List of witnesses


Dame Mira Szazsy, named claimant for the Māori Women’s (Wai 381) claim (pictured in document A30(c))

Witness profiles


Nohoanga tuatahi


Ripeka Evans

Kua mahi a Ripeka Evans (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu) hei kiritohe, kaiakoako, tumu whakarae me te kaiwhakahaere puta noa i ngā rōpū whakahaere Māori, Karauna, iwi, hapū hoki mō ngā tau 45. I kapi i tana taunakitanga te tīmatanga o te kerēme taketake mō ngā Wāhine Māori (Wai 381), tae atu ki te matapaki i ngā kaiwaitohu wāhine ki Te Tiriti, otirā ko Ana Hamua rātou ko Takurua, ko Te Marama, ko Te Ereonora.

The Māori Women’s (Wai 381) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Ripeka Evan's evidence (document A21)

Kei Turner Centre, Kerikeri a Ripeka Evans


Keti Marsh-Solomon

Ka tuku taunakitanga a Keti Marsh-Solomon (Ngāti Toro, Te Uri Taniwha, Ngāti Ueoneone, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) i te taha o tana whanaunga, o Ripeka Evans. I kōrero ia ki te Taraipiunara e pā ana ki ōna tūpuna: Turikātuku (? - 1827), Hariata Rongo (1815-1894), Te Paea Nehua, tana tipuna, Emerina Johnson, tana kuia Emerina Johnson (hoki), me tana whaea Tui Dalton.


The Māori Women’s (Wai 381) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Keti Marsh-Solomon's evidence (document A29)

E tuku ana a Keti Marsh-Solomon i te taunakitanga ki te Turner Centre, Kerikeri


Donna Awatere-Huata

He uri a Donna Awatere-Huata nō te Whānau ā Hinetāpora, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Hine hoki. I whakahuatia i roto i tana taunakitanga te hononga o te mana atua, te mana whenua, te mana tangata, me te mana tamariki ki te rangatiratanga o ngā wāhine Māori. Ka whakapae ia he kaupapa matua te whakapapa kia mārama ki te mana wāhine.

The Māori Women’s (Wai 381) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Donna Awatere-Huata's evidence (document A20)

E tuku ana a Donna Awatere-Huata i te taunakitanga ki te Turner Centre, Kerikeri



Rita Beckmannflay

Ka tāpaetia e Rita Beckmannflay ngā taunakitanga ahurei e pā ana ki te mahi o te puhi ariki i roto i te tikanga o Ngāti Torehina ki Mataure O Hau.


Te Reo Māori on Legal Tender (Wai 2493) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Rita Beckmannflay's evidence (document A28(a))

E tuku ana a Rita Beckmannflay i te taunakitanga ki te Turner Centre, Kerikeri


Hinerangi Cooper-Puru

Ko Hinerangi Cooper-Puru tētahi uri o Te Wai Ariki, Ngāti Manawa, me Ngāti Kaitūtae. I whakamārama tana taunakitanga i te whakaaweawe o ngā atua whāea i ngā whanaungatanga i waenga i te tāne me te wāhine, e whakamahi ana i ngā tauira i ngā wheako ao o tana whaea, o Dame Whina Cooper.

The Mana Wahine (Cooper-Puru) (Wai 2933) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Hinerangi Cooper-Puru's evidence (document A27)


Lee Harris

I arotahi te taunakitanga a Lee Harris ki ngā tauira o ngā wāhine toa i roto i ngā pūrākau, otirā ngā wāhine e hāngai ana ki a Māui pērā i a Taranga, i a Murirangawhenua, i a Mahuika anō hoki.

The Mana Wahine (Cooper-Puru) (Wai 2933) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Lee Harris's evidence (document A23)


Dr Ani Mikaere

He rōia, he mātanga kura wānanga hoki a Dr Ani Mikaere (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou), ā, ko ētahi o ana mahi ko Colonising Myths – Māori Realities: He Rukuruku Whakaaro (2011) and The Balance Destroyed: The Consequences for Māori Women of the Colonisation of Tikanga Māori (2017). I kapi i tana taunakitanga whānui te hiranga o ngā wāhine i roto i ngā ariā o te waihangatanga, ā, he pēhea te pāpātanga ki te tūnga o ngā wāhine i te ao Māori i mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Dr Ani Mikaere's evidence (document A17)

E tuku ana a Dr Ani Mikaere i te taunakitanga ki te Turner Centre, Kerikeri


Ahorangi Leonie Pihama

He mātanga kura wānanga Professor Leonie Pihama (Te Ātiawa, Waikato-Tainui, Ngā Māhanga a Tairi) kua mahi tahi me ngā rōpū whakahaere kura wānanga, ā-iwi hoki i roto i te rangahau kaupapa Māori. Ko te arotahi matua o te kōrero taunaki tuatahi o Ahorangi Pihama (tuhinga A19) me pēhea e mahi ai a 'Mana Wāhine' hei ariā wāhine iwi taketake, kia whiriwhiri he pēhea e pūtahi ai ngā whakaaro koroniara o te ira, te momo ā-iwi, me te papapori kia ngū ngā mātauranga iwi taketake. I roto i te kōrero taunaki tuarua (tuhinga A148), i whakatakoto a Ahorangi Pihama i ngā taipitopito o ngā māramatanga o ngāi Māori ki te hōkakatanga me te ira.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021 and Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Professor Leonie Pihama's evidence (document A19)
Read Professor Leonie Pihama's evidence (document A148)

Professor Leonie Pihama giving evidence at Turner Centre, Kerikeri


Mereana Pitman

He kiritohe Tiriti, wetetāmi hoki a Mereana Pitman MNZM (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Porou), me te kaiwhakangungu me te kaihuawaere mō te aukati whakarekereke ā-whānau. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki te ara i whakamahia ai te taitōkai me te whakapono o te whenua kite hei taputapu o te tāmitanga i whakaiti ai i te mana o ngā wāhine Māori i Aotearoa.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Mereana Pitman's evidence (document A18)

Mereana Pitman ki tōna whānau ki Turner Centre, Kerikeri


Ani Taniwha

He kuia a Ani Taniwha e noho ana ki Te Tai Tokerau He kaipupuri mātauranga tuku iho nā runga anō i tana whakapapa, i matapaki a Taniwha i ngā wāhine toa rongonui nō te rohe o Whangaroa, me te hoatu tauira o ō rātou mana i runga i te whenua.

Ngati Hone, Ngati Kawau, Ngati Kawhiti and Nga Uri o Te Pona (Taniwha) (Wai 1666) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Ani Taniwha's evidence (document A12)


Deirdre Nehua

I tuku taunakitanga a Deirdre Nehua, he kuia nō Ngāpuhi, me te kōrero a tana kuia ki a ia e tipu ake ana, hei tūāpapa. Ka tautuhi ia i ngā hononga i waenga i ngā atua whāea me te rangatiratanga me te mātauranga o ngā wāhine Māori i te ao Māori i mua i te tāmitanga.

Whanau and Hapu of Te Tai Tokerau Settlement Issues (Nehua) (Wai 1837) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Deirdre Nehua's evidence (document A25)

Deirdre Nehua presenting evidence at Turner Centre, Kerikeri


Tina Latimer

Ko Tina Latimer (Ngāti Wai, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahu) te tamāhine a ngā kaitaunaki rongonui, a Sir Graham rāua ko Lady Emily Latimer. I matapaki ana taunakitanga i te rangatiratanga wāhine, tae atu ki ngā tāpaetanga o tana whaea, o Lady Emily ki ngā hapori me ngā rōpū whakahaere Māori i Te Tai Tokerau, ā, puta noa i te motu hoki.

The Mana Wahine (Durie) (Wai 2925) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Tina Latimer's evidence (document A13)


Ellamein Emery

I whakatipuhia hei whāngai, kua tiaki a Ellamein Emery i tōna 40 tamariki whāngai puta noa i tōna ao. Ka matapaki tana taunakitanga i te tikanga whāngai, i tautuhia e ia hei tiaki me te poipoi ā-kiritōpū i ngā tamariki mā te āhuatanga Māori – he tikanga me ngā āhuatanga ā-wairua, ā-kikokiko hoki.

The Mana Wahine (Durie) (Wai 2925) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Ellamein Emery's evidence (document A15)


Kaa Kereama

He whaea, he kuia hoki a Kaa Kereama (Te Arawa). I matapaki tana taunakitanga i te wehenga o te mahi i waenga i te tāne me te wāhine i te ao Māori i mua i te tāmitanga.

The Mana Wahine (Durie) (Wai 2925) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Kaa Kereama's evidence (document A14)


Tania Rangiheuea

He tumuaki a Tania Rangiheuea (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Manu) o te kura o Wātea i Mangere me te mema o ētahi poari tae atu ki te Kaunihera o Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. He whānui ngā tānga a Tania ki ngā take wāhine Māori, ā, i matapaki tana taunakitanga i te ariā o 'mana wāhine', ā, i kōrerotia tana tūpuna, a Te Rangitopeora ki te Taraipiunara.

