Issue 39 September 2015

ISSUE THIRTY-NINE: TORU TEKAU MĀ IWA SEPTEMBER 2015

Wairarapa ki Uta Wairarapa ki Tai kapa haka

Wairarapa ki Uta Wairarapa ki Tai.

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A Walk Down Memory Lane Professor Honoured for Services to Education and Māori p4 Ngawi – the Hidden Jewel p5 Papawai & Kaikōkirikiri Trusts Board – NCEA Grants p6 2015 Annual General Meetings p8 Wairarapa Moana Trust Report p8 Wairarapa Waiata Tawhito CD p9 Kahungunu ki Pouakani p9 Wairarapa Moana: The Lake and Its People p9 Wairarapa Moana Merchandise p9 Shareholder/Beneficiary Search p10 Whakaoriori Kaitakawaenga Māori p11 Farm Update p11 Phil McKinnon – Farm Operations Manager p12 50 Unclaimed Dividends p12 Shareholder Bank Account Details

The inaugural kapa haka academy held in April has achieved remarkable results in such a very short time with thirty-five motivated secondary students from diverse social and ethnic backgrounds getting together to form Wairarapa ki Uta Wairarapa ki Tai kapa haka.

The students from Makoura College, Wairarapa, Chanel and Kuranui colleges and Te Wharekura o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wairarapa and St Matthew’s Collegiate School worked incredibly hard with dedication and commitment and honed what they were taught at the academy to prepare them for Te Awakairangi ki Wairarapa Kapa Haka Regionals held in Upper Hutt.

Five secondary schools took part in the competition, small in comparison to other rohe where competing teams can number as high as ten but for a group that has only

been together for a short two months and to deliver a polished performance, Wairarapa did remarkably well.

Te Tira Whakaau from Wainuiomata took first place overall at the contest and second place went to Te Whānau Tahi Naenae, while Wairarapa ki Uta Wairarapa ki Tai took third place overall alongside a third in waiata tira (choral), third in waiata a ringa (action songs), first equal in kakahu (costume) and first place in whakaeke (stage entry).

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Wairarapa has been absent from the regionals for a number of years with group coordinator Makuini Kerehi acknowledging the hard effort and passion the group put into its performance in such a small time. Yet, to come third overall with a number of first placings is a very special moment that everyone involved can be proud of.

Te Whānau Tahi has competed at the nationals six times with Te Tira Whakaau having graced the national stage four times. Understandably years of competitive unity and performance meant the standard would be high but the gains for all competing groups, whether new or not, would be the experience of rubbing shoulders with the best, meeting and mingling with like-minded competitors and sharing the magical moment with others.

Despite the winners and losers, the main winner was hearing the reo being spoken by students from different cultural backgrounds and for some groups, it was their first time on stage. The involvement and support of other secondary schools to perform as one large group provided an opportunity for rangatahi across the rohe to be involved,

A Walk Down Memory Lane Four workmen working on rock groynes in the Waipoua River.

Men identified are: L – R: Mr Blake; Mr Apa; Pat Mita and George Grantham.

Photo: Wairarapa Archives

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with Kura Kaupapa students supporting and sharing the strength of their reo with other novice performers.

As with some of the winning groups, past students have become kapa haka tutors teaching and passing on their knowledge and experience to new performers. The same may be applied to Wairarapa as Year 13 students seek new career paths.

It is anticipated that the success at Te Awakairangi ki Wairarapa will have a flow-on effect in the hope other secondary schools will encourage and support kapa haka.

So to keep the passion burning, Wairarapa ki Uta Wairarapa ki Tai kapa haka will stage a number of performances in the region throughout the remainder of the year.

Photos: Kiri Riwai Couch

Professor honoured for services to education and Māori The daughter of Te Kura o Te Rangi Wi and Eileen Alice McKinley and a mokopuna of Paora Taki and Hineariki (nee Apatu) McKinley and Beatrice and Tom Mouldey, Professor Elizabeth McKinley was raised in Carterton and educated at Kuranui College.

