Maaori and
decision making
Maaori who are historically from
the Hamilton area belong to the
Waikato-Tainui iwi. Waikato-Tainui
and local government together
manage actvites that impact the
Waikato River. The vision is for a
future where a healthy Waikato River
sustains abundant life and prosperous
communites which, in turn, are all
responsible for restoring the river’s
health and wellbeing. The Council
contnues to work with Waikato-Tainui
to consider ways to realise this vision.
The Council also has partnerships and
service contracts with Ngaa Mana
Toopu o Kirikiriroa (NaMTOK) and
Te Runanga o Kirikiriroa (TeROK),
which assist the Council in ensuring
Hamilton is a city where people from
diferent cultures work together and
respect each other’s views, heritage,
culture and strengths.
NaMTOK representatves are Waikato-
Tainui from the local Kirikiriroa /
Hamilton area and recognised by the
Council as mana whenua. NaMTOK
works with us on natural and physical
resource management issues and
contributes to resource consent and
planning processes, including the
current review of Hamilton’s District
Plan.
The partnership with TeROK ensures
Maaori views, including maata
waka (urban Maaori who are not
descendants of Waikato-Tainui) are
represented in decisions about the
city, its community capacity and
natural and physical resources. TeROK
provides a range of services, support,
advice and technical expertse to
assist the Council to beter meet the
needs of the Maaori community in
Hamilton.
To make sure that we are doing
the best we can in this area an
independent review of partnerships
and representaton is planned for
2012/13. We will also report on these
relatonships each year in our annual
Report.
For more informaton see
www.hamilton.co.nz
Democracy is a cornerstone of local government and we will contnue to provide the means needed to
conduct fair, open governance. as a result we are not reducing our services to the community in this area.
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