Whilst you can act by majority, you all share equally in any decisions made by the trust, good or bad.
Te mahi me te kore whai hua ki a koe
Act without personal profit
You can’t benefit personally from being a trustee.
In 2023, successors to the Hāwea-Wānaka block voted for interim representation, through a process facilitated by Te Arawhiti (Te Tari Whakatau) and Te Puni Kōkiri.
Tō Mātou Koronga
Ko tō mātou koronga ko te whakatairanga me te
whai huarahi kia noho whenua Māori tonu tewhenua i raro i te mana o te Māori, ko te tautoko
hoki i ngā kaipupuriwhenua ki te whakamahi,
ki te whakanoho, me te whakawhanake i ō rātou
whenua kia puta ai ngā hua ki te katoa o ngā
kaipupuri, ō rātou whānau, hapū anō hoki.
I
tutuki tēnei māte karakia (i takina e Te Hāmua
Nikora), māte waiata, me te whai whakaaro ki
ngā hua o tewhenua Māori ki ō mātou oranga
me te whakatipu kai.
