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Te take mō te
pūrongo / Purpose of the report
1. To
enable the local board to consider a late application for funding for a
proposed Matariki event being organised by Harbour Sport.
Whakarāpopototanga
matua / Executive summary
2. A
letter has been received from Harbour Sport (Attachment A) requesting $4000
funding for a Matariki event that is being organised for Saturday, 7 July
2018, at Massey University. The event will be a collaborative effort between
Massey University, Harbour Sport, Albany Community Hub and Rosmini and Carmel
Colleges’ Māori Student Group.
3. The
proposed event targets Upper Harbour’s new migrant community and is an
opportunity to share Māori culture with this community, and increase
bicultural understanding and cross community links.
4. The
proposed programme (Appendix 2 of Attachment A) involves a range of
activities exploring aspects of Māori culture, craft and Te Reo,
together with a hangi. It concludes by 2 pm with a karakia and speeches.
5. This
is the second year that this event has been run and feedback received from
participants last year was very positive (Appendix 1 of Attachment A).
6. In
the normal course of events, funding should have been sought for this event
via one of the local board’s contestable funding rounds. The letter
states that “with Matariki fast approaching, and a late confirmation of
a group willing and available to deliver these activities during what is a
very busy time for the Maori community, we have not been able to secure a
quote and explore funding avenues at an earlier time.”
7. Depending
on decisions made on other agenda reports for the 21 June 2018 local board
meeting, there should be sufficient un-allocated funds in the local
board’s locally delivered initiatives budget to meet this request.
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