Ngati Kahungunu have been at the forefront of protecting iwi and the environment, including the foreshore and seabed.
Ngati Kahungunu have been at the forefront of protecting iwi and the environment, including the foreshore and seabed.
Kahungunu kia eke, we are all in this together, tatau tatau e.
Ngati Kahungunu has always recognised the strength of iwi is through its whanau and hapu, therefore a decision was made pre-1990 that the overarching and contemporary treaty claims should be conducted by iwi, but all the historic landclaims would be the domain of hapu.
The iwi pursued the flora and fauna through the Wai 262 claim, to protect the environment and all of our iconic species, our intellectual property as well as Te Reo Maori.
We led the hikoi on the foreshore and seabed, along with claims on Oil and Gas, and have settled our claims to Commercial Fisheries and pre-commencement aquaculture.
We have always protected the domain of hapu and their right to claim, and we herald the pending settlements of He Toa Takitini and Mana Ahuriri, the already completed settlements of Ngati Pahauwera and Maungaharuru Tangitu, as well as our close relations from Ngati Hineuru, and we look forward to the future settlements of Te Wairoa and the Wairarapa Tamaki Nui a Rua areas.
Our two tier strategy to settlement is different to almost every other iwi, who have decided on a one settlement entity approach with the Crown. It is interesting to see how they are trying to return benefits to hapu and whanau.
We are confident that our two tier strategy will deliver considerable benefits to our region in our own unique 'Kahungunu way'. Over the coming editions of Tīhei Kahungunu, we will profile our treaty claimant groups and their progress. With the growing strength of our hapu through the completion of the historical Treaty settlements, the focus of Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated is to improve our whanau wellbeing through education, health, justice and social uplifting.
Kahungunu kia eke, we are all in this together, tatau tatau e.
