Why have the NKKWTB placed a copyright notice on their website content? I would have thought that the Trust Board would welcome the free and open distribution of its material, not restrict or censor it?
And, why are the NKKWTB charging whanau who want to pass on material to their whanau?
The bottom of the NKKWTB website now reads:
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FROM THE NGATIKAHU KI WHANGAROA TRUST BOARD WEBSITE
As of November 2013, Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa Trust board have been again looking for a peaceful way forward with the people occupying Stony Creek Farm. We have met with Ben Dalton who has been appointed by the Crown to liaise with the occupiers and the Trust Board.
As of January 2014, the Board have accepted the alternative proposed package in principle from the Crown for an opportunity to progress the Ngātikahu Ki Whangaroa settlement.
This will allow an opportunity for those who support the occupation of Stony Creek Station to have their ‘day in court’ to present their claims for this land. For this proposal to work all parties would have to agree to abide by whatever the Maori Land Court decides.
The Board embrace the idea of this as part of the process of bringing peace to our Iwi.
The Board has always maintained an “Open door policy” and have expressed this over the many years to the Crown and the occupying whanau.
The board are the mandated claimants on behalf of Ngā Marae o Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa, the body setup to settle the WAI 116 and WAI 258 Claims, and the Crown who are currently recognised as the legal owners of Stony Creek Station.
On the 24th of January 2014 David Manual Chair of the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Trust Board received the following proposal letter from the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Christopher Finlayson.
2014 01 24 Letter to David Manual NKKW
In Mr Finlayson’s letter he thanks the Trust Board for agreeing to meet with Mr Dalton recently to discuss potential approaches for progressing Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa settlement negotiations and resolving the occupation of Stoney Creek Station. He was also heartened to learn that they were prepared to give further consideration to the proposals raised by Mr Dalton.
In summary, as a result of those discussions the Crown has proposed, that everything in the AIP except for the Stoney Creek Farm will go to the Trust Board, and that the Stoney Creek Farm be handed over to the Maori Land Court to resolve ownership. In the meantime it will be managed by a new Trust Board which will represent all interested parties.
In addition to this the Trust Board will receive cash payments to help pay for the restoration of the Thompson and Clarke blocks etc.
He also mentions that he is willing to consider issues raised by the Kaitangata hapu regarding the Kowhairoa Peninsula.
In closing, he sees his proposal as offering the best opportunity to progress the settlement in the interests of all parties.
The next Ngatkahu ki Whangaroa Trust Board Hui is planned for the 25th of January 2014 at Otangaroa Marae at 10am.
I’ve just received the latest funding information from OTS as at 13 December 2013. OTS have paid another $50,000 to the Trust Board, that’s $703,000 to date for the Trust Board to negotiate and communicate with our Iwi over the Governments offer. With an OTS budget approved $1.09 million the Trust Board still have $300,000 they can draw down from OTS.
Today the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Trust Board have reached a new low in blocking it’s Iwi from posting on their facebook page, they have also removed all comments previously posted by their Iwi. Censorship is a very slippery slope!
Paeara Whanau have been providing the facts to our iwi for almost 6 years now. Visit https://www.facebook.com/NgatikahuKiWhangaroaTrust and voice your objection to Iwi being blocked, ask that the block be removed and that Iwi be allowed to post again.
27/11/2013 – Good to see the Trust Board have removed the facebook block for some of our Iwi, but not for all of us. As I’ve said before, censorship is a very slippery slope!
The Trust Board held informal hui last Wednesday the 13th of November 2013 with Mr Ben Dalton, Deputy Director General Māori Primary Sector Partnerships, over the Ministers ultimatum letter.
Although the hui minutes have been available on this website over the past few days they have now been removed at the request of Mr Ben Dalton. Mr Dalton has explained that the meeting was advertised by the NKKW Trust Board as an informal meeting, and as such he was surprised that there were minutes. He was even more surprised that the minutes have been promulgated before being signed off by the Chairman, or allowing him the opportunity to check the accuracy of comments attributed to him. He has stated that the minutes do not accurately reflect what was said in the meeting.
The Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Trust Board has received an ultimatum letter from Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Christopher Finlayson. In his letter he encourages the Trust Board to meet with those dissatisfied with the proposed Treaty settlement and to include them directly in the process, if not then he would have to re-assess whether a settlement is still possible.
In the last Trust Board hui minutes there were a number of decisions made and issue raised:
1) According to the latest Trust Board hui minutes, it was voted on and decided by the Trust Board to amend the Trust Deed to include another Marae; this was despite a number of Trustees asking that the decision be taken to an AGM for our whole Iwi to decide, as it was quite a major decision. The amendment was voted on and passed 8 to 3 to include the Marae.
2) Possible use of Google Drive to store beneficiary registration details. Unfortunately this might not be such a great idea; http://techland.time.com/2012/04/26/will-google-drive-snoop-inside-your-data-google-needs-to-be-clearer/
Why was the Trust Deed amended in 2003? In particular, why was the Trust Board quorum changed to 51% with a minimum of 13 Trustees having to be present?
Also, in claiuse 16.6 of the Trust Deed it states that only registered beneficiaries are allowed to attend hui? Why only registered beneficiaries?