The Crown has endorsed the Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai mandate strategy 

On 1 July 2026, Te Tari Whakatau and Te Puni Kōkiri endorsed the Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai (Ngā Pūriri Pūmau) mandate strategy. The mandate strategy sets out the process by which the Ngā Pūriri Pūmau claimant community will decide whether to confer a mandate for Ngā Pūriri Pūmau to represent them in Treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown. 

Ngā Pūriri Pūmau are currently implementing their mandate strategy until October 2026, which includes holding information and voting hui. Learn more about the Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai mandate process.

The Crown has re-endorsed Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine’s mandate strategy

On 19 December 2025, Te Tari Whakatau and Te Puni Kōkiri re-endorsed the Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine (TRONH) mandate strategy. The mandate strategy sets out the process by which ngā hapū o Ngāti Hine will decide whether to confer a mandate for TRONH to seek, hold and protect a mandate for Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Hine, for future negotiations with the Crown. 

TRONH are currently implementing their mandate strategy.

Ngā hapū o te Takutai Moana confirmed as a hapū grouping

On 18 September 2025, the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations confirmed Ngā Hapū o te Takutai Moana (NHTM) as a hapū grouping comprising of Ngāti Rēhia, Ngāti Rāhiri, Ngāti Kawa and Te Ngare Hauata.

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Submissions have closed on the Whangaroa Papa Hapū draft mandate strategy

We have agreed a draft mandate strategy with Whangaroa Papa Hapū. The draft mandate strategy sets out a proposed process for ngā hapū o Whangaroa to decide who should represent them in Treaty settlement negotiations. Te Tari Whakatau invited submissions on this until 5pm, 2 February 2026.

Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai confirmed as a hapū grouping

On 14 July 2025, the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations confirmed Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai as a hapū grouping. 

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Kororipo Pa Historic Reserve

On 3 February 2025 the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and the trustees of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia Trust initialled the Tuhinga Whakaae o Te Tuku Tōmua o Kororipo Pā/ Deed of On-Account Vesting of Kororipo Pā.

The initialling of the Deed is an important step towards providing reparations to Ngāpuhi. TRONR and the Crown continue to work towards the signing of the Deed. 

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Ngāpuhi Mandate Toolkit 

Mandating is the process where the claimant group choose who has the authority to negotiate with the Crown on their behalf for Treaty settlement negotiations. There are multiple stages in the mandating process.

The Ngāpuhi Mandate Toolkit provides comprehensive information on each mandate stage within the Ngāpuhi context.

Ngāpuhi Mandate Toolkit

Tupu Tonu – Ngāpuhi Investment Fund Limited

The Ngāpuhi Investment Fund Limited was launched in 2021. It is trading as Tupu Tonu with the purpose of growing assets across the Ngāpuhi rohe for redress as part of future settlements.

Tupu Tonu – Ngāpuhi Investment Fund Limited

The Crown has endorsed the Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai mandate strategy 

On 1 July 2026, Te Tari Whakatau and Te Puni Kōkiri endorsed the Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai (Ngā Pūriri Pūmau) mandate strategy. The mandate strategy sets out the process by which the Ngā Pūriri Pūmau claimant community will decide whether to confer a mandate for Ngā Pūriri Pūmau to represent them in Treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown. 

Ngā Pūriri Pūmau are currently implementing their mandate strategy until October 2026, which includes holding information and voting hui. Learn more about the Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai mandate process.

Ngā hapū o te Takutai Moana confirmed as a hapū grouping

On 18 September 2025, the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations confirmed Ngā Hapū o te Takutai Moana (NHTM) as a hapū grouping comprising of Ngāti Rēhia, Ngāti Rāhiri, Ngāti Kawa and Te Ngare Hauata.  

Ngā Hapū o te Takutai Moana

Submissions are now closed on the Whangaroa Papa Hapū draft mandate strategy

We have agreed a draft mandate strategy with Whangaroa Papa Hapū. The draft mandate strategy sets out a proposed process for ngā hapū o Whangaroa to decide who should represent them in Treaty settlement negotiations. Te Tari Whakatau invited submissions on this until 5pm, 2 February 2026.

Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai confirmed as a hapū grouping

On 14 July 2025, the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations confirmed Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai as a hapū grouping. 

Ngā Pūriri Pūmau o Te Waimate me Taiāmai

Te Whakaaetanga Deed of Mandate submissions process has closed

On 19 September 2024, we received a draft Deed of Mandate from Te Whakaaetanga Trust. We ran a public submission process on the Deed from 21 September to 27 October 2024 and submissions are being reviewed. 

Te Whakaaetanga

Whangaroa Papa Hapū confirmed as hapū grouping

On 24 September 2024, the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations confirmed Whangaroa Papa Hapū as a hapū grouping.

Whangaroa Papa Hapū

Te Tari Whakatau is responsible for co-ordinating and negotiating Treaty settlements.

Chief Crown Negotiator

The Chief Crown Negotiators are appointed by the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations to lead negotiations with the support of Te Tari Whakatau and other Crown agencies. The Chief Crown Negotiators for ngā hapū o Ngāpuhi are Brian Dickey (Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Maahanga) and Sir Robert McLeod (Ngāti Porou). 

Mr Brian Dickey

Mr Brian Dickey is one of New Zealand’s most respected litigators. He was previously the Crown Solicitor in Auckland, overseeing the prosecution of serious crime in the region, and personally leading those prosecutions of national or regional significance or interest. 

He has 30 years’ experience in major litigation, commercial, civil, and criminal in nature and has a particular speciality in commercial regulatory litigation. 

The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations has appointed Mr Brian Dickey as Chief Crown Negotiator for Treaty of Waitangi claims for Ngāpuhi and Hauraki claimant groups. He also advises other iwi on commercial and land-related matters.

Sir Robert McLeod