runanga

Police began investigating after runanga members - frustrated by complaints to the Government going largely unheeded - complained.

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A group of about 12 Ngai Tahu Reo Maori speakers have been pushing the runanga to change the name for some time.

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Richard Orzecki, who chairs a rival group that says it represents the runanga, said there had been no runanga governance meetings since 2008, meaning no-one had any idea what was going on.

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Included in the $590,000 was $200,000 invested as a term deposit, a $140,000 advance to the runanga, an advance of $176,362 to the failed iwi business that tried to start a cafe and art gallery and a $74,000 advance to Te Ati Awa Ki Whakarongotai Charitable Trust.

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She said "an old boys 'network" had taken over the runanga and refused to resign in spite of repeated calls.

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Riki Nia Nia, said the runanga had failed to meet its contracted obligations.

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Police are investigating a report that health funding has been mis-used by a Kapiti runanga.

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Some members of runanga claim money from the board was channelled into failed business ventures, including a cafe and craft shop.

Radio New Zealand News Headlines 2010

The runanga is in disarray; one group claiming to represent the runanga is embroiled in a scrap with a new group that has fought to get authorities to take notice of its concerns about where the health dollars went.

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Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars have been "siphoned off" by a Kapiti runanga, with some used to prop up failed business ventures, a police report alleges.

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