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Minister
for Māori Development
Ko koe tēnā e te
hurumanu e Hōhepa, te tōwenetanga a te iti, te māpihi
herenga mahara o te tini, ka tauawhi tonuhia koe e to iwi ki
te uma pupuri ai.
Me pēhea he kupu kia koutou
kua puta i nga ākinga a nga tau kua hori, kua waia kē ki
ngā hau pūkeri o te wā, kua hoea ngā wai tāpokopoko o
te raru, kua hīkoi kē i te ara o te tika kua karo i te
hē.
Kua mōhio ki te pai, kua mātau ki te
Mataatua Wharenui
Photo: SUPPLIED / Ngati Awa Runanga
Recognised orator, custodian and teacher Dr Joseph Mason passed away over the weekend at the age of 87.
Of Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pukeko and Ngāti Hokopū decent, Mason contributed diligently to Ngāti Awa s raupatu claim and passage of Ngāti Awa claims settlement act in 2005.
During earlier years, Mason was a respected teacher at many schools across the Mataatua area, including Pāroa School, Wharekāhika Native School, Whakatāne Intermediate, Waiariki Polytechnic and Bethlehem Primary School.
In 1980 he became the first secretary of the newly-formed Ngāti Awa Trust Board and would go on to have numerous other leadership roles, including as chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa, director of Mātaatua Fishing Company, director of Ngāti Awa Group Holdings, trustee member of Te Kāhui Kaumātua, chair of the Kiwinui Trust as well as serving on the council of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, which earned him an honorary doctorat
Today’s travelers are booking experiential vacations that allow them to immerse themselves in the culture, people and history of a destination. Recognising this, indigenous communities across the Caribbean are accessing tourism markets and welcoming visitors to encounter their traditional ways of life.
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will highlight this important development in a general session at the upcoming Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development taking place 26-29 Aug. 2019 at the Beachcombers Hotel in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The panel titled “Indigenous Conversations – Celebrating Our Past, Embracing Our Future” is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on 27 Aug. The session will look at the changing composition of local livelihoods and demonstrate how the region’s indigenous people have a tangible role and stake in the Caribbean tourism value chain. Indigenous communities are utilising tourism markets to embrace expanded entrepreneurial opportuni