SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF TE TATAU O TE PŌ WHĀNAU

Special General Meeting of Te Tātau o Te Pō Whānau at Te Tātau o Te Pō Marae, 437 Hutt Road on Sunday 1 December starting at 9.30 am

Tena koutou te whanau whānui o Te Tatau o Te Po

Special General Meeting of Te Tatau o Te Po Whanau at 437 Hutt Road on Sunday 1 December starting at 9.30 am

The Marae Trustees and the Charitable Trust following directions from the Māori Land Court in a minute issued on 20 March 2020 which concluded:

“The Court makes an order pursuant to section 239 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, removing Hera Hailwood who has resigned, and Ralph Heberley Ngatata Love and Erini Joy Shepherd  who are deceased, as responsible trustees for the Lot 1 on DP 32078 Part Section 21 Hutt Block XVI (Tatau o Te Po Marae) Reservation )  and Hutt Section 3 (Urupa) B (Part) (Te Puni Urupa) Māori Reservation. For the avoidance of doubt, the remaining trustees are No’s 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 10 above.” [see the list below]

1.      Myra Hunter

2.      Danny John Warren

3.      Morris Te Whiti Love

4.      -

5.      John Atiawa Warren

6.      –

7.      Alice Rangimarie Riwaka

8.      –

9.      Wayne Thomas Mulligan

10.  Lee John Ruka Hunter

“The Court also directs that the trustees draw up in agreement with the beneficiaries of the marae, a charter for the reservation pursuant to regulation 7 of the Māori Reservations Regulations 1994.”

The Trustees sought legal advice to draft a charter for the Reservation  (CLICK HERE TO VIEW DRAFT CHARTER) which they would like beneficiaries of Te Tātau o Te Pō to consider carefully prior to attending in person or virtually a Special General Meeting (SGM) of the Marae on Sunday 1 December at Te Tātau o Te Pō Marae, 437 Hutt Road, Pito-one at 9.30 am followed by lunch at 12.30 pm.

The main business of the SGM will be the confirmation of the Charter [constitution] with any agreed amendments. A question-and-answer session will be held at the meeting which will be recorded to submit along with the Charter to the Māori Land Court.

That will be along with the names of the whanau nominations as submitted by the whanau of the five “originating families” determined at a later date at five separate whanau hui.

Those five Trustee nominations will be confirmed by the Māori Land Court and will replace the ones listed above.