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Title
Develop strategies for risk management to enhance outcomes within
Māori authorities/Māori entities
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to, within a
Māori authority/Māori entity: define, assess and measure risk
factors; develop strategies to manage risk situations; develop
strategies to identify opportunities to improve and protect
management of taonga and other resources.
Classification
Whenua > Governance of Māori Authorities
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Definitions
A Māori authority is an entity status which is subject to specific legislative
requirements, including special tax rates, accounting and compliance procedures. A
Māori authority may be a trustee of a trust or company. A set criterion governs which
types of organisations are eligible to become a Māori authority. In general this
includes entities that manage or administer assets held in common ownership by
Māori. However, while an organisation may be eligible, there is no mandatory
requirement for them to become a Māori authority.
A Māori entity refers to Ahu Whenua Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Whānau Trusts, Whenua
Tōpū Trusts, Kaitiaki Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Māori Reservations (e.g.
Marae/Māori committees), Rūnanga, Iwi Authorities, Hapū cluster groups, Hauora
organisations, Māori asset holders, Kura Kaupapa Māori, Kōhanga Reo, Wānanga,
all Māori Non-Government Organisation’s (e.g. Māori Woman’s Welfare League),
New Zealand Māori Council, District Māori Councils, Local Government sector,
Māori/Iwi advisory groups, and community committees with generic kaupapa Māori
(e.g. sports club, church groups, kaumātua groups).
Taonga refers to ‘assets’.
Iconic cultural value refers to the cultural and spiritual associations with sacred
places that include the cultural landscape context in which such sites and places are
located.
Risk management includes financial, Human Resources, Health and Safety,
environmental, social, cultural, legal, and economic.
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Relevant legislation includes but is not limited to – Māori Land Court Rules 1994,
Māori Incorporations Constitution Regulations 1994, Māori Reservations Regulations
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1994, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Trustee Act 1956, their amendments and
any other relevant Acts.
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References
Kelly. N.C., Kelly. C., Kelly. G. (2005). Law of Trusts and Trustees 6th Edition.
Wellington, LexisNexis.
Garrow, J.M. E., & Kelly, N.C. (1982). Law of Trusts and Trustees, 5th Edition.
Wellington: Butterworths, 1982).
Relevant issues of – Bennion, T. (ed), The Māori Law Review (monthly publication)
(Wellington, Bennion Law.
Māori Land Court Booklets available at:
http://www.courts.govt.nz/maorilandcourt/booklets.htm.
Whenua.net and Maoriland.net (2012). Guide to the Governance of Māori Land.
Retrieved from http://www.maoriland.net/PDF/whenua_v1.pdf.
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Resource support listed above is given as a guide only and is not intended to be in
any way prescriptive. It is envisaged that different areas may have their own written
and unwritten repositories of knowledge relevant to this unit standard.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Define, assess and measure risk factors in Māori authorities/Māori entities.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Identify the types and levels of risk situations for a Māori authority/Māori entity’s
stated objectives.
Range:
1.2
may include but is not limited to - human resources,
environmental, health and safety, financial, social, cultural, legal;
evidence of three is required.
Calculate and assess the risk factors against the sustainability of Māori
authority/Māori entity.
Range:
projected cost and benefits within proposals.
Outcome 2
Develop strategies for improved management of a risk situation for a Māori
Authorities/Māori Entity.
Evidence requirements
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2.1
Assessment of risk is completed, documented and incorporated into
contingencies and action plans.
exposure and effects on Māori authorities/Māori entities
sustainability to – market risk, industry risk, expected returns,
costs on investment of finance, people, services, systems,
structure, environmental effects.
Range:
2.2
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Risk to cultural, social, customary, economic values and activities is assessed
and incorporated into contingencies and action plans.
Outcome 3
Develop strategies to nurture and protect the management of taonga and other resources
as a Māori authority/Māori entity.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Identify management strategies to nurture and protect taonga and other
resources.
Range:
3.2
management strategies may include but are not limited to intergenerational transfer, values changed over time, relevance
and currency, transformational thinking, replacement value,
protection of taonga versus commercial return;
evidence of the protection of taonga versus commercial return plus
two others is required.
Opportunities to improve and protect the management of taonga are identified
and implemented.
may include but is not limited to – covenant, rāhui, Resource
Management Act 1991, local government planning provisions,
Treaty settlement provisions;
evidence of three is required.
Range:
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
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10 December 2015
N/A
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CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
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Comments on this unit standard
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suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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