Professor Elizabeth McKinley has been made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education and Māori.

Professor McKinley was Director of Starpath for seven years before she took up a position in Australia where she was invited to set up a Centre for Indigenous Education at the University of Melbourne.

Professor McKinley, who is of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Ngāi Tahu descent, said she found out she was receiving the honour about three months ago when Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet wrote to her offering her the appointment. She’s had to keep it a secret ever since.

“I didn’t tell a soul. It was interesting to see who read the list in the paper and then contacted me. I have fielded a lot of phone calls, emails and Facebook messages in the last couple of days,” she said.

“I feel very privileged that someone thought I was worthy of such an honour and took the time to nominate me. I am sure it involved a lot of form filling. I have no idea who nominated me but I thank them for it.”

Professor McKinley not only has an extensive knowledge of Māori education in New Zealand but of the challenges inherent in reaching students who are falling behind.

She has an ability to interpret and deliver in plain language the complexities of NCEA and how New Zealand’s social fabric and education system intertwine.

Prior to departing Starpath, she worked alongside two other leading Māori academics to establish Kia Eke Panuku – the Building on Success project. Its aim is to raise the achievement of Māori secondary school students by incorporating the best elements from Starpath and other

Professor Elizabeth McKinley

achievement programmes, such as Te Kotahitanga and He Kākano.

“The honour does help to reaffirm my work and that of others who have helped me achieve this honour,” Professor McKinley says.

“Over the years there have been many people who have supported my work in many ways. In particular, I want to acknowledge the work of the Starpath Project team who have worked hard to achieve the success that the project has enjoyed and that enabled me to have a profile in NZ. “That profile in education has brought me to the attention of the people who nominated me for the honour.”

Professor McKinley is now based at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education (MGSE) at the University of Melbourne.

The MGSE is committed to building an international research centre for Indigenous Studies in Education. Her role is to establish and consolidate this new strand of work. She has found some similarities in the challenges facing Australia’s indigenous peoples as she did in New Zealand.

“I find there are lots of similarities in the challenges but the contexts in which they can occur are very different.

For example, there is no NZ equivalent to schools in small remote settlements in Australia.

“The achievement profile of Australian indigenous students is very similar to that for Māori in New Zealand.”

Article and photo: Anna Kellett Media Relations Adviser – The University of Auckland.

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Ngawi – the hidden jewel

Photo: Grant Morrell

Not too long ago Ngawi hit the headlines when Garth Gadsby dubbed the “Sheriff of Ngawi” fired a shotgun at burglars making a hasty get-away in a stolen car.

Like most small rural communities, the locals have their own way of dealing with criminal offenders and a group of burglars caught trashing a number of holiday homes certainly found out the hard way. The posse waited for the law to arrive but they sorted it out and meted out their own form of polite justice.

But the sheriff, he had to face the consequences and support for him came flooding in from around the country. The thieves got what they deserved and the sheriff hung up his badge. Victory for Ngawi but the locals, small in number, don’t like to rave about it but one thing they do know is how awesome it is living at Ngawi and even then, they don’t like to rave about the hidden jewel at the bottom of the North Island.

Driving out there you can’t help but take your eyes off the road and soak up the ruggedness where the war between the land and the sea continually fight each other. On a good day, the views are the best as any in the world with a tranquil sea shimmering an array of turquoise. In the distance the South Island shows off the Kaikoura ranges, majestic as they reach up to the sky creating an illusion of closeness.

On a bad day, cold, wet and miserable, you will witness the sea winning the war with the land, dark grey in colour, forceful and wild with thundering abuse. This is Mother

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Nature in full reign claiming the land where holiday homes once stood, the road with a white painted centre line lays unused at the bottom of the cliff yet to the inspired with camera in hand, this is the wild Palliser in full fury and is not an experience to miss.

You will see an old ship’s anchor, a grave site and memorials that tell of early shipping mishaps and the many that lost their lives fighting the raging gales. Once hunted to near extinction, seals have returned in increasing numbers seeking shelter among the rocks. Old midden sites, artefacts and stonewall gardens mark significant sites of early Māori occupation. To this day, descendants from those early occupiers still own land along the eastern and southern coast line.

