū Te Whenua staff will contact each entity or rūnanga to discuss these agreements.
Opportunities for further kōrero with Rūnanga and the entities are being looked at to share ideas on how to support local capacity building in the future. We are otherwise planning to visit Rūnanga next February, which will provide an opportunity to discuss this directly.