The first round of substantive hearings into the Taihape rohe land claims took place at Rātā Marae over the week of 06 – 10 March 2017, hosted by Ngāti Hauiti. Along with Ngāti Hauiti there are another three iwi involved in the claims; Ngāi Te Ohuake, Ngāti Tamakōpiri and Ngāti Whitikaupeka. The four iwi are together represented by the Mōkai Pātea Waitangi Claims Trust. The claims, among the last major claims in the country left to settle, cover the area from the summit of the Desert Road down to Rātā, and from the summit of the Ruahine Range to west of the township of Taihape. The Waitangi Tribunal was represented at the Rātā Marae hearings by Judge Layne Harvey and a panel including Sir Douglas Kidd, Dr Angela Ballara and Dr Monty Soutar.
At the close of 2016 the third round of Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho hearings, exploring the origins of local iwi and hapū as well as determining the parameters of their claims region was completed. Those initial hearings provided an opportunity for tangata whenua to share knowledge passed down by their tūpuna through oral histories setting the stage for the substantive hearings phase of the claims. The research phase of the inquiry has also now been completed along with the interlocutory process leading in to commencement of substantive hearings.
The substantive hearings week was a big one for local iwi and especially for hosts, Ngāti Hauiti. Whakauae, as Ngāti Hauiti's owned and mandated Māori health research centre, was involved in supporting the week through maintaining a presence both in the kitchen and in the hearings audience to tautoko the Mōkai Pātea Waitangi Claims Trust kōrero. There was a strong presence from amongst all four iwi throughout the five days of hearings.
Many hundreds of meals were prepared in the kitchen at Rātā during the course of the week under the very able guidance of Aunty Erena Metekingi-Anson and cousin, Mina Bourke. The two women, together with other whānau, had begun their mahi over the weekend preceding the hearings. Whakauae then joined the team of ringawera contributing to the ongoing round of kai preparation and clean up culminating with hākari on Friday 10 March 2017.
There will be a number of other substantive hearings taking place later in 2017 to be hosted at various Mōkai Pātea marae. Whakauae looks forward to contributing to iwi support at these hearings.
The first round of substantive hearings into the Taihape rohe land claims took place at Rātā Marae over the week of 06 – 10 March 2017, hosted by Ngāti Hauiti. Along with Ngāti Hauiti there are another three iwi involved in the claims; Ngāi Te Ohuake, Ngāti Tamakōpiri and Ngāti Whitikaupeka. The four iwi are together represented by the Mōkai Pātea Waitangi Claims Trust. The claims, among the last major claims in the country left to settle, cover the area from the summit of the Desert Road down to Rātā, and from the summit of the Ruahine Range to west of the township of Taihape. The Waitangi Tribunal was represented at the Rātā Marae hearings by Judge Layne Harvey and a panel including Sir Douglas Kidd, Dr Angela Ballara and Dr Monty Soutar.
At the close of 2016 the third round of Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho hearings, exploring the origins of local iwi and hapū as well as determining the parameters of their claims region was completed. Those initial hearings provided an opportunity for tangata whenua to share knowledge passed down by their tūpuna through oral histories setting the stage for the substantive hearings phase of the claims. The research phase of the inquiry has also now been completed along with the interlocutory process leading in to commencement of substantive hearings.
The substantive hearings week was a big one for local iwi and especially for hosts, Ngāti Hauiti. Whakauae, as Ngāti Hauiti's owned and mandated Māori health research centre, was involved in supporting the week through maintaining a presence both in the kitchen and in the hearings audience to tautoko the Mōkai Pātea Waitangi Claims Trust kōrero. There was a strong presence from amongst all four iwi throughout the five days of hearings.
Many hundreds of meals were prepared in the kitchen at Rātā during the course of the week under the very able guidance of Aunty Erena Metekingi-Anson and cousin, Mina Bourke. The two women, together with other whānau, had begun their mahi over the weekend preceding the hearings. Whakauae then joined the team of ringawera contributing to the ongoing round of kai preparation and clean up culminating with hākari on Friday 10 March 2017.
There will be a number of other substantive hearings taking place later in 2017 to be hosted at various Mōkai Pātea marae. Whakauae looks forward to contributing to iwi support at these hearings.
