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David Perenara-O’Connell

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TitleDavid Perenara-O’ConnellDescriptionDavid Perenara-O’Connell is a Te Taumutu Rūnanga representative to Ngāi Tahu Rūnanga and an ECan relationship manager. He is also a director of Kaitōrete Limited (Te Taumutu Rūnanga and Wairewa Rūnanga) which has partnered with the Crown to lead Project Tāwhaki. The joint venture partnership will purchase critical parcels of land (1,000 hectares) near Banks Peninsula. The Crown has contributed $16 million to secure the land. The Crown and the Rūnanga will each own 50 percent shares in the land and project.

David has been an active member of Te Taumutu Rūnanga since he was a teenager, when he was encouraged and supported by his uncle Te Ao Hou (Ben) Nutira. Soon after becoming involved in rūnanga affairs, he was appointed to the role of Enrolments Officer for the Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board in 1993, which was the beginning of a 20-year period of working directly for the iwi authority and his rūnanga. He was one of the first administration and communication officers appointed to work for Papatipu Rūnanga following the settlement of the Claim in 1998.

David is passionate about iwi development and in particular the contribution indigenous peoples can make to the long term sustainable use and development of natural resources. This passion is driven by the challenges that Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere faces as an outstanding coastal lagoon that has been severely degraded and mistreated over the last 160 years.

The survival of this water body and all the mahinga kai it supports is vital to the survival of the traditions and way of life practised by the descendants of Te Ruahikihiki and Moki and to the wider hapū of Ngāi Tahu.Hapū/iwiNgāi Tahu

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CollectionOur environment and conservationPlaceTaumutuImageProject Tāwhaki at Kaitōrete Spit NarrativeTe Taumutu Rūnanga and their mahi for pest freeNgāi Te Ruahikihiki and Te Taumutu RūnangaMore InformationBorrow or reference from Te Ara Ātea:The Ngai Tahu deeds a window on New Zealand historyBorrow or reference from Selwyn Libraries: Tāngata Ngāi Tahu = people of Ngāi Tahu. Vol 1 and 2Watch the video on Project Tāwhaki

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David Perenara-O’Connell