Te Tai Tokerau Mana Wahine (Reid & Evans) (Wai 2260) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Tania Rangiheuea's evidence (document A22)

E tuku ana a Tania Rangiheuea i te taunakitanga ki Turner Centre, Kerikeri


Te Ringahuia Hata

He uri nō Muriwai a Te Ringahuia Hata (Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Tūhoe) i kōrerotia whānuitia ai e ia tana tipuna i roto i tana taunakitanga whānui. Ka whakamārama hoki ia i te hekenga mai o te mana wāhine i ngā atua me te whakapapa. Ka tuku hoki tana tuakana, a Robyn Hata-Gage i te taunakitanga.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing one, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, February 2021
Read Te Ringahuia Hata's evidence (document A30(b))

E tuku ana a Te Ringahuia Hata i te taunakitanga ki Turner Centre, Kerikeri

Nohoanga tuarua


Ngatai Huata

He kaitito, he kaiwaiata-kaituhi waiata, kaituhi mātanga hoki a Ngatai Huata (Ngāti Kahungunu). I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki ngā mātauranga ā-waha, taketake hoki o ngā wāhine i mua i ngā 1800, tae atu ki ngā waiata.

The Mana Wāhine (Ngāti Kahungunu) (Wai 2820) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Ngatai Huata's evidence (document A54)

E tuku ana a Ngatai Huata i te taunakitanga ki Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia


Paula Ormsby

Ko Paula Ormsby te kaihautū i roto i te wāhanga Wāhine Toa o te Kīngitanga Māpu Mangarū. I matapaki tana taunakitanga i te mana taketake o ngā wāhine Māori, e aro ana ki ngā atua wāhine i roto i tōna mātai tuarangi Māori, me tōna ake whakapapa.

The Mana Wahine (Ormsby and Kurarangi) (Wai 3011) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Paula Ormsby's evidence (document A55)

E tuku ana a Paula Ormsby i te taunakitanga ki Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia


Te Motoi Taputu

I arotahi te taunakitanga o Te Motoi Taputu (Ngāti Makino, Ngāti Whakahemo, Ngāi Tūhoe) ki ngā pūrākau waihanga, atua, me te hangarite i waenga i ngā tāne me ngā wāhine. Ka tuku ia i ngā tauira o ngā wāhine hira, tae atu ki ngā toa me ngā wāhine rangatira.

The Racism Against Māori (Wai 2494) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Te Motoi Taputu's evidence (document A50)


E tuku ana a Te Motoi Taputu i te taunakitanga ki Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia


Mamae Takerei

Ko Mamae Takerei te mana reo mō Tūrangawaewae Marae i te nohoanga tuarua. I unuhia tana taunakitanga i tana tuhinga whakapae ‘Tūrangawaewae mo Te Kiingitanga’ (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2019). I arotahi ki te whakaaweawe a Te Puea Hērangi, tae atu ki te hītori o te Kīngitanga.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Mamae Takerei's evidence (document A32)


Te Kahautu Maxwell

He tohunga Ringatū, he ngore hoki i Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Te Kahautu Maxwell (Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tai, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Maniapoto, Tūhoe). I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki ngā wāhine nui i roto i tōna ao, me tōna whakapapa.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Te Kahautu Maxwell's evidence (document A46)


E tuku ana a Te Kahautu Maxwell i te taunakitanga ki Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia


Robyn Hata-Gage

I tuku a Robyn Hata-Gage (Ngāti Ira, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Ruatakenga) i te taunakitanga mō ngā wāhine rangatira tokotoru i roto i tana whakapapa: Ko Muriwai, tana kuia i te taha o tana whaea, a Rawinia Rangitakatu (ko Wehi tōna ingoa takakau), me tana whaea, a Te Aroha Hata. Ko tana teina ko Te Ringahuia Hata, i tuku hoki i te taunakitanga.

Ngāti Ira o Waiōweka Rohe (Wai 558) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Robyn Hata-Gage's evidence (document A33)


Barbara Moke

I tuku taunakitanga a Barbara Moke hei māngai o Te Whakaruruhau (Waikato Women's Refuge). I whakamārama ia e whaimōhio ana te mahi a Te Whakaruruhau i ngā tūnga tuku iho a ngā wāhine Māori hei kairaranga me te hiranga o te whare tangata.

Maori Women’s Refuge (Simpson and Albert) (Wai 1885) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Barbara Moke's evidence (document A38)

E tuku ana a Barbara Moke i te taunakitanga ki Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia



Sharon Campbell and Dr Mania Campbell-Seymour

Ka tuku tētahi whaea me tana tamāhine, a Sharon Campbell rāua ko Dr Mania Campbell-Seymour (Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Rua) i te kōrero taunaki whānui i aro atu ki te tuhinga whakapae i whakaputaina e Hinehou Campbell (te whaea o Sharon me te kuia o Mania) mō te hiranga o ngā wāhine Māori i te ao Māori i mua i te tāmitanga, ka puta i ngā mātauranga i tuku ihotia i tētahi whakatipuranga ki tētahi whakatipuranga i roto i tō rātou whānau me Te Whakatōhea. Ka matapaki hoki rāua i te raupatu, te tohe Tiriti, me ngā wheako e whakahaumanu ana i te mātauranga me te reo Māori i roto i ō rātou whānau.

The Mental Health Services (Campbell) (Wai 2728) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Sharon Campbell and Dr Mania Campbell-Seymour's evidence (document A39 and document A39(a)


Hinewīrangi Morgan

Ka tuari a Hinewīrangi Morgan (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rakaipāka) i tētahi toikupu me tētahi waiata nāna i tito mō te mana wāhine e rere ana i roto i ngā whakatipuranga, ko te ingoa ‘Five Kuia/Grandmothers ago.’

Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa (Wai 2807) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Hinewīrangi Morgan's evidence (document A40)

E tuku ana a Hinewīrangi Morgan i te taunakitanga ki Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia


Kerri Nuku

Ko Kerri Nuku (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tai) te Kaiwhakahaere mō te Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa, (te uniana ringarehe nui rawa me te rōpū whakahaere hei māngai mō ngā mātanga nēhi o Aotearoa). Ka arotahi te taunakitanga o Nuku ki te hītori o te nēhitanga i Aotearoa me ngā wero kei te aroaro o ngā nēhi wāhine Māori.

The Māori Nurses (Wai 2713) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Kerri Nuku's evidence (document A41)


Tracy Haddon

Ka kōrero a Tracy Haddon (Ngāpuhi), he nēhi rēhitatia, ki te Taraipiunara mō te hītori o te nēhitanga auraki i Aotearoa me tana whakatinanatanga, engari ka waiho te mātauranga Māori ki rahaki.

The Māori Nurses (Wai 2713) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Tracy Haddon's evidence (document A42)


Naomi Waipouri

I matapaki a Naomi Waipouri (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua), he nēhi rēhitatia, i ngā wero i kite wheako ia ina whakatinana ana i te mātauranga me tikanga i roto i tana aramahi nēhi.

The Māori Nurses (Wai 2713) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Naomi Waipouri's evidence (document A43)


Moana Teiho

Kua whai wheako a Moana Teiho (Te Rarawa) hei nēhi, hei kaiwhakamahu me ngā pūkenga i roto i te rongoā, te mirimiri, me te matakite. I matapaki ia i ngā āhuatanga me te hiranga o ngā tikanga me ngā tauira hauora Māori.

The Māori Nurses (Wai 2713) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Moana Teiho's evidence (document A44)


Sandra Corbett

He Kaiwhakahaere a Sandra Corbett (Te Arawa, Ngāti Pikiao) o te Hawke’s Bay National Cervical Screening Programme, ā, kua noho ki ētahi rōpū tohutohu hauora ā-motu. Ka matapaki ia he pēhea e tūhono ai te whare tangata ki te whakamātau wahakōpū i Aotearoa.

The Māori Nurses (Wai 2713) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Sandra Corbett's evidence (document A45)


Dr Aroha Yates-Smith

He tino kuia, he ngore, he kaitito hoki a Dr Aroha Yates-Smith, he uri nō ngā waka o Te Arawa, o Tainui, o Tākitimu, o Horouta, o Mātaatua anō hoki. E aro ana ki tana tuhinga whakapae Paerua e kīia nei 'Ko te Wharepora o Hine-te-iwaiwa: he titiro ki ētahi āhuatanga o ngā kākahu o te iwi Māori’, i arotahi tana taunakitanga ki te toi raranga kahu Māori tuku iho, ā, i kōrerotia ngā atua wāhine e pā ana ki te raranga.

The Racism Against Māori (Wai 2494) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Dr Aroha Yates-Smith's evidence (document A47)


Dickie Farrar

He nēhi rēhitatia a Dickie Farrar nō Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Pahauwera, Whakatōhea hoki. Ka matapaki tana taunakitanga i tana tupuna, i a Akenehi Hei, tētahi o ngā nēhi Māori tuatahi.

The Māori Nurses (Wai 2713) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Dickie Farrar's evidence (document A48)


Sharryn Te Atawhai Barton

Ko Sharryn Te Atawhai Barton (Waikato, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maniapoto) te Kaiwhakaemi o te Rūnanga mō te uniana E tū, he māngai i pōtitia ki te rūnanga of Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU). Ka matapaki tana taunakitanga i te whakaaweawe o Te Puea Hērangi.

