" ,,,The Tangled Web.continues......

I was reflecting upon the dilemma that must face those who liquidated the assets of Ngati Mutunga Iwi Trust recently. How on earth did it happen?

Someone once said we should reflect on our past as it allows us to find the wisdom of where we have been. Those words came to me as I began to wonder what Trust entity could still be in place that would create the confusion that lead to liquidating assets.

And then I began to remember .... and I am almost sorry I started to remember until I realised..' not many know this story ..and they deserve to know so that they may think about what happened and why and whether it contributed to the chaos of the Treaty fish settlements to the Islands. and our whanau.. ....as it all occurred during their lifetimes. If nothing else, it brings light upon a time that has been hidden ... and there is no need for it to be so...

I was emptying by files and came across a letter following up a submission to TOKM, on the final allocation policies for allocation of the fisheries assets. I focused on a section of a letter sent to TOKM,, challenging the fact TOKM had ignored the Runanga submission regarding the Islands surrounding the Chathams. TOKM was stating , instead, that the Runanga was not seeking entitlement to the coastline lengths of all our Islands...which, in fact, was a whole lot of ...B...S...! The submission of the Runanga, had clearly included manawhenua of all the surrounding Islands in its Rohe potae.
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" I note your endorsements of the Commissions proposal for a seperate fishery for the Chatham Islands as proposed in "Ahu Whakamau" and 'He Kawai Amokura' and also that Te \Runanga o Wharekauri Rekohu Incorporated, does not seek entitlement to the coastline lengths of any other Islands...."

I have posted the Runanga submission to TOKM on ' Islands ' and you can click on it, in the right column of the blog.
Try finding the statement that may have persuaded TOKM that the Runanga was not seeking manawhenua or entitlement to the coastline lengths of the Islands.of Wharekauri....!!.

So why did TOKM cook up that b...s....? More importantly, HOW ?

A way through the intrigue, the deceit, the chaos of the Treaty fish settlement for the Chathams, can be found, but if we can reflect upon what happened... to find a way forward , using the wisdom found in the pain and conflicts ... that is the nature of human survival, the nature of hope...
Doing the same things will not bring greater health , wealth or a better future. for Ngati Mutunga o Wharekauri, our whanau or those generations yet to be born.
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More next time..
cheers e