2021 trustee elections

Ngāti Ranginui Fisheries Trust

2021 TRUSTEE ELECTIONS

NOMINEE PROFILE’S


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CHARLIE RAHIRI

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Ngāti Ranginui Fisheries Trust 2021 TRUSTEE ELECTION

NOMINEE DETAILS

Charlie Rahiri Tāne

First Name(s) Last / Family Name Gender

Iwi & Hapu affiliations

Iwi Hapu

Ngāti Ranginui Wairoa hapū, Tamarawaho, Hangarau

Ngai Te Rangi

Ngāti Paoa

Trustee, Director, Board/Committee member or Employee of

Name of Organisation / Committee Position Held

NZ Parliament Private Secretary

NRFT Incumbent Trustee

Ngāti Ranginui Performing Arts and Cultural Trust Trustee

Wairoa Te Kohanga Reo Chair

Acorn Foundation Distribution Committee

Qualifications, Experience and Objectives relevant to the position I was born and raised on the marae at Te Wairoa but hail from three Marae of Ngāti Ranginui, Huria, Hangarau and Wairoa. I was surrounded by Kaumatua from a very young age and fostered for roles on the Paepae, Āpotoro and in the kitchen where I continue to serve our people in these areas. It is here I was taught “listen to the people” a value I hold fast to everything I do. I have a background in health and Māori development and have worked in Iwi, NGO, local and Central Government. I have decided to run for re-election to continue the great mahi the Trust does. To diversify our portfolios, increase our environmental conscience and create enduring whakapapa, cultural and economic opportunities with our Takitimu waka kin to utilise resources we have for maximum benefit for our people and ensure that it reaches our people.


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AWHINA NGATUERE

Ngāti Ranginui Fisheries Trust 2021 TRUSTEE ELECTIONS

NOMINEE DETAILS Awhina Kimi Pua Ngatuere (nee August) Wahine



Iwi Hapu

Ngāti Ranginui Ngāti Hangarau



Kaihautu/General Manager Toi Kai Rawa Trust

Tauranga Māori Business Association Chairperson

Ngati Kuku Hapu & Ngati Kuku Settlement Trust Chairperson

Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepou Trustee

Qualifications, Experience and Objectives relevant to the position

Completed a bachelor’s degree in Commerce majoring in Commercial Law and Management 2008 and brings with her over 16 years’ experience working with start-ups, community organisations and large corporate entities. As general manager of Te Puna I Rangiriri Trust for 5 years, Awhina was involved in the management across all the Mau Rakau initiatives, waka ama contracts, Matariki ki Mauao and the Tauranga Moana Tauranga Tangata Festival.

Currently the Kaihautu/General Manager of Toi Kai Rawa Trust – a Regional Māori economic development agency working across the wider Bay of Plenty. Their strategic priority areas are Māori land development, Māori Business networks, Māori Communities and Rangatahi Māori.

Raised in Tauranga Moana, Awhina is a product of Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa Maori, a graduate of the University of Auckland and a master’s student of the University of Canterbury.

Awhina is also a mother, wife, strategist, environmentalist, a Māori business owner and a member of Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Ranginui and more.

“Learn all the ways of our world so that you can return home and serve your people” - a message that her mother wrote in her first CV at 13 years old which is what drives Awhina to this day.


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ERUERA TUHAKARAINA


NOMINEE DETAILS

Eruera Tuhakaraina Tāne



Iwi Hapu

Ngāti Ranginui Pirirākau

Ngāiterangi

Ngāti Pukenga Ngā Pōtiki



Owner and Director Acon Industries

Tauranga Maori Business Board Member

Pirirākau Incorporated Society Chairperson/Board member


Level 3 certificate Organic Primary production

Masters in Māori and Indigenous leadership

I am and always will be in service to my people, I do this by pushing back on the barriers and stigmas that are in place to keep Māori at bay. I have built with my own hands the largest Māori owned roading business in this country, with aspiration to continue to grow.

I am currently in the 2nd year of completing my masters in Māori and indigenous leadership with Canterbury university. I entered into this masters to formalise and expand on the hands-on experience gained from my 22 years in the roading industry with 10 of those years being self-employed. I have been with the Pirirākau Incorporated Society for 3 and a half years with 18 months as chairperson. I have been a member of the Tauranga Māori business association for 5 years and am now on the board. I am a member of the Institute of directors and have a desire to complete an MBA in the near future.

My mission is to create innovative mechanisms for Maori organisations in order to create inter-generational benefit for our people. I aim to achieve this by instilling and creating enduring platforms, pathways and training mechanisms that align with our being as Maori in this present time.