The Mana Wahine (Barnett) (Wai 2859) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Sharryn Te Atawhai Barton (document A49)


Te Amohia McQueen

He kaitaunaki ā-whānau a Te Amohia McQueen (Ngāti Rōrā, Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou) me te uri o Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao, te tama tuarua a Tāwhiao me te mokopuna a Pōtatau Te Wherowhero. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki te āhua o te putanga mai o te mana wāhine i ngā atua.

Descendants of Io Matua Kore (McQueen) (Wai 2118) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Te Amohia McQueen's evidence (document A52)


Cletus Maanu Paul

Ko Cletus Maanu Paul (Ngāti Manawa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Tainui) he kaumātua, he mema wā roa hoki o te Kaunihera Māori o Aotearoa. Ka kapi i tana taunakitanga te hiranga o te pūrākau; ngā tūnga wāhine i te ao Māori i mua i te tāmitanga; wāhine Māori me te waitohutanga o te Tiriti; ā, te pāpātanga o te tāmitanga ki te mana wāhine.

The Mana Wāhine (Paul and others) (Wai 2846) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Cletus Maanu Paul's evidence (document A51)


Anne Rotorangi-Kendall

He tūao hohe a Anne Rotorangi-Kendall QSM i roto i ngā rōpū whakahaere hapori, Māori hoki mō te nuinga o tōna ao, tae atu ki te Marae o Papakura me ngā Wātene Māori. I matapaki tana taunakitanga i te mahi tūao o ngā wāhine Māori i Aotearoa ināianei.

The Mana Wahine (Durie) (Wai 2925) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Anne Rotorangi-Kendall's evidence (document A36)


Pastor Pauline Rewiti

He kuia, he kaimahi pāpori tūao, he minita hoki mō Te Ātairangikaahu i mua hoki a Pastor Pauline Rewiti (Waikato-Maniapoto). I miramira tana taunakitanga i te hiahia kia arohia, kia utua hoki te mahi tūao wāhine Māori.

The Mana Wahine (Durie) (Wai 2925) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Pastor Pauline Rewiti (document A34)


Sheena Ross

I tuari a Sheena Ross i te kōrero i tukuna ihotia e ana kaumātua mō te mana o te wāhine, ā, i whakaata i ōna ake 'whakamātautau, whakataumahatanga hoki' hei wahine nō Ngāti Korokoro.

The Sexual Abuse of Māori Wāhine and Tamariki (Wai 2673) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Sheena Ross's evidence (document A56(a))


Waina Hoete Ahipene and Grace Hoet

He kaiwhakaari, he kaiwhakaputa hoki a Grace Hoet (Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Manawa, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Hau, Te Arawa Waka, Ngāti Wahiao, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakauē, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Hikairo, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Hinemanu, Ngāti Paki, Ngāti Raukawa). I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki te ao me ngā whakapono o tana kuia, o Waina Hoete Ahipene, kua eke ki te 100 tau, ā, kua eke ki te rima ngā whakatipuranga o ngā uri, tae atu ki ngā mokopuna 350.

The Mana Wahine (Durie) (Wai 2925) claim
Hearing two, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia, February 2021
Read Waina Hoete Ahipene and Grace Hoet's evidence (document A37)

Nohoanga toru


Materangatira Lily Porter

He kuia nō Tūhoe a Materangatira Lily Porter (i whānau mai i te tau 1936), me ngā hononga ki Te Whakatōhea, Te Arawa, Waikato-Tainui, me Te Whānau a Apanui. E aro atu ana ki ngā kōrero tuku iho i akona e ia i a ia e whakatipuhia ana e ana kaumātua, i kapi i tana taunakitanga ngā take tae atu ki te whakapapa, ngā atua, te whakapapa, ngā tūnga o ngā tāne me ngā wāhine, te whānau, ngā tikanga, me te whenua.

Tutamoe Pa (Wai 1968) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Materangatira Lily Porter's evidence (document A16(a))

E tuku taunakitanga ana a Materangatira Lily Porter ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei, kei rō whakaahua me tana whānau.


Jessica Williams

He kaiako a Jessica Williams (Ngaitūpango, Ngāpuhi) kua eke ki te 20 tau tana wheako i roto i te mātauranga. E hāngai ana tana taunakitanga ki te mau rākau, ā, i matapakihia ngā atua wāhine a Hine Keira me Hine Akaaka.

The Mana Wāhine (Williams) (Wai 2838) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Jessica Williams's evidence (document A61)

E tuku ana a Jessica Williams i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Bryce Peda-Smith

He pāpā, he koroua hoki a Bryce Peda-Smith (Ngāti Pakahi, Ngāpuhi) i tuku taunakitanga i te taha o tana hoa, a Violet Walker me tana whanaunga a Robyn York. Ka kōrero ia mō ana tūpuna i whakatauira i te mana wāhine, tae atu ki a Tuhi Kura rāua ko Turikatuku.

Kerēme mō Ngāti Pakahi (Aldridge) (Wai 2377)
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Bryce Peda-Smith's evidence (document A64)

E tuku ana a Bryce Peda-Smith i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Robyn York

Ka tuku taunakitanga a Robyn York (Ngāti Pakahi, Ngāpuhi) i te taha o ana whanaunga a Violet Walker rāua ko Bryce Peda-Smith. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki ngā atua wāhine, ngā tūnga tuku iho o ngā wāhine hei tohunga, hei kaitiaki hoki, me ngā huatau matua e pā ana ki te mana wāhine (tae atu ki te mana, te tapu, te whakamā, te utu me te whakanoa). Ka matapaki hoki ia i te whānau, te whāngai tamariki, me te whakawhānau.

Kerēme mō Ngāti Pakahi (Aldridge) (Wai 2377)
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Robyn York's evidence (document A65)

E tuku ana a Robyn York i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Violet Walker

He māmā, he kuia hoki a Violet Walker (Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Porou) i tuku taunakitanga i te taha o tana hoa, a Bryce Peda-Smith me tana whanaunga a Robyn York. I matapaki tana taunakitanga i ngā tūnga me ngā haepapatanga o ngā wāhine, me te tautiaki i te hangarite i waenga i ngā wāhine me ngā tāne – he mea whakaahua te katoa ki ngā tauira o ngā tikanga e pā ana ki te whakawhānau me te hapūtanga, te raranga, me te whakanoa.


Kerēme mō Ngāti Pakahi (Aldridge) (Wai 2377)
The Tahawai (Aldridge) (Wai 2382) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Violet Walker's evidence (document A66)

E tuku ana a Violet Walker i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Aorangi Kawiti

He kuia nō Ngāpuhi a Aorangi Kawiti. He uri hoki nō Kawiti, tētahi rangatira i waitohu i te Tiriti. I tautuhi tana taunakitanga he pēhea te mana wāhine i whakaatuhia i mua i te tāmitanga, tae atu ki te whakaaturanga mā te hautūtanga me te whakapapa, mā te karanga me te waiata anō hoki.

Opua Lands and Waterways (Wai 120) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Aorangi Kawiti's evidence (document A24(a))

 E tuku ana a Aorangi Kawiti i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Louisa Collier

He kuia nō Ngāpuhi a Louisa Collier i whānau i Rangiahua, ā, e noho ana ki Whāngārei. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki te tūnga waiwai o te puhi i roto i te whakapapa o Ngāpuhi, ā, i matapaki i ngā tūpuna tokorua ōna he puhi rāua; Hinewhare rāua ko Kaiwhare.

Ngati Kawau (Taniwha, Collier and Dargaville) (Wai 1673) claim
Descendants of Hinewhare (Wai 1541) claim
Descendants of Ngatau Tangihia (Wai 1917) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Louisa Collier's evidence (document A26)

E tuku ana a Louisa Collier i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Jane Ruka rāua ko Te Miringa Huriwai

I tāpae a Jane Ruka rāua ko Te Miringa Huriwai i te taunakitanga hei māngai mō te Waitaha Grandmother Council mō te wairuatanga Māori, ngā atua wāhine, me ngā tūnga o ngā wāhine i Aotearoa i mua i te tāmitanga.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Jane Ruka and Te Miringa Huriwai's evidence (document A53(a))

E tuku taunakitanga ana a Jane Ruka (taha mauī) rāua ko Te Miringa Huriwai (taha matau) ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Awhirangi Lawrence

I tuku a Awhirangi Lawrence i te taunakitanga e pā ana ki te tukunga ihotanga o te whenua i roto i te rohe o Whangaroa mā ngā tūpuna whaea, he tikanga i whakatōhenehenetia e te tāmitanga.

Ngati Kawau (Taniwha, Collier and Dargaville) (Wai 1673) claim
Descendants of Hinewhare (Wai 1541) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Awhirangi Lawrence's evidence (document A58)

E tuku ana a Awhirangi Lawrence i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Titewhai Harawira

He kuia, he kaitaunaki kaha hoki a Titewhai Harawira (Ngāpuhi) mō ngā mōtika o te tangata whenua me ngā wāhine Māori. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki ngā tūnga a ngā wāhine i te ao Māori i mua i te tau 1840, hei kaihautū, hei rangatira, hei kaitiaki anō hoki o te whenua.


