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NPY Women's Council: Building your cultural guiding principles into your rulebook

The NPY Women’s Council became incorporated under new legislation in 2008. The council undertook a significant period of consultation with its members—spread across a large geographic region—in the lead-up to lodging its new rulebook (formally known as the constitution) with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC).

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The NPY Women’s Council became incorporated under new legislation in 2008. The council undertook a significant period of consultation with its members—spread across a large geographic region—in the lead-up to lodging its new rulebook (formally known as the constitution) with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC).

 

As a result of those consultations, members introduced new clauses into the rulebook including key guiding cultural principles such as:

  • Ngapartji ngapartji kulinma muna iwara wananma tjukarurungka: respect each other and following the law straight
  • Kalypangku: conciliatory
  • Piluntungku: peaceful and calm
  • Kututu mukulyangku: kindhearted
  • Tjungungku: united
  • Kunpungku: strong
Building your cultural guiding principles into your rulebook
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