The end of the Mangatū claims draws near with the Waitangi Tribunal to make a decision late this year or early next year. A total amount of compensation worth in excess of $200m will be shared between the three claimant groups. On the basis of our history and whakapapa, TWaK is entitled to a significant proportion of the compensation.
Before receiving any compensation, TWaK Trust needs your support. I ask you to vote YES to ratifying the TWaK Trust.
It is now time to settle some of our treaty claims with the Crown. To receive our Mangatū compensation, the settlement pūtea needs to go into a ratified (approved) trust or Post-Settlement Governance Entity (“PSGE”). To establish a ratified trust or PSGE, we need you to vote on these two resolutions:
We are at a crucial stage in our settlement journey. If the new TWaK Trust does not get enough votes, the settlement pūtea will not go to the iwi of TWaK. Instead, it will go to a TWaK hapū entity to be established and controlled by Te Aitanga ā Māhaki Trust. We will lose our iwi status and our tino rangatiratanga as a people. We will lose the opportunity to settle our other historical treaty claims and our claim for the Wharekōpae state farms will be hindered and perhaps unsuccessful.
Voting on this new trust and for the initial trustees is your opportunity to get involved and have your say. This settlement process is for your whānau, for your mokopuna and for their mokopuna to come.
Please read the Linked Information Booklet below to help you make an informed decision. The booklet includes a summary of the Te Whānau a Kai Trust Deed.
Contact:
David Hawea: PH: 027 4494 944 Email: [email protected]
Keith Katipa: PH: 027 7120 029 Email: [email protected]
Administration: Email: [email protected]
