Ngāti Tama, culturally strong, socially cohesive and economically sustainable
This strategy was developed through an online wānanga process in March 2022 with Ngāti Tama uri.
The strategy provides a framework from which the Rūnanga can support Ngāti Tama uri to move forward collectively and create an enduring legacy for generations of Ngāti Tama to come. The Strategy is titled Tama Manawanui, Tama Manawaroa.
Expressions of Interest are invited to be TRoNT’s representative on the Project Alliance Board for Te Ata o Te Ata: Mt Messenger Bypass. The PAB sets policy and gives strategic direction to the Mt Messenger Alliance. The preferred candidate will be an influencer and able to communicate the interests of Ngāti Tama, be alert to opportunities for maximising outcomes for Ngāti Tama, demonstrate sound governance and strong business/financial experience, and ideally understand environmental and infrastructure development.
Email office@ngatitama.iwi.nz for the application form.
Closing Date has been extended to Monday 12pm 4 December
Kia ora whānau
Our AGM for the year ended 30 Sept 2022 has been adjourned and will be held on Sat 25 November at 10am.
The decision to adjourn the AGM for 14 days was made because the hui did not meet our quorum of 120 adult members (10% of the membership), as required in our Trust Deed. While we had our largest attendance for several years (65 in person and 11 online), no special votes or election votes were included in this AGM, which meant we weren’t able to include those numbers on our attendance register, as required in the Trust Deed.
We understand you may be busy attending the Taranaki Tū Mai event. So, if you’d like to join the AGM online, please feel free to contact us by emailing office@ngatitama.iwi.nz.
11 November 2023
10am-1pm
17 Grey Street, Waitara
Lunch included.
Registrations to join our Annual General Meeting online via Zoom webinar is now open!
To attend, all you need to do is register by clicking here
Should you have any questions or need additional information, please don't hesitate to contact us at office@ngatitama.iwi.nz.
Purpose
The Office and Accounts Administrator has a pivotal role in assisting the Manager to ensure the office and board are able to operate efficiently and effectively.
The responsibilities of the Office and Accounts Administrator include efficient administration of financial systems and contracts, responding to emails and enquiries, compiling reports and documents, maintaining records, note-taking at meetings, helping with online channels and providing hospitatlity to our guests. This is a varied role that will draw on your organisational and relationship management skills.
Applicants must have New Zealand residency or a valid NZ work visa.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama is the mandated authority for Ngāti Tama, the most northern of the eight iwi of Taranaki.
The overarching vision is to connect our people to opportunities to equip them to create an enduring legacy that we can all be proud of for generations to come, and to realise our potential to become a Ngāti Tama that is culturally strong, socially cohesive, and economically sustainable.
Te Rūnanga comprises of Te Pou Ārahi – the manager, and the board of trustees, who are elected every three years by registered members. This role will support Te Pou Ārahi to progress significant developments and the strategic plan of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama.
Click the link below for a full Job description.
Nau mai rā e te iwi kia whakarongo atu ki te tangi mai a te kō kōkako - let us come together to hear about our strategic direction - Tama Manawanui, Tama Manawaroa.
The Rūnanga are hosting two (2) presentations for Ngā uri o Ngāti Tama (members) on the Strategic Plan, including a kuia kaumātua lunch.
Dates:
WEDNESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER FROM 7PM - 8:30PM
OR;
SUNDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER FROM 7PM - 8:30PM
Kaumātua Kuia Lunch Presentation
WEDNESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 12:30 - 1:30PM
The T+T Ngāti Tama scholarship offers a Ngāti Tama member who is passionate about ecology and
biodiversity to study a Bachelor of Science.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama and Tonkin + Taylor are looking for a person who has whakapapa to Ngāti
Tama and is passionate and enthusiastic about kaitiakitanga and the environment.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama is looking for a skilled administrator to support our Business Manager, board and staff across a variety of activities.
The role involves supporting contract and financial management, board and committee processes, policy administration, stakeholder communication and assisting with projects.
The PKW Trust and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama are excited to offer the joint PKW-Ngāti Tama Iwi Undergraduate Scholarship. PKW are continually finding opportunities to partner with our Iwi in Taranaki and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama is proud to partner with PKW to increase ways of supporting Ngāti Tama uri
The scholarship is designed to support Ngāti Tama uri to keep pursuing their tertiary goals. There is one scholarship available this year to the value of $3,750.
Click the link below for more details and to apply.
Applications are now open for a Business Manager to support Te Rūnanga in progressing
key projects and other initiatives to see our iwi flourish. We are seeking a proven leader with
strong relationship skills who can develop and implement strategy and deliver outcomes for
our iwi.
The closing date is Monday 27 March 2023.
I declare the result for the 2022 trustee election for Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama Trust, conducted by internet, postal and ballot box voting at the AGM, that closed on Saturday 10 December 2022. I confirm that the official result was determined after the scrutiny of the roll was completed, the validity of all votes was determined, and all valid votes were counted.
To view the results please use the link below.
In 2023, Te Runanga o Ngāti Tama will provide members with a Hauora Grant payment of up to $300 for costs
related to your vision, dental or hearing needs, specifically:
· Hearing Aids
· Spectacles and Contact Lenses
· Teeth and Dentures.
For more details and how to apply please click the link below.
To register to attend the upcoming AGM remotely, please register your details below”
The Chairperson and current Trustee of Te Manawaroa o Ngāti Tama Charitable Trust are seeking expressions of interest to add at least two, possibly up to five, additional trustees for Te Manawaroa Trust.
Applications are open for the WSP and Ngāti Tama Cadetship that will see one of our own starting a career in either engineering, draughting, surveying, contract management and more. The cadetship comes with a permanent job and is targeted at diploma level study. The successful candidate will have their study paid for and given study leave.
