Wakatū Incorporation and Kono NZ are pleased to announce the sale of sustainable seafood company Yellow Brick Road, and the successful acquisition by former National Sales Manager, now owner, Martin Bosley.
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Wakatū Incorporation wishes to congratulate Wakatū Incorporation Director Jeremy Banks (Ngāti Rārua, Rangitāne, Ngāti Kuia) on his recent appointment as Director on the new statutory Board of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
Wakatū Incorporation is proud to announce the commencement of five new partnerships announced at two ceremonies held during April’s trade mission to Singapore and Japan.
Wakatū board chair, Paul Morgan, provides an update on Covid-19 support available in Te Tauihu, and confirms Saturday 18 June as the new date for the 2022 special general meeting (SGM) .
Wakatū Chair Paul Morgan was inducted into the Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce hall of fame on Friday night, recognising his outstanding contribution to both business and the community at large.
Due to the recent community spread of the Omicron Covid-19 virus, the Board of Wakatū Incorporation has decided to postpone the Special General Meeting (SGM) which was due to be held on Saturday 26 March at Te Papa in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Our planned Te Hunga Panuku programme for that weekend has also been postponed.
In our final video in our Te Pae Tawhiti series, Kerensa Johnston, Wakatū CEO talks to our 500-year intergenerational plan from the perspective of the values and aspirations of our tupuna, “…in order to understand the future we looked back to the past...”
In the second of our Te Pae Tawhiti videos, Kerensa Johnston discusses the goals that underpin the activity at Wakatū.
We’ve made a series of videos to help whānau understand our 500-year intergenerational plan, Te Pae Tawhiti. In this series of videos, Kerensa Johnston gives an overview of Te Pae Tawhiti, and how it underpins everything we do at Wakatū.
As part of our Making the Tenths’ Whole video series, Kerensa Johnston talks about the work that is underway to resolve matters with the Crown, including a discussion of recent Court action.
We’ve made a series of videos to help whānau understand the journey to make the Nelson Tenths’ Whole.
We’ve already shared Rore Stafford’s kōrero, giving an overview of the history of the Nelson Tenths’ Reserves.
In this video, Kerensa Johnston gives more background, including talking about the Supreme Court case in 2017.
Kaupapa Tupuranga is a programme designed for whānau who whakapapa to Wakatū. Kaupapa Tupuranga aims to connect, grow and develop our whānau on our whenua. The current programme has an emphasis on working and learning in a horticulture and agriculture setting with a te ao Māori lens.
Paul Morgan, Wakatū Board Chair, has been invited to join the Council of the New Zealand China Council (NZCC) for a three-year term, while Miriana Stephens, Wakatū board member and Executive Director of AuOra, will be on the NZCC’s executive committee.
Rore Stafford’s kōrero for Making the Tenths Whole gives an overview of the history behind the Nelson Tenths’ reserves case.
We are excited to share with you the vision that guides our work at Wakatū.
We have created a story map to guide all of our whānau through the experience that will unfold over the coming weeks.
Led by our kaumātua Rore Stafford, our whānau met last week at the High Court in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, to continue on with the work to resolve our case against the Crown, for the return of land in Whakatū, Tasman and Mōhua.
In this pānui, we let you know that nominations for the Wakatū board are open, and how you can nominate a member of the whānau to the board.
We have information about our annual general and special general meetings through to the end of 2021.
We also let you know that applications for our tertiary scholarships are now open.
On Monday 10 August, the High Court in Wellington will hear our judicial review case against the Attorney-General, David Parker.
The case is part of our ongoing Making the Tenths’ Whole work.
This work is being led by our kaumātua Rore Stafford, on behalf of the owners of the Nelson Tenths’ Reserves.
An update on resolving our 2017 Supreme Court decision against the Crown.
Tēnā koutou katoa, tēnei te mihi maioha ki te whānau o Wakatū,
Our Chair, Paul Morgan, has been providing regular updates to whānau during this unprecedented time that we have all been facing. We continue to send our thoughts to our whānau.
The purpose of this pānui is to provide you with an update about our case against the Crown with respect to the Nelson Tenths Reserves and the Occupation Reserves in our rohe, following our win in the Supreme Court in 2017.
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Now we are at Level 1 we can enjoy each other’s company again in a way that we have not been able to over the last couple of months. I am very pleased now we are at Alert Level 1, we can welcome you back to Wakatū House.
However we ask that if you are coming in to meet with us, please phone 03 546 8648 or email info@wakatu.org to make an appointment.
We will be continuing with the extra hygiene protocols that we have put in place for our buildings.
We also ask that if you are feeling unwell, that you please stay at home and make contact with us by phone or email.