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Profile - Ratima, Henare

TRUSTEE CANDIDATE PROFILE 2020

Henare Ratima

Ka moe a Tongariro ia Merania ka puta ko Parapuororangi

Ka moe a Parapuororangi ia Ratima Anaru ka puta ko Tamaiawhitia Ratima

Ka moe a Tamaiawhitia Ratima ia Maraea Marunui ka puta ko Te Kira Ratima

Ka moe a Te Kira Ratima ia Merekingi Anaru

ka puta ko ahau ko Henare Tongariro Puawai Ratima toku ingoa

E nga mana e nga e nga reo e nga karangaranga maha tena ra koutou katoa

As a former trustee on the Tataraakina C Trust I filed an application to review the Tataraakina C Trust with the Maori Land Court in 2008 which resulted in the former trustees standing down. In July 2015 Judge Harvey formally removed the former trustees for breaches of trust.

Over my whole working life I took pride in myself on being honest / transparent and having integrity.

I am currently a Trustee on the Te Haroto Marae Trust.

Sole Trustee on the Te Haroto 2B2B Ahu Whenua Trust.

Trustee on the Te Haroto 2B1D2B Ahu Whenua Trust.

I chair the Lake Tutira B7 and B19 Ahu Whenua Trust.

I chair our whanau claim Wai 2247 on the Rangitahi College in Murupara.

After 40 years as a selfemployed diesel mechanic I have recently become semi retired on July 3 2020.

If im elected to the Tataraakina C Trust I will bring to the trust a vast knowledge of what is governace , what is management and what is business. I will work hard to get the best financial outcomes for the Tataraakina C Trust and all of the Trusts shareholders. I will make sure that a robust due diligence process will be applied to every business propose! that the tataraakina C Trust receives also I will make sure that a legal opinion will be sought whenever its required.

No reira Ngati Hineuru/nga mihinui kia koutou. Ma te atua koutou e manaaki e tlakl i roto i tenei mate uruta. Kia kaha maaia, kia manawanui.

Na

Henare Ratima

Profile - O'Donnell, Serena

TRUSTEE CANDIDATE PROFILE 2020

Serena O'Donnell

Ko Kahuranaki te Maunga

Ko Ngaruroro te Awa

Ko Takitimu te Waka

Ko Ngati Kahungunu te Iwi

Ko Waipatu te Marae

Ko Mac O'Donnell taku matua

Ko Lynda O'Donnell taku whaea

Ko Serena O'Donnell taku ingoa

Tena koutou katoa,

I believe we are all Kaitiaki of this beautiful taonga that is Tataraakina C – a taonga that our Tipuna left in our care but we must not forget we are merely borrowing it from our tamariki.

My reasons for seeking election as a Trustee of Tataraakina C is to make a positive difference to the whenua and to the wellbeing of its owners and their uri.

The ways in which I hope to make a positive difference on the Board are :

Firstly, to reinforce a culture of mutual respect and Kotahitanga amongst our Board of Trustees and with our owners.

"Essentially, to encourage all trustees and owners to get in the same Waka, ensure all have a role to play in determining our vision for our tamariki and then allow the Trustees to plot and navigate that course, whilst gaining the trust of those intent on "boring holes in the bottom of our Waka", along the way."

Without the foundation of Kotahitanga our Tataraakina Waka will flounder, as it has so many times in the past, and we will not achieve the Vision for our Tamariki. We must put our ego's and individual agendas aside and concentrate on paddling-hard and in unison.

To that end, I believe I have the qualifications to be a good Trustee...to work with the other trustees and owners in ensuring our Waka is sound and stable to make the long journey ahead.

I know what good governance looks like, having served as a Trustee on Te Awahohonu Forest Trust for 16 years and two other successful hapu Trusts.

My mandate is :

• • to preserve and enhance the whenua
  • to deliver meaningful benefits to the owners and their uri
  • to develop and maintain good communication with the owners

Qualities I bring to the table beside my honesty and integrity are my business acumen, i.e a Bachelor of Business Degree, my own agri-business, and valuable commercial experience with Te Awahohonu Forest Trust.

In my free time I enjoy spending time in the bush – hunting and just walking the whenua.

I have a high work ethic and am passionate about empowering our people to strive for their collective or individual dreams.

Nga mihi maioha,

Serena O'Donnell

Profile - Rahui, Maria

TRUSTEE CANDIDATE PROFILE 2020

Maria Rāhui

Kia ora tātou, te whānau whanui ō Tataraakina!

He uri noa āhau nō Otukou, me ngā marae kātoa ō Taupō nui ā Tia, ko Hineuru te iwi, e toto ana āhau ki te whenua ō Tataraakina, no reira tīhei mauri ora!

Ko Pikitekaha Rāhui rāua ko Ramona Sciascia tōku tipuna mātua. Ka puta mai a Wiremu Rāhui, i moe ia i a Jane Paparoa, ka puta mai i āhau, nei te mihi mahana ki ā koutou.

I feel very privileged to extend my interest to be of service for the Tataraakina C Block and I share my skills openly and honestly to advance the betterment of the whenua and shareholders.

RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

I am a trained lawyer and I am near completion with my admission to the bar. I have research experience, admin skills and project management experience. Previous work experience include Team Member at the Maori Land Court, Advocacy in the Environment Court, and extensive Governance portfolios including Chairperson for Mana Rangatahi ki Kirikiriroa, Treasurer for Te Whakahiapo: Māori Law Student's Association and Secretary for whanau groups.

MARAE AND HAPŪ INVOLVEMENT

I am currently involved with a number of iwi initiatives, I was recently selected as a committee member on the Ngāti Hineuru Education Strategic Planning Committee, 1 hold the Funding Portfolio for the Rongomaraeroa Marae Trust and I am a pro-active kaitiaki on the Save Titiokura Committee.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

I am mum to 4 beautiful children and together with my supportive husband, we are currently living in the big smoke of Dannevirke but my dream is to move back to our ancestral whenua and lead a simple life with likeminded whānau. I look forward to that time.

Nāku nei te mihi,

Nā Maria Rāhui.

Profile - O'Donnell-Osborne, Kararaina

TRUSTEE CANDIDATE PROFILE 2020

Kararaina O'Donnell-Osborne

My name is Kararaina O'Donnell-Osborne. I'm aged 63. A mother of five children, nineteen grandchildren and five great-granchildren. They are my blessings and they are the reasons for the older generation to come together and join as one - kotahitanga – teamwork.

Tataraaakina C has had a lot of issues that have been sad for those who gave it their best efforts and felt the weight of the ungrateful ones who had themselves learning from their mistakes.

The court judge gave us, as a whanau, Mr Clinton Hemana. He has helped us tremendously to put our whenua back on track and we as owners need to give him and Leo Watson our thanks for doing so great at reviving our Whenua Trust.

I have chosen to stand forward and apply to be a Trustee today as I've felt I may be able to be of use and apply myself in an area of a Trustee.

I was a Trustee for twenty years on our Whanau Trust.

I've lived and worked in the farming industries – agriculture and stock for most of my life.

I've studied on courses with Te Wananga o Aotearoa for two years plus Matauranga Maori and other courses to help me with Te Reo.

At this time I am in my eighth week of part time learning Practical Beekeeping or apiarist. Our ecological system depends on them.

I'm applying to you as whanau for support to be a Trustee on Tataraakina C and look forward to your votes.

Yours sincerely,