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Kia Ora. Your still here, Kapai!
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If I think your comments & questions raise good points or topics that others might like to know about or discus I will add them to this Page.
If I think your comments & questions raise good points or topics that others might like to know about or discus I will add them to this Page.
What is the Act?
Well here it is in all it's fullness.
Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009
Well here it is in all it's fullness.
Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009
Jonathan holding the Musical Excellence cup & certificate he was awarded in his last year at Parawai primary School as part of the Kapa Haka group. Very proud day for dad.
While my phisical energy may be less than it use to, doesn’t mean I can't use my brain to help young people all be it in a different way and that is through employment & education.
If we can capitalise on a combination of things the PNBST offers I,E. a big potential whänau membership base, computers in every whänau house for on line webinars (conferences via computers) to help young & old to up skill to get work or run a business now that gets me excited.
The great thing is there are Govt subsidies available to help us make it happen especialy in the area of inovative Maori Business, lowering the need to dip into the capital of PNBST. The trick is to know where to go & how to put the paper work together in a way that will come across as professional and acceptable to the powers that be.
I have some experience at researching funding opportunities and even better my wife Terri has been very successful at procuring funding from not only Govt agencies but private sector funding organisations. Her experience as an account has shown through in the form of accurate easy to read budgets that have been both believable & achievable leading to successful applications and it is this ability which will come in use full if I am voted onto the PNBST.
If we can capitalise on a combination of things the PNBST offers I,E. a big potential whänau membership base, computers in every whänau house for on line webinars (conferences via computers) to help young & old to up skill to get work or run a business now that gets me excited.
The great thing is there are Govt subsidies available to help us make it happen especialy in the area of inovative Maori Business, lowering the need to dip into the capital of PNBST. The trick is to know where to go & how to put the paper work together in a way that will come across as professional and acceptable to the powers that be.
I have some experience at researching funding opportunities and even better my wife Terri has been very successful at procuring funding from not only Govt agencies but private sector funding organisations. Her experience as an account has shown through in the form of accurate easy to read budgets that have been both believable & achievable leading to successful applications and it is this ability which will come in use full if I am voted onto the PNBST.
Negotiating Power
This type of left field thinking I haven’t seen utilized by any other Iwi settlement trust, but if the PNBST choose to go down this path, negotiating discounts for products and services is a way that we can provide substantial benefits back to ALL PNBST members very quickly and easily.
PNBST has a membership of 17 - 20,000. On its own would represent reasonable negotiating power however if we joined forces with our cousins from Wellington Tenths trust and their membership base of 5,000 & Te Atiawa, Taranaki Ngäti Raunui and other affiliated Iwi we could put together a group numbering perhaps a 25, 30,000. Now that could represent real negotiating power.
How would we keep track of membership?
Easy!
We all ready have a membersship number, this is stored on computer and associated with a record of our contact details. Once a deal has been negotiated, all we would have to do is quote our membership number to confirm the discount to what ever product or service we use. This discount system could easily apply to Electrcity, Telephone, Moblie phone, Internet and Insurance.
Taking things one step further we could tackle Petrol, Groceries, and Electrical goods in fact anything that is purchased over the counter. Technology is on our side here. Each member would simply be issued with an electronic card similar to a Fly Buys or the Senior Gold card.
I have a number of other ideas along this line that I would push to adopted should I be voted onto the PNBST.
This type of left field thinking I haven’t seen utilized by any other Iwi settlement trust, but if the PNBST choose to go down this path, negotiating discounts for products and services is a way that we can provide substantial benefits back to ALL PNBST members very quickly and easily.
PNBST has a membership of 17 - 20,000. On its own would represent reasonable negotiating power however if we joined forces with our cousins from Wellington Tenths trust and their membership base of 5,000 & Te Atiawa, Taranaki Ngäti Raunui and other affiliated Iwi we could put together a group numbering perhaps a 25, 30,000. Now that could represent real negotiating power.
How would we keep track of membership?
Easy!
We all ready have a membersship number, this is stored on computer and associated with a record of our contact details. Once a deal has been negotiated, all we would have to do is quote our membership number to confirm the discount to what ever product or service we use. This discount system could easily apply to Electrcity, Telephone, Moblie phone, Internet and Insurance.
Taking things one step further we could tackle Petrol, Groceries, and Electrical goods in fact anything that is purchased over the counter. Technology is on our side here. Each member would simply be issued with an electronic card similar to a Fly Buys or the Senior Gold card.
