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Registration – Become a Member

Pouakani Trust is a Charitable Trust with the key purpose of supporting and giving back to the Pouakani people.

To register with Pouakani Trust you must be able to provide a direct whakapapa link to an Original Owner as determined by the Native Land Court in 1891. The Original Owner’s list can be found here

We encourage all those who meet the criteria to register. Registration will ensure you are kept up to date, entitles you to vote at an AGM, stand for election as a future Trustee and also apply for available grants that Pouakani Trust offers.

Before you register please make sure you have:

A copy of your birth certificate
Your whakapapa to an original owner

You can register via the website, or directly through the Pouakani Portal at this link: CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE POUAKANI PORTAL

The Pouakani Portal is a a system designed by Pouakani Members, for Pouakani Members. It allows you to login to a secure platform and manage/update your own personal contact details. You can also apply for grants through the Pouakani Portal without having to pay postage or printing costs.

If you chose to apply to register through the website, you will be given Portal login details.

Original Owners List

Registration Form – Downloadable Version

We encourage you to go back to your kaumatua/ hapu/ marae/ and wananga in the first instance. Whakapapa is a journey of discovery!

We need to see the whakapapa of your birth parents in order to be able to verify your link to an original owner. We cannot accept whangai or adoption as the blood link may not exist. If you do not have a birth certificate and need help with this, please contact us here.

If you have a whanau member that is already registered ( i.e. a parent/grandparent) we can validate your application very quickly through that connection as it is held on the Pouakani Database. If you are the first in your whanau to register, we can call on the guidance of kaumatua to verify the whakapapa you provide.

As a parent or guardian you can list your child(ren) / child(ren) in your care. You will need to provide their birth certificate(s). Anyone 16 years and over must fill out their own form

Step 1 of 4

Registration Form

Title :

Name(Required)

First Last

Other name(s) known by:

(any other name you are known by other than on your birth certificate/marriage licence)

Date of Birth

Age

Birth Certificate(Required)

Max. file size: 64 MB.

Address

Postal Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Postal Communication

I acknowledge that all Trust communication and correspondence will be sent via email or uploaded on our social media and website. Hard copy document requests can be made to [email protected]

Alternative Contact (Name & Relationship) :

Number:

Do you consent to your contact details being shared with Titiraupenga Trust if you are confirmed as being a landowner within that Trust? Please note they are a separate trust to Pouakani Trust.

Yes

Whakapapa details

Pouakani Trust are a whakapapa based trust where you must be able to provide whakapapa to an original owner of the Pouakani block. If you are unsure of your whakapapa, take this time to speak with your kaumātua and your whānau to reconnect and discover your whakapapa. The Trust can not determine your whakapapa on the basis of information provided by others as this is a breach of their privacy and may not be one and the same as your own whakapapa. Whakapapa is a taonga and will be treated as such by the Trust. Should you whakapapa to someone who is a current Pouakani Member please have them sign the declaration confirming this.

Name of 1891 Original Owner(s)

I am a blood descendant of the ‘1891 Original Owners List’ of Pouakani (please refer to list provided)

Full name of Original Owner whom you are a natural descendant of:

Please also complete the whakapapa form below

Full name of Registered Pouakani Member that you whakapapa to, and how you whakapapa to them:

Please also complete the whakapapa form below

Pouakani Member full name

WHAKAPAPA FORM

Please fill in this whakapapa form. Pouakani only require the information of your tupuna who are Pouakani descendants therefore you will only need to trace the line of descent back to the original owner that you have listed above. Click the + to add the next line of generation.

Descendants

Male

Female

If you have named a current Pouakani member above please indicate in this whakapapa form how you whakapapa to this person. i.e If the existing member is your paternal grandmother, then you would write your fathers name only, then you would click + and add in your paternal grandmothers name as you would have above

Registration – Become a Member

Registration – Become a Member

Registration Form

Address

Children

Whakapapa details

Name of 1891 Original Owner(s)

WHAKAPAPA FORM

Documents / Additional Information

Application Declaration

Registration – Become a Member

Registration – Become a Member

I know I whakapapa to an original owner but I don’t know how/ what do I do?

Can I provide my drivers licence or other types of ID instead of my birth certificate?

How is my whakapapa link validated?

Can I register other people?

Registration Form

Address

Children

Whakapapa details

Name of 1891 Original Owner(s)

WHAKAPAPA FORM

Documents / Additional Information

Application Declaration