The lakebed, dewatered zone, islands and the Hokio Stream are owned by beneficial members of the Muaupoko tribe 1511 of them in 81 shares, as determined by the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act (ROLD) 1956. The lake waters Muaupoko Domain, dewatered zone and one chain reserve strip in front of the Muaupoko Domain are vested under the Reserves Act 1977 in the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board. To date they have achieved nothing and even today sewerage is released into the Horowhenua Lake by the Council when it is overloaded.

HOROWHENUA LAKE TRUSTEES 2013

Court case in Levin District Court continues

The hearing in front of Judge Doogan on April 8th in Levin District Court both parties were present and the Judge has ordered Henare to produce minutes the meeting within 10 days. Of course it will be a rush to have them as they have no minutes and what he used at the Lake were made up to show the Police so now even the Levin Police will be in a somewhat embarrassing situation. It seems also the writeups to the Manawatu Standard Media reporter MATHEW GROCOTT have been a bunch of lies. So now we will await the next move from the Court but as one can see even in 2013 the Horowhenua Lake Trust is dysfunctional bar for a few who actually abide by Trust orders and who are there for the owners and not themselves.

[ Read the Manawatu Standard reporters report ] 09/04/2013 MATHEW GROCOTT

COURT HEARING 14TH MAY LEVIN DISTRICT COURT

But then a further Court hearing saw Matt Sword and another lawyer defending the Lake Trustees for their wrongful eviction etc. [ Read this court update ]

In the meantime the Court has sent out Injunction material regarding this Lake Trust and also for submissions on the Accord Draft which was written up by one Kevin Hill who is not even a Lake owner. We must now ask whose paying for this lawyer and what is the bill for this lawyer as have already been told the MLC is not fitting this bill. So lets find out for our readers.

Added to that one concerned Lake owner is waiting for the minutes and financials that somehow cannot be located since Feb 2013. So if theres no minutes available and shoddy financials one has to ask just who got their hands on the landrover and ATV etc that misteriously took to the sky and is no where to be talked about????? we aim to find out.

LAKE TRUST MEETING SUNDAY 16TH JUNE 2013 10am Thompson House

The Lake trustees met again so guess they are scrambling to find all the missing documents from their new computer in the capable hands of the non owner Secretary Keri Hori te Pa? Little do we know what occurs behind closed doors but knowing the capable Trustees who are only their for themselves anything goes. We think they would like to do a good job but when you explain to them how to interpret Acts etc or if they understand the Accord they wish to sign they seem a bit lost. Like sheep they sign without understanding just what they are signing so they will be remembered for what they are doing to out people. Its called being dumb.

However interesting not one of these Trustees attended the Lobby meeting down the road at 2pm the same day apart from Charles Rudd.

THE ACCORD PROCESS IS STARTING TO BACKFIRE & AS THE HEAT

WARMS UP ALL SORTS OF THINGS WILL START TO HAPPEN

The Council are now seeking an Accord to clean up the weeds & spread the work out for themselves with no solutions yet they do not realize that what they have not done to remedy the Lake has already been documentated. The Lake Trustees wish to sign as well without any knowledge that the cleanup does not addess the main issue: the sediment removal. Owners & the Lake local Iwi have now banded together to form a community team to assist in the clean up with Pare Raukawa and the Council may be looking at class action sooner than later. Some members of the Lake Trustees tried to pass the Accord and have it signed but those that stuck to their guns like Kaumatua Charles Rudd, Wayne Hirinui and Vivienne Taueki who are for the people [ He aha te mia nui o te moana roto ---He tangata, he tangata, he tangata ] not themselves blocked the necessary signing which would mean the Council would lead this

An Accord must work

You as owners have received nothing from this Trust and never been told what they have got out of the Trust in their positions as Trustees.

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As you can see theres only book value on the Buildings the Lake Trust wants to take off the land owned by us onwers. The rest of the current asset base is zero?? so what happened to the assets. Owners need answers!!! What is the current balance now---- what have they spent---- have they spent wisely and on what----- did they pay the lawyer in Court or did the MLC? Questions we will be asking these Lake Trustees.

But theres more as the case goes to Court with the buildings, injunction and the filing to have the Trustees removed still on the cards. For their idiotic korero at meetings not addressing the real concerns but instead having personal battles we ask is our money being spent what little there is on what.

Now ask yourself whose paying the lawyer for the Lake Trust? is the $49k about to get depleted as this case progresses. Incidentally the MLC fund has dried up we were told by the Maori Land Court so no monies there to pay the legal fees we were told so the lawyer must get paid somehow by somebody. More to come but overseas owners need to ask us questions--- it is in the owners & public interest we raise these concerns as owners in the Lake as they are spending our money on waste when these matters could have been totally avoided--read the minutes then ask yourself as you read what each has to say.

AN ACCORD MEETING WITH COUNCIL

A secret meeting ----- On the morning of Thrusday 30th May 2013 the Horowhenua District Council deliberated a meeting of the Lake Trustees and Horizons on the Accord at 7.30am. This meeting was not advertised nor any other owners invoted to the meeting. The discoussion was intended we believe was to get consensus on an Accord that we as owners have no input and still have zero input. Considering those non owners on this Trust x4 can vote in favour on the Accord if it was a majority vote the take was undertaken not to sign due to the owners again not being consulted. The funny thing is why was it convened at 7.30am on this day. Fortunately some Trustees were against this as was Horizons which is great. They smelt a rat. Then ask those trustees who want to sign their understanding of the priorities & you will get a zero answer. Thats the calibar of these Trustees.

The Lobby group of Muaupoko and Pare Raukawa met with Horizons this same day yet were not notified by the Lake Trust of their intentions of this meeting today?? Why not or is it that some Trust members are looking for jobs for themselves with the Council as some have had in the past. One in particular has milked the system for himself. This Group is a joint group of owners and affected tribal affiliates on the stream that affects all. It is ironic that still the Lake Trust meet in these circumstances yet still do not forward a date to meet with the owners. Now read what this Draft Accord states and then ask yourself did you see anything about removing the sludge or monitoring the inlets to stop mores sediment flowing in. We never saw it. So with a $5m Central Government grant what do you think the Horowhenua District Council plan to do to use this money for????? Then ask yourself why are they not coming to the party to clean the sediment out of our Lake.

Click here to download the Accord Draft Plan [OPEN pdf: ] as at 14th May 2013 & see for yourself what a load of rubbish with nothing on sediment removal or inlet monitoring.

Horizons started monitoring the Lake & fish species but this does not change or solve the real problem--the sludge.

The blame is on all Maori not thinking and getting their act together. Too much bickering and nothing being achieved. Disgraceful.

All are too blame