Tamatea Te Waati Taiaroa Whanau Trust

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Annual Report for Tamatea Te Waati Whanau Trust
28 February, 2004

Establishment & Purpose of the Tamatea Te Waati Trust
Events since the establishment of the Trust
Conclusion

Establishment & Purpose of the Tamatea Te Waati Trust

The Trust was established on 25 March, 2003 at the Christchurch Maori Land Court(101 South Island Minute Book 204-206)

The objects of the Trust are to “preserve the interests of the whanau” and to provide a pool of income arising from those interests for the “purpose of promoting the health, social, cultural and economic welfare, education and vocational training and general advancement in life of the beneficiaries.”

The beneficiaries are the “tipuna”(ie Gordon, Ray, Nelson, Mervyn, Lesley, Lindsay and Beverley) and their descendants.

The trustees agreed by the tipuna and confirmed by the Court are Mervyn, Lindsay and Gary.

The trustees are empowered:

to distribute funds
to set aside cash reserves
to invest income from the Trust
to pay for the costs of the Trust or trustees.

Obligations of trustees include:

holding an AGM-within first twelve months and within five years after that;
lodging annual reports and accounts with the Court.

Events since the establishment of the Trust:

The trustees endeavoured to establish what were the assets of the Trust. We discovered the following:

Monies held by the Maori Trustee’s Office on behalf of Tamatea Te Waati Taiaroa: $4,581.
Interests in 23 different Maori land blocks
Interests in 2 different Wanganui Land Incorporations.

The trustees then:

Established a Trust Bank Account for the Trust
Classified the Land Blocks as follows:
- Those with no leases(8)
- Those which are planted in forests and controlled by other trusts(10)
- Those which are already leased out(2)
- Those where there are no leases but, in which the Trust has a significant share and which may include sites worth preserving and/or developing(3)
Registered with the management of the Forest Trusts and the Land Incorporations our interests and investigated available benefits from each.

Mervyn attended a meeting held of shareholders in the Waituhi Kuratau 1B1 on 21 October, 2003. (The Trust owns 108.0469 shares(out of 561 shares) in this block which comprises 196.6468 hectares and is valued at $220,000)

The meeting agreed that the lease would be renewed for 21 years, the rent increased to $11,500pa(previously $2,800)for the first 7 years and $16,000pa thereafter. Mervyn was appointed as an Advisory Trustee to the Maori Trustee who oversees the administration of this lease.

The trustees held their first formal meeting at Thorndon, Wellington on 4 November, 2003 where it was agreed:

That in terms of the Trust’s objectives it will take time and consultation to determine how they will be put into effect.
That given the size of the assets the Trust is unlikely to be in the position of having substantial financial resources at its disposal.
That retention and conservation of the land which the Trust has shares in should be a priority in thinking about what should be done in the future.
That in the establishment of the Trust, it was hoped that its meetings and reports may become a way of promoting whanaungatanga both within the descendants of Tom and Helen and also the wider Taiaroa family of which Tom was a part.
That an AGM of all beneficiaries should be called early in 2004.

Since the trustees’ meeting we have been:

exploring ways and means of how we might gain assistance in the preservation and/or the development of any of the blocks, in particular the Waipapa blocks
exploring the links to the wider Taiaroa whanau, and in particular to the Ngati Apa iwi
finding out about the educational and other benefits which may be available as a result of establishing these links to Tuwharetoa, Ngati Apa, the Forestry Trusts and the Wanganui Land Incorporations.

Conclusion:

According to the Maori Land Court records Tom became entitled to some of these Maori Land interests from as early as 1907. He was made aware of these interests as a result of an equiry from Archie Taiaroa in 1968 but chose not to follow them up. When he died in 1986 Mum was entitled to succeed to these interests but would not have been aware of that entitlement.

The trustees, therefore, are pleased that over the last twelve months we have been able to conclude the legal requirements of succeeding to these entitlements and setting up this Trust.

The attendance of all of you here today is evidence that we have achieved at least one of the objects of the Trust.

We hope too, what you have learned today about your immediate family, your iwi and your extended Taiaroa whanau will encourage you to participate again in the future and pass on what you know to your children.

Tamatea Te Waati Taiaroa Whanau Trustees:

R. Mervyn Taiaroa

Lindsay S. Taiaroa

Gary E. Taiaroa

Draft Programme for Whanau Trust Hui (2004)

Welcome by Gordon T. Karakia by Susan M.

Annual Report by Merv

Pro forma Accounts by Gary

Questions, Ideas, What would YOU like to happen? by Lindsay

Demo of Maori Land Info Base and how to locate land blocks by Gary & Merv(dependent on Al's internet connection)

Close of formal meeting.

These are other ideas so far:
Gordon/Ray to talk about Tom & life in Wanganui
Nelson(Lesley/Beverley) to talk about Mum & McDonald connection
Karen to show & tell the story/legends of our Tuwharetoa tupuna: Ngatoro-i-rangi
Merv to trace connection from Tuwharetoa to Te Waati
Demo of whakapapa to date/ and collection of updates
Demo of website, community board and discussion about including 5. above on website.