Nearing Ngawi you know you have arrived when you see the military line-up of bulldozers with boat trailers attached.

Fishing boats of all shapes and sizes at rest on land. With some boats parked on land belonging to Kawakawa 1D2 Ahu Whenua Trust set up for the Hemi Te Miha whānau.

During the fishing season the place is a hive of activity with crews readying themselves to launch. An early start strictly reserved for the hardy as each skip gives a wink and a nod to his fellow fishermen, a daily routine that hasn’t changed since early Māori occupied the area.

Although remote and isolated, during the summer months the population at Ngawi swells to a staggering figure with campers tents and caravans claiming the last remaining greenery. Idle baches are awake and overflowing, freedom campers live up to their name and park where ever they like until they’re told to move on, only to find their spot snatched up by somebody else.

Weekenders and day trippers add to the burgeoning population and the locals begin to feel uneasy because their little piece of paradise, the hidden jewel they jealously protect, has been discovered. Greatly outnumbered, it’s only when the newbies want to make dramatic changes to the landscape or want to upset the peace and tranquility of the area do the locals bite back. They like Ngawi the way it is, raw and untouched.

Ngawi has a history of early occupiers that carved out an existence along the windswept coastline where the bounty of food both on land and sea was plentiful. Fresh water came down from the surrounding hills, rivers swelled during the eel migration but constant storms certainly tested one’s endurance. There were no roads, just a coastal walking track or travel by waka.

Early settlers braved the first bumpy gravel track to Ngawi having to cross the many rivers, creeks and streams to get there but when the weather turned, luck wasn’t on your side.

Meandering creeks quickly turned into raging rivers and you could neither turn back nor press ahead. When caught out, travellers simply made shelter and waited it out.

Today, the road is tar sealed with bridges across all the angry bits and now with a TV ad hitting the screens, Ngawi has hit the headlines again but for a good cause. Where better to film a Lotto ad where fortunes can quickly change on a good fishing day? Fill the quota and be home for lunch. There’s a good road out there now, you can be in and out in no time at all.

The storyline was very genuine about a father and son living in a small fishing village with a nanny or koro looking after their mokopuna. A familiar scenario that a lot of grandparents can readily attest to. A son that idolises and misses his hard-working dad whom is putting in the long hours so he can provide a better future for his son, which is what all responsible parents want for their kids, and then koro hits the jackpot and along with his moko, they sail out dressed as pirates to pass on the good news to father and son and then there’s the happy closing scene of the whānau sailing off into the sunset in their brand-spanking new pirate ship.

The film crew loved the location with the wild rugged landscape in all its natural beauty adding the perfect

backdrop with real boats and real tractors and real downto-earth people that will keep an eye on your property at no cost. It’s just how they are out there, no fuss, no bother, very hospitable. They put the film crews up in their homes during their stay and even provided the lead actor with a pair of shoes. Some of the locals got in on the filming with local fisherman Ken Feast making an appearance. Little did the film makers know but Ken won the Lotto back in the early days and his addition to the advert gave it a sense of authenticity, meaning anyone, anywhere, can win the Lotto… even a fisherman from Ngawi.

It will be easy to imagine the general public zooming out to Ngawi to see the pirate ship but will be bitterly disappointed when they discover no ship and no Lotto shop. But that’s Ngawi, the hidden jewel that only shines when it wants to.

PAPAWAI & KAIKŌKIRIKIRI TRUSTS BOARD NCEA Grants for 2015 are now available Closing date

5pm, Wednesday September 30, 201

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This year the Trust will provide reimbursement of fees paid for NC EA exams.

Applications must meet Trust crit eria including attending a New Zealan d secondary school in Years 9 to 13.

Application forms and inquiries to Ngaere 06 3702608 or 0800 662 624 ngaere@pktrusts.nz

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Annual General Meetings What’s happening at the 2015 AGM?

