Exercising Partnership – Council, Tangata Whenua, Mana Whenua
Hastings District Council remains steadfast in its commitment to nurturing and strengthening processes to enable tangata whenua and mana whenua to exercise partnership in decision making across a range of contexts here at Council and in the wider Hastings District. Titiro ake au ki te hāro o te kāhu tui, tui, tui, tuia. Tuia te rangi e tū nei, tuia te papa e takoto nei. Tuia te here tangata o Heretaunga takoto noa, ka rongo te pō, ka rongo te ao. Tuia te muka tangata i takea mai i Hawaiki-nui, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki-pāmaomao. Te hono i wairua ki te whai-ao ki te ao mārama, tihei Heretaunga! Kei ngā mana, kei ngā reo, kei ngā pari kārangaranga o tēnā pito, o tēnā marae, o tēnā hapū o te rohe whānui o Heretaunga, anei ngā kupu whakamiha ki a koutou katoa. E tika ana kia tukuna atu ngā whakaaro ki a rātau mā ko ngā rau-o-piopio kua purea atu e ngā hau maiangi, e ngā hau pūkerikeri ki tua o te ārai. Kāti, rātau te tira mātai pō ki a rātau, waiho ake ko tātau te tira mātai ao ki a tātau. Tēnā rā tātau katoa kei te hapori whānui o Heretaunga e whakamana nei i tō tātau reo rangatira i raro i te āhua o ngā kupu kōrero ā kui mā, ā koro mā me ngā tāhuhu kōrero o te rohe whānui o Heretaunga; tō tēnā hapū, tō tēnā hapū, tō tēnā hapū. Kei ngā marae rua tekau mā whā o Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Heretaunga, kei ngā hapū kārangaranga, kei ngā Taiwhenua o te takiwā nei, kei ngā Rōpū Tiriti o Waitangi, nei anō te maioha ki a koutou, ā nō mātau hoki te whakamīharo ki te tukua nei ngā mihi ki a koutou otirā, ki a tātau katoa. Heoi anō, Heretaunga-ara-rau, Heretaunga-haukū-nui, Heretaunga-hāro-o-te-kāhu, Heretaunga-raorao-haumako, Heretaunga-ringahora, Heretaunga takoto noa; tihei Heretaunga!
246 // HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL LONG TERM PLAN 2021-2031
The Council undertakes a number of activities to provide for opportunities for contribution to decision making. These are detailed over the page:
