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Kia ora whanaunga
It is correct that you dont receive any treaty funding from the Trustboard nor does any other of our marae unless of course we use them for hui then we give a koha. Primarly the funding is for things like the running of the Mangonui Office, payment of staff who man it,electricity phone office product postage etc.
It is not cheap to run an office ask around.
You do not permit us to use the marae at Waimahana so we never go there even though you dont own it, we would rather not have an unseemly row about it.
So we hold hui at other places most often Waitaruke.

Also once a month trustees are paid petrol money to attend hui,the amounts vary it depends on where one lives and how far one needs to travel e.g Kawerau to Waitaruke.And it just covers the cost of running a car believe me.You know what petrol costs are like so, you wont get rich sitting on this board thats for sure.
If you would like to see a regular monthly financial spreadsheet of the board I m sure it can be arranged.
Have a great day whanaunga.