Ngātiawa Iwi Uri (bloodline) claimants of Mihikitera Karapu, Grandmother of Witi Rangitaake a,k.a. Wiremu Kingi, Hinirawa Karapu, grandmother of Pirikawau Karapu, Kahutatara Pukerangiora, Eruini Te Tupe o Tu, and Eruini Te Marau Uri — WAI 1018.  

A submission has been sent to Hon. Andrew Little, Hon. Nanaia Mahuta, MP’s Rino Tirikatene, Marama Davidson, and Jan Logie and a copy was also sent to King Tūheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero via Rahui Papa Kingitanga Movement on 20 August 2019 to enter into “Direct Negotiations” with the Government.

This submission has total support from Wai 1018 tane, wanau and hapu; it is signed by 20 wahine from the ages of 90 to 18 years of age covering five generations.  The Treaty of Waitangi was signed by rangatira and nine Ngātiawa wahine as equals with tane in 1840. Wai 1018 has been driven by wahine since it was filed in 2002.  We have not asked for cash in our submission.  We have other ethical priorities to address first. One issue is the theft of wakapapa that belongs to Ngātiawa Tamati/Thomas-Pirikawau Wanau only 175 years ago, by Governor Grey.  

WAI 1018 Ngātiawa Uri accept the Waitangi Tribunal WAI 2200, Crown Law Office and the Parata-Baker Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai/Kapiti Charitable Trust and Marae decision who revelled breaching the Treaty of Waitangi Article 1,2,3, NZ Bill of Rights Act and UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to subjugate Wai 1018 claimants.  The only two people who did look perturbed at the Waitangi Tribunal table were historians Dr Grant Phillipson and Tania Simpson.  Tania was honoured by King Tuheitia in his 2019 coronation speech.

The Members of Parliament have the option of throwing $670,000+ of Waitangi Tribunal Legal Aid paid to WAI 1018 only claimants on the Kapiti Coast in the trash can.   WAI 1018 no longer retains a Waitangi Tribunal approved barrister.   We see no point being in the WAI 2200 Porirua-Manawatū Tribunal system, after what occurred on 10-12 June 2019 at hearings.   We have been asked by Legal Aid to retain another barrister, WAI 1018 declined the invitation.  

The Crown can save money and sit at the table with WAI 1018 claimants, where our negotiations barrister’s fees will get deducted from a future cash settlement.  The government has the estimated numbers of our Wanau [whanau] and eight Hapu.  Treaty claims are not just about dollars, they are about correcting unethical practices, false history and land theft perpetuated by the Crown and their mandated organisations.  

The historical reports for Crown Forest Rental Trust, Waitangi Tribunal and Parata Whakarongotai Marae claimants on the Kapiti Coast were written by a Ngati Toa descendant Historian.   The historical fact is that no Ngati Toa Rangatira signed the Treaty in 1840 for Ngātiawa.   The mandated iwi made their decision to maintain the 175 years of subjugation of Ngātiawa Rangatira who signed the 1840 Treaty and their mokopuna.  The Crown does not have the same privilege nationally or internationally. 

Lead negotiator appointed for Ngātiawa Wai 1018 — Marama (Rhonda) Tamati/Mullen Martin, International Indigenous Human Rights Advocate — recently took a sabbatical from being the Chairperson of International Indigenous Human Rights spokesperson for the last 6 years on health and all socio-economic issues in 12 countries with goverment officials, some indigenous, some not and indigenous community groups.  Marama has worked in Tirau, as an advisor at the United Nations Office in Geneva, the United Nations in New York, Ottawa and Toronto. Marama has spent a week every month for 6 years in NY, Ottawa, Toronto or Geneva, meeting with all representatives, funded by the Canadian Government and UN.  We have had to learn to communicate in Spanish for Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Rapanui and understand people from Ukraine, and French France/French Quebec.

The Working Negotiations Team is composed of six — Union Negotiator, Environmental Specialist, Engineer, Educational Training Practitioners, and Business Planning professionals who are all currently employed elsewhere.   Consultants with technical expertise in various areas will be hired to support Wai 1018 negotiations.

Hau Hau Pai Mārire

Ngātiawa Iwi Uri ki Kapiti WAI 1018 claimants

It’s currently on the market — Realtor’s listing with more pics

And tomorrow you could check out the Spring market, too:

The start of the Whitebait Season seems an appropriate occasion to mention this sign (click for the full view), located at the footpath entrance to the beach in the parking area at the south end of Tutere Street by the estuary.

As can be seen, the southern tip of the beach is in the Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve and has very restricted vehicle access — see the previous posts on the subject.

The first exhibition of the season at Tutere Gallery on the Waikanae beachfront opened today and your editors went along to have a look. “Waste Not is an exhibition exploring unusual materials and our perceptions to them” and features work by Johannes Mueller-Welschof (as the name suggests, he is originally from Germany) and Rebecca Spinks.  The exhibition runs to Sunday 29 September.

We thought it could almost be subtitled “50 Shades of Grey” as there is very little colour other than what is on the continuum from white to black.

Anyway, here are the artists’ own descriptions, taken from the Tutere Gallery website:

Johannes says:
“The selection of works I am presenting in “Waste Not…” are the result of an ongoing intense but playful exploration of materials and items that are generally considered waste or of low value. For this project landfill shops proved to be my main source of material, inspiration and advice.

