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...by Ngāti Whātua. By 1880, Ngāti Whātua were no longer selling land as a strategic move to promote development, but using it as a means of repaying debts and as a source of much-needed income.
Ngāti Whātua leaders sought equal participation for Mäori in central and local government. The four Māori seats established in 1867 to represent Māori in Parliament did not meet Ngāti Whātua expectations.
To encourage European settlement in the south Kaipara, Ngāti Whātua made lands available...
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...Background
An account of the historical background agreed between the Crown and Te Arawa is included in the Deed of Settlement, along with acknowledgements of Crown breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi and a Crown Apology for those breaches.
The Te Arawa Māori Trust Board lodged the Te Arawa lakes claim (Wai 240) with the Waitangi Tribunal in April 1987. Rather than proceed with a hearing, Te Arawa entered preliminary discussions with the Crown in 1989 for the direct negotiation of the...
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...Moana—Te Tari Whakatau
Justine Smith (Ngāti Apakura) was appointed Chief Executive, Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana—Te Tari Whakatau in May 2025. Justine’s previous experience over more than 20 years includes key leadership roles in Māori–Crown relations, including at the Office of Treaty Settlements, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Internal Affairs, Tupuna Maunga Authority and Auckland Council. Justine holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Clas...
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...Rārua
Ngāti Rārua came to Te Tau Ihu o te Waka a Maui (the Northern South Island) in the late 1820s. Ngāti Rārua established pā and kainga at Te Tai Tapu, Golden Bay, Tasman Bay and Wairau.
In 1839 the New Zealand Company signed deeds with Māori that purported to purchase the entire northern South Island. No Ngāti Rārua resident in western Te Tau Ihu signed the Company deeds. In 1842 the Company presented gifts to local Māori, including Ngāti Rārua, upon establishing its Nelso...
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...represented the Crown in high-level negotiations with Ngāti Mutunga.
Summary of the historical background to the claims of Ngāti Mutunga
From the late 1840s, as pressure mounted to accommodate settlers on land, opposition from Taranaki Māori to land sales north and south of New Plymouth became more evident. Despite this, the Crown continued to attempt to purchase land. In 1860, the Crown deemed resistance by Māori to the survey of the Pekapeka block at Waitara to be an act of re...
