This week the Kōhanga Reo National Trust (National Trust) repaid $780,000 in unwarranted funding to the Tertiary Education Commission (the Commission), and announced the dismissal of Chief Executive, Titoki Black, over this matter. By way of background, the Commission funds tertiary education provisions. The National Trust offers tertiary education
Day: July 26, 2013
Last Thursday Ngāti Haua signed a Deed of Settlement with the Crown. The settlement includes financial redress of approximately $13 million, and the return of culturally significant sites. One site being returned is Mount Maungakawa, which is within the Te Tapui Scenic Reserve (on-going public access is assured). The settlement
Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lincoln University. The memorandum will see a new agricultural training centre developed in the South Waikato. Last Sunday Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei held a hui for tribal members to discuss a housing strategy. The presentation outlined