About Te Ahu Charitable Trust

Background

The Far North Regional Museum and the library had for some years identified the need to expand their buildings. This need resulted in a plan for Council, through its Long Term Community Plan, to look at rationalising all Council buildings in Kaitaia to match community expectations.

The demonstrated need for a multifunctional facility to provide modern, purpose-built spaces for Kaitaia’s library, museum, i-SITE and service centre – especially the arts and culture - arose out of the LTCCP, with the recent addition to integrate the Far North Community Centre and Little Theatre.

It is acknowledged that to succeed in the venture to construct a multifunctional community facility, it is vital that the project be driven by the community.

The Te Ahu Charitable Trust Inc., a Council Controlled Organisation (CCO), was officially formed after nominations were called from the Far North community. The current trustees are:

FIVE TRUSTEES TO BE KNOWN AS "COUNCIL TRUSTEES":

MARY-JANE ARDLEY, DIXON MOTU, MIKE MITCALFE, IAN BAMBER and His worship the Mayor - WAYNE BROWN

ONE TRUSTEE TO BE KNOWN AS THE "TE RARAWA TRUSTEE":

KEVIN ROBINSON

ONE TRUSTEE TO BE KNOWN AS "MUSEUM TRUSTEE":

PHIL CROSS

ONE TRUSTEE TO BE KNOWN AS "CHAIRPERSON":

His worship the Mayor - WAYNE BROWN

An additional Trustee, Susan Gray, was co-opted onto the Trust to ensure that the needs of the arts community were considered.

The purpose of the Trust is as follows:

PROVIDING, MAINTAINING, RESOURCING, AND MANAGING MULTI-PURPOSE COMMUNITY FACILITY BUILDINGS TO BE LOCATED IN KAITAIA AND INTENDED TO HOUSE A LOCAL MUSEUM, PUBLIC LIBRARY, VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE AND/OR GALLERY AND ART DISPLAY AREAS, FOR THE BENEFIT, USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE KAITAIA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES

Click to view the Te Ahu Charitable Trust Document and confirmation of status as a Charitable Trust. (1.9MB PDF document)

Who is involved in the project?

In addition to the Trustees, who are all donating their time, expertise, experience and commitment to the project, there are a number of people who are assisting the trustees to ensure a successful outcome to this project. They are:

Haami Piripi : Chair, Te Runanga o Te Rarawa
John Popata jnr: Ngati Kahu representative
Paul Marshall : Tohunga Whakairo
Ian Sivyer : General Manager, Finance & Business, Far North District Council
Nina Gobie : Kaitaia Branch Manager, Far North District Council & Secretary for Te Ahu Charitable Trust
Andrew Bouden : Project Manager, APP Corporation
Peter Jackson : Media
Mark Osborne : General Manager
Steven Bramley : Strategic Funding Advisor (SGL Funding Limited)

Stakeholders

Key stakeholders include Te Rarawa, Ngati Kahu, other iwi, Dalmatians and the other cultures who have chosen the “real” Far North as their home., the users of the Far North community centre, the arts community, Kataia Dramatic Society, Kaitaia A & P, Far North Community Forest Trust, NorthTec, Kaitaia Business Association and Department of Conservation. There are others and more will emerge as the project grows.

The multifunctional nature of the community facility in effect means that Northlanders as a whole, along with visitors to the region, are also stakeholders. For example, the library is part of a district library service comprising six public libraries, five community and five area school/community libraries. The museum has a close relationship with other museum and archive organisations throughout northland. The i-SITE is one of three strategically located i-SITE visitor travel centres in the Far North and the council’s Kaitaia service centre is one of six offices located throughout the Far North.

Trust Meetings

The Trustees meet on a regular basis in the boardroom of the FNDC Service Centre in Kaitaia at 10.00am.

Minutes and Resolutions of Trust Meetings (PDF files)

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