Ngapuhi Kuia & Kaumatua (Wai 1427) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Titewhai Harawira's evidence (document A68)

E tuku ana a Titewhai Harawira i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Hūhana Lyndon and Nicki Wakefield

I tuku taunakitanga a Hūhana Lyndon rāua ko Nicki Wakefield (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, Ngātiwai, Ngāti Whatua) e pā ana ki te takenga o te whenua i te rohe o Whāngārei i te whakapapa wāhine.

The Mana Wahine (Lyndon) (Wai 2917) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Hūhana Lyndon and Nicki Wakefield's evidence (document A59)


Patricia Tauroa

He kuia a Patricia Tauroa i tuku taunakitanga hei māngai mō Ngā Hapū o Whangaroa. I tuari tana taunakitanga i ana huritao me ngā kōrero tuku iho e pā ana ki ngā kaupapa e whā o Te Arataki: ngā atua me ngā tūpuna whaea; te taurite i waenga i te tāne me te wāhine; te mana o te wāhine i te pāpori; me te rangatiratanga o te wāhine i runga i te whenua, te whakapapa me te whānau, te whai rawa me te mātauranga.

Whangaroa Lands and Fisheries (Wai 58) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Patricia Tauroa's evidence (document A60)

E tuku ā-mariko ana a Patricia Tauroa i te taunakitanga, kei rō whakaahua me Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves.


Moe Milne

E mahi ana a Moe Milne (Ngāti Hine) i ngā rāngai ratonga hauora, mātauranga, pāpori hoki, ā, e mōhiotia ana hei kaitaunaki, mātanga reo Māori. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki tana tupuna, Hine-ā-Maru; tana tama mātāmua, a Whē; me te uri a Hine-ā-maru, a Kawiti, i waitohu i te Tiriti. He kaimahi tautoko ia o te tīma tuatahi i whakatakoto i te kerēme o ngā Wāhine Māori (Wai 381) i te tau 1993.

Ngati Hine Lands, Forests and Resources (Wai 682) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Moe Milne's evidence (document A62)

Moe Milne giving evidence at Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei


Dr Ella Henry

He Ahorangi tuarua, me te Kaiwhakahaere o Māori Advancement mō te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau (AUT) a Dr Ella Henry (Ngati Aukiwa, Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa, Māori nō te tāone). Ko te tūāpapa o tana taunakitanga ko tana tuhinga whakapae Paerua, ā, i kapi ai te ao Māori i mua i te tāmitanga, tae atu ki te tūnga me ngā mahi i roto i ngā take tūmatanui, tōrangapū, ohaoha, me te pāpori; te whakahāngai ira; te mātai tuarangi Māori; me ngā uara, ngā tukunga ihotanga, me ngā tikanga e pā ana ki ngā hononga pāpori, te hōkakatanga, te mārena, te whakaputa tamariki, te whānau, ngā whakawehenga o te mahi me te whawhai.

The Māori Women’s (Wai 381) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Dr Ella Henry's evidence (document A63)

Kei roto i te whakaahua ko Dr Ella Henry me ana rōia, a Natalie Coates (taha mauī) rāua ko Tara Hauraki (taha matau)


Dr Ngahuia Murphy

He kairangahau, he kaituhi hoki a Dr Ngahuia Murphy (Tūhoe, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Ngāti Kahungunu). He hoa whai tohu kairangi tautara o te Health Research Council, e kimi ana tana rangahau kia hahu ake i te reo me te mātauranga i mua i te tāmitanga e pā ana ki ō ngā wāhine Māori tinana whakaputa uri. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki te whare tangata, tana hiranga ā-wairua, me tana ihotanga ki te mana o te wahine, me ngā ritenga me ngā tikanga e hāngai ana ki ngā tinana wāhine i te pāpori Māori tuku iho.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Dr Ngahuia Murphy's evidence (document A67)

E tuku ā-mariko ana a Dr Ngahuia Murphy i te taunakitanga


Ipu Tito-Absolum

I arotahi te taunakitanga o Ipu Tito-Absolum’s (Ngāpuhi) ki te mana wāhine e pā ana ki te pūnaha tukupū, ā, i kōrero anō i ngā kōrero mō tana tupuna, mō Maraea Te-Kuri-o-te-Wao Paehangi me ana uri.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Ipu Tito-Absolum's evidence (document A70)

E tuku ana a Ipu Tito-Absolum i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Heeni Hoterene

He kaiako, he kaimahi hoki e pā ana ki te maramataka a Heeni Hoterene (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Pare, Kohatutaka, Ngāpuhi). I whakaurua ki ana taunakitanga he kōrero mō te mana me te rangatiratanga i whakamahia e ngā tūpuna tokorua, ko Maikuku rāua ko Hineamaru, ā, i whakarato i te māramatanga ki ngā wāhine me te maramataka.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Heeni Hoterene's evidence (document A75)


E tuku ana a Heeni Hoterene i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Hilda Halkyard-Harawira

He kiritohe, he kaihōpara hoki mō te kura kaupapa a Hilda Halkyard-Harawira (Ngāti Haua ki Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua, Te Aupōuri me Te Moana Nui a Kiwa). I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki te mātauranga Māori, tae atu ki te kura kaupapa me te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori – otirā te tūnga o ngā wāhine i roto i ēnei kaupapa.


The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Hilda Halkyard-Harawira's evidence (document A79)

E tuku ana a Hilda Halkyard-Harawira i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Hana Maxwell

He kuia nō Ngāpuhi a Hana Maxwell i tuku taunakitanga mō ngā atua wāhine, te tikanga, me ētahi o ana tūpuna nō Ngātihau.

The Mana Wāhine (Maxwell) (Wai 2855) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Hana Maxwell's evidence (document A69)

E tuku ana a Hana Maxwell i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Rereata Makiha

He tohunga kōkōrangi, he mātanga rongonui hoki a Rereata Makiha (Te Māhurehure, Te Aupōuri, Te Arawa) mō te maramataka. I whakahuatia e tana taunakitanga ngā tūnga o ngā wāhine hei kaiwhakatere, hei kaipupuri o ngā mātauranga taketake mā te whare wānanga, ngā kaingaki māra i te ao Māori i mua i te tāmitanga.

Te Tai Tokerau Mana Wahine (Reid & Evans) (Wai 2260) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Rereata Makiha's evidence (document A71)

E tuku ana a Rereata Makiha i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Heeni Brown

I tuku a Heeni Brown (Te Rarawa) i ngā taunakitanga i kapi ai te whakapapa, ngā atua, te hangarite i waenga i ngā wāhine me ngā tāne, te tikanga, me te mātauranga.

The Mana Wahine (Allen) (Wai 3003) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Heeni Brown's evidence (document A73)

E tuku ana a Heeni Brown i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngārei


Rukuwai Allen

Ko Rukuwai Allen (Ngāti Hine) tētahi kaipāpāho, kaikōrero tōrangapū hoki. Ka tuku taunakitanga ia e matapaki ana i ngā kounga rerekē o ngā wāhine me ngā tāne.

The Mana Wahine (Allen) (Wai 3003) claim
Hearing three, Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whangārei, July 2021
Read Rukuwai Allen's evidence (document A74)

E tuku ana a Rukuwai Allen i te taunakitanga ki Terenga Parāoa Marae, Whāngāre



Nohoanga whā


Materoa Dodd

Ko Materoa Dodd (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi) he kaimahi whanaketanga ā-iwi, he tarahiti ā-hapū, ā-marae hoki, ā, he mema o te wānanga me hinonga Karauna. Ko tana taunakitanga e hāngai ana ki te mana, te mana whakahaere, me te tūnga taketake o ngā tīpuna tokorua nō Ngāti Awa, o Muriwai rāua ko Wairaka, i tae mai ki Aotearoa mā runga i te waka o Mātaatua.

Te Tai Tokerau Mana Wahine (Reid & Evans) (Wai 2260) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Materoa Dodd's evidence (document A98)

E tuku ana a Materoa Dodd i te taunakitanga ki Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne


Dayle Takitimu

Ko Dayle Takitimu (Te Whānau a Apanui) he rōia, he kairangahau, he kaituhi, he whaea anō hoki. Ko tana taunakitanga e hāngai ana kia whakahokia anōtia te tūnga o te mana wāhine i ngā wā i mua i te tāmitanga.