By re-setting my focus on the pure materiality and the surprising beauty of these waste products, I am inviting the viewer to do the same. I am attempting to challenge our perception of items that are a common part of daily life but tend to go unnoticed and ones that you certainly wouldn’t appreciate as having aesthetic merit.

Resourcefulness and sustainability is also explored with underlying themes of communication, individualism and community.

Accompanying the sculptural installations and objects, are a series of digitally edited, rather “kaleidoscope-y” photographic works; an expression of my fascination with transparency, reflection and symmetry.”

Rebecca Says:
“Waste Not…explores themes of loss of information and the unreliability of memory. I am particularly interested in the ephemeral nature of information and how it can become lost, distorted and disjointed over time.

Our tendency as a throw-away society also has an effect on how information is retained. Many things are now only kept for a very short period of time before they are discarded for the latest form of technology. VHS videotape is one such form of technology which has been replaced with digital storage devices. The information stored on these videotapes, once considered important enough to be recorded, has now been forgotten and discarded.

This discarding of stored information means the memory of a particular event can get fractured and it becomes unreliable as time goes on. By stretching and distorting, deconstructing and reconstructing the VHS videotape I am interweaving a new narrative out of the old stories they contain.

How can we be sure that the things we remember are in fact what actually occurred?

We knew we had to turn it up notch and we applied the pressure early on. —Richie McCaw

by Roger Childs

A huge team effort

There were nine tries in the extraordinary 62-13 victory over France in the quarter final. It could have been ten if Ma’a Nonu hadn’t lost the ball on the line after a brilliant 50-metre run in the dying moments. It was a rare mistake in what was a wonderful team performance in which, as Steve Hansen remarked, everybody  from number 1 to number 23 played their part. 

There was concern that the All Blacks were not playing their best in pool play, and even though they won all four games convincingly, there was a plenty to work on. However no-one could have anticipated such a one-sided quarter-final with the New Zealanders turning in one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.

Intentions clear from the start

In the first few minutes the All Blacks were on the attack with crisp passing, penetrating running and excellent backing up of the ball carrier. There were early tries from the two wingers.

• Carter put Julian Savea away on the left wing and he showed his raw power and speed bumping off three would-be tacklers on his way to score behind the posts.
• Then on the right excellent passing from Conrad Smith and Ma’a Nonu saw Milner Skudder produce one of his dazzling runs, He cut back inside from the touchline, wrong footed three French players for a superb try.

The tries kept coming and Dan Carter was knocking over the conversions. The veteran first five was back to his best and made several breaks to set up his outsides. He was well served by half back Aaron Smith who cleared the ball quickly and accurately from lineouts, scrums and rucks. 

Dominance based on forward supremacy

The All Black forwards took the game to the French from the outset. They disrupted their lineout, were competitive at ruck time and made many impressive surges in the open. The smooth combining with the backs was also a feature and it was rare for a pass to go astray.

Brodie Retallick was superb and showed his all round skills early on when he charged down a kick, re-gathered the ball and sprinted 20 metres for a try in the tenth minute. Fellow lock Sam Whitelock was key figure in the lineout, toiled in the tight and made some telling runs in the loose.

The loose forward trio was outstanding: foraging effectively for the ball in rucks, handling well and running strongly in the open. They also backed up the men with ball in hand and both Jerome Kaino and Keiran Read were rewarded with tries in the second spell.  

The French did score one try in the first half from a slightly fortuitous pass, where the ball that rolled down a player’s back and was re-gathered for a score near the posts. However this was the only time the French looked like crossing the line. 

 More of the same 

In the second half, the enthusiastic 70,000+ crowd and the millions of fans in front to of televisions around the world expected a French comeback. However any prospect of this happening were ruined when Louis Picamoles was send to the sin bin in the 46th minute, for attacking McCaw on the ground.

The All Blacks took advantage and more tries came. Steve Hansen brought on all the reserves during the half and all made a positive impact.

• Tawera Kerr-Barlow, elevated ahead of TJ Perenara as number two half back, continued the excellent service from the base of scrums and rucks, and as result of excellent backing was on hand to score two tries.
•  One of these was from an off load delivered skilfully by Joe Moody who had recently come over from New Zealand to replace the injured Tony Woodcock. He made the most of his time on the field!

The backs at their best

Julian Savea who needed a quality game was named “man of the match” for his three tries and fierce tackling. Ben Smith had his best game of the tournament, running strongly from the back, timing his passing to perfection and twice robbing French players of the ball in the air. 

The old firm of Smith and Nonu in mid field were in great touch, with the usual reliable defence and both made telling breaks. Nonu deserved that final try and did everything right except hold the ball on the tryline at the end!

The backs always looked dangerous with ball in hand and were constantly looking for gaps and chances to put unmarked players away.

Facing the old foe in the semi-final

The Springboks had to fight hard for their win over Wales. It was 19-18 to the Welsh with five minutes to go and they had scored the only try. However from a scrum close to the line Duane Vermeulen took the ball off to the left and off-loaded to half back Fourie du Preez to score in the corner.

Looking west: a different view to the two posted previously.  What that thing on a tall post is, we know not; however, it’s not a tsunami warning siren: the KCDC states on its website that there are none in Kapiti.

This commitment to simple but effective beauty is why for your editors