Signing the Kia Tūtahi Relationship Accord
The Kia Tūtahi Standing Together Relationship Accord is an important symbol of commitment between the communities of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Government of New Zealand to build strong relationships.
The Prime Minister and the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector signed the Accord at a ceremony at Parliament on 1 August 2011. Over a hundred people from the communities of Aotearoa New Zealand and government agencies in Wellington attended the ceremony.
At the ceremony, 29 people from communities signed the Accord and 11 officials endorsed it. View photos of the ceremony.
Now it’s your opportunity to sign, either at regional events or online. You can sign as an individual or (if mandated to do so) on behalf of an organisation.
Send your details to the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS), as described below. Your email will be acknowledged and your name added to the list of signatories (allow a few days for this to happen).
Sign the Accord online
You can sign up to the Accord by emailing the following information to:ocvs@dia.govt.nz
- Your first name and last name*
- The name of the organisation you represent (if applicable)
- Your city / region*
NOTE: Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
Signatories (as at 1 May 2012)
| Name | Organisation |
| Tayo Agunlejika | NZ Federation of Multicultural Councils |
| Hori Awa | Co-chair Kia Tūtahi Steering Group |
| Adam Awad | ChangeMakers Refugee Forum National Network |
| Sally Blackwell | Community Energy Network |
| Alison Broad | Inspiring Communities |
| Paul Cameron | Sport Wellington |
| Ross Davis | Wellington Boys’ and Girls’ Institute Inc. |
| Vanisa Dhiru | Volunteering NZ |
| Ripeka Ellison | Royal NZ Plunket Society Inc. |
| Lani Evans | Regeneration Trust |
| Ron Fowler | Community Response Forum |
| Alice Hang | NZ Charitable Association |
| David Hanna | Inspiring Communities, Wesley Community Action |
| Lynne Harding | Volunteer Porirua Volunteer Wellington/Hutt Valley |
| Heather Hayden | Refugee Services Aoteaora New Zealand |
| Dave Henderson | Association of Non-Governmental Organisations of Aotearoa (ANGOA) |
| Norm Hewitt | Ngā Mauri Papa Pounamu Ora Trust |
| Teremoana Hodges | Porirua Cook Islands Association |
| Tania Kingi | Te Roopu Waiora Trust |
| Owen Lloyd | Ngā Ariki Kaipūtahi Whānau Trust |
| Lynn McKenzie | NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations |
| Kevin Moran | Watersafe Auckland |
| Pancha Narayanan | Community Sector Taskforce |
| Fa’amatuainu Poutoa (Wayne) | Streets Ahead 237 |
| Joyce-Anne Raihania | Injury Prevention Network of NZ Inc. |
| Sonya Rimene | Royal NZ Plunket Society Inc. |
| Tribhuvan Shrestha | Hutt Multicultural Council, Lower Hutt |
| Liz Tanielu | Taeaomenino Trust |
| Matilde Tayawa- Figuración | Filipino NZ Artists Association, Society for South-Eastern Communities |
| Cathy Aiavao | Youthline Auckland Charitable Trust |
| Lueyna Barnard | Migrant Action Trust |
| Adele Hamilton | |
| Sonia Hawea | Taikura Trust |
| Kay Hotene | Te Roopu Waiora |
| Mohi Hotene | Te Roopu Waiora |
| Nigel Kapa | |
| Feleti Key | Samoa Auckland Council |
| Marara Kingi | The Kingi whānau |
| Phillip Kohunui | Mahitahi Trust |
| Paula Lynne | |
| Toni Millar | |
| Josephine Nguyen | |
| Dale-Lynne Sherman Godinet | |
| Nada Singer | Whetu ō te Moana Trust |
| Wayne Te Rangi | Te Roopu Waiora |
| Peter Thomas | Te Ora o Manukau |
| Sandie Tuvei | |
| Lance Watene | |
| Gloria Wilton | |
| Terrence Loomis | Community development consultant |
| Beth Lew | National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New Zealand |
| Maggie Ronchi | Napier Foodbank |
| Pat Magill | Napier Pilot City Trust |
| Martin Williams | Napier Pilot City Trust |
| Will Jenkins | Napier Pilot City Trust |
| Judy Sharman | Disability Information Trust HB |
| Wāpu Clark | Men’s Restorative Trust House |
| Mandy Spence | Napier Community House |
| Doreen McPhail | Napier Community House Trust |
| Chris Richardson | Literacy Aotearoa Hawkes Bay |
| Jennifer Herbison | Epilepsy New Zealand Hawkes Bay |
| Christine Heaney | Creative Napier |
| Darryl Carpenter | New Zealand Mountain Safety Council |
| Bev Gatenby | Trust Waikato (The Waikato Community Trust) |
| Linda Ngata | Te Runanga o Ngā Maata Waka |
| Josie Ogden Schroeder | YMCA of Christchurch |
| Agnes Granada | Migrant Action Trust |
| Barbara J Duckett | Literacy Westland Inc |
| Rosemary Minto | NZ College of Primary Health Care Nurses, NZNO |
| Earl Mardle | 2020 Communications Trust |
| Mohamud Mohamed | Somali Community of Wellington Region Inc |
| Wayne Williams | Safer North Community Trust |
| Nicola Sutton | English Language Partners New Zealand |
| Karlene Batchelor | Blackball District Community Centre Inc |
| Katherine Peet | Network Waitangi Otautahi |
| Pushpa Naidu | Support of Sexually Abused, Dargaville & Districts Inc |
| Chris Prattley | Women's Self Defence Network Wāhine Toa |
| Rosey McConnon | The Malcam Charitable Trust |
| Robin Gunston | The Prison Fellowship of New Zealand Trust |
| Ann Martin | Age Concern New Zealand |
| Cathy Kern Betts | |
| Alasdair Finnie | English Language Partners Wellington Inc |
Endorsed by: (as at 16 December 2011)
| Name | Organisation |
| Hon Craig Foss | Minister of the Crown |
| Brendan Boyle | Chief Executive, Department of Internal Affairs |
| Peter Hughes | Chief Executive, Ministry of Social Development |
| Don Gray | Co-chair Kia Tūtahi Steering Group |
| Atene Andrews | Department of Labour |
| Catherine Delahunty | The Green Party |
| Ruth Harrison | Department of Internal Affairs |
| Lucy Liang | Office of Ethnic Affairs |
| Alison McDonald | Ministry of Social Development |
| David Ogden | Lower Hutt and South Eastern Communities, Lotteries Commission; Hutt Valley District Health Board, Lower Hutt Council |
| Geoff Short | Te Puni Kōkiri |
| Dale-Lynne Sherman Godinet | ProCare Health Ltd |
| Dean Westerlund | Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs |
| Sally Latham | Department of Internal Affairs |
| Sarah Lodge-Whitham | Waimakariri District Council - Injury Prevention |
| Teresa Wall | Ministry of Health |
| Chai Chua | Ministry of Health |
| Peter Miskimmin | SPARC |