Te Tai Tokerau Mana Wahine (Reid & Evans) (Wai 2260) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Dayle Takitimu's evidence (document A96)

E tuku taunakitanga ana a Dayle Takitimu ki Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, e whakaahuatia ana me ngā mokopuna (taha matau)


Waitangi Black

I arotahi te taunakitanga a Waitangi Black (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau a Apanui) ki ngā āhuatanga me ngā ao o ana kuia nō Ngāti Awa, me tana whaea. I whakamārama ia he pēhea tā rātou whakaaweawe i ōna ake kaha, pono hoki.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Waitangi Black's evidence (document A101)

E tuku ana a Waitangi Black i te taunakitanga ki Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne


Te Rangitunoa Black

I roto i tana taunakitanga, ka kōrero a Te Rangitunoa Black (Ngai Tūhoe Pōtiki, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa, Raukawa, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Rongowhakaata) i ngā tūnga me te hiranga o ngā wāhine i roto i te ao Māori, i te ao wairua Māori, me tētahi tino arotahi ki a Hinepūkohurangi.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Te Rangitunoa Black's evidence (document A99)

E tuku taunakitanga ana a Te Rangitunoa Black ki Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, e whakaahuatia ana me Waitangi Black (taha mauī)


Ahorangi Rangi Mātāmua

Ko Ahorangi Rangi Mātāmua (Tūhoe) tētahi tohunga kōkōrangi Māori, he Ahorangi Mātauranga Māori ki Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, ā, i tohutohu i te kāwanatanga mō ngā mātauranga e pā ana ki Matariki. Ka mātai tana taunakitanga i ngā atua wahine huhua i whakatinanahia e ngā whetū i te rangi me tā rātou whakaaweawe ki ngā ao tūroa, pāpori hoki.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Professor Rangi Mātāmua's evidence (document A86)

E tuku taunakitanga ana a Ahorangi Rangi Mātāmua ki Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, e whakaahuatia ana me Mereana Pitman (taha mauī)


Dr Moana Jackson (Pānuitia te taunakitanga e Dr Ani Mikaere)

He rōia a Dr Moana Jackson (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Porou) tino matatau ki te ture o te turepapa, te Tiriti o Waitangi me ngā take Iwi Taketake ā-ao, ā, he kaitaunaki hoki mō ngā mōtika Māori. I tautuhi tana taunakitanga (i pānuitia e Ani Mikaere) i te huatau o te mana wāhine. I miramira ia ko te tūāpapa o ngā wāhanga katoa o te tikanga me te mātauranga Māori ko te ōritetanga me te taupuhipuhi o ngā wāhine me ngā tāne Māori.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Dr Moana Jackson's evidence (document A85)

E pānui ana a Dr Ani Mikaere i te taunakitanga o Moana Jackson ki Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne


Tina Ngata

Ko Tina Ngata (Ngāti Porou) tētahi kairangahau, kaiako, kaitaunaki hoki mō ngā mōtika ā-taiao, ā-iwi taketake, ā-tangata anō hoki. Ko ia te kaituhi a Kia Mau Resisting Colonial Fictions (2019). I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki te tūnga o te mana wāhine i roto i Ngāti Porou, otirā ki Matakaoa, me te tūnga hira a ngā wāhine Māori i mua i te tau 1840 pērā i te whakatinanatanga o te mātātuhi, te whaikōrero, me ngā toi o ngā tīpuna. Ka matapaki hoki ia i te pāpātanga o te whakapono o te whenua kite ki ngā wāhine iwi taketake. 

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Tina Ngata's evidence (document A88)

E tuku taunakitanga ana a Tina Ngata ki Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, e whakaahuatia ana me Mereana Pitman (taha mauī)


Timitepō Hohepa

Ka aro te taunakitanga o Timitepō Hohepa (Ngāti Pikiao) mō te mana wāhine ki ngā pūrākau me ngā kōrero a ngā tūpuna.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Timitepō Hohepa's evidence (document A90)

Kei te whakaahua a Timitepō Hohepa me Annette Sykes (taha matau) me ngā whānau.


Anna Kurei

Ka tuku taunakitanga a Anna Kurei (Ngāti Ira) mō ‘Te Tapu o Muriwai’, i tautuhi ia hei ‘tētahi waiata tino tawhito me te mātauranga tawhito ... mō te rohe moana o Te Whakatōhea’.

Ngāti Ira o Waiōweka Rohe (Wai 558) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Anna Kurei's evidence (document A100)

E tuku ā-mariko ana a Anna Kurei i te taunakitanga, kei rō whakaahua me Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves.


Melaina Huaki

He kaikirimana a Melaina Huaki (Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau a Ruataupare, Te Aitanga o Hauiti, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Tūwharetoa) e whakarato ana i te kaupapa ora mō te kotahitanga o Waikato me Te Manatu Hauora. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki a Whakaotirangi, te wahine matua o Hoturoa, kaihautū o te Waka o Tainui.

Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa (Wai 2807) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Melaina Huaki's evidence (document A89)

E tuku ā-mariko ana a Melaina Huaki i te taunakitanga, kei rō whakaahua me Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves.


Keita Hudson

He tarahiti a Keita Hudson (Whakatōhea) i runga i te Whakatōhea Pre-settlement Claims Trust me Ngā Tokorima a Hinemanuhiri Trust, ā, he hea hoki i i runga i te Tarahiti Ahu Whenua o tōna whānau. I matapaki tana taunakitanga i te whakaute me te hangarite taupuhipuhi i waenga i te wāhine me te tāne. Ka kōrero hoki ia ki te Taraipiunara mō tana kuia (e rima ngā whakatipuranga i mua) Erana Akeke, he rangatira nō Te Upokorehe, and me te hiranga o Rangipāroro rāua ko tana tama, Kahuki ki Te Whakatōhea.

Ngai Tamatea Hapu ki Waiotahe Lands (Wai 1511) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Keita Hudson's evidence (document A97)


Merepeka Raukawa-Tait

Kua mahi a Merepeka Raukawa-Tait (Te Arawa) i roto i ngā rāngai tūmataiti, tūmatanui, monihua-kore hoki. He maha ana tūnga hautūtanga tae atu ki te tumu whakarae o mua o te Women's Refuge. I āta kōrerotia i roto i tana taunakitanga te wāhi o ngā wāhine i te ao Māori mua i te tau 1840. Ahakoa he tūnga motuhake mō ngā wāhine, pērā i te karanga, ka kī ia ehara te ira i te āhuatanga whakatau mō ētahi atu tūnga, pērā i ngā tōrangapū me te pakanga. Ka kī hoki ia he irakore ngā tūkapi i roto i te reo Māori, e ai ki ōna whakaaro hei whakaatu i te ōritetanga i waenga i te wāhine me te tāne.

The Mana Wāhine (Raukawa-Tait) (Wai 3102) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Merepeka Raukawa-Tait's evidence (document A95)

E tuku ana a Merepeka Raukawa-Tait i te taunakitanga ki Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne


Whirimako Black

Ko Whirimako Black MNZM (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) tētahi kaiwaiata, kaiwhakaari anō hoki. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki ngā wāhine i roto i tana whakapapa, atua wāhine, te tikanga o te mana wāhine, me te hangarite i waenga i te wāhine me te tāne.

The Mana Wahine (Black) (Wai 2816) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Whirimako Black's evidence (document A84)

E tuku ana a Whirimako Black i te taunakitanga ki Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne


Tracy Hillier

I tāpae a Tracy Hillier (Ngāi Tamahaua) hei mema o te rōpū me ētahi atu mema o tana hapū Kayreen Tapuke (tana wahine), Raiha Ruwhiu, me Genevieve Ruwhiu-Pupuke. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki ngā tīpuna wāhine tokotoru: Ko Muriwai (he tipuna matua o Ngāi Tamahaua me Whakatōhea) rātou ko Ani Karere (he korara, he tipuna hoki o Ngāi Tamahaua), ko Te Ao Putaputa. I kapi i tana taunakitanga te hiranga o ngā tamariki me ngā whāngai, tae atu ki ngā tūnga wāhine i te hautūtanga, ohaoha, pakanga, me ngā ritenga whakamahu.

Ngai Tamahaua (Biddle) (Wai 1781) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Tracy Hillier's evidence (document A92)

Tracy Hillier, Kayreen Tapuke, Genevieve Ruwhiu-Pupuke, Raiha Ruwhiu


Kayreen Tapuke

Kua whai wheako a Kayreen Tapuke (Ngai Tamahaua, Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Te Ātiawa and Taranaki whānui) ki te whakaako, ā, e mema ia o Te Mana Motuhake o Ngāi Tamahaua Hapū me tētahi tarahiti o te Taratī o Ngāi Tamahaua. I tuku taunakitanga ia hei mema o te rōpū i te taha o tana wahine, a Tracy Hillier, tae atu ki a Raiha Ruwhiu rāua ko Genevieve Ruwhiu-Pupuke. Ka kapi i te taunakitanga o Tapuke ngā āhuatanga huhua o te ao Māori i mua i te tāmitanga, tae atu ki te hiranga o te hononga me te hangarite i waenga i ngā wāhine me ngā tāne; te tūnga o ngā wāhine hei kaikaranga; ngā atua wāhine me te mātauranga-ā-wāhine; ngā whanaungatanga tae atu ki ngā whanaungatanga taihema ōrite; te kore e whakaae ki te pāwhera; ngā urupare ki te huateatanga, te whakatahe, me ngā tamariki kāhore i te hiahiatia; me te tūnga ariki. Ka matapaki hoki ia i ngā wāhine whakaaweawe i tōna ao.

