Three members of Te Tapatoru a Toi have been farewelled and thanked for their contribution to the committee.
Te Tapatoru a Toi is a joint management committee which is part of the cultural redress package agreed between the people of Ngati Awa and the Crown for settlement of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims in 2005.
Te Tapatoru a Toi committee members John Hohapata-Oke, Ron Russell, Te Kei Merito, Maggie Bayfield and Rapata Kopae (Hera Smith absent).
Te Tapatoru a Toi manages the Ohope Scenic Reserve, Tauwhare Pa Scenic Reserve and Moutohora (Whale Island) Wildlife Management Reserve.
Committee members Dave Field, Anthony Olsen and Don Herdman were thanked for their valued contribution and hard work throughout their time on the committee.
Remaining members have welcomed new ministerial appointments Ron Russel, Maggie Bayfield and Hera Smith.
They join the current Ngati Awa members for the next five year term of the committee and bring a broad range of skills to the committee.
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Ngati Awa Ngati Koroki and so on
Posted on 10-04-2011 19:52 | By Hebegeebies
Usual suspects at work again no doubt .Perhaps media should have spelled out whether this was an amicable parting of the ways or something in the nature of the Maungatautari dispute,
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