Preliminary research has been undertaken over the last 15 years. In October 2011 we were able to accelerate the process with the help of funding that was secured from the Crown Forestry Rental Trust.
As a result we held a number of Hui and Wānanga over the research period.
Now that Te Maru o Hikairo (Our Oral and Traditional Report for the purpose of our Waitangi Claim) has been completed, we are now organising Hui, leading up to our Hearings in October 2013.
Proposed Wānanga Dates and Objectives
24th March 2013 Waipapa Marae, Kāwhia
• Presentation of Financial Report
• Claims Activities Update
• Planning for the development of a Hearing program for October
6 April 2013 (This is a Ngā Tai o te Uru hui, so will be attended by Iwi of the 3 Harbours)
Venue: Okapu Marae, Aotea
• Ngāti Hikairo will present information related to the progress of our Claim
25 May 2013 Waipapa Marae, Kāwhia
• Presentation of Financial Report
• Claims Activities Update
• Identification of Speakers
• Presentation of Theme 1
• Identification of Sites for Visit
• Community Engagement – start developing story collage
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16 June 2013 Waipapa Marae, Kāwhia
• Presentation of Financial Report
• Claims Activities Update
• Agreement on Speakers
• Presentation of Theme 2
• Sites Visit (Assign people who can photo sites)
• Community Engagement – developing story collage
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13 July 2013 Waipapa Marae, Kāwhia
• Presentation of Financial Report
• Claims Activities Update
• The development of the Briefs of Evidence
• Presentation of Theme 3
• Development of Visual Aids
• Contact Vendors/ Organisations (Council/ DOC/ etc)
• Community Engagement – developing story collage
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17 & 18 August 2013 Waipapa Marae, Kāwhia
• Presentation of Financial Report
• Claims Activities Update
• Update on Briefs of Evidence
• Presentation of Theme 4
• Development of Visual Aids
• Community Engagement – developing story collage
1.3. Issues
- Ngāti Hikairo are scattered all over the world. This makes it difficult for whānau to attend hui in Kāwhia.
- We have understood the need to have hui in other parts of the country. We are attempting to do this in main centres at this point.
- Resourcing is an issue as our funding from CFRT finishes at the end of March. We would appreciate suggestions from you as to how we can fund the Wānanga and Hui we propose to undertake between now and October
- We are exploring the potential of our website to connect with whānau and to engage claims issues electronically.
We are examining how far we can take the website to connect, inform and to support participation of whānau who live far from home.