Koromatua – representative of the Koromatua hapū and the central interest
(Deputy Chairperson)
Koromatua – representative of the Koromatua hapū and the central interest
Manager Ngāti Whakaue Taiao/Resource Management Unit
Negotiations and Operations Manager
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Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue
1268 Arawa Street, Rotorua 3010
Office Hours: Monday to Friday
10.00am – 4.00pm
Phone: 0508 566 484
Email: administration@whakaue.org
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CONTACT US
Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue
1268 Arawa Street, Rotorua 3010
Office Hours: Monday to Friday
10.00am – 4.00pm
Phone: 0508 566 484
Email: administration@whakaue.org
© 2024 Ngāti Whakaue
Website by Atawhai Creative
Koromatua Representative (Chairperson)
Rā is a product of his upbringing. He is a product of the love, support and guidance shown to him by his parents, his koroua, his kuia, the Pā of both Ōhinemutu and Maketū. These people, their people, this place, their place have all ensured that he has had a solid grounding not only in kawa and tikanga but that he was also educated to the highest standard, ensuring he would not feel out of place walking in both worlds.
Rā is a problem solver and a relationship specialist who can offer insight and strong direction to create successful outcomes for all. He firmly believes that strong leadership doesn’t need to compromise a strong value-based belief system when dealing with people.
Rā reflects, “As we continue to negotiate with the Crown, I know that the current Trustees of Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue can bring a settlement offer from the Crown back to our people, our marae, our hapū, our iwi.
Ultimately, I believe in “Mokopuna Decisions”, which is exactly what our tupuna believed in.
The decision-making process that takes into account the intergenerational view as opposed to the now mentality.
We are Te Roro o te Rangi, Tūnohopū, Rangiiwaho, Taeotu, Pukaki, Hurungaterangi, the descendants of Tūtanekai and Hinemoa, Ngāti Whakaue anake.”
Koromatua Representative (Deputy Chairperson)
Tēnā koutou, tēnā tātau, Ngāti Whakaue.
Ko Tipene James tōku ingoa, tētahi o ngā kaitieki koromatua mo Te Komiti nui o Ngāti Whakaue.
He uri no ngā koromātua e ono, he mokopuna no ngā whānau Te Amohau, Pango, Arawhata.
Tipene’s Why: Ensuring that both our people and TKnoNW amend all Crown grievances together, and begin a collectivised iwi approach toward many of our current and future kaupapa.
“Me huri te aro ki te tōnga mai o te rā, he rā anō ka whiti, he pitomata anō ka kite”
“Let us turn our heads to the engulfing of the sun, where tomorrow lives, where potentials await”
Koromatua Representative
E mihi ana ki a Ngāti Whakaue ki uta, ki tai.
E noho ana au i runga i Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue te ropū whakatutuki i ngā kerēme Tiriti o Waitangi mō Ngāti Whakaue.
E whakapounamu ana i ngā whakaaro ō tātau mātua, ō tātau tupuna, e rata ai ō tātau wairua ki ngā mahi take whenua, ki te whakawhanake i kaupapa whai hua e ora tonu ai te whanaungatanga i waenga i ngā uri whakaheke.
Tūnohopū
Taioperua
Rangitautahana
Rangituturu
Rawiri Tiniraupeka
Taekata Te Tokoihi II
Rihi Karenga I
Rihi Karenga Taekata II
Manaia Pihopa Kingi
Pūkakī
Rangitākūkū
Te Matapihi o Rehua
Te Wharepurangi
Ngaroi
Hemi Kokiri
Wiremu Atetini
Raniera Te Tawhiti
Manaia Pihopa Kingi
Rangiiwaho
Taiwhakaea
Te Whareiti
Te Koiki
Kiharoa Akuhata
Taumata Haereata
Te Aoerere
Riripeti
Inez Haerata
Ngāti Rangitihi
Rohi
Tionga
Mokonuiarangi
Paerau
Tanira
Raureti Mokonuiarangi
Riripeti
Inez Haerata
Koromatua Representative
Ngāti Hurungaterangi, Ngāti Pūkakī, Ngāti Rangiiwaho, Ngāti Tāeotū, Ngāti Te Rorooterangi, Ngāti Tūnohopū.
Ko Kiri Mitchell tōku kuia
Ko Ike Reti tōku koro
No Ōhinemutu taku kāinga.
Aleisha grew up in Ōhinemutu with her kuia and koro, taught to always contribute towards bettering our people.
Her work background is in the Resource Management Act and Local Government, with studies focused on Indigenous Development, Te Tiriti, and inequity in Aotearoa.
Aleisha is focused on making Mokopuna Decisions. Ngā mihi ki a koutou.
Ngāpuna Representative
Ray was born in Rotorua and his whakapapa is to Ngāti Hurunga Te Rangi, Ngāti Whaingarangi, Ngāti Huaorangi, Ngāti Te Ohu, Ngāti Te Kahu. He was raised in Ngāpuna
and is married to Lorraine Hall. They have three daughters, Hiraina, Rauoriwa, Kaihau and one son, Tamati.