I like every other Māori fish, dive, hunt, mahi maara, preserve, have cows, pigs, chickens and trade and koha this kai with all my whanau. I am no scholar, saviour or any miracle worker I am Māori and that’s all we need to be.


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DES HEKE KAIAWHA


NOMINEE DETAILS

Des Heke Kaiawha Tāne



Iwi Hapu

Ngati Ranginui Ngai Te Ahi



Hairini Wetlands, Te Roopu Ao Nui Hou (Ngai Te Ahi, Ngati He,Ngati Ruahine) Project Manager

Otawa Ahuwhenua Chairperson

Ngati Ranginui Iwi Society Inc. Kaitiaki Taiao


B. Parks, Recreation & Tourism management (Lincoln)

B. Social Science Honours: Environmental planning (Waikato)

Experience working in local government:

Western BOPDC – Parks & Reserves 1994/95;

BOP Regional Council – Maori Policy and Land Management 1996/97;

BOP Regional Council – Regional Parks Committee 2000/01;

Tauranga City Council – Maori Land Officer 2001/02;

Waitakare City Council – Kaitakawaenga Maori 2003-2006;

Papatuanuku Ltd – Environmental services (15 years).

Skills – Environmental assessment and planning. Environmental restoration and monitoring.

Interests – Outdoors, Heritage and whanau

Objects/Vision – Sustainable tuna fishery and tuna habitat restoration. Tikanga based management system i.e. Rahui awareness of fisheries management through education and research.


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JOSIE MIKAERE


NOMINEE DETAILS

Josie Mikaere Wahine



Iwi Hapu

Ngāti Ranginui Ngai Tamarawaho

Ngāti Pukenga Ngāti Pukenga ki Waiau



Ngāti Ranginui Fisheries Trust Current Trustee


I am a current trustee of the Ngāti Ranginui Fisheries Trust and I am seeking re-election for the new term.

I have been a dedicated Trustee and have attended all meetings held by the Board in my current term. I contribute to all aspects of the Trust’s work and enjoy sharing my knowledge of the fishing industry with fellow members.

I have worked in the fishing industry for many years. I have worked in the catching, processing, wholesale and retail seafood industry. I have managed fishing quota and also traded quota. I have a good understanding of the systems required to run those businesses.

In earlier times of the Māori Fisheries Settlement, I was a part of the Area 1 consortium of Northern Tribes to formulate models of allocation for the distribution of fisheries assets to maoridom. Earlier on I also taught customary regulations training courses on behalf of BOP Polytechnic.

I am a mother to 5 children. I enjoy participating in their education, sporting activities and support school and club activities.

My other interests include spending time with whanau and in our maara kai.

My goal is to see the Trust Assets grow, thus allowing more benefits back to the uri of Ngāti Ranginui Iwi and ensure that the Fish Trust practices good governance and maintains good investment strategies.


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TRACY NGATOKO


2021 TRUSTEE ELECTIONS NOMINEE DETAILS

Tracy Mauria Ngatoko Wahine



Iwi Hapu

Ngāti Ranginui Ngāi Tamarāwaho

Ngāti Rangi

Ngāti Kahu

Ngāti Tapu



Huria Trust TEO Private Training Establishment Coordinator

University of Waikato: Poutama Pounamu Educational Research Centre Research Analyst


BA Music, BA Maori, MA Maori (Dissertation), Dip Teaching, B.Ed (Secondary)

I bring experience from the education sector. Having said that, I have strong relationships with other Iwi (due to my educational background) in Kahungunu, EBOP tribes, Waikato, East Coast. Existing relationships would be beneficial when working with other Iwi fishery cohorts.

Skills – Data analyst (quantitative, qualitative data), research analyst (kaupapa maori).

Certified Assessor & Moderator (NZQA)

Reliable, honest, trustworthy, organised and methodical. My own personal cultural framework of working with others i.e. wairuatanga, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga, whanaungatanga, kotahitanga, rangatiratanga, reo, karakia, pohiri, ukaipotanga, pukengatanga.

“Peoples person” Ko au, ko koe – ko tāua

Interests – Composition, kapa haka, whanau, walking, wairua tautau (meditation), crochet, tennis, my dog and my marae (s).

Vision – Develop a tertiary approved program (NZQA) that pathways our people to higher levels of education and attainment relevant to the Customary Fishing and Fisheries sector. Provide valid and consistent opportunities of training within this ITO for Māori people.

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