I tēnei rā i whakaputaina e te Rōpu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi i roto i te hōputu hukihuki, a Take ā-Takiwā – te wāhanga tuaono me te whakamutunga hokiTe Mana Whatu Ahuru: Pūrongo mō ngā Kerēme o Te Rohe Pōtae. Ka tohu te whakaputanga i te whakamutunga o te ruku tātari o te Taraipiunara ki ngā kerēme i roto i te takiwā o Te Rohe Pōtae kua roa e haere ana, e whātoro ana mai i Te Whanga o Whāingaroa ki te Raki o Taranaki ki tuawhenua ki te Awa o Waikato me Taumarunui.
Kua whakaraupapahia te tuku i ngā Wāhanga I ki te V o Te Mana Whatu Ahuruki te hōputu i mua i te whakaputa, e arotahi ana ki ngā take kaupapa matua e whakaaetia ana e ngā hunga. Ka urupare me te tuku otinga e pā ana ki te pāpātanga o ngā mahi, ngā hapanga mahi, ngā kaupapahere me te ture nā te Karauna mō Te Rohe Pōtae Māori, me tō rātou āheinga ki te whakahaere i te mana whakahaere me te tino rangatiratanga ki te whānuitanga o ngā horopaki me ngā wā – mai i ngā tau tōmua o te hoko a te Karauna, ki te waihangatanga o te rerewē matua me te whakahaere o te Native Land Court, tae atu ki te whakahaere o te taiao me te whakarato i ngā ratonga Hauora ki Te Rohe Pōtae Māori ināianei.
He tino rerekē te korahi me te take o te wāhanga VI. Ka whakarato i te whakarārangitanga me te aromatawai matawhānui o ngā kerēme 278 i rēhitatia i roto i te Te Rohe Pōtae, e whakarōpūtia ana i raro i ngā takiwā (rohe iti). Kei te whakatakina tēnā takiwā me tēnā takiwā o ngā takiwā e whitu o te rohe ki tētahi mahere me te whakarāpopoto poto o tana horanuku ōkiko, tangata hoki. E miramirahia ana ngā maunga me ngā awa hira, tae atu ki ētahi atu wāhi hira ā-hītori, ā-wairua rānei. Kei ia tirohanga whānui ngā taipitopito o ngā rōpū matua ā-iwi, ō rātou hononga ki te wāhi, ki a rātou anō hoki, ā, he pēhea te tangata whenua i noho ai, i whakamahi ai, i tiaki ai, i pakanga ai, i uara ai hoki i taua takiwā i mua.
E tuhia ana ngā kerēme katoa e hāngai ana ki tēnā takiwā me tēnā takiwā. Ka kōrero te Taraipiunara i ngā otinga hāngai mō ia kerēme nō ngā wāhanga I ki te V o te pūrongo. Ina puta mai ngā take e hāngai ana ki te kerēme, ka tukuna ngā otinga tāpiri e tika ana. Ka mutu, ka aromatawai te Taraipiunara mēnā e whai kiko ana te kerēme.
Nā reira, ka whakamārama te wāhanga VI i tēnā kerēme takitahi mō Te Rohe Pōtae me tēnā kerēme, ahakoa ko te korahi ā-takiwā, ā-rohe rānei, i tukuna rānei e tētahi tangata takitahi hei whakakanohi i ō rātou tūpuna, e te whānau, hapū, iwi, kaporeihana, tarahiti rānei.
I te tīmata te ruku tātari ā-rohe mō Te Rohe Pōtae i te tau 2010. Ko te rōpū Taraipiunara taketake ko Kaiwhakawā David Ambler (mana whakahaere) rātou ko Tā Hirini Mead, ko Ahorangi Pou Temara, ko John Baird, ko Dr Aroha Harris. I muri iho i te matenga o Kaiwhakawā Ambler i te tau 2017, i kopoua a Kaiwhakawā Matua Caren Fox ki taua tūnga hei mana whakahaere, ā, i ārahi i te tukunga o tēnei pūrongo whai wāhanga e ono.
Wāhanga VI o Te Mana Whatu Ahuru: E wātea anaHe Pūrongo mō ngā Kerēme oTe Rohe Pōtae kia tīkina ake ināianei:
Te Mana Whatu Ahuru: Pūrongo mō ngā Kerēme oTe Rohe Pōtae, Wāhanga VI – Putanga i mua i te Whakaputanga [PDF, 6MB](hononga o waho)
Mō ngā pakirehua arapāho katoa, whakapā atu ki te tīma pāpāho o te Tāhū o te Ture, (04) 918 8836 media@justice.govt.nz rānei.
Te Mana Whatu Ahuru: Report on Te Rohe Pōtae Claim, volume 6
Index to the Wai 898 Combined Record of Inquiry for the Te Rohe Pōtae District
The release of the final volume of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Te Mana Whatu Ahuru: Report on Te Rohe Pōtae Claims, named Take a Tākiwa, completed the Tribunal’s inquiry into Treaty of Waitangi claims submitted by Māori within Te Rohe Pōtae. This district extends from Whāingaroa Harbour to northern Taranaki and inland to the Waikato River and Taumarunui.
The first of the 278 hapū, whānau, iwi, block-specific, and district-wide claims that became part of the Te Rohe Pōtae district inquiry was submitted to the Tribunal in 1987 and the last in 2014. The claims alleged that the Crown breached the principles of the Treaty through a range of actions, omissions, policy, and legislation that resulted in significant prejudice to claimants and their tūpuna. The Tribunal held 23 weeks of hearings between 2012 and 2015 to hear parties’ positions and evidence. These hearings followed six Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho hui held in 2010 to hear traditional oral evidence.
Volume 6 differs significantly from the five earlier volumes of Te Mana Whatu Ahuru, which were progressively released in pre-publication format since 2018. While those volumes focus on the major thematic issues agreed by parties, volume 6 provides a comprehensive inventory and assessment of all the claims in the Te Rohe Pōtae inquiry. In doing so, it complements and augments the discussion of major kaupapa (thematic) issues in volumes 1 to 5. At the same time, volume 6 shines a light on every individual claim – situating each within its local context and assessing whether it is well founded.
The claims are organised into seven takiwā (sub-regions), which are mostly located around the inquiry district’s major waterways: Waipā-Pūniu, Taumarunui, Kāwhia-Aotea, Whāingaroa, Te Kūiti-Hauāuru, Waimiha-Ōngarue, and Mōkau. There are also a small number of cross-regional claims. Each takiwā is introduced with a map and a short overview of the physical and human landscape.
Every individual claim made by or on behalf of groups affiliated to that takiwā is then summarised. For each claim, the Tribunal records the findings from parts I to V that apply. Where other claim-specific matters arise, the Tribunal makes any additional findings or comment that may be appropriate. Finally, the Tribunal assesses whether the claim is well founded, based on an assessment of whether Crown legislation, policies, actions, or omissions inconsistent with the Treaty have prejudiced the claimants.
The Te Rohe Pōtae Tribunal panel comprised Deputy Chief Judge Caren Fox (presiding), Sir Hirini Mead, Professor Pou Temara, John Baird, and Dr Aroha Harris. Judge Fox was appointed to the role of presiding officer after the original presiding officer, Judge David Ambler, passed away in 2017.