Ngai Tahu chief executive quits on eve of AGM
Ngai Tahu chief executive Tahu Potiki says he is leaving the runanga in safe hands.
Mr Potiki has resigned after five years managing the South Island iwi.
He refused to comment on runanga chairperson Mark Solomon, with whom he has had an often acrimonious relationship.
But he says he has confidence Wally Stone, who chairs commercial arm Ngai Tahu Group Holdings.
Mr Stone also chairs the New Zealand Tourism Board and has headed Whale Watch Kaikoura for the past decade.
Mr Potiki says Mr Stone can fulfill a goal he wasn't able to achieve.
“My biggest regret is that I didn’t win the across the group the argument about how we get Ngai Tahu values into our commercial entities, and that’s why I’m prepared to leave so confidently, because I’m convinced Wally Stone is going to be able to achieve that,” Potiki says.
Tahu Potiki will continue to be involved in tribal affairs through his new role as chair of the Dunedin-based Otakou Runaka.
MAHUIKA LAYS CONDITIONS FOR NEW BODY
Efforts to create a new national Maori organisation could come unstuck on the problem of how to preserve the authority of constituent tribes.
Tribes opened talks at Pukawa last weekend on structures for Maori going forward, and how they could support the new Maori king.
Ngati Porou runanga chairperson Api Mahuika says his East Coast iwi will never put itself under the mana of the king nor of any other iwi.
He says that's a bottom line.
“The mana of Ngati Porou remains sacrosanct to Ngati Porou and it is not under the mana, nor would we allow it to be subjugated under the mana of another. Be that mana in culture, be it in politics , be it in economics. We will however support different iwi in their issues if they so request that support from us,” Mahuika says.
Api Mahuika says Ngati Porou is keen to work with similar iwi who want to work collaboratively to advance themselves socially, economically or consitutionally.
NGAPUHI SEEKING LONGEST MARRIED
Ngapuhi is looking for its longest married couple to be the guests of honour at this weekend's kuia and kaumatua ball.
Ngapuhi runanga communications manager Lahni Sowter says the iwi is prepared to fly the couple to the ball, wherever in the country they live.
Ms Sowter says it's a way to say thanks to the backbone of the iwi.
“We're going to try and encourage people to come home, to come back to Kaikohe and catch up with relatives, just have a good time and celebrate being Ngapuhi. Our kuia and kaumatua up here do so much work, so it’s about time we gave them something back too,” Sowter says.
POTIKI DEPARTURE NOT CRITICAL FOR TRIBE
Ngai Tahu board member James Daniels says the loss of chief executive Tahu Potiki will make little impact on the tribe.
Mr Potiki resigned today to spend time with his family and increase his role as chair of the Dunedin-based Otakou Runaka.
Mr Daniels says there are many senior businessmen with the ability to take the reins.
“It's an administrative role. There’s no tikanga required in terms of tea o Maori. All it is is to run the operations. The strategic thinking and the implementation occurs at different levels, so any good general manager would be looking at that role right now and thinking, hmm, that could be a bit of me,” Daniels says.
MORGAN PUSHES FOR POLITICAL KOTAHITANGA
Tainui chairperson Tukoroirangi Morgan says any new national Maori organisation will need a strong political dimension.
The former New Zealand First and Mauri Pacific MP says he was heartened by progress towards such a body at a weekend hui by Lake Taupo.
He says there was overwhelming support from tribes for the Kingitanga, and the challenge that now faces Maori leadership is to develop an infrastructure which will allow iwi to square off against the government where necessary.
“One of the things we’ve learned from the seabed foreshore is that even despite the fact that that issue united Maori around the country and took more than 40,000 to Parliament, that issue wasn’t resolved because it came down to the political will, and the government did their own thing to the horror of Maori,” Morgan says.
Tuku Morgan says the next hui to be called by Tuwharetoa paramount chief Tumu te Heuheu should look at some of the infrastructural nuts and bolts of any new Maori forum.
BOOZE OUTLETS BLAMED FOR VIOLENCE SURGE
Ngati Te Ata kaumatua Eru Thompson is blaming a proliferation of liquor outlets for a spate of violence in South Auckland.
Two youths have been arrested in connection with the death of a 33 year old man was found dead in a Mangere Park on Saturday.
Eru Thompson says as with most of the violence in the area over the past year, it appears alcohol was a factor.
Mr Thompson says many young people binge drink and do things they regret, whereas people from his generation, where liquor wasn't as readily available, learned to drink in a more controlled environment.
"We were fortunate because we were able to engage and drink socially when our parents were around. There was a lot of control. That’s not quite the same today. And of course there’s the accessibility of booze. You only need to go on every conrener of Mangere now and they have a liquor outlet," Thompson says.
