Nine entries have been received in this year’s Te Tohu Waka Hourua (Two Canoes) Award for working in partnership with Māori.
Sponsored for a fifth year by Buddle Findlay, Te Tohu Waka Hourua recognises initiatives that demonstrate outstanding results from working in partnership with Māori. Entries may come from any area of local government activity but must be able to demonstrate an understanding and application of te ao Māori, tikanga Māori and the principles of te Tiriti.
“While not quite a record number of entries for this category this year, the number of entries is higher than it has been since the inaugural year (2020)”, Chief Advisor Raymond Horan says.
“We have the usual wide breath of activity covered in this year’s entries including a flagship infrastructure project opening up a major development; a civic precinct; a co-designed website; a wayfinding journey across Southland that celebrates Matariki; and the co-location of council and iwi.
Raymond noted more councils are thinking more broadly about how they give effect to te Tiriti and te ao Māori, with three of the entries being strategies or frameworks for embedding te Tiriti or te ao Māori across the council as a whole.
The winner of Te Tohu Waka Hourua, the other six category winners and LGFA Taituarā Supreme Award will be announced at the Taituarā Awards Dinner at Tākina in Wellington on 12 June.
This Award and the Dinner would not be possible without the sponsorship of Buddle Findlay. Taituarā thanks them (and our other sponsors) for their ongoing support.
