Ngati Mutunga O Wharekauri (Inc.)
Pursuant to Part XIII of Te Ture Whenua Maori/Maori Land Act 1993 and Part XIII of Te Ture Whenua Maori Incorporations Constitution Regulations Act 1995
Pursuant to Part XIII, and sections 338 and 338 (7) of the
Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, on the 10th day of November 2002, Ngati Mutunga O Wharekauri (Inc.) became a Maori incorporation in the terms of the provisions of the Act.
On the 4th, 5th and 6th days of November 2002, a management committee hui was held at the home of Hariroa Ngarangi Daymond, Waitangi, Wharekauri (the Chatham Islands), where the following special resolutions were passed.
First Resolution
The provisions of section 253 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, and in terms of section 17 (3) of Te Ture
Whenua Maori Amendment Act 1994, the constitution of the incorporation is hereby amended by Part I, Constitution of Courts, Regulations, Constitution. It shall be lawful for the incorporation to constitute marae-based tribunals being that the hapu has established its marae tribunal system
to be held at Waitangi, Wharekauri.
The tribunals are:
? Native Circuit Tribunal
? Native District Tribunal
? Native Whanau Tribunal
having criminal, civil, land and general jurisdiction on a Monday to Friday and alternate Saturdays, between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., or at the discretion of the native assessors (tangata whenua).
Second Resolution
Native assessors (tangata whenua) were elected and made up of the management committee:
? Bernard James Thomas, chairperson of management committee
? Sue Thomas, secretary of management committee
? Te Nera George Goomes, chairperson of Kaitiaki Whanau Trust
? Rodney Daymond, chairperson of Kaitiaki Trust
? Jack Daymond, chairperson of Kaitiaki Ahu Whenua Trust
? Hariroa Daymond, chairperson of Kaitiaki Whenua Topu Trust
? Trudee Thomas, chairperson of Kaitiaki Putea Trust
Native Justices of the Peace elected are members of the Kaumatua/Kuia Council who are the trustees for the marae:
? Hariroa Daymond
? Te Nera George Goomes
? Bernard James Thomas
? Sue Thomas
? Jack Daymond
Both the boards of native assessors (tangata whenua)
and Kaumatua/Kuia Council (Justices of the Peace) were nominated into their positions on the 6th day of November 2002, and were given the Seal of Approval at Whangarei in a Court hearing sitting on the 10th day of November 2002.
[L.S.]
Naku noa na.
SUE THOMAS, Secretary.
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