He says closing parks at night won't solve the problem.
Mr Potiki has resigned after five years managing the South Island iwi.
He refused to comment on runanga chairperson Mark Solomon, with whom he has had an often acrimonious relationship.
But he says he has confidence Wally Stone, who chairs commercial arm Ngai Tahu Group Holdings.
Mr Stone also chairs the New Zealand Tourism Board and has headed Whale Watch Kaikoura for the past decade.
Mr Potiki says Mr Stone can fulfill a goal he wasn't able to achieve.
“My biggest regret is that I didn’t win the across the group the argument about how we get Ngai Tahu values into our commercial entities, and that’s why I’m prepared to leave so confidently, because I’m convinced Wally Stone is going to be able to achieve that,” Potiki says.
Tahu Potiki will continue to be involved in tribal affairs through his new role as chair of the Dunedin-based Otakou Runaka.
MAHUIKA LAYS CONDITIONS FOR NEW BODY
Efforts to create a new national Maori organisation could come unstuck on the problem of how to preserve the authority of constituent tribes.
Tribes opened talks at Pukawa last weekend on structures for Maori going forward, and how they could support the new Maori king.
Ngati Porou runanga chairperson Api Mahuika says his East Coast iwi will never put itself under the mana of the king nor of any other iwi.
He says that's a bottom line.
“The mana of Ngati Porou remains sacrosanct to Ngati Porou and it is not under the mana, nor would we allow it to be subjugated under the mana of another. Be that mana in culture, be it in politics , be it in economics. We will however support different iwi in their issues if they so request that support from us,” Mahuika says.
Api Mahuika says Ngati Porou is keen to work with similar iwi who want to work collaboratively to advance themselves socially, economically or consitutionally.
NGAPUHI SEEKING LONGEST MARRIED
Ngapuhi is looking for its longest married couple to be the guests of honour at this weekend's kuia and kaumatua ball.
Ngapuhi runanga communications manager Lahni Sowter says the iwi is prepared to fly the couple to the ball, wherever in the country they live.
Ms Sowter says it's a way to say thanks to the backbone of the iwi.
“We're going to try and encourage people to come home, to come back to Kaikohe and catch up with relatives, just have a good time and celebrate being Ngapuhi. Our kuia and kaumatua up here do so much work, so it’s about time we gave them something back too,” Sowter says.
POTIKI DEPARTURE NOT CRITICAL FOR TRIBE
Ngai Tahu board member James Daniels says the loss of chief executive Tahu Potiki will make little impact on the tribe.
Mr Potiki resigned today to spend time with his family and increase his role as chair of the Dunedin-based Otakou Runaka.
Mr Daniels says there are many senior businessmen with the ability to take the reins.
“It's an administrative role. There’s no tikanga required in terms of tea o Maori. All it is is to run the operations. The strategic thinking and the implementation occurs at different levels, so any good general manager would be looking at that role right now and thinking, hmm, that could be a bit of me,” Daniels says.
MORGAN PUSHES FOR POLITICAL KOTAHITANGA
Tainui chairperson Tukoroirangi Morgan says any new national Maori organisation will need a strong political dimension.
The former New Zealand First and Mauri Pacific MP says he was heartened by progress towards such a body at a weekend hui by Lake Taupo.
He says there was overwhelming support from tribes for the Kingitanga, and the challenge that now faces Maori leadership is to develop an infrastructure which will allow iwi to square off against the government where necessary.
“One of the things we’ve learned from the seabed foreshore is that even despite the fact that that issue united Maori around the country and took more than 40,000 to Parliament, that issue wasn’t resolved because it came down to the political will, and the government did their own thing to the horror of Maori,” Morgan says.
Tuku Morgan says the next hui to be called by Tuwharetoa paramount chief Tumu te Heuheu should look at some of the infrastructural nuts and bolts of any new Maori forum.
BOOZE OUTLETS BLAMED FOR VIOLENCE SURGE
Ngati Te Ata kaumatua Eru Thompson is blaming a proliferation of liquor outlets for a spate of violence in South Auckland.
Two youths have been arrested in connection with the death of a 33 year old man was found dead in a Mangere Park on Saturday.
Eru Thompson says as with most of the violence in the area over the past year, it appears alcohol was a factor.
Mr Thompson says many young people binge drink and do things they regret, whereas people from his generation, where liquor wasn't as readily available, learned to drink in a more controlled environment.
"We were fortunate because we were able to engage and drink socially when our parents were around. There was a lot of control. That’s not quite the same today. And of course there’s the accessibility of booze. You only need to go on every conrener of Mangere now and they have a liquor outlet," Thompson says.
He says closing parks at night won't solve the problem.
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