I have a number of other ideas along this line that I would push to adopted should I be voted onto the PNBST.
There are a substantial number of sites vested as part of the cultural redress as can be seen via the link below.
Sites vest in fee simple
Sites vest in fee simple
The old National Library of New Zealand.
Part of the Sale and leaseback redress.
Part of the Sale and leaseback redress.
The settlement also allows for a number of commercial properties to be vested in the trust. Aproximatly $120,000,000 in property will become availsble to be purchased under the Right Of First Refusale (RFR) option to the trust. Click here to see the summery of settlement document. Commercial redress in detail.
Land has always been near & dear to the heart of the Tängata Whenua and many battles in NZ have been fought over land and indeed much of the PNBS claim is land and its return. We could debate till the cows come home as to wether we got enough land back or not but what I believe we do need to focus on is what we have rather than what we might have.
At this point in time I'm still uncertain of the properties that are included in the above right of first refusal option. What I am certain of is that it will be a big opportunity and a big task and the right people need to be engaged to take care of the projects as they become available. This of cause is my field of work as a Commercial Real Estate Agent here in Wellington and this is also something that gets me excited and something I am keen to tackle as a trustee if I were voted on to the PNBST. Read more on this.
At this point in time I'm still uncertain of the properties that are included in the above right of first refusal option. What I am certain of is that it will be a big opportunity and a big task and the right people need to be engaged to take care of the projects as they become available. This of cause is my field of work as a Commercial Real Estate Agent here in Wellington and this is also something that gets me excited and something I am keen to tackle as a trustee if I were voted on to the PNBST. Read more on this.
(Dick) Horace Rihari Churton 1912 - 2003
Dad was born in Wanganui 1912. As a child he lived with his parents Walter & Mere Churton and his five bothers & six sisters at their family home, Wikitöria Rd Pütiki. He attended Pütiki Missionary School till the age of 12 then went to Wanganui Collegiate School. He worked at various places and just before World War 2 he Married Venice Lett before going of to join the army home gard at Wellington, for the duration of the war. After the war they moved into a caravan at the bottom of the family plot where they live a bit like hippies.
Three children were born there, Numia, Marama & Richard (Riti). Sadly Riti died at the age of 12 from tetanus. Something Dad never got over. He often talked with pride of Riti and the energy, mischief & love he brought into the family. I was born in 1956 a year after Riti's death but the heartache from the loss of Riti was too much which saw dad leave Wanganui with the family to go farming at Whitianga on the east coast of the Coromandel peninsular. My brother Peter was born in Whitianga but tragically Mum died there at the age of 41 in 1963. Dad took this very hard & never remarried.
For as long as I can remember dad talked of the Wanganui river, Parihuka, Te Whiti o Rongomai, Wellington tenths, Turinga Kuri, Te Rauparaha, Port Nicholson & the Maori land claims. In the early 80's dad was spending a lot of time in Wanganui then in the late 80,s he move back to Wanganui & spent much of the rest of his life working on the claims. My one regret is I never took the time to record my conversations with dad. Those storys and the history is now lost forever.
I believe it will be a proud day for dad if he were to see me sitting on the PNBST and the culmination of his efforts.
Three children were born there, Numia, Marama & Richard (Riti). Sadly Riti died at the age of 12 from tetanus. Something Dad never got over. He often talked with pride of Riti and the energy, mischief & love he brought into the family. I was born in 1956 a year after Riti's death but the heartache from the loss of Riti was too much which saw dad leave Wanganui with the family to go farming at Whitianga on the east coast of the Coromandel peninsular. My brother Peter was born in Whitianga but tragically Mum died there at the age of 41 in 1963. Dad took this very hard & never remarried.
For as long as I can remember dad talked of the Wanganui river, Parihuka, Te Whiti o Rongomai, Wellington tenths, Turinga Kuri, Te Rauparaha, Port Nicholson & the Maori land claims. In the early 80's dad was spending a lot of time in Wanganui then in the late 80,s he move back to Wanganui & spent much of the rest of his life working on the claims. My one regret is I never took the time to record my conversations with dad. Those storys and the history is now lost forever.
I believe it will be a proud day for dad if he were to see me sitting on the PNBST and the culmination of his efforts.
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Computers in every home.