Ngai Tamahaua (Biddle) (Wai 1781) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Kayreen Tapuke's evidence (document A94)


Raiha Ruwhiu

Ka whakakapi te taunakitanga o Raiha Ruwhiu (Ngāi Tamahaua) i Te Kauae Runga, ngā paparanga o ngā wāhine me ngā tāne, ngā tikanga whakawhānau me te rerenga ikura, me te moko kauae. Ka matapaki hoki ia i tana tupuna whaea, i a Muriwai. Ka tāpae ia hei mema o te rōpū i te taha o ōna whanaunga nō Ngāi Tamahaua a Tracy Hillier rātou ko Kayreen Tapuke, ko Genevieve Ruwhiu-Pupuke (tana tamāhine).

Ngai Tamahaua (Biddle) (Wai 1781) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Raiha Ruwhiu's evidence (document A93)


Genevieve Ruwhiu-Pupuke

Kei roto i te taunakitanga o Genevieve Ruwhiu-Pupuke (Ngai Tamahaua me Whakatōhea) ko Muriwai me tana whakapapa, te tūnga wāhine i ngā wā i mua i te tāmitanga tae atu ki ngā tūnga hautūtanga, me ngā kōrero o ōna wāhine tūpuna tokowhā. Ka tāpae ia hei mema o te rōpū i te taha o ōna whanaunga nō Ngāi Tamahaua Tracy Hillier rātou ko Kayreen Tapuke, ko Raiha Ruwhiu (tana whaea).

Ngai Tamahaua (Biddle) (Wai 1781) claim
Hearing four, Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2022
Read Genevieve Ruwhiu-Pupuke's evidence (document A102)

Kei mua: Tracy Hillier, Kayreen Tapuke, Genevieve Ruwhiu-Pupuke, Raiha Ruwhiu



Nohoanga tuarima


Katarina Jean Te Huia

He tapuhi whakawhānau, he nēhi Māori hoki Katarina Jean Te Huia (Ngāti Te Whatuiapiti, Ngāti Kahungunu). I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki Hawaiki me te whakaingoatanga o Aotearoa, tae atu ki ngā tūnga hautūtanga wāhine Māori. I tautuhi ia i ngā tini pāpātanga o te tāmitanga ki ngā wāhine.

The Māori Mothers (Wai 2823) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Katarina Jean Te Huia's evidence (document A115)


Michelle Marino

I matapaki a Michelle Marino (Ngāti Tama, Ngā Rauru) i ngā wāhine i roto i tana whakapapa, tae atu ki ngā whakataukī e whakaatu ana i te mana wāhine; te tikanga o te mahinga kai; te whakawhānau me te rerenga ikura; matakite; me te tapa i ngā tāngata me ngā wāhine.

Kaiwharawhara and Hutt Valley Lands (Wai 377) claim
The Mana Wāhine (Marino and others) (Wai 2847) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Michelle Marino's evidence (document A111)

E tuku ana a Michelle Marin i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Patricia Henare

Ka tuku taunakitanga a Patricia Henare (Ngāti Uenuku) mō ngā atua whaea; ngā tūnga o ngā wāhine me ngā tāne e heke mai ai i te tikanga; te tikanga o te mana wāhine me ngā tauira o ngā wāhine rangatira Māori; te hononga o ngā wāhine ki Papatūānuku; me ngā pūkenga e tāpae ana rātou ki ō rātou iwi.

Makotuku Block IV (Wai 836) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Patricia Henare's evidence (document A104)

E tuku ana a Patricia Henare (kei waenga) i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Hinemoa Ranginui-Mansell

He ringatoi pūkenga rau a Hinemoa Ranginui-Mansell (Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi me Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hinemanu, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Ātiawa – Taranaki Whānui, me Ngāti Mutunga ki Wharekauri/Taranaki, Te Roroa, Ngāti Apa Ki Te Rā Tō me Ngāi Tahu). I miramira tana taunakitanga i ētahi wāhine rongonui, ā, i matapaki i ō rātou tūnga – tae atu ki ngā kaipupuri mātauranga, kaihautū ā-wairua, kaipupuri whenua, kaihautū tauā hoki. I tautuhi hoki ia ko te kaiwaitohu tiriti, a 'Rere-ō-maki' hei Rāwinia Rereō-Maki, he wāhine rangatira nō Whanganui.

Te Wai Nui a Rua (Ranginui and Ranginui-Tamakehu (Wai 2157) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Hinemoa Ranginui-Mansell's evidence (document A129)



Elaine Bevan, Heeni Wilson, and Nganeko Wilson

I tuku a Elaine Bevan rātou ko Jane Wilson, ko Nganeko Wilson (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa) i te kōrero taunaki ngātahi mō ā rāua wāhine rangatira tupuna tokorua: Ko Waitohi (i whānau mai i te mutunga o ngā 1700) rāua ko tana tāmahine a Te Rangitopeora (i whānau i te tīmatanga o ngā 1800). Ka kōrero hoki rāua mō te teitei o te tūnga o ngā wāhine i taua wā.

The Mana Wahine (Durie) (Wai 2925) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Elaine Bevan, Heeni Wilson, and Nganeko Wilson's evidence (document A119)

E tuku ana a Heeni Wilson i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Mereti Taipana

Ka tuku taunakitanga a Mereti Taipana (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Rangatahi, Kāti Māmoe, Ngāti Kauwhata) mō ana tūpuna wāhine rangatira tokorua: Wharekiri (i whānau mai e tata ana ki te tau 1828) rāua ko Mihi-ki-Tūrangi Matawha (I whānau i te tau 1836), e matapaki ana mō te panoni o te tūnga o ngā wāhine i tēnei wā.

The Mana Wahine (Durie) (Wai 2925) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Mereti Taipana's evidence (document A130)

E tuku ā-mariko ana a Mereti Taipana i te taunakitanga, kei rō whakaahua me Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves.


Dennis Ngawhare Pounamu

Ka tuku a Dennis Ngawhare Pounamu (Taranaki) i te taunakitanga me ana tuhinga whakapae Paerua, Kairangi hoki, me ngā mātauranga ā-iwi i akona i roto i te rohe o Taranaki. I miramira ia i ngā kuia tūpuna tokowhā ki te whakaahua i te mana o te wāhine me ngā rangatira wāhine: paeārahi Rauhoto Tapairu, te tohunga Rahiri-mihia, te kuia Ueroa, me te kaihautū Raumahora.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Dennis Ngawhare Pounamu's evidence (document A117)

E tuku ana a Dennis Ngawhare Pounamu i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Aroaro Tamati

Ka whakapau kaha ia i roto i te hapori Māori o Taranaki, ko Aroaro Tamati (Taranaki) te Tumukāuru (Kaiwhakahaere) me tētahi mema tuatahi o te whānau o Te Kōpae Piripono, he puna reo i Ngā Motu. I miramira ia he pēhea ngā tūpuna wāhine tokotoru – Ueroa rātou ko Rākeitākiha ko Rauhoto Tapairu –i te mana o ngā wāhine i ngā wā i mua i te tāmitanga. I urupare hoki tana taunakitanga i te pāpātanga o te tāmitanga ki te mana wāhine, me te arotahi tauwhāiti ki Parihaka.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Aroaro Tamati's evidence (document A131)

E tuku taunakitanga ana a Aroaro Tamati ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, kei rō whakaahua me Dennis Ngawhare Pounamu (taha mauī)


Ngaropi Cameron

Ko Ngaropi Cameron (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Maru, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira me Ngāti Kahungunu) he mema nō te tīmatanga, he kaiwhakahaere onāianei, me te kaitiro rangahau mō Tū Tama Wāhine o Taranaki, me te wheako whānui i roto i ngā ratonga hauora, pāpori hoki. Kia whakaatu i te mana wahine, i āta kōrero tana taunakitanga mō ana tūpuna, mo Rauhoto Tapairu, Hinetuhi, Rahiri Mihia, Te Ao Marama, me Kahe Te Rau o Te Rangi. Ka matapaki hoki ia i ngā whakatōhenehene i te mana wāhine nā te tāmitanga, me tana mahi onāianei e pā ana ki te tāpae anō me te whakamātūtū i te mana wāhine.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Ngaropi Cameron's evidence (document A113)

E tuku ana a Ngaropi Cameron i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Ripeka Hudson

I tuku a Ripeka Hudson (Ngāruahinerangi) i te taunakitanga i tango mai i ngā kōrerorero me ngā whānau me ngā tātai whakapapa ki Ngāruahinerangi. I kōrero ana taunakitanga i ngā mahi a ngā atua whaea me ngā wāhine hei puhi, hei kaiwhakatere, hei kaihī ika hoki. Ka tuku hoki ia i te taunakitanga mō Ruapūtahanga, he tupuna kuia i ngākaunuitia ana e Taranaki, tae atu ki te matapaki i ngā pāpātanga o te tāmitanga – tae atu ki te muru o Parihaka.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Ripeka Hudson's evidence (document A128)

E tuku ana a Ripeka Hudson i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Keri Opai

Ko Keri Opai (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Ruanui, Waiohua, Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Porou) he mātanga wetereo, he kaiako, he kaituhi, ā, ko te pou tikanga me te hoa tumu whakarae tuarua o Tui Ora, he kaiwhakarato ratonga hauora kaupapa Māori i Taranaki. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki te āhua e taunaki ai te reo irakore i te reo Māori i te mana o te wāhine i te pāpori Māori i mua i te tāmitanga.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Keri Opai's evidence (document A118)

E tuku ā-mariko ana a Keri Opai i te taunakitanga, kei rō whakaahua me Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves.


