Manukau City Council has demonstrated its commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the following ways:
Strategic Plan: Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Charter
Mana whenua - council relationships
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Committee
Strategic Plan: Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The Strategic Plan: Te Tiriti o Waitangi has been developed to provide a context for the implementation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi into the core business (planning, policy, service delivery and monitoring activities) of council.
The Strategic Plan identifies:
- Four strategic priority areas for action over the next 1 to 3 years
- Four goals to be addressed over the next 1 to 3 years; and
- A number of actions to be achieved during this period.
Read the 
Strategic Plan: Te Tiriti o Waitangi (PDF1.29mb).
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Charter
This charter outlines the commitment of the staff of Manukau City Council to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Read the Te Tiriti o Waitangi Charter (PDF 1.09mb).
Mana whenua - council relationships
Manukau City Council recognises the following tribal entities as Mana Whenua (those who are the original inhabitants and/or have ancestral origins in this area).
- Te Akitai (Pukaki Marae)
- Ngati Te Ata (Awaroa ki Manuka)
- Te Ahiwaru (Makaurau Marae)
- Ngati Paoa Whanau Trust Board
- Ngai Tai Umupuia Te Waka Totara Trust.
Manukau Council recognises these groups as treaty partners and the guardianship role that they hold in Manukau as kaitiakitangi (guardians of the environment).
This relationship is demonstrated through, financial support for monthly meetings of the Mana Whenua Forum (which provides advice to council), and the involvement of their representatives as appointed members on Te Tiriti o Waitangi Committee.
For more information on our mana whenua relationships, please contact:
Mereana Hakopa
Kaitautoko (Administration Officer)
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Unit
Phone: 09 262 5485
Fax: 09 262 5714
Email: mereana.hakopa@manukau.govt.nz
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi Committee
Key roles of the committee:
- Recommend to council responses to Te Tiriti o Waitangi issues
- Recommend a strategy and work programme for relationship development with Maori in Manukau
- Provide a strategic forum which ensures that Maori contribute to any council decisions that affect Maori communities
- Provide advice to council on matters affecting the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well being of Maori
- Ensure Maori values are considered in council’s decision making and delivery
- Provide leadership and advice to council on treaty relationship development and issues
- Lead the education of the Maori community on civic processes.
View more information on the committee's role and delegations (PDF 23kb).
Committee members
Elected members
His Worship the Mayor, Len Brown
Phone: 09 262 2995
Email: len@lenbrown.co.nz
Cr Maggie Burrill
Phone: 09 563 8071
Email: maggiewb@clear.net.nz
Cr Anne Candy QSO, JP
Phone: 09 268 0141
Email: a.candy@clear.net.nz
Cr David Collings
Phone 09 576 2350
Email: d.collings@xtra.co.nz
Cr Alf Filipaina (Chairperson)
Phone: 021 051 9967
Email: blkalf@xtra.co.nz
Cr Hugh Graham
Phone: 09 636 9492
Email: hugh_henrygraham@yahoo.com
Cr Sharon Stewart QSM
Phone: 09 577 4127
Email: sharonstewart@xtra.co.nz
Cr Gary Troup
Phone: 09 278 9429
Email: gtroup@xtra.co.nz
Appointed members
Josie Peita
Ngati Te Ata - Awaroa ki Manuka
Email: j_peita@ps.gen.nz
Julie Wade (Deputy Chairperson)
Te Akitai - Pukaki Marae
Phone: 09 2571260
Email: j.wade@auckland.ac.nz
Kath Wilson
Te Ahiwaru -Makaurau Marae
Home phone: 09 636 8187
Work phone: 09 985 7442
Email: Kath.Wilson@ird.govt.nz
Rangi McLean
Taura Here
Home phone: 09 266 0505
Work phone: 09 520 4796
Email: rangimclean@paradise.net.nz
George Ngatai
Taura Here
Phone: 09 269 45442
Email: ngatg@tpk.govt.nz
Barry Tumai
Taura Here
Phone: 09 278 2973
Email: btumai@tollnz.co.nz
Rose Whaiapu
Taura Here
Phone: 09 267 5312
Email: rosina1@xtra.co.nz
Click here for fulladdress and contact details for the committee (PDF 22kb)
View more information on Taura Here member profiles (PDF 17k).
For more information on the committee, please contact:
Charles Berryman
Kaihauto (Group Manager)
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Unit
Phone: 09 262 5783
Fax: 09 262 5714
Email:charles.berryman@manukau.govt.nz
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