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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

13 March 2013

Hui-A-Iwi, Pukawa Marae at 5:30pm

Monday, 15 April 2013

24th April 2013

Monday, 3 June 2013

12th June 2013

Monday, 5 August 2013

14th August 2013

Monday, 30 September 2013

9th October 2013 - All Environment Applications

Monday, 2 December 2013

11 December 2013

Applications can be found here:

NT-GEC Education Health and Wellbeing Application forms 2013

NT-GEC Project Application Forms 2013

Ngati Tuwharetoa Genesis Energy Committee Newsletter 2012

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