Hera Black-Te Rangi rāua ko Mareta Taute

I tāpae ngātahi a Hera Black-Te Rangi rāua ko Mareta Taute (Tūhoe) i te taunakitanga hei whaea me te tamāhine. I arotahi ā rāua taunakitanga ki te whakatipuranga, me te akoranga ā-kura a Herea, me ngā tikanga o te mana wāhine i roto o Tūhoe, e miramira ana i ngā atua me ētahi kuia.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Hera Black-Te Rangi and Mareta Taute's evidence (document A116)

Ko Mareta Taute (taha mauī) rāua ko Hera Black (taha matau) e tuku ana i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Dr Hiria Hape

He mātanga karanga a Dr Hiria Hape (Tūhoe, Whakatōhea), ā, i tuku taunakitanga ia mō te whakaaweawe o ngā wāhine i te whakapapa o Tūhoe, tae atu ki Hinepūkohurangi.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Dr Hiria Hape's evidence (document A114)

E tuku ana a Dr Hiria Hape i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Arapeta Wikitō Pōmare Hamilton

Ka tuku a Arapeta Wikitō Pōmare Hamilton (Ngāti Manu, Te Uri Karaka and Te Uri o Raewera), he kaumātua nō Ngāti Manu, i te taunakitanga mō ngā wāhine hira i roto i tana whakapapa. I miramira ia i te ōritetanga o ngā wāhine me ngā tāne i te hiki i te whakapapa.

Tai Tokerau Land (Wai 354) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Arapeta Wikitō Pōmare Hamilton's evidence (document A123)


Marareia Hamilton

Ka mahi a Marareia Hamilton (Ngāti Manu, Nga Whānau o Waitangi Horotutu me Taputaputa o Pahi, Ngāti Kawa, Ngāti Rāhiri, me Ngare Raumati) i te whanaketanga ohaoha Māori, ā, ka whakaako ki Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau. I matapaki tana taunakitanga i te mana me te rangatiratanga o ngā wāhine i ngā takiwā tae atu ki te whakawhitinga o te mātauranga, te whare tangata, te wairuatanga, te hononga ki te whenua (mā te puritanga whenua anō hoki), te rakahinonga, me te manawaroa.

Tai Tokerau Land (Wai 354) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Marareia Hamilton's evidence (document A121)

Ko Marareira Hamilton (taha mauī) rāua ko Arapeta Hamilton (taha matau)


Esme Sherwin

He tarahiti a Esme Sherwin (Ngāpuhi, Nga Whānau o Waitangi Horotutu me Taputaputa o Pahi, Ngāti Kawa, Ngāti Rāhiri, me Ngare Raumati) i runga i Te Tii Waitangi Marae, ā, he wheako āna i roto i te whanaketanga taiwhenua toitū me te ahumāra. Ka kōrero ana taunakitanga mō ētahi o ngā wāhine whakaaweawe i tōna ao, ā, he pēhea te whakaahua i ngā kaupapa pērā i te kaitiakitanga me te karakia, ngā hononga rautaki, te hoatanga, te whāngai, te whakawhānau, te manatika, me te hangarite i roto i te ao Māori, tae atu ki ngā tūnga o ngā wāhine hei kaipupuri mātauranga, kaiako, kaiwhawhai hoki.

Emma Gibbs & Whanau (Bay of Islands) (Wai 1477) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Esme Sherwin's evidence (document A110)


Heeni Collins

He kaituhi, he kairangahau a Heeni Collins (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Huia, Ngāti Kikopiri, Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Wehi Wehi), ā, kua kopoua ki ētahi poari ā-hapori, tarahiti hoki. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki a Whakaotirangi, he wahine rangatira, he tohunga hoki. I matapaki hoki ia i te mārena, te whakapapa, me te hangarite i waenga i ngā wāhine me ngā tāne otirā e pā ana ki a Io me ngā atua. I tāpae ngātahi ia me Stephanie Turner.

The Ngati Raukawa Ancestral Lands, Resources & Other property (Porter) (Wai 2419) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Heeni Collins's evidence (document A108)

E tuku ana a Hēni Collins (taha matau) i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Stephanie Turner

Ko Stephanie Turner (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Huia o Rangiuru, Ngāti Kikopiri) te kaiwhakahaere o Māori health outcomes (Ahuahu Kanuku) ki Te Tāhū Hauora, te Health Quality and Safety Commission. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki ngā āhua i whakaatu ai ngā tūpuna whaea  i ō rātou mana i te ao o ia rā, e whakatauiratia ana e tōna ake tupuna whaea, e Te Ākau, he wahine rangatira. I tāpae ia i te taha o Heeni Collins.

The Ngati Raukawa Ancestral Lands, Resources & Other property (Porter) (Wai 2419) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Stephanie Turner's evidence (document A109)

E tuku ana a Stephanie Turner i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Te Atawhai Te Rangi

I tāpae Te Atawhai Te Rangi (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) i ngā taunakitanga i whai mōhio ki tana tuhinga whakapae Paerua me te wheako ā-ao o te whakarekereke ā-kāinga i roto i te ahurea kēnge hei tūāpapa. I arotahi ia ki te tūnga o ngā wāhine i roto i te pāpori Māori tuku iho me te hangarite i waenga i ngā wāhine me ngā tāne.

The Mana Wāhine (Women in gangs) (Wai 2874) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022
Read Te Atawhai Te Rangi's evidence (document A120)

E tuku ana a Te Atawhai Te Rangi i te taunakitanga ki Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt


Kararaina Te ira, Maria Rahui, and Pania Taylor

Mother and daughter Maria Rahui and Kararaina Te Ira gave confidential evidence to the Tribunal alongside Pania Taylor on behalf of Nga Hapu o Kereru.

Nga Hapu o Kereru (Wai 1944) claim
Hearing five, Waiwhetū Marae, Lower Hutt, August 2022


Nohoanga tuaono


Ahorangi Angela Wanhalla

He tumu kōrero a Ahorangi Angela Wanhalla (Ngāi Tahu) ki Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou. He mātanga ki te hītori Māori, ā-Aotearoa, ā-wāhine hoki, otirā ngā pāpātanga o te tāmitanga ki ngā wāhine, ngā whānau me ngā hapori Māori. Kua whakaputa whānuitia hoki e ia mō te patu tohorā takutai i roto i ngā 1830, e arotahi ana ki te mārena i waenga i ngāi Māori me te Pākehā me te tāpaetanga o ngā wāhine Māori ki te ahumahi mā ngā haumi mārena tae atu ki ō rātou mātanga, mātauranga ahurea hoki. I whakaatu ia i te mana, te hautūtanga me te mana whakahaere i roto i te ao ā-tōrangapū, ā-hapori hoki i mua i te tau 1840 mā te aro atu ki tana rangahau kōrero kura wānanga.

Ngai Tamatea Hapu ki Waiotahe Lands (Wai 1511) claim
The Mana Wahine (Ormsby and Kurarangi) (Wai 3011) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Professor Angela Wanhalla's evidence (document A82)

E tuku ā-mariko ana a Ahorangi Angela Wanhalla i te taunakitanga, kei rō whakaahua me Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves.


Tiaho Mary Pillot

I tāpae a Tiaho Mary Pillot (Ngāti Hotu) i te taunakitanga e arotahi ana ki ngā wāhine hira o Ngāti Hotu, tae atu ki a Tiahuia Ruby Te Ahuru (tana kuia) rātou ko Hinekapa (he rangatira nō Ngāti Hotu), ko Hinemihi (he wahine rangatira), ko Rangikowaea Te Wharerangi (he rangatira, he tohunga/ matakite me tana kuia - tekau whakatipuranga i mua), Te Maari II (he tohunga, matakite matatau). Ka kapi hoki te hononga ā-wairua wāhine hei kaitiaki o ngā maunga, ngā awa, ngā awa iti ā-rohe, tae atu ki tō rātou tūnga ki te hopu tītī me te whakataka kai mō Te Wharerangi. Ka kī ia me pānui i tana taunakitanga me te taunakitanga i tāpaetia e tana tuakana/teina Maata Merle Ormsby (nee Patena) me tana irāmutu Daniel Ormsby.

Tongariro Power Development Scheme Lands (Wai 1196) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Tiaho Mary Pillot's evidence (document A91)


Merle Maata Ormsby rāua ko Daniel Whetu Ormsby

I tāpae ngātahi a Merle Maata Ormsby rāua ko Daniel Whetu Ormsby (Ngāti Hikairo) i ā rātou taunakitanga. Ka kapi i a rāua te tūnga o te kaitiaki me ngā wāhine rangatira tae atu ki a Parerohi Sullivan (he rangatira nō Ngāti Hikairo) rātou ko Kiekie (tamāhine a Pareohi), ko Rangikowaea (he kaihautū hira), ko Te Maari II (tamāhine a Rangikowaea), ko Hinemihi (he wahine rangatira nui), ko Tarihira (tamāhine a Captain Biggs).

