January 27, 2021
Iwi Chairs Forum moves online
Hosts of the National Iwi Chairs Forum usually held at Waitangi in the lead up to Waitangi Day have moved the hui online because of the COVID threat.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whatua chair Dame Kahurangi Naida Glavish says leadership is about having to make the hard decisions and having the foresight to see beyond this generation and to protect whakapapa.
Alternative arrangements are also being made for other events associated with the forum.
A Māori Constitutional Convention will also go online, and an iwi asset and economic symposium and an iwi housing symposium which were to be held at Ōrākei Marae will also be postponed until a further date.
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