Hui Taumata Trust – An Eye To The Future

The Hui Taumata event, MATA “An eye to the future” was a huge success. 300 people packed out the Symposia and Marketplace and close to 200 attended the evening event. We received excellent feedback from the symposia attendees about the topics and the very high quality of speakers. Each symposium ran from 10.00am through until 4.45pm and was made up of a range of speaker presentations with commentary and feedback from the floor throughout the day and work-shop sessions in the afternoon. The three topics covered were: Employment Business (smal ... read more

Event: MATA An eye to the future

MATA – Friday 6 March 2009 The Hui Taumata Trust is hosting a day long symposia with support from key New Zealand corporates, on Friday 6 March 2009. Leaders from the private and government sectors will be joined by representatives of Maori Iwi, incorporations, trusts and businesses from throughout New Zealand. Three symposia, chaired by Hui Taumata board members, Prof Ngatata Love, June McCabe and Ross Wilson, and Trust executive Shaan Stevens and Lorraine Skiffington, address current business, employment and water issues against a backdrop ... read more

Wellington Treaty settlement takes major step

In a ceremony held at Parliament today, the Port Nicholson Block Claims Team initialled a Deed of Settlement with the Crown, covering all the historical Treaty claims of Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika, Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen said. Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika is a collective that comprises people from a number of Taranaki iwi whose ancestors migrated to Wellington in the 1820s and 30s and signed the Port Nicholson Block Deed of Purchase in 1839.  See the news on TVNZ.co.nz ... read more