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Last Updated on Saturday, 05 December 2009 00:37 Written by Administrator
Kei te tino tautoko au i te huarahi e whāia ana e te Poari Māori o Hauraki kia eke ai ki te whakaaro kotahi hei painga mō ngā iwi o Hauraki whānui. Kia au nei, mā tēnei, mā te mahi kotahi mā te tü kotahi ka pai te rere o tō tātou waka i runga anō i te rangimārie. Ko tāku kia tae tātou ki te taumata o ēnā e wawatatia nei.
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha o te motu, tēnā koutou katoa.
Tuatahi ko te wehi ki Te Atua nui i te wāhi ngaro. Ko ia te tīmatanga me te mutunga o ngā mea katoa.
Tuarua he hōnore nui ki tō tātou Kingi Māori, ki a Tuheitia e noho nei i runga i Te Ahurewa Tapu tuku iho. Paimārire ki tana whānau, ā, ki Te Kāhui-Ariki whānui tonu.
Haere ngā mate ki te huitanga o te Kahurangi. Rātou kia rātou, he maimai aroha, tātou anō kia tātou, tēnā koutou katoa.
Kei te tino tautoko au i te huarahi e whāia ana e te Poari Māori o Hauraki kia eke ai ki te whakaaro kotahi hei painga mō ngā iwi o Hauraki whānui. Kia au nei, mā tēnei, mā te mahi kotahi mā te tü kotahi ka pai te rere o tō tātou waka i runga anō i te rangimārie. Ko tāku kia tae tātou ki te taumata o ēnā e wawatatia nei.
Huhurere Tukukino had a vision – one of a united Hauraki. His vision was of the Hauraki people moving into the future together. It is a vision that I and my Board share and one that we try to epitomise in the work that we do and the decisions we make. It will focus us and provide direction over the next six years. Without a doubt these are going to be water shed years for life beyond grievance are some of the key challenges that Hauraki faces.
In May and June 2006 we came out to Hauraki Iwi with some thinking about the future of Hauraki and invited your input. By far those we talked to supported staying together and holding our assets collectively and that ongoing discussion was needed on what this might mean in practice. My Board is open to accepting the challenges that nation-building for Hauraki brings and, as part of that assurance, will commit to providing leadership in the Hauraki Treaty Claims and Fisheries settlement processes. Again, let me on behalf of my Board be very clear, we are advocating for a future beyond settlement where all our Hauraki people now and those not yet born can benefit, participate and belong to a nation that we, ourselves, build. At the heart of all of this mahi over the next six years sits relationships. The relationships we have with each other and how much we value them. That is what will ultimately shape our collective future. We can let our whakapapa pull us apart or bring us together as it has done when past challenges and adversity have confronted us. We should not forget this when the challenges and incentives to pull apart come.
What is certain is that we all have a responsibility to engage [with] and shape that future. Without a doubt, the decision about what our nation will look like is this generation’s decision to make. Let us keep in our mind Huhurere’s vision and all that it entails, for it is indeed a vision worth fighting for.
Toko Renata Te Taniwha
Chair