ROAD TO SETTLEMENTPānui #4 - October 2016

Paerangi Atua (God of the Milky Way) descended upon Te Rauhamoa - the celestial bird and transformed into the tipua, Paerangi-i-te-Whare-Toka (Paerangi of the House of Stone) where he drew forth the fires of Koro Ruapehu, the same fires that Whiro-te-tupua, Ngatoroirangi and Tamatea would call on for heat and life. Ko Rūnuku, ko Rūrangi...

Our tupuna Paerangi, who descends from Whiro and Taiteariki, is known in the maunga area as Paerangi-i-te-Whare-Toka. He is known on the Whanganui River as Paerangi-o-te-Moungaroa. Paerangi is the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Rangi, ie. PaeRANGI, and his mokopuna (3-5 generations below depending on whose line you follow) Paerangi (II) is the eponymous ancestor of Ngā Paerangi of Kaiwhaiki.

The Milky Way – Moungaroa is the celestial pathway we descend from as tribes of Whanganui and is the same path our spirits ascend when we pass on to become

stars of the Moungaroa...

Riwaru, riwaru i te Pae UrurangiRiwaru, riwaru i te Moungaroa

He tau rangi, āangaengae He ara ora! He uru ora!

Hui e! Taiki eee...

He pikinga poupou He pikinga whatitataHe pikinga kimihia e

Hui e! Taiki eee...

In this editionTreaty Negotiations Update

Meet the Treaty teamCelebrating our Kōrero

Te Awa Tupua UpdateNgati Rangi uri all descend from Paerangi, Who was Paerangi?

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Based on previous settlements, going from AIP to Deed of Settlement is likely to take at least 14 months. While our negotiators will not be rushed into a settlement, strategically, we would like to progress as much as possible prior to the General Election, likely to be held in late 2017, in order to avoid delays often encountered with government agencies post-election.

Over recent months, the negotiators and their advisors have provided a mass of information to the Office of Treaty Settlements (OTS) on a range of cultural, commercial and relationship redress sought for Ngāti Rangi and they continue to push for settlement redress that adequately reflects the nature of our grievances

and that will also provide an effective economic and cultural base to foster our aspirations.

Throughout Ngāti Rangi’s engagement with the Crown and with neighbouring Iwi there is a commitment to ensure that our tikanga, values and aspirations are at the forefront.

A key challenge in the months ahead will be ensuring an integrated and coordinated approach in respect of the Ngāti Rangi specific negotiations and those negotiations in respect of Tongariro National Park (TNP).

At this stage, we anticipate that collective negotiations for TNP may commence in 2017, subject to all relevant Kāhui Maunga Iwi acquiring

the requisite mandate from their tribal members.

Koro Ruapehu is critical to our identity and cultural foundation and the Negotiation Team will ensure that historical redress aspects of the Ngāti Rangi claims in respect of the TNP are addressed within the Ngāti Rangi specific negotiations.

Across a range of fronts, our intention is to negotiate an innovative, pioneering and broad ranging settlement, which reflects “Ngāti Rangitanga” and will advance the cultural, social, economic, environmental and political well being of Ngāti Rangi in the years ahead.

In March 1860, Ngāti Rangi leaders convened a significant hui at Kokako (near Kuratahi on the Ngaurukehu block). This was a massive undertaking attended by hundreds and uri spent months gathering kai from our lands to feed the manuhiri who came from Rangitikei, Manawatū, Taupō, Heretaunga and beyond. The Kokako hui was called in response to the widespread land alienation occurring in other regions and the desire of Ngāti Rangi to prevent such alienation within our rohe. During the hui, Ngāti Rangi leaders affirmed the iwi’s traditional boundaries.These boundaries affirmed over 150 years ago are still current today in our negotiations with the Crown over land loss and the failed

promises of the Treaty of Waitangi.These traditional boundaries also help toguide and inform our discussions with neighbouring Iwi in respect of potential overlapping interests for settlement purposes.

At present, the negotiation team is still working towards reaching an Agreement in Principle (AIP) with the Crown, which we hope to finalise in early 2017.

Once the AIP is signed and agreed to, the team will continue to negotiate the details of the settlement with the Crown in order to arrive at a Deed of Settlement. This will then be presented to all Iwi members for agreement and ratification.

Treaty Negotiations Update

An undying desire to reach a settlement agreement with the Crown in respect of Ngati Rangi’s historical Treaty claims started at a very young age for Che Wilson.Having being inspired by the kōrero he heard from his whanau, he has taken up the Lead Negotiator position on Ngāti Rangi’s Treaty Negotiation team. “My mother is Vera Mareikura, she’s a Mareikura/Gray/Tuatini and my father is Willie Wilson, who is a Wilson/Tamehana/Akapita and I was raised in Ohākune, raised with the Claims being heard throughout my childhood.“Being with the olds at the hui and wānanga, they started this journey for us as Ngāti Rangi with the greater comprehensive claim WAI 151.”

Previously living and working in Christchurch and now living and working in Wellington as Tumuaki at the Ministry for the Environment, it was a big decision for Che to accept the role of Lead Negotiator.“In one sense I didn’t have a decision as well, I didn’t have a choice as it was already made for me so, it’s an honour to be working for our people and to try and do the best we can as a team of five to progress things for our people and for the betterment of Ngāti Rangi as we aspire over the next 1000 years.“Currently we are doing what’s referred to as the comprehensive Ngāti Rangi claim but we still have other parts to negotiate with the Crown in particular Koro Ruapehu and whatever is in store for us around the [Tongariro] National Park.“One thing to note is that the Claim was lodged in the early 90s and then other Claims followed so, we still have some time yet before we finish this process.”