Tongariro Power Development Scheme Lands (Wai 1196) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Merle Maata Ormsby and Daniel Whetu Ormsby's evidence (document A133)


Puti Corbett

He mātanga whakarekereke ā-whānau, taitōkai hoki a Puti Corbett. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki tana tupuna whaea taonga, a Te Auparo, ki ōna whakaaro e whakaatu ana kāhore i whakaaetia te whakarekereke ā-kāinga i te ao Māori. Ka miramira hoki a Corbett i ngā wheako o tana kuia, o Puti Noema Rewiri Ahitapu, ki te whakaatu he pēhea te wāhine e pupuri ai i te whenua i ngā tikanga o Ngāpuhi.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Puti Corbett's evidence (document A83)


Jane Ruka

Kei roto i ngā taunakitanga o Jane Ruka (Waitaha) he kōrero mana wāhine o te Waitaha Grandmother Council. I kapi i a ia ngā atua whaea me ngā tūpuna whaea, ā, i tautuhi i ngā wheako ā-ao o tana whaea me tana kuia.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Jane Ruka's evidence (document A135)

E tuku ana a Jane Ruka i te taunakitanga ki Ngā Hau E Whā, Ōtautahi


Aroha Rickus

Nā Aroha Rickus (Waitaha) i tīmata te Irichhouse Te Pātaka, ā, ko ia tētahi i tīmata i Te Reo Pūrākau o te Oriori. I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki ngā tūnga me te mana o ngā tūpuna wāhine, ngā atua wāhine, te reo rangatira me te tikanga.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Aroha Rickus's evidence (document A140)

Ko Aroha Rickus (taha mauī) ki Ngā Hau E Whā, Ōtautahi


Elle Archer

He kaiwhakahaere ngaio a Elle Archer (Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou, me Ngāpuhi) he mātanga mana urungi, me te ākonga PhD ki Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. I tuku taunakitanga ia mō te Waitaha Grandmother Council e pā ana ki ngā wāhine rangatiratanga i mua i te tāmitanga.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Elle Archer's evidence

Elle Archer giving evidence at Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch


Ema Weepu

He kaimahi rongoā a Ema Weepu (Waitaha, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe), kua mahi hei kiritohe Māori i tōna ao katoa tae atu ki te taunaki mō ngā matatika o tana hapū o Waitaha. I tuku taunakitanga ia mō ngā kōrero tuku iho o Waitaha.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Ema Weepu's evidence (document A136)

E tāpae ana a Ema Weepu (taha matau) i te taunakitanga ki Ngā Hau E Whā, Ōtautahi, i te taha o ngā whānau


Mere Skerrett

Kua whai wheako a Ahorangi tuarua Mere Skerrett (Waitaha) hei kaiako, hei kairangahau i roto i te akoranga kōhungahunga, kura tuatahi hoki me te arotahi ki te Kōhanga Reo me te reo ruatanga Māori/Ingarihi. I whakakapi tana taunakitanga i tana whakapapa, ā, ka kōrero mō te hangarite i waenga i te wahine me te tāne; te rangatiratanga wahine i runga i te whenua, whakapapa/whānau, whai rawa me te mātauranga; me te whakatipu tamariki.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Mere Skerrett's evidence (document A137)


Ngaronoa Kimura

He kaiakoako rakatete a Ngaronoa Kimura (Waitaha) e mahi ana i te nuinga o te wā me ngā māmā Māori, nō te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa hoki. Ko te kaupapa o tana taunakitanga ko ngā atua whāea, te whare tangata, ngā tikanga whakawhānau, te rerenga ikura, me te whangote.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Ngaronoa Kimura's evidence (document A139)


Paihere Clarke

E mahi ana a Paihere Clarke (Waitaha) me ngā tari kāwanatanga huhua e mahi ana ki te whakahoki anō i ngāi Māori me te hunga nō Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te mātauranga me te whai mahi. Ka matapaki ia i ngā atua whaea, te hangarite i waenga i te wāhine me te tāne, ngā rangatira wāhine i runga i te whenua, te whakapapa, te whai rawa, me te mātauranga, te hiranga o te whenua me te whare tangata, me te whāngai.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Paihere Clarke's evidence (document A141)

Ko Paihere Clarke (kākahu whero) me ngā rōia Gretta Hansen rātou ko Janet Mason (taha mauī) ko Jane Ruka (taha matau)


Sharon Barber

I tuku taunakitanga a Sharon (Iri) Barber (Waitaha) hei tautoko i te kerēme o te Waitaha Grandmother Council. Ka kōrero ia ki te Taraipiunara mō ana tipuna wāhine rangatira tae atu ki a Papakura, Moroiti, Nihorere, me Hinetaumai.

Waitaha (Te Korako and Harawira) (Wai 1940) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Sharon Barber's evidence (document A138)


Naomi Simmonds

He kaituhi me te kairangahau ki Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi a Dr Naomi Simmonds  I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki a Māhinaarangi me tana haerenga, i a ia e tino hapū ana, mai i ngā whenua o tōna iwi i Kahungunu ki ērā o tana tāne, a Tūrongo, ki Rangiātea, he haerenga i whāia anōtia e Dr Simmons hei wāhanga o te Marsden Grant Research Project. Ka kī a Dr Simmons nā tana rangahau i whai mārama ia ki te hononga i waenga i te whenua me te mana wahine, ngā ara e whakatinanahia ai ngā mātauranga me ngā tikanga whaea Māori ki te whenua me te reo, te pāpātanga o te tāmitanga ki te whaeatanga Māori, otirā ki ngā uri whakaheke o Māhinaarangi, me ngā wero me ngā kōwhiringa mō ngā wāhine i roto i whakahokinga mai o ngā mātauranga tūāpapa wāhi.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Naomi Simmonds's evidence (document A134)

Ko Naomi Simmonds me tana tamāhine, me ana whanaunga a K'lee rāua ko Tyra Begbie


Dr Byron Rangiwai

He wheako kura wānanga tō Dr Byron Rangiwai (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Whare) i roto i te whanaketanga Māori, mātai iwi taketake, pakihi matihiko, hoahoa hoki. I arotahi te taunakitanga o Dr Rangiwai ki te irarere, te kanorautanga me te hōkakatanga i te ao Māori i mua i te tāmitanga, tae atu ki ngā pūtake me te tikanga o te kupu takatāpui.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Dr Byron Rangiwai's evidence (document A146)

E tuku ā-mariko ana a Dr Byron Rangiwai i te taunakitanga, kei rō whakaahua me Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves.


Hira Huata

He kaiako, he kaikōrero mō tana iwi, hapū, marae hoki, he kaipeita, he kairaranga o te taniko, tukutuku, me ngā kakahu a Hira Huata (Ngāti Kahungunu). E hāngai ana tana taunakitanga ki te wairuatanga me te mātai tuarangi Māori.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Hira Huata's evidence (document A149)

E tuku ana a Hira Huata i te taunakitanga ki Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch


Christine Harvey rāua ko Rangi Kipa

He tohunga moko kauae a Christine Harvey (Rekohu, Ngāti Mutunga) rāua ko Rangi Kipa (Te Āti Awa, Taranaki), ā, ka tuku taunakitanga mō te tikanga i roto i ngā horopaki tuku iho, onāianei hoki.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Christine Harvey and Rangi Kipa's evidence (document A147)

E tuku ana a Christine Harvey i te taunakitanga ki Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch


E tuku ā-mariko ana a Rangi Kipa i te taunakitanga, kei rō whakaahua me Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves.


Te Rua Wallace

Ka tuku taunakitanga a Te Rua Wallace (Te Arawa, Tūwharetoa,Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) e hāngai ana ki a Hineahuone, Hinetītama, me Hinenuitepō.

The Mana Wāhine (Pihama and others) (Wai 2872) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Te Rua Wallace's evidence (document A151)

E tuku ana a Te Rua Wallace i te taunakitanga ki Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch


Dallas King

He māngai o Hokianga hapū a Dallas King (Te Hikutū) I arotahi tana taunakitanga ki ngā wāhine i tōna ao, tae atu ki ngā atua me ngā tūpuna whaea i ngā hītori o Te Hikutū.

Whirinaki Lands and Waters (Hokianga) (Wai 700) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Dallas King's evidence (document A150(a))

E tuku ana a Dallas King i te taunakitanga ki Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch


Nora Rameka

He kaitohutohu mātauranga a Nora Rameka MNZM (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rehia) I tiro tana taunakitanga i ngā kōrero tuku iho me ngā pūrākau o ngā tūpuna me ngā kaihautū wāhine o Ngāti Rēhia.

The Mana Wahine (Allen) (Wai 3003) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Nora Rameka's evidence (document A152)

E tuku ana a Nora Rameka i te taunakitanga ