History
Tāhuhu Kōrero
The Development Trust exists because of the Social Development and Wellbeing Accord (the Social Accord).
This was negotiated by Te Hiku Iwi as an element of the settlement of historical grievances.
5 Iwi make up
Te Hiku ō Te Ika
Between 2012 and 2014, four of our Iwi reached settlement with the Crown. Our Ngāti Kahu whānau continue with that journey.
The lines shown in the below map, are mesh blocks and are not an indication of Iwi boundaries.
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“The Te Hiku Social Accord comes from the Treaty Settlements between Te Hiku Iwi and the Crown. That included the Crown’s apology for its historic misdeeds towards the iwi and an economic and relationship reset between the iwi and the Crown to move forward in a collaborative manner."
Te Hiku Priorities Report
“Māori development is the expansion of the capabilities of Māori to lead the kind of lives they have reason to value.”
- Manuka Henare, 2015
This purpose of this report is to provide the framework and description of the areas that Iwi have prioritised for future Iwi/Agency collaboration and investment in Te Hiku o Te Ika. This report also identifies areas for working together that allow greater Iwi input and leadership, with a view to achieving greater wellbeing for Te Hiku Iwi.
The first Te Hiku Priorities Report was published in 2015.
Te Hiku Wellbeing Report
As part of the agreement reached between Iwi and Crown negotiators in the Social Accord, the Development Trust is required to produce a Wellbeing Report in five-yearly cycles to provide a snapshot of life in Te Hiku. The Wellbeing Reports give both Te Hiku ō Te Ika Iwi and the Development Trust the opportunity to take stock of how our people are faring in our rōhe in regards to health, housing, employment, culture and safety.
The second Wellbeing Report will be published in 2021 and will include the period covering Covid-19, which has offered a unique set of challenges.
The Wellbeing Report will give us an indication of how Te Hiku, as a region, has coped and also, will give us a solid foundation in identifying areas that need improvement not just in terms of economic recovery, but also socially and culturally going forward into the future.
The first Wellbeing Report was published in 2014.
Te Hiku ō Te Ika Iwi Development Trust was born out of the Social Development and Wellbeing Accord in 2013 as part of the settlement of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of the following iwi:
NgāiTakoto, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa
We are systems advocates and activists directly raising the whānau voice with agencies of the Crown in order to effect change.