Ngāpuna Representative
Selwyn has whakapapa to Te Arawa and Te Whānau a Apanui. Born and raised in Ngāpuna, Rotorua, he is active in iwi governance and community leadership, serving on several Māori trusts and boards particularly for Ngāti Hurungaterangi. Ko tetehi Koromatua o Ngāti Whakaue.
Selwyn has over 20 years of experience in Māori development, education, and marketing. He is committed to using these pukenga to advance Māori well-being and leaving a positive future for our mokopuna and tamariki.
#mokopunadecisions
Horohoro Representative
Hokimatemai was born in Rotorua and raised between Ōhinemutu and Koutu. He is of Ngāti Tūnohopū, Ngāti Rangiiwaho, Ngāti Tāeotū and Ngāti Turipuku descent.
Hokimatemai served in the Royal New Zealand Infantry for 22 years, having served in Malaysia and Vietnam. He attained the rank of Warrant Officer 1st Class.
Koromatua Representative
Haydn Marriner is proudly Ngāti Whakaue and Te Arawa, born and raised in Rotorua. He carries Ngāti Whakaue tikanga, kawa and values into every governance table and commercial space he sits at, and they shape how and why he leads.
Haydn is an iwi and tourism sector governance leader with more than 20 years’ experience growing and stewarding Māori assets, building positive relationships, and making sure every investment delivers lasting cultural, social and economic returns for our people. Currently he holds Chair and Director roles across iwi, tourism and community organisations.
His governance toolkit includes strategic asset management, tikanga-led decision-making, investment due diligence, financial oversight, risk management and clear, evidence-based reporting. He is especially passionate about kaupapa that drive education, rangatahi pathways, community enhancement and innovative commercial investments that reflect and advance Ngāti Whakaue aspirations for our future generations. Haydn says he will work tirelessly towards a Ngāti Whakaue that is fair, transparent, accessible, successful and fit for purpose for the next 100 years.
Koromatua Representative
Karen is proudly Koutu born and bred. It is her first term on Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue, and it is her privilege to be chosen to serve our Iwi – she looks forward to contributing to our collective journey toward settlement.
Kia ora koutou,
Ko Sue Elliott tōku ingoa
Ko Winiata Tapsell rāua ko Raukakawa Hunt ōku tīpuna
Nō Maketu ahau ināianei.
Sue retired to Maketū, her tūrangawaewae, five years ago. She has represented Ngāti Whakaue ki Maketū on the Iwi Māori Partnership Board for Te Moana a Toi for the last 3 ½ years. Sue has recently been elected chair for the Maketū Community Board.
Sue’s background is 20 years in nursing and 20 years as a business owner. She has also been an ACC Sensitive Claims Case Manager and a Court Victim Advisor. Sue holds a PGDip Māori Health/Public Health and PGCert Health Management/Health Leadership. Her focus has always been as an advocate for equity for Māori. Sue’s moemoea is to see our collective claims settled for our surviving original claimants and have something tangible to offer for our mokopuna and their future generations.
Operations Support
In 2023, Manuariki was appointed by the Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue Board as General Manager to lead the Resource Management Unit.
In this role, she advocates for Ngāti Whakaue resources and maintains key relationships at all levels, while upholding Whakaue rangatiratanga and mana motuhake in decision-making – always acting in the best interests of the people, whenua and resources.
Manuariki also supports the Whakaue tribal database and provides operational support to Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue and the Journey to Settlement.
Negotiations and Operations Manager
Pauline was nominated and elected at a Ngāti Whakaue iwi hui in late 2008, as one of the 6 koromatua hapū trustees alongside those other whanaunga who made up the First Trustees of Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue, the mandated entity to engage with and negotiate a settlement with the Crown.
She served as a trustee from 2009 before becoming Chair in 2012 to 2018. During her tenure as Chair, TKN was in negotiations with the Crown. At the time the position of the Crown and what they offered did not meet the expectation/position of our negotiation team. The Crown’s position presented at a Ngāti Whakaue Registered Voting hui was subsequently rejected by Ngāti Whakaue. In 2016 the Crown effectively removed Ngāti Whakaue from the active Office of Treaty Settlements work programme. Pauline resigned from TKN board of trustees in 2018 after unsuccessfully advocating for TKN to be reinstated to the OTS work programme.
In February 2022 the newly elected Chair, Rāwiri Bhana, approached Pauline and asked if she would reconsider a role she could play in getting Ngāti Whakaue back on the Office of Treaty Settlements/Te Arawhiti work programme. By September of that year the Minister instructed his officials to re-engage with TKN and here Pauline is now.
Pauline considers her role as Negotiations and Operations Manager with TKN as a privilege, she says it feels like taking care of unfinished business. She appreciates the Crown works to its own timetable with some process functions TKN had to undertake before officially engaging in negotiations kōrero.
“Heoi, we, Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue and assembled Negotiation team, are on the cusp of coming to a number of preliminary agreements in principle relating to our collective Ngāti Whakaue historical Treaty of Waitangi claims.
Watch the space on our ‘Journey to Settlement’ as we navigate and negotiate a sustainable and enduring settlement for Ngāti Whakaue katoa”, says Pauline.
