30 APRIL 2017 Tumutumu Tui Pa Marae Trustees Annual General Meeting
April 1, 2017
There is an Annual General Meeting to be convened Sunday 30 April 2017 at Tui Pa for Reporting by the current Marae Trustees and for any matter in General Business, that any beneficiary or associate with the marae wants to raise about the governance and operations to date.
In March Mapuna Turner was appointed as a permanent Marae Trustee. All of the others were to attend a Trustees Training Course before permanent appointment. Notification of the permanent appointmen,t was not received at the time of writing this blog.
At the last AGM a Charter for the marae was adopted. A revision of the rules listed in the document is underway namely:
the terminology and roles and responsibilities of Trustees. The Charter does not use the terminology of Chairman Secretary and Treasurer. There are five responsible Trustees. Therefore there are five positions of responsibility. The Charter works with Managerial roles and responsibilities incorporating all Trustees to assume a rostered role of Chairman initially per month but with expansion to a yearly role [given the training and skills]. Similarly this rostered rotational perspective could be applied to the other four roles.
The 5 year appointment was intitiated as a succession plan for future governance and operations. In the last two years of the appointment no less than 5 interested personnel would be trained in the kawa of the Trustees for Tumutumu Tui Pa.
The suggestion that a 5 year term only, meaning that the same Trustees could not be re-elected consecutively, has been met with horror. Merely reflect that a person could be re-elected five times for a period of 25 years. It really is dependent on the skill of the person for that to occur. It could also reflect the apathy of beneficiaries who will only be motivated if there is a dollar to be gained.
The Charter embodies the eligibility of Mana Whenua participation in the elections of responsible and advisory Trustees of Tumutumu Tui Pa. There are 3 categories: 1. Land owners in TE AROHA BLOCK 9 Sections 41C4A AND Section 31D3A. Only these land owners [ and now their registered by Succession descendants] agreed to form and register the 2 acre section in the Maori Land Court for a marae in 1963. Whangai are recognised.
2. Registered beneficiaries to the Hauraki Maori Trust Board Act 1988 who have indicated their voting preference for Ngati Rahiri Tumutumu in the election for Iwi Representation.
3. Resident Ratepayers of Te Aroha and District within the local authority territory of Matamata Piako District Council. Note that this category of beneficiary will not be entitled to a whakapapa financial gain pursuant to the Treaty of Waitangi Settlement of the Hauraki Wai100 and other claims.
The areas of responsibility are:
A. Trustee Consensus for Meeting Code of Conduct.
B. Communications Manager
C. Financial manager
D. Wharenui Manager
E. Wharekai Manager
F. Whenua Manager
Each responsible Manager is to engage a committee of not less than 3 people to assist.
Each Manager and Committee is to formulate a budget for endorsement of execution by the Trustee Monthly Meeting.
Each Manager will report at the Trustee Monthly meeting.
If you are in favour of the Charter or wish to discuss and participate more, please attend the AGM. The meeting start time has been delayed to 11am so that people travelling can attend. Better still, arrive Saturday and help with cleaning and preparation and stay the night to catch up.
In March Mapuna Turner was appointed as a permanent Marae Trustee. All of the others were to attend a Trustees Training Course before permanent appointment. Notification of the permanent appointmen,t was not received at the time of writing this blog.
At the last AGM a Charter for the marae was adopted. A revision of the rules listed in the document is underway namely:
the terminology and roles and responsibilities of Trustees. The Charter does not use the terminology of Chairman Secretary and Treasurer. There are five responsible Trustees. Therefore there are five positions of responsibility. The Charter works with Managerial roles and responsibilities incorporating all Trustees to assume a rostered role of Chairman initially per month but with expansion to a yearly role [given the training and skills]. Similarly this rostered rotational perspective could be applied to the other four roles.
The 5 year appointment was intitiated as a succession plan for future governance and operations. In the last two years of the appointment no less than 5 interested personnel would be trained in the kawa of the Trustees for Tumutumu Tui Pa.
The suggestion that a 5 year term only, meaning that the same Trustees could not be re-elected consecutively, has been met with horror. Merely reflect that a person could be re-elected five times for a period of 25 years. It really is dependent on the skill of the person for that to occur. It could also reflect the apathy of beneficiaries who will only be motivated if there is a dollar to be gained.
The Charter embodies the eligibility of Mana Whenua participation in the elections of responsible and advisory Trustees of Tumutumu Tui Pa. There are 3 categories: 1. Land owners in TE AROHA BLOCK 9 Sections 41C4A AND Section 31D3A. Only these land owners [ and now their registered by Succession descendants] agreed to form and register the 2 acre section in the Maori Land Court for a marae in 1963. Whangai are recognised.
2. Registered beneficiaries to the Hauraki Maori Trust Board Act 1988 who have indicated their voting preference for Ngati Rahiri Tumutumu in the election for Iwi Representation.
3. Resident Ratepayers of Te Aroha and District within the local authority territory of Matamata Piako District Council. Note that this category of beneficiary will not be entitled to a whakapapa financial gain pursuant to the Treaty of Waitangi Settlement of the Hauraki Wai100 and other claims.
The areas of responsibility are:
A. Trustee Consensus for Meeting Code of Conduct.
B. Communications Manager
C. Financial manager
D. Wharenui Manager
E. Wharekai Manager
F. Whenua Manager
Each responsible Manager is to engage a committee of not less than 3 people to assist.
Each Manager and Committee is to formulate a budget for endorsement of execution by the Trustee Monthly Meeting.
Each Manager will report at the Trustee Monthly meeting.
If you are in favour of the Charter or wish to discuss and participate more, please attend the AGM. The meeting start time has been delayed to 11am so that people travelling can attend. Better still, arrive Saturday and help with cleaning and preparation and stay the night to catch up.
Posted by Mapuna Turner.
