Sir Wira Gardiner of Ngāti Awa will play a huge role in facilitating iwi-Government consultation which will begin next month on the partial sale of state-owned assets.  The Eastern Bay of Plenty former military man and founding chief executive of Te Puni Kokiri, now chairman of Ngati Awa Group Holdings, will facilitate meetings around the country for iwi with Finance Minister Bill English and State-Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall.   

Ka whai turanga nui a Tā Wira Gardiner ki roto i ngā huinga whakawhiti ki waenga i ngā iwi me te kawanatanga.  He kaupapa ka whai tēnei i te kaupapa kei raro i te kāwanatanga ki te whakahoko i ngā rawa o Aotearoa.  Nō ngā kāwai whakapapa o Mātaatua a Tā Wira Gardiner, he hoia, he tumu whakarae o mua mo Te Puni Kōkiri, i tēnei wā koi ate hea mana o te rōpū pūtea kei raro i te iwi o Ngāti Awa (NAGH).  Ka riro māna i te taha o Bill English, Minita mo ngā take pūtea me te Minita mo ngā take rawa o Aotearoa a Tony Ryall hei kawe i ēnei huinga.  Kāre ano kia tau āhea tū ai tēnei huinga.