WAIRARAPA MOANA INCORPORATION WAIRARAPA MOANA TRUST

agenda 2 October 2015 (Friday) Te Rangimarie Marae, Masterton

Te Rangimarie Marae

Pōwhiri

6.00pm

The pōwhiri will commence at 6.00pm on Friday 2nd October followed by dinner and shareholder registrations.

Dinner

6.30pm

Accommodation and meals are being provided on Friday evening and Saturday breakfast for shareholders and whānau who wish to stay at Te Rangimarie Marae. You are asked to fill in the attendance sheet so the marae can accommodate and cater adequately.

Numbers staying at the marae will be limited to meet compliance and availability will be confirmed on receiving attendance forms at the office.

Shareholders are required to arrange their own transport to Masterton for this year’s AGM as bus transport will not be provided by the Incorporation.

Annual General Meetings The Wairarapa Moana Incorporation AGM is scheduled to start at 9.00am followed by lunch and the Wairarapa Moana Trust AGM will commence at 1.30pm with a finish time of 3.30pm.

Included in this mail-out is: • The Information Sheet • The Attendance Sheet • The Mailer, issue 39 • The 2015 Annual Report • The 2015 Notice of Meeting booklet.

IMPORTANT – Please return the AGM Attendance Sheet so it arrives at the office no later than Thursday 24th September.

We look forward to seeing you at the meetings.

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Shareholder Registrations

7.15pm – 8.15pm

3 October 2015 (Saturday) Rathkeale College, Willow Park Drive, Masterton Wairarapa Moana Incorporation AGM

9.00am – 12.30pm

Lunch

12.30pm – 1.30pm

Wairarapa Moana Trust AGM

1.30pm – 3.30pm

Shareholder Registrations at Rathkeale College

8.00am – 9.00am

15 Elections WAIRARAPA MOANA INCORPORATION Paora Ammunson will retire by rotation at this year’s Annual General Meeting.

Nominations were notified in June and closed Friday August 21, 2015.

Candidate profiles and voting papers will be distributed by Friday September 11, 2015 to shareholders with a current address on the share register.

Shareholders will have four options to vote: electronic; postal; proxy; or at the AGM but can only vote using one of the four options so please read your information carefully.

WAIRARAPA MOANA TRUST Te Miha Ua-Cookson and Anaru Smiler will retire by rotation at this year’s Annual General Meeting. Te Miha is not available for re-election and Anaru has confirmed he is available to stand for re-election.

Nominations were notified in June. Nomination forms for the two vacancies will be available August 31, 2015 from the Masterton office and nominations will close Monday September 21, 2015 Voting will take place at the Annual General Meeting to be held in Masterton on Saturday October 3, 2015.

2015 PRE-AGM MEETINGS Come along to a meeting near you to review the Annual Report and discuss ordinary and special resolutions.

There will be a light lunch after the meeting so please contact the office on 0800 662 624 with numbers attending so we can make adequate venue and catering arrangements.

Dates to Remember WAIRARAPA MOANA INCORPORATION

Gisborne

Rotorua

Quality Hotel Emerald 13 Gladstone Road

Millennium Hotel Rotorua Cnr Eruera & Hinemaru Streets

Saturday 12 September 2015 10.00am – 1.00pm

Saturday 19 September 2015 9.30am – 12.30pm

Hastings

Wellington

Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga 821 Orchard Road

James Cook Hotel 147 The Terrace

Saturday 12 September 2015 10.00am – 1.00pm

Sunday 20 September 2015 10.00am – 1.00pm

Auckland

Christchurch

Waipuna Hotel & Conference Centre 58 Waipuna Road Mt Wellington

Copthorne Hotel Commodore 449 Memorial Ave Burnside

Sunday 13 September 2015 10.00am – 1.00pm

Sunday 20 September 2015 10.00am – 1.00pm

17 August

All Resolutions due at WM office

21 August

Election to Committee of Management (CoM) – Nominations close

11 September

Election to CoM – Voting papers delivered to shareholders

24 September

Attendance and Accommodation forms due at WM office

29 September

WMI Proxy forms due at WM office by 9.00am

30 September

Election to CoM – Electronic and Postal voting closes 5.00pm

2 October

Pōwhiri at Te Rangimarie Marae at 6.00pm

3 October

Annual General Meetings Rathkeale College Masterton

WAIRARAPA MOANA TRUST

31 August 21 September 3 October

Election to Trust – Nominations open Election to Trust – Nominations close 5.00pm Election to Trust – Voting at Annual General Meeting

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Wairarapa Moana Trust Chairperson Report E ngā mana e ngā reo e ngā kārangaranga maha tēnā koutou I recently talked with a few whānau members who had questions about Wairarapa Moana Trust and the types of things we do. As you know this information is all available on our Trust website, but I thought it would be a good idea to remind people about the types of things we do, within this month’s Wairarapa Mailer.

full course of study. This year we are trying to organise another Future Leaders Wānanga. These are wānanga for recipients of Future Leaders funds and have proved in previous years to be very popular. This year there is also funding available for whānau studying in any agri-business related field. If you have any queries please contact our office.

As we enter the second half of 2015 it’s also timely to look back on what we as trustees have been doing over the year.

Marae Development – Each of our marae has a business development plan that helps guide the marae board to make infrastructure decisions. We met with Board chairs and representatives in May, and have committed to ensuring this happens each year. The Wairarapa Moana Incorporation decides on a special grant to each marae every year out of the proceeds of our dairy farms in the north. The marae and trustees follow a transparent process around the funds, and ensures each marae has authority over its decisions whilst at the same time respecting the need for trustees to manage the safe transfer of these funds and a report from each marae back to all shareholders.

We first got together in February this year as usual, to review our strategic plan, and to discuss the priorities for the coming year. These meetings are important to ensure each trustee continues to be familiar with our long-term strategic plan, our financial processes and budget, and our responsibilities each year.

We have three main portfolio areas: Future Leaders; Marae Development and Wairarapa Moanatanga. For the purposes of this month’s chair report here’s a quick reminder of the types of things happening in each of these areas.

Future Leaders – Most of you will be familiar with the types of scholarships available to any of our descendants.

Each year we receive applications for either tertiary study or apprenticeship and trade training. It’s important that applications are completed correctly and in full. The obligations include fulfilling the criteria and completing the

Wairarapa Waiata Tawhito CD The first major Wairarapa Moana investment in the revival of our cultural icons was launched in 2007 and continues to be sought after by whā nau.

The collection of customary waiata, karakia and tauparapara from Wairarapa contain the unique stories and words of our ancestors. They also tell our whakapapa and philosophies and are a vital cultural resource for all Wairarapa tangata whenua. Set yourself a personal challenge to learn as many of the waiata as you can!

Copies of the CD are available for $10 from the Wairarapa Moana office in Masterton.

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Wairarapa Moanatanga – Examples of exciting things happening under this criteria include the Whakakaha Paepae Karanga Wāhine programme, and the approval of the project proposal for a similar programme aimed at strengthening the paepae knowledge of our tāne. We have Lake Books and a cultural CD available from the office in Masterton. You can find out more about these and other things on our website.

So far it has been a good year with scholarship interest high; and work commenced on the Whakakaha Paepae Tāne programme amongst other things. I hope all whānau are aware of the things that Wairarapa Moana Trust can support them with. If you are a whānau member unsure of how you could be helped please visit the website and find out more.

If you think there are other whānau members out there who may need to know more, show them the site and encourage them to contact us for more information.

Ngā mihi E te Iwi, piki ake ki ngā maunga tapu ko Pukeamoamo, ko Pukeahurangi. Titiro whakararo aku kamo ki te raparapawai o Wairarapa, nō reira kia tapu hoki tātou nō Wairarapa Moana.

Te Miha Ua-Cookson Board Chairman Wairarapa Moana Trust

Kahungunu ki Pouakani

WAIRARAPA MOANA Merchandise Wairarapa Moana has a selection of clothing merchandise available for purchase.

Men’s and Women’s Polo Shirts Colours: Black and White All sizes.

Price: $28.00 Black Caps: $10.00 Black Beanies: $15.00

Kahungunu ki Pouakani.

The very first Kahungunu ki Wairarapa hui a iwi was held in Mangakino at Pouakani Marae. This was a very special hui for many whānau from Mangakino and the hospitality shown by the committee and tangata whenua was exceptional.

For some it was the very first time they had visited Mangakino and especially Pouakani Marae and it was awesome to feel the pride Pouakani whānau have for their marae. Many found new whānau connections and it was heartening to feel a sense of belonging, whakawhanaungatanga bound us all together as iwi hapū, whānau and marae.

The hui was well attended and an informative one led by Nelson Rangi (Chair of Kahungunu ki Wairarapa). Of interesting note was the release of Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Strategic Plan, Treaty negotiation updates, Education Report and Kotahitanga updates.

It was interesting to hear the stories of the whānau in Mangakino regarding the many dreams and aspirations our people have there.

Also Kahungunu ki Wairarapa encouraged whānau to register for the Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporation / Treaty Trust with whānau taking registration forms away with them. It was very humbling to be hosted at Pouakani and to be informed about the issues facing whānau with opportunities to reconnect and to network as an iwi.

Kahungunu ki Wairarapa office manager Tirau Te Tau caught up with her son Apiana, known by all his farm buddies as “Api”.

Apiana works on the Dairy Support Unit (DSU) Ropiha Road under the management of Thomas Rutene.

Kahungunu ki Wairarapa.

Shareholder/Beneficiary Search The Incorporation has had mail returned to the office for the following shareholders or trustees. If you are able to provide any relevant information or contact details, please call Ngaere Webb on 06 3702608 or 0800 662 624.

Jane Piata Cairns Patrick Te Kuru Pamela Joyce Papa Reon James Dawson Ernest Mairangi Rissetto

Te Huatahi Rehu Reiri Robert Manu Tawhai Peter Brown Simon James Hadfield

Umbrella Colour: Green/White Price: $20.00 Men’s and Women’s T Shirts Colour: Black All sizes.

Price: $20.00

Men’s and Women’s Sleeveless Vests Colour: Navy Blue All sizes.

Price: $55.00 Warm inner lining; Full front zipper; Two side zip pockets; Wind Resistant To place an order, please refer to the office contact details on the back page of the Mailer.

WAIRARAPA MOANA: The Lake and Its People Wairarapa Moana: The Lake and Its People, is available for purchase by shareholders and their whānau through the Wairarapa Moana office at a cost of $35.00 each, post free in New Zealand.

Contact: (06) 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or Email: info@wairarapamoana.org.nz

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“It was always my hope to one day eventually return home to be closer to my immediate whānau. I realised a return as such would also enable me to strengthen with my hapū and iwi whakapapa links.”

Mr Paku started work, after returning to the town, as a whānau ora navigator with Whaiora health services in Masterton and was rapt to win his appointment this month as the first full-time Māori liaison advisor with the Masterton District Council.

“I am passionate about working effectively alongside like-minded people to improve the health, wellbeing and socially acceptable lifestyles for all people who choose to live in the Wairarapa.”

Mr Paku said underpinning his work as Māori liaison advisor were “concepts of partnership, protection and participation in conjunction with the Treaty of Waitangi linked with common core values, cultural beliefs and customary practices”.

Hoani Paku Kaitakawaenga Māori Masterton District Council.

Whakaoriori Kaitakawaenga Māori Career Māori health and social worker Hoani Paku has started as the first full-time Māori liaison advisor – kaitakawaenga – for Masterton (Whakaoriori) District Council.

Mr Paku, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, returned to his hometown Masterton about two years ago after completing a career as a health and social worker that took him from Wairarapa to Horowhenua and Auckland.

Mr Paku also shares a British lineage reaching back to Bristol in south west England.

He had worked almost two decades in the health sector in Auckland, he said, from where in 2013 he had returned to Masterton.

Mr Paku had in the past also worked for Child, Youth and Family and was also the Youth Justice co-ordinator for Wairarapa

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“When I came home I really had no idea I would take up a role like this. I returned to strengthen my whakapapa links and I am very grateful to Whaiora for giving me the chance to spread my wings, so to speak, and connect back to the entire community.

“So when this position came up I thought ‘wow, what an opportunity’ and to be appointed is a real honour and very humbling.

“I’m very mindful my work is about enhancing the mana of the council and also being that person who will liaise with Māori, whether that be iwi, hapū, marae or whānau,” he said.

“I commend the mayor, councillors and council officers for taking this historic step forward and appointing a full-time Māori liaison advisor for the very first time.”

Mike Kawana, cultural adviser for Rangitāne o Wairarapa, holds the role as kaumātua for Masterton District Council and Nerissa Aramakutu works as the council policy advisor Māori and general.

“It is a real pleasure to be working alongside Mike as kaumātua, he has a wealth of knowledge, and Nerissa as policy advisor,” Mr Paku said.

“It’s about making sure we work as a team, not as individuals, although there is a clear focus in my role on enhancing the partnership, protection and participation of Māori with council, ensuring Māori are involved and brought in to the decision-making process.”

Nathan Crombie – Wairarapa Times-Age. Photo: Lynda Feringa

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The season has closed off and the auditors have finished their work.

The milk price has had a huge impact on the bottom line of the farms with a $4.00 reduction from the 2014 season ($8.40 down to $4.00).

We welcome our new members to the team this season, Phil McKinnon, Apiana Te Tau-Quin, Mana Hohepa, Kim Turner and John Aislabie.

The farms completed the season behind their budgeted production with the drought impeding production by 140,000 kgms. Expenses were in line with budget. The farm team looks forward to presenting the results and 2016 budget at the AGM in October.

The winter rains were forty per cent higher than the previous season which were at low levels. This should help restore the water tables from back-to-back droughts.

The farms are set with their staff and cows in place for the current season and we thank the team for the work it has done to set Wairarapa Moana up in a great position so early in the season. The cows are in great condition and when you read this article will be three-quarters of the way through calving.

At the time of writing this article milk price was $5.25 with pressure downward. It is expected that milk price for the 2016 season will fall and not be held at $5.25. Some of the banks are quoting prices of $4.00 or less. We will watch the markets play out over the coming months.

Nick Hume GENERAL MANAGER

A little bit about me: I’m married to Sharon and we are currently living in the tropical paradise of Mangakino. We have three children, all of whom have flown the coop, two in Australia and one in Hamilton but while they have left home it would seem the bank of mum and dad continues to support them from time to time. Dougal (cat) and Woody (Foxy) have also shifted to Mangakino with us.

Farm Operations Manager Phil McKinnon and wife Sharon

Phil McKinnon

Farm Operations Manager Kia ora, I started with Wairarapa Moana Incorporation on the 1st July as one of the two new Farm Operations Managers under the new structure and I’m delighted to be here. I look forward to meeting and getting to know all of you over the next weeks/months/years or however long it may take. At the time of writing I have been on the job about three weeks and one realisation is that it will take me some time to come to grips with the sheer scale of what is the Wairarapa Moana operation. I will rely on all of you to help support and point me in the right direction (especially with the waiata) while I am finding my feet.

I originate from Bulls in the Rangitikei where I was brought up on a dairy farm. On leaving school I never wanted anything to do with cows but upon turning twenty-one I decided that dairying was my future and I went dairying for fifteen years, eleven of those as 50/50 sharemilker. I left dairying (well at least the farming bit) and spent the next eleven years working for Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) in different roles; CRM (that’s what they are called now I think), product manager for Premier Sires, Waikato regional manager, two-and-a-half years in Ireland working in a joint venture company owned by an Irish national and LIC and finished up working in the international division of LIC. I then spent two years with PGG Wrightson as a district manager, followed by a short stint with Farmlands and was farm operation manager at AgResearch’s Tokanui research farm prior to shifting to Mangakino.

My wife and I enjoy the outdoors and have recently purchased bikes and kayaks in anticipation of exploring the local tracks and lakes.

I am into motorcycles (the road variety) and belong to the Waikato Ulysses Club, so please be courteous to any bikers you see around as it could be me!

Phil

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50 Unclaimed Dividends Shareholder Bank Account Details Payment of dividends to shareholders living in New Zealand is made by way of Direct Credit to shareholders bank accounts. These shareholders no longer receive cheques.

Shareholders living overseas will continue to be paid by cheque unless the shareholder holds a New Zealand bank account and elects to have the dividend paid into the New Zealand bank account.

Cheques must be presented at the bank within six months of the date of issue.

A Direct Credit Account Form is available from the office if you need to provide new bank account details because you have changed your bank or your account has been closed.

Bank account details are required to be verified by the bank. The office cannot accept bank account numbers over the phone, fax, email or written by letter.

Contact Ngaere Webb for all shareholding inquiries with Wairarapa Moana Incorporation.

Here is a selection of Unclaimed Dividends. If you are able to provide any information that can help us to make contact with these shareholders or their descendants please contact Ngaere on 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or ngaere@wairarapamoana.org.nz TAI MANIHERA NGARANGI HAWEA MANIHERA MARSH WHĀNAU TRUST FENTON TAMA AHIPENE NANCY MANIHERA WALLACE ROBERT TERATA RAYMOND AND REBECCA CLAYTON WHĀNAU TRUST WILLIAM WI GILLIES ESTATE RAKAI WHAKAIRI FRANCIS MANIHERA HUPRINI KARAITIANA WHETU BENNETT MARAMA BENNETT TANGI WAIRUA HIEATT BRUCE KAREPE PEDERSON COLIN CHARLES TUI MATENGA IRAMUTU WHAKARONGO WHĀNAU TRUST LAURA LORETTA CHAPMAN RERENUI WAENGA HOANI TE MAIRE TE WHAITI MANINI PARAONE TOM PERA NAMANA RONA MARAMA NATHAN TAREWA HEMI CHRISTOPHER NEPHI HODGES MATEKINO TUHOE RANGITEKAHUTIA SONNY OTENE

REKO TE KANI WAIORIKI PAEWAI SHIRLEY LOIS WILSON BARNETT HENDERSON LUCILLE MANAENA TIMI TE AROHA HARAWIRA SIMON SINAPI FOU DENNIS HOHAIA MCCLELAND MONA MARGARET HARONGA MARJORIE ELIZABETH GREEN JILLIAN ELIZABETH KINGI LORNA MANGU MARSHALL REWI GILLIES TE WHAKAHAWEA MATENGA GEORGE FRANCIS AHIPENE ARAPERE TAMIHANA ESTATE STEPHEN JOHN PARKER HENARE POHATU PAORA TE WHĀNAU PANI MATENGA WHĀNAU TRUST UMURANGI AYERS ROPOAMA MAAKA TEXAS JOHN DESMOND WILSON PIONE AND TAME WHAANGA WHĀNAU TRUST TERESA WALKER

If you have an article or pānui to be included in the Mailer then contact Henare at the Masterton office 0800 662 624.

Mailer Closing Dates Monday, November 2, 2015

Mailer Distribution Dates Tuesday, December 1, 2015

oana M a p a r a r ng Wai i t c a t n Co The team at the Wairarapa Moana office in Masterton is: Charmaine Kawana, Ngaere Webb, Dallas Gillies and Henare Manaena.

If you have any questions please contact us.

Freepost 158415 PO Box 2019 Kuripuni Masterton 5842

Wairarapa Moana House 4 Park Avenue Masterton 5810

Ph: 06 370 2608 Fax: 06 370 2609

Freephone: 0800 662 624 Email: info@wairarapamoana.org.nz