Ko Tūwharetoa te Iwi

Ngāti Tūwharetoa - Genesis Energy Committee

Overview:

After a lengthy consultation period between Genesis Energy and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, in 2000 the Tūwharetoa Trust Board (on behalf of nga hapu o Ngāti Tūwharetoa) and Genesis Energy signed an agreement to mitigation the on going impacts of the Tongariro Power Scheme on Ngāti Tūwharetoa.

An outcome of this agreement is the establishment of Ngāti Tūwharetoa – Genesis Energy Committee. The primary purpose of the Committee is to distribute the mitigation funds on behalf of Ngāti Tūwharetoa as per the objectives set out below.

This information sheet details the objectives as well as the funding criteria for those wishing to apply for funding assistance. The Committee meets at least every two months, to consider applications.

The current members of the Committee are:

Heemi Biddle

Ngāti Tūwharetoa representative

Charles Wall

Ngāti Tūwharetoa representative

Maria Nepia

Ngāti Tūwharetoa representative

Bonny Lawrence

Genesis Energy

Andy Hema

Genesis Energy

Lauren Fletcher

Project Manager

2012 Scheduled Meetings:

Applications due

Scheduled Meeting Dates

28 March 2012

Hui-A-Iwi

Wednesday, 4th April 2012

11th April 2012

Wednesday, 6th June 2012

13th June 2012

Wednesday, 1st August 2012

8th August 2012

Wednesday, 3rd October 2012

10th October 2012 - All Environment Applications

Wednesday, 28th November 2012 5th December 2012

Applications can be found here:

Education Health and Well-being (PDF - 80kb)

Project Application 2011 (PDF - 137kb)

 

Environmental Applications

For more information on this committee, you can click the following link:

http://www.genesisenergy.co.nz/generation/our-generation-sites/tongariro-power-scheme/environmental-mitigation/ngati-tuwharetoa-genesis-energy-committee.cfm