This initiative has come about from the relationship we have built with WSP over the years.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama Deputy Chair Frances White and lead trustee for the workforce action plan, says the WSP Ngāti Tama cadetship is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the cadet and their whanau.
“The WSP cadetship programme is amazing. Where else can you get a fulltime job working with a world leader in sustainable solutions that has 26 offices across Aotearoa and in 40 countries? While also having the opportunity to gain a diploma? Just imagine the career possibilities. We're thrilled to work with WSP to offer this cadetship."
There’s a vacant desk at the WSP office in New Plymouth, labelled ‘Ngāti Tama Cadet.’ Apply now.
Over the years Te Rūnanga has built a relationship with WSP through Te Ara o Te Ata. We’re excited to be partnering with them to offer a Ngāti Tama member, a permanent job and cadetship. WSP is a global professional services firm providing services in engineering, architecture, project management, planning property consultancy and materials research. Their culture is forward thinking and “inspired by diversity, driven by inclusion”.
The election of officers will be held by postal and internet voting. Voting papers will be posted to registered members from Monday 31 October 2022. Voting will close on Saturday 10 December 2022, at a time to be determined by the trustees at the AGM.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama Trust (the Trust) is the representative entity of the collective interests of Ngāti Tama iwi and manages the Trust on behalf of and for the benefit of existing and future members of Ngāti Tama.
The Trust is administered by up to 7 trustees. The existing trustees will retire after the next AGM. The Trust now invites nominations to fill the 7 available trustee positions. The retiring trustees can stand for re-election if they choose.
Nominations opened on Tuesday 30 August 2022, and close at 5pm on Friday 30 September 2022.
August 8, 2022
The enforcement by NZ Police of a trespass order against a small number of unlawful protestors from Mt Messenger has been supported by Ngāti Tama.
“The protest group is led by a handful of people who do not recognise Ngāti Tama’s manawhenua rights and interests in our rohe” says Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama Chair Conrad O’Carroll.
“They claim to be an iwi, but no other iwi recognises them.”
“The entire roading project is taking place in Ngāti Tama’s rohe, and we are partners with Waka Kotahi in its design and delivery. Locals know the current road’s unsafe to travel on at times, particularly when slips close one or both lanes. Through our partnership, we have already secured significant benefits for the taiao (environment) of northern Taranaki, and for the people of Ngāti Tama. That’s hugely important for us.”
The return of tūpuna land was celebrated on 8 August 2022 at Pukearuhe Marae by over hundred people from Ngāti Tama and Waka Kotahi.
The 120-hectare coastal property at Gilbert Road, at the end of Pukearuhe Road is part of agreements with Waka Kotahi for Te Ara o Te Ata: Mt Messenger Bypass. It has been exchanged for 20 hectares of Treaty Settlement land needed for the project.
The land, now renamed as Ngarautika, has great significance for Ngāti Tama with wāhi tapu, pā sites and wai tapu. It is where Poutama Whiria, the adze of Tokomaru Waka was rediscovered in 1923.
May 22nd - 23rd 2022
Our agreement with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport gives Ngāti Tama members and its associates, priority to tender for contracts. Te rūnanga is keen for you to consider what a Ngāti Tama business is and what determines an associate entity to Ngāti Tama.
We’re hosting two sessions online for Ngāti Tama members. Come along, for links to the sessions, contact ngatitamacontact@gmail.com
Selection of Rōpu Tiaki members
The Kaunihera Kaumatua and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama are considering nominations and selecting members for the new Rōpu Tiaki. This group is tasked with being expert advisors on mahi-a-wairua, mainly for Te Ara o Te Ata project and other mahi determined by te Rūnanga.
A Taranaki group denied tangata whenua status by the courts in relation to the Mt Messenger bypass has been sidelined again in a separate fight over the repair of a gas pipeline.
Discussions on pest management and biodiversity in the Parininihi and the overlap with the new pest management programme for Te Ara o Te Ata. Waka Kotahi and MTM Alliance members are attending this hui to provide clarity on key matters while seeking ideas for the new programme.
A follow-up hui to confirm a governance and operational structure for the new Pest Management Programme. Ngāti Tama, Tiaki Te Mauri and Waka Kotahi/MTM Alliance agree to co-design a strategy and operational plan to get pest control underway. The programme is funded by Waka Kotahi as part of the agreements we signed with them as part of Te Ara o Te Ata.
The first meeting was held of the Steering Group for the new Pest Management Programme covering 3,650ha in the Parininihi and adjacent land administered by DoC. The Steering Group is made up of representatives from Ngāti Tama, Waka Kotahi and DoC.
For health and safety reasons, the AGM will be held online. To register for this please click on this link http://ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz/agm/
Tonight’s karakia will be performed by Ngāti Tama.
Ka rere te puru o Poutama. Ka rangona e ngā hau o Taranaki
Results of the iwi vote that could affect the future of the proposed $200 million Mt Messenger bypass should be known by the end of the week.
The path to finding a way around Mt Messenger has been as long and winding as the road itself.
Now one iwi holds the key to the $200 million bypass project that would see State Highway 3 go around the north Taranaki mountain rather than over it.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama Chairperson Paul Silich announces the result of the 2020 voting process on the special resolution covering the Mt Messenger Bypass proposal, The voting, which closed at a special general meeting (SGM) held on Saturday 11 July 2020, supported the project with 82 percent of voters in agreement. The special resolution was successful as over 75 percent of valid votes was reached.
Taranaki’s Mt Messenger bypass is closer than ever to becoming a reality with iwi voting to accept a deal that makes the $200m project possible.
