๐๐ฎ๐ต๐๐ธ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ โ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ
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๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ง๐ ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ช๐ ๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐.
No te Whiringa-a-rangi nei, ka tu te hui tuatahi a te poari o Kahukuraariki, a, ka tohua he turanga hou ki etahi ana ko tetahi. Ko te kopoutanga o JJ Ripikoi, hei heamana hou o te poari o Kahukuraariki. Te turanga o Teresa Tepania-Ashton I mua atu I a ia.
Following our AGM in October, JJ Ripikoi was newly appointed as the Chairperson for the Kahukuraariki Trust.
He uri tฤnei no Te Parata rฤua ko Kahukuraariki, heke iho ki a Tarei Paeara, ki a Rina, ki a Ira, ki a Mihiteria Atama, ki a La-Verne King. Ka puta ko tฤnei Mokopuna no Taemaro.
JJ replaces Whaea Teresa Tepania-Ashton as the Chairperson for the Trust. Whaea Teresa served as our Trusts chairperson since 2018, and has been crucial in the Trusts direction and successes. Whaea Teresa gracefully accepted the role of Deputy Chairperson and will support JJ in his new role as the Chairperson for the Kahukuraariki Trust.
Hei ta JJ Ripikoi, te Heamana o Kahukuraariki Trust.
โKei aku Kaumฤtua, Kuia, Tฤina, Tuakana, ngฤ whanaunga katoa o Ngฤti Kahu ki Whangaroa, tฤnei te mihi.
I am honoured to be elected as the new Chairman for the Kahukuraariki Trust Board, mo te Iwi o Ngฤti Kahu ki Whangaroa.
As a Rangatahi, I come into this role with an open-mind, a lot of passion and plenty of energy to strengthen our Iwi.
Three key points that are front and centre for me:
1. To strengthen relationships within our Iwi and Hapลซ
2. Building opportunities for our whฤnau to prosper
3. To ensure Ngฤti Kahu ki Whangaroa is present in national discussions of importance
Our Iwi is still in its infancy as a settled entity. I acknowledge the range of issues pressing our whฤnau at the moment. To that effect, I invite all our whฤnau to be involved and feed into the mahi that we are doing in the Trust Board. Thereโs very little we can achieve from the outskirts.
โKa ora te whenua, ka ora te tangataโ
โWhen our land is thriving, our people thriveโ
JJ Ripikoi
Heamana o Te Poari o Kahukuraarikiโ
Na,
Kahukuraariki Trust
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