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Ruatāhuna in 30 – 50 years (or sooner – 5 years)

Safe Place for our Mokopuna
Whanau living on the land

1.1 Grow our economy
 Market not government driven
 Business development
 Tourism
 Jobs for all

1.2 Self Sufficiency
 Maara kai nga kainga

1.3 Tuhoetanga
 Te reo
 Ngā tikanga a kui mā, a koro mā
 Manaakitanga, sharing etc showing in our tamariki in all

1.4 Knowledge/ Skills/ Education
 Te reo pakeha
 Knowledge of te ngahere
 Literacy
 Repository for Tuhoe/ Ruatāhuna knowledge
 Original objectives of Huiarau
 Higher and equitable levels of education and achievement for our tamariki
 Our tamariki well prepared for leadership and other responsibilities in Ruatāhuna
 Wharekura mo te mau rakau

1.5 Wellbeing
 Living longer and healthier
 Special needs of our children dealt with
 Tamariki free of tarutaru
 Our youth occupied
 Maara i nga kainga

1.6 Facilities
 Hospice/ whare mo nga kaumatua
 Community college
 Golf course
 Radio station
 Gym
 Whare aroha mo nga marae
 Marae well developed – kua whakapaihia
 Community hall
 Putea for housing and marae development

1.7 Environment
 Weed free
 Tidy village and surrounds
 Pristine bush
 Animal control on the roads

1.8 Mana Motuhake
 Total independence
 Kaunihera whakahaere i a Ruatāhuna
 Lands have been returned to Ruatāhuna

2 Strengths/ Opportunities
Near pristine environment
- Tourism potential
- Restoration opportunities

Ruatāhuna as a special place
- Tourism potential
- Expansion of the school (Boarding school)

Farm resource
- The land
- Asset
- Wealth and income

Settlement of claim
- Land
- Mana Motuhake
- $
- Linkages into all hapu in Ruatāhuna

Cohesion
- Tribal as umbrella
- Hui Taumata
- Organisations working and planning together
- Overlapping of members on different trusts
- Co-ordination of activity, role and focus

Range of skills and knowledge
- Ngahere, conservation
- Business development
- Research
- Haka
- Governance
- History
- Sustainability
- Self sufficiency

Business development underway
- Ahurei Adventures (Tourism)
- Ruatāhuna Road makers

Tuhoetanga
- Haka successes
- Papa kupu
- Wangana
- Karawa