Have we hit rock bottom yet?
04 Apr 2012 18 Comments
Workers at AFFCO's Horotiu plant protest about cuts to wages and conditions.
For you folks out there who don’t have a calculator that’s $40,000 per week.
Te Arataura Latest
02 Apr 2012 5 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: hemi rau, te arataura, Tom Roa
If your last name is three letters long and begins with an ‘R’, today you might be quite chuffed… Tom Roa is confirmed as the chairman and Hemi Rau is named as the vice-chair for Te Arataura.
After a long day at Hopuhopu, Te Kauhanganui was unable to reach a consensus on who should fill the vacant 11th Te Arataura seat. What a relief, we even thought that they might be dumb enough to vote Tuku back in but he did get many votes.
The Thieving Bastard Tuku Morgan
30 Mar 2012 2 Comments
Just when we heard about long overdue cuts to tribal spending, the pig is at the trough all over again. Tuku demands to be paid $3,000 per day for attending iwi leader forum meetings.
Well, we can’t wait to see what Te Arataura are going to do about this?
Making Moves for the Executive Chair
27 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Maori King, Rukumoana Schaafhausen, Te Arataura, Tom Roa, Tuku Morgan, Uncategorized
It appears that Tom Roa has the inside running to retain the chairmanship for Te Arataura. Lets hope that he doesn’t get scared off by the maori king this time round.
Rukumoana Schhafhousen seems to think that she should take the chair this time, and she thinks that she has the numbers to force a takeover. Schhafhousen is personally responsible for blowing millions of Tainui dollars on executive trash, but she needs Tuku’s vote and she’s trying to get that guy back onto the executive as well.
There is an old Maori curse which says, ‘may you live in interesting times!’ We certainly do, and lets see how it all plays out this coming Saturday.
Changes
18 Mar 2012 2 Comments
in Charles Joe, Maxine Moana Tuwhangai, Parekawhia McLean, Patience Te Ao, Rahui Papa, Rukumoana Schaafhausen, Te Arataura, Tuku Morgan
It seems that the wanton destruction of the tribal finances caused by the outgoing executive committee (Morgan, Maipi, Te Ao, Moana Tuwhangai etc.) has caused the new batch of Te Arataura executives to seek cutbacks to their own meeting fees. That’s good news, and lets see them go even further by capping executive fees and slashing spending by stopping the troughing that has become a routine feature of the executives.
It shouldn’t be hard to do after all the millions that got burned on all sorts of trash over the last few years when those fools (Morgan, Maipi, Te Ao, Moana Tuwhangai etc.) acted like they had an open check book and they weren’t too shy about it either.
Finally, some common sense is beginning to show through. We like that.
Stoner Mahuta
07 Mar 2012 7 Comments
Te Arataura member Tipa Mahuta is seeking the Maori king’s endorsement as she attempts to take over as the chair of Te Arataura at an upcoming vote. Apparently she reckons that she can deliver a guaranteed voting bloc of herself, Rahui Papa, Shaafhoussen, and Miller on any issue that the king wants (means money!) This lot are also working hard on getting Tuku back into Te Arataura. Its been reported that Mahuta enjoys getting high with her mates on marijuana daily, but why anyone would want a dopehead as their chairperson is anybody’s guess. The madness never ceases.
Some things need to be said…
03 Mar 2012 18 Comments
in Charles Joe, Maxine Moana Tuwhangai, Parekawhia McLean, Patience Te Ao, Rahui Papa, Rukumoana Schaafhausen, Te Arataura, Tuku Morgan, Uncategorized Tags: tainui rip off
True leadership must be for the benefit of the whole tribe, not for the enrichment of a few.
- Maori king, $2 million per year for his ‘charity’…
- Tuku Morgan 2011, $400k plus five star perks and travel…
- Te Arataura 2011, millions over budget and excessive troughing of the tribal funds.
- Chapmann Tripp, $3 million over the last three years.
We ask ‘Has the situation changed for the ordinary people of this tribe?’ As you all know, the answer is NO. Things are bad, and they’re about to get WORSE!
She should walk before she gets pushed
28 Feb 2012 2 Comments
in Parekawhia McLean, Uncategorized
Patsy Mclean needs to be thrown out to the trash heap with her friend Tuku. Although she will claim that she was acting on instructions from Te Arataura she has acted despicably and all her claims are indefensible. She has failed to deliver on all the points that she was originally meant to fulfill. She was only ever hired so that she could be Tuku’s puppet and she has to go. She needs to walk because she’s gonna get pushed. Useless is too good a word to describe her.
Patsy Mclean 2010 to 2012. She was useless.
Tuku can have his chair and his board back,,,
27 Feb 2012 3 Comments
in Parekawhia McLean, Te Arataura, Tuku Morgan, Uncategorized
Now he can stop his ever constant whining…
Tuku can help himself to his old board and his old chair anytime!
Apparently, suffering the delusion that he is still the chairman of the board, Tuku has called a meeting of his board. Who will show up? CEO Patsy will be there though… her lawyer Peter Rowe told her that Tuku is still the chairman!
Which ghosts will decide to put in claims for meeting fees? Will Patsy pay up?
What a comedy!
New Chairman for Te Arataura
24 Feb 2012 4 Comments
in Parekawhia McLean, Te Arataura, Tom Roa, Tuku Morgan
It seems that Tom Roa has been named as the new Te Arataura chairman. Lets see if he can restore some trust and honor to the executive committee, components that have been sadly lacking for years.
Tuku and Patsy won’t agree with that decision!
25 Feb. Update: We’ve since learned that Tom has been named as the INTERIM chairman for the time being.
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