CHAPTER4: TE RÜNANGA O NGÄI TAHU
Ngäi Tahu began to modernise their governance as early as the 1860s. By the 1990s the triumph of democratic, bureaucratic, corporate and legalistic principles was almost complete. The TRONT structure is a contemporary innovation devised by Ngäi Tahu and accepted by the government, but it has its roots firmly imbedded in past government legislation and policies that were designed to implement government strategies relating to Mäori development. TRONT was designed to provide a voice for Ngäi Tahu during their dealings with the government over their Waitangi treaty claim settlement process. Once settlement was agreed upon it would act as an asset-holding corporation for the final settlement package, and ensure the smooth implementation of the settlement. The Te Rünanga o Ngäi Tahu Act, 1996 gave the legal authority to TRONT as the representative for Ngäi Tahu whänui. The act also stressed that the structure was designed to look after both individual and group beneficial rights. The TRONT legislation provided management guidelines and defined who the iwi beneficiaries were. It defined the tribal territories, which are shared among the eighteen papatipu rünanga. It defined how representatives were to be elected. It defined how disputes were to be settled. It contained regulations for determining who could be a member or a beneficiary as well as rules specifying how to compile a beneficial roll. The legislation also required that the number of papatipu rünanga be maintained at eighteen and spelt out regulations governing any additions to that number. Included within the legislation was a Charter of Incorporation, the Kawenata, which sets out a further set of governing rules.
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