MEEt Your Negotiations Team

As a Ngāti Rangi pāhake representative who has served on the Ngāti Rangi Claims Committee and who was a foundation member of the Ngāti Rangi Trust, kaumātua Hune Rapana truly appreciates just how far our iwi has come.“Back in those days it was hard, people couldn’t understand why we were sitting up there at that hour of the morning to try and get some sort of satisfaction but we just did what we knew we had to do, we had to do it so we just carried on regardless.“It was hard work, it would be rather surprising if we ever got home before one o’clock in the morning after some of those the meetings because we would just carry on regardless and just push through whatever take or kōrero was on the table and we would just go as fast as possible as we can.”

Times have not really changed for Hune, 25 years later he and fellow Committee members are working just as hard to reach an agreement with the Crown on Ngāti Rangi’s comprehensive Treaty settlement.“Hopefully within the next three or four years there maybe an opportunity to clap our hands, to rub our hands and say, ‘good one’.“Every morning when I wake up and have my morning karakia, I hope for the sake of the younger generation that us older ones who

are left can push through.“I would just hate to see our young people having to carry [it] on because this situation with the Claims has been going on for too long and we need to see the end of it, get some sort of satisfaction that will suit us as the iwi.”

While the Treaty Negotiation team and Committee are currently carrying the mantle for all Ngāti Rangi uri, Hune is quick to remember all those who have stepped up before him. “It’s just unfortunate that those that have gone before us have gone but hopefully there could be some sort of satisfaction, it would be good if we can get all those boxes ticked to the satisfaction of the Crown.“For me you know it’s a new kettle of fish, there’s a lot that I didn’t know about.“You could say I suppose, I’m a kāumātua in catch-up mode, this is why we have the wānanga every so often, I just love hearing it and not knowing anything about it, I’m able to catch up with the research that they’ve collated, it’s great.”

For Hune, encouraging all whānau to come to wānanga is a way of not only learning the Ngāti Rangi kōrero but a way of helping to preserve it for generations to come.

“Unfortunately a lot of our people have moved away and gone out into other areas and othertowns, they only time they come back home is to a tangi and that’s about all.“I always tell my family come and have a listen to the kōrero, this is one of the things I will always say to mokopuna, to my nephews and nieces.“I won’t be here for mō ake tonu (forever), I can easy just go any old time if that fella up there says, ‘oh you have been there long enough, ok it’s your turn’, lights out, that’s it.“Now which one of you is going to come along here to get the kōrero now and listen to the kōrero for us?That’s why I want the young ones to come along and have a listen.”

Celebrating our Korero—

There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Korty Wilson as the Government moves one step closer to passing Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Bill.The bill gives effect to the Whanganui River Deed of Settlement signed on 5 August 2014 to settle the historical claims of Whanganui iwi as they relate to the Whanganui awa.On 24 May its first reading was held at Parliament and Korty was honoured to be able to take the opportunity to join a large iwi contingent in traveling to the Beehive.“That was very exciting for me, it’s been a long process.“Being there and feeling the aroha, the sadness of the waiting bought back many memories especially of our old people, our kuia and koroheke and all those who have passed and weren’t there to see it come to this point but we still have a long way to go.

“I particularly thought of my grand-mother Rena Tio Ellen Gray and her dad Robert Poope Gray who died on the Ngāporo rapids back in the 1940s.”Like brother Che Wilson who was also at the reading, her thoughts were with many of the whānau who had passed before they could get to this point.“We were there in busloads actually and so it was just exciting we actu-ally packed out the gallery for our first reading.“I thought of our mother Vera Whakaaronui Māreikura Wilson and our dad William Gardner Wilson at home and also thought of our aunty Hoana Maria Joan Akapita Māreikura who fought long and hard for us as a people...all those who worked hard, ngā mihi.“There was an iwi there before us, they were there for their first reading and we thought wow, once they moved and vacated their seats the rest of us could

all fit in.“We packed out the gallery but there were also a lot of our people that were down in the waiting room.”Having traversed the long and complicated Treaty negotiations process required by the Crown to reach a Deed of Settlement for the awa nothing is going to stop Korty witnessing the Bill coming to pass.“It was inspiring, it was awesome, there was a real feeling of togetherness. “I will be going to the next reading, I look forward to the next reading, I’ll be the first one to put my name down at the Ngāti Rangi office or on the bus from Whanganui, yes I’ll be there.”Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Bill is currently moving through Parliament’s Select Committee process, with the dates for the second and third readings yet to be finalised.

...we have a long way to go.

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Ongoing - Environmental degradation of Ngāti Rangi rohe, awa and resources continue- Impact of Crown actions and polices on Ngāti Rangitanga continue: including reo & tikanga, loss of economic opportuni-ties and socio-economic impacts

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Confirm Ngāti Rangi’s Post Settlement Governance Entity (PSGE) & organisational structure

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Legislation enacted for the Settlement •

Ratify & sign Deed of Settlement •

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HohourongoHealing the past

Recording our history

Te MatapihiReviving our partnership with

Crown, focused on future relationships

HauoratangaAll Ngāti Rangi whānau achieve

their absolute wellbeing A Strong whānau = strong hapū and

marae = strong iwi community

Te Ao TūroaA healthy environment sustainably

cared for by Ngāti Rangi

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Te Awa Tupua Update

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