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</div> <bR> <div> <B>What is hapu Social Democratic Control?</B></div> <div> Cooperatives are Hapu member-owned and democratically controlled enterprises, created mandated by the Hapu and used by their member-owners to provide a quality management group to offer  goods and services to its members. </div> <bR> <div> <B>What is its Purpose?</B></div> <div> Cooperative Members may unite in a cooperative for many reasons how ever the purpose of the manidustry Cooperative  process is to take responsibility of there own economic development and also from the minister of Maori Affairs, Te Puni kokiri, The Maori Land Court, and any other organiation  within Government services otherwise not available to to maori to get quality supplies at the right time, to have access to markets or for other mutually beneficial reasons. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Who is the responsibility of Hapu Tikanga, Kawa, and </B><B>Values </B></div> <div> Hapu Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, balance and solidarity.  In the tradition the founder maindusty  cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. </div> <bR> <div> <B>What is the diference in principles of a cooperative, why should I use it</B></div> <div> Cooperatives worldwide generally operate using the same principles as adopted in 1995 by the International Cooperative Alliance. The principles are part of a cooperative statement of identity, which also includes the definition of a cooperative and a list of cooperative values is identified and seperate from that of the capitalist system. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Who picks the Hapu members?</B></div> <div> Hui (meetings) for  voluntary and Open Membership - Cooperatives are somtimes voluntary organisations, open to all persons, however when your able to identify their whakapapa to your hapu and willing to accept the responsibilities of that membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Who makes Democratic a organisation?</B></div> <div> Democratic Member Control - Cooperatives are democratic organisations controlled by their Hapu members, who actively participate in setting their standards, policies and making decisions. Men and women serving as elected representatives are accountable to the membership. In primary cooperatives, members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote) and cooperatives at other levels are organised in a democratic manner. </div> <bR> <div> <B>What is credit Control on management capital?</B></div> <div> Member Economic Participation - Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their cooperative. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the cooperative. They usually receive limited compensation, if any, on capital subscribed as a condition of membership. Members allocate surpluses for any or all of the following purposes: developing the cooperative, possibly by setting up reserves, part of which at least would be indivisible; benefiting members in proportion to their transactions with the cooperative; and supporting other activities approved by the hapu group.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Why Hapu </B><B>Cooperatives are autonomous </B></div> <div> Autonomy and Independence - Cooperatives are autonomous, self-help organisations controlled by their members. Non government organisations NGO's If they enter into agreements with other organisations, including governments, or raise capital from external sources, they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their members and maintain their cooperative autonomy. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Hapu Cooperatives provide education</B></div> <div> Education, Training and Information - Cooperatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their Hapu. This the purpose of the OHCS which is to inform  the whanau and the Iwi particularly the Kaumatua (elders)  young people and leaders about the nature and benefits of cooperation. </div> <bR> <div> <B>MMSQA </B><B>members </B><B>Cooperative </B><B>Standard</B></div> <div> Cooperation among Cooperatives - Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structures and now made more easily available via internet. </div> <bR> <div> MMSQA and OHCS  Concerns  for  the Community - While focusing on member needs, OHCS cooperative members and groups work independently for the sustainable development of their Hapu who is willing to assist any communities  through policies accepted by MMSQA.</div> <bR> <div> <B>UN Concerns</B></div> <div> This document has been made available in electronic format by the International Co-operative Alliance ICA Contribution of Co-operative Enterprises and the</div> <div> International Co-operative Movement to Implementation of UN AGENDA 21: Programme of Action for Sustainable Development </div> <bR> <div> Prepared jointly by the International Co-operative Alliance and the United Nations Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development Geneva and New York, April 1995 For information purposes only. Not an official document of the United Nations.</div> <bR> <div> <B>What is cooperative empowerment , Representation and Participation:</B></div> <div> IS PARTNERS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF WORKERS AND THEIR, MAINDUSTRY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY WITH  NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND HAPU.</div> <div> Co-operative enterprises and the co-operative movement as a means for empowerment, representation and participation Co-operative enterprises are organizational means whereby individuals may achieve empowerment: first in economic terms, but on this basis, in social and political terms. This is achieved by means of the aggregation of resources and mutual self-help activities in a spirit of solidarity. It is achieved also through the solidarity which exists between co-operative enterprises (even if engaged in different types of activity) within broader national and international movements. </div> <bR> <div> <B>     WHAT IS A COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT     </B></div> <div>      The co-operative movement is democratically organized: it responds to the wishes of its members, who are the owners of the co-operative enterprises which constitute its economic base. This makes possible a member-driven or people-led process of formulation of environmental policies and strategies. For example, in Sweden the Swedish consumer co-operative movement adopted in May 1990 a new program for the environment. It did so in response to demands expressed by members. The program itself was prepared on the basis of a member consultation project in which 6-7,000 members participated. </div> <bR> <div>      In New Zealand the Dairy Board is one of the largest cooperatives in the Country and in Japan the co-operative movement is the biggest citizen's organisation in the country. citizens who are members of a co-operative enterprise constitute a significant proportion of the adult population. Many of them are simultaneously members of the environmental movement. Their co-operative enterprises provide an organisational vehicle for the expression of citizen's views that changes in society and lifestyle are necessary to solve environmental problems and for the mobilization of citizens for this purpose. It also constitutes an economic base whereby action can be taken: giving economic weight to lobbying undertaken by the co-operative movement; and also making possible direct intervention to alter business goals and practices in co- operative enterprises, which are responsible for a significant proportion of economic activity. </div> <bR> <div>      In Japan the Consumers Co-operative Union has developed networks with other civil organizations in many regions for lobbying local governments. In Tokyo in 1992 a signature- collecting campaign demanding improved environmental policies was organized by consumer co-operatives in collaboration with other consumer organizations. </div> <bR> <div> In 1993 the Uganda Co-operative Alliance stated that one of three ways by which the co-operative movement in that country might be able to contribute to environmental management was empowerment of small-scale peasant producers with respect to natural resource management and environmental protection. Participation in the co-operative movement would allow rural people to become the principal agents in their own development. </div> <bR> <div>      <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FAQ"><U>q</U></A> <B>HOW CAN THIS PROCESS HELP MAORI</B></div> <div>      Primary co-operative enterprises provided organisational means for mobilising people to understand environmental issues which Maori are natural at and to use indigenous knowledge and practices in resource husbandry which would enhance realistic diversification of land use and sustainability. Consumer co-operative movements have recognised the value of partnerships with the environmental movement. </div> <bR> <div>      <B>WHY DIDNT APEC HELP MAORI COOPERATIVE PARTICIPATION </B></div> <div>      The APEC Consumers' Co-operative is trying to promote its view with comprehensive societal change.</div> <div>      However our participation for Maori in the APEC was represented by TPK  again Government dsoing things for Maori Hapu.</div> <bR> <div>      <B>IS IT REALLY NECESSARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS TO BE RESOLVED:</B></div> <div>      MMSQA AND OHCS it is doing so by extending its own network to include all kinds of other co-operatives  nationwide and to foreign co-operative movements, non-governmental organisations, the industry of  non-co-operatively organised private sector and Government.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I"><U><U>Home</U></U></A> <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>- </U></A><A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><U>Contact us</U></U></A><A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U> </U></A>-<A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FAQ"><U><U>FAQ</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> © OHCS 1994 Copyright NZ All use of this Website is subject to our <U>terms & conditions</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>