While a computer in the 1840’s would be absolutely unbelievable, in this day and age computers & the internet are tools that are being widely used to take Te Reo Maori and Tikanga Maori to the world. When I say the world I mean right home here is Aotearoa both Päkehä & Maori have access to all manor of information about Maori. Even this Päkehä Maori would be lost with out the ability to instantly research Maori history, the Treaty, Te reo, Tikanga and even what PNBST are up to with out a computer & the internet. I may get it a bit wrong at times but with out this techknowledgy my progress into PMBST and anything Maori would be a whole lot slower.
So, computers in every home, while it may seem pointless or unrealistic I see it as powerful for the Tangata Whenua for education, finance, for debate and communication both for old and young Mäori. For students (and I mean young and old). I can imagine a room full of people watching a big screen computer, and on the screen a teacher in a class teaching Te Reo or math’s or how to send an email or what ever. I can imagine a whole bunch of gang members hanging out in a gang pad sitting in front of the same type of computer watching the same teacher teaching the same lesson. May be a nana with her moko, the moko operating the computer and the nana doing the lesson.
Education is power and if we want to claim back a little bit of power and mana we use to have then we need education and if we cant get our people into schools, universities or poly tech, lets get them in front of a computer, lets get our people educated.
For me, if it weren’t for the computer & the internet I wouldn’t be where I am now, this website wouldn’t exist, I wouldn’t be able to share my vision with you and for better or worse you wouldn’t know anything about me and the dreams I have for the PNBST. So a computer in ever home is not only reasonable but sensible and a smart way forward and as a member of the PNBST I can make it happen then it is on the list.
So, computers in every home, while it may seem pointless or unrealistic I see it as powerful for the Tangata Whenua for education, finance, for debate and communication both for old and young Mäori. For students (and I mean young and old). I can imagine a room full of people watching a big screen computer, and on the screen a teacher in a class teaching Te Reo or math’s or how to send an email or what ever. I can imagine a whole bunch of gang members hanging out in a gang pad sitting in front of the same type of computer watching the same teacher teaching the same lesson. May be a nana with her moko, the moko operating the computer and the nana doing the lesson.
Education is power and if we want to claim back a little bit of power and mana we use to have then we need education and if we cant get our people into schools, universities or poly tech, lets get them in front of a computer, lets get our people educated.
For me, if it weren’t for the computer & the internet I wouldn’t be where I am now, this website wouldn’t exist, I wouldn’t be able to share my vision with you and for better or worse you wouldn’t know anything about me and the dreams I have for the PNBST. So a computer in ever home is not only reasonable but sensible and a smart way forward and as a member of the PNBST I can make it happen then it is on the list.
Exciting Opportunity
Despite the tough economic times there are still opportunities’ it's just a matter of identifying the opportunities, seeing if it's something we can do and getting excited about it. I.E, IT (information Technology) Education, Tourisum, Green initiatives, importing ETC.
I spent considerable time helping a Bio Fuel company to get funding to manufacture Biodiesel from algae. We have been unsuccessful so far because of Govt policy and the economic times but there's an opportunity waiting to happen and it still might. Biofuel and other green initiatives are dear to my heart and I am sure to others as well. I am also sure there are many opportunities out there that could be looked into and developed. These opportunities along side commercial interests could bring much needed employment and economic growth opportunities for all PNBST members & that gets me excited. Please read on.
I have always tried to help people were ever I see the need and have the time, much of it has been helping young people through various church youth groups and youth organisations with some success, however my time & energy levels aren’t what they use to be especially with youth. (I have enough trouble keeping up with my own teenager Jonathan 15 who has all but caught up with me in the IT/computer department and in some areas light years ahead of me (gaming & hacking).
Despite the tough economic times there are still opportunities’ it's just a matter of identifying the opportunities, seeing if it's something we can do and getting excited about it. I.E, IT (information Technology) Education, Tourisum, Green initiatives, importing ETC.
I spent considerable time helping a Bio Fuel company to get funding to manufacture Biodiesel from algae. We have been unsuccessful so far because of Govt policy and the economic times but there's an opportunity waiting to happen and it still might. Biofuel and other green initiatives are dear to my heart and I am sure to others as well. I am also sure there are many opportunities out there that could be looked into and developed. These opportunities along side commercial interests could bring much needed employment and economic growth opportunities for all PNBST members & that gets me excited. Please read on.
I have always tried to help people were ever I see the need and have the time, much of it has been helping young people through various church youth groups and youth organisations with some success, however my time & energy levels aren’t what they use to be especially with youth. (I have enough trouble keeping up with my own teenager Jonathan 15 who has all but caught up with me in the IT/computer department and in some areas light years ahead of me (gaming & hacking).