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EFFECTIVELY GOVERNED
Governance
The Board of Trustees comprise one representative for each of the twelve Iwi identified in the Hauraki Maori Trust Board Act 1988. Representatives are elected triennially through a postal ballot of members on the roll. Together, the representatives form the governing body and set the strategic direction of the organization. The Chief Executive Officer of the Board is responsible for implementing the direction of the Board and the overall management of the organization. The Board meets on a six weekly basis to conduct its business along with provision for special meetings on key issues. Communicating with our people and seeking their participating on key issues that affect them is a key responsibility of the Board.
Click here for a list of current trustees
Click here for organisational structure
Treaty Claims
The Board together with other claimants, kaumatua, whanau, hapu, iwi and marae lodged Treaty of Waitangi claims against the Crown from 1987 to 1998, This collective represents all the people of Hauraki. The Board itself has six separate claims (Wai 100, Wai 96, Wai 373,Wai 374 Wai 650 and Wai 728) alleging Crown breaches of the Treaty. Tribal lands, forests, fisheries, the seabed and foreshore, geothermal and minerals resources were lost through the actions of the Crown. Today about 2.6% of our original customary land remains in Maori ownership.
Waitangi Tribunal reports released to date that relate to the Hauraki Treaty Claims are:
• The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Report 2001
which dealt with the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000;
• Te Raupatu O Tauranga Moana, Report on The Tauranga Confisication Claims 2004
which upheld that Hauraki are customary land owners in the Katikati and Te Puna areas of the Northern Bay of Plenty,the government confiscated these lands, and failed to set aside suitable reserves.
• The Report On The Crown's Foreshore and Seabed Policy 2004
which considered the foreshore and seabed related evidence produced during the Hauraki Waitangi Tribunal hearings.
Extensive research consisting of over 40,000 pages of historical evidence in 11 volumes was published by the Board in 1997 and is available in some public libraries. This research along with many other formal briefs of evidence from hundreds of our people was put before the Waitangi Tribunal at hearings from 1998 to 2002. The Waitangi Tribunal is expected to report its findings into these claims sometime between late 2005 and March 2006.
Hauraki Taonga Claim
(05 Sep 06)
for further information please click here
Fisheries
The iwi of Hauraki have always been a seafaring and fishing people. We live on the shores of one of the richest and most abundant marine areas in New Zealand .
We are involved in protection, management and enhancement of our fisheries and are currently reviewing ways in which the Board can better contribute to the sustainability of the customary fisheries of Hauraki.
We have made significant investment in the commercial fisheries and aquaculture industries through the Fishing Group. The net assets of the Group are about $21 million. We are still developing our mussel farms at Wilson 's Bay and as members of a commercial consortium we are pursuing the establishment of an aquaculture management area in the Firth of Thames. The Group makes provision for commercial fishing scholarships to our people and remains committed to returning revenue back to the shareholder board.
Click here for a copy of the Board's Customary Fisheries Strategy.