Te Rūnanga o Wairewa Ki a Donna, e te manu tīoriori, haere atu rā e te whaea, e te anahera, moe mai, okioki mai, e kore rawa koe e warewaretia. Nō reira, waiho rātou ki a rātou, ko tātou ki a tātou, tēnā anō tātou katoa.
Tēnā tātou katoa, He tika hoki kia mihi atu ki a rātou kua wehe atu ki te pō, rātou katoa kua kapo i te rika kaha o aituā, ā, rātou hoki i mate i kā pakaka nui o te ao, te tini me te mano o Kāi Tātou te iwi Māori i hikahika rā i kā motu kē o te ao, e pōua mā, e tāua mā, haere atu rā, haere atu rā, moe mai rā i te manaakitaka o ō koutou atua.
Ka roa haere kā rā, ka huri kā whakaaro ki te māra kai. Ka mōhiotia he raumati kai te haere mai. Ka huri ki kā kō, ka haere ki te rapu i kā kirikiri, kia pai ai te oneone. Kua tere hoki te inaka, kua haoa mai i kā kutu awa. Mauri ora ki a tātou.
New office manager
It is with great pleasure that we introduce our new office manager, Mihi Sinclair, on a fixed term contract. Mihi will be with us for the rest of the year, managing the office, keeping the rūnanga executive in line, helping out with the new strategies we are putting in place for our portfolios and supporting all the entities under Wairewa Rūnanga. Mihi’s background is as an executive assistant to directors and the general manager at Lexmark International, Lexington, Kentucky; as administration manager with Aon New Zealand, in Wellington. She was also a small business owner. We are looking forward to her bringing her skills to the rūnanga and she will be operating out of the rūnanga office, level two at Rehua Marae. The office hours are Monday to Friday 9.15am to 3pm.
Mihi Sinclair, the new office manager for Wairewa Rūnanga.
Mihi has recently moved to Christchurch for family reasons and is looking forward to meeting her whānau. She descends from Wairewa, Ngāti Huirapa, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Ngāti Wheke, Ngāti Waewae and Ngāi Te Rakiāmoa on her father’s side and Rākaipaaka
(Nuhaka), Ngāti Konohi (Whangarā) and Te Whānaua-Apanui on her mother’s side. To contact Mihi at the Wairewa office, you can call 03 377 1513 or email wairewa@ngaitahu.iwi.nz.
Rūnanga planning hui
Hui rūnaka – general meeting and annual general meeting
On 25 August and 15 September, we will be holding planning hui. The purpose of these hui is for whānau to have the opportunity to help us decide the critical areas for development over the next three years; and to give feedback on the priorities set down by the Rūnanga Executive 2013-2016. Participants can also give feedback on the recommendations to the 2013-2015 budget. The hui will be held at Rehua Marae, 9am-1pm with shared lunch.
Notice of the next rūnanga general meeting is 6 October, 10am-1pm. This will then be followed by the Wairewa Hui-ā-Tau, annual general meeting (AGM) at 2pm. The AGM will be second due to our intentions to involve whānau in more of the planning, policy and strategic decisions in the rūnanga. We need to take into account the feedback of the proposed planning hui and steer the initiatives with more whānau on board and engaged in decisions of the rūnanga, even the plans for our annual budget.
New directors on Pūtahi Farm Development Ltd
They join James Daniels (chair) and Maatakiwi Wakefield. Congratulations to you all.
Maire Kipa, Rei Simon and John Boyles have been appointed to PFDL for another three years. Rei was reelected; Maire and John will be new directors.
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