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Finding the cultural/economic development G spot - The Ngati Kahungunu story

Ngahiwi Tomoana

Chairman, Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

Speech notes

Te Matau a Maui

Tukituki River

Eels â?? an iconic Kahungunu fish

Stella August â?? Masters of Science

Glass eel to mature eel

After 15 months

• We found we could do it cheaper in Australia with better results and without all the red tape.

Building whanau homes using the latest technology invented by Kahungunu

Using Kahungunu labour

Using the latest in world technology

With Commercial applications

Papakainga

On ancestral land

Whanau tradesmen

Commercial application of latest technology

• Dreams that fade in the face of reality...
• Our low income whanau could not afford homes - even at rock bottom prices.
• A Private Company using the same technology and same workers are now building multi million dollar homes in HB and overseas.

Renewing our relationship with Tangaroa [Click image to enlarge]

1. Visual effects: landscape; natural character; perceptions of public exclusions
2. Navigational impacts
3. Nutrient, water column and foodweb impacts
4. Fish aggregation and recruitment; Marine mammals and seabirds
5. Effects on the sea floor

Aquaculture - how we can reseed kuku beds, lost to pollution & make profits [Click image to enlarge]

Using the latest technology

With strategic commercial alliances

In the first open water deep sea commercial mussel farm in the countryâ?¦ probably in the world

Our workers

Our technology

& our name heralding a new horizon in mussel farming

Renewing our relationship with Tangaroa

Returning a profit to the Iwi

15 years out... 2-300 jobs & economic benefits to the whole region [Click image to enlarge]

The Future in Tourism: Sexy Songs and 747's

• Heretaunga Haukunui: The fertile lands of Hawkes Bay
• Ngati Kahungunu: The fertile Iwi of Aotearoa
• Washington has Mt Rushmore
• Hastings has Rongokako the Sleeping Giant, Lets rouse him
• Light up the silhouette, and shoot for the stars...
• A Kahungunu Cultural Centre will capture the essence of this history in song, dance, oratory and artworks.
• Kahungunu Cultural Centre, Pokarekare Ana
• Kahungunu romantic honeymoon street festivals celebrating Kahungunu Love songs
• Hawkes Bay International Airport
• Paris has the Eiffel Tower
• New York has Empire State Building
• Sydney has the Opera House
• Auckland has the Sky Tower
• And Hastings has the Sexy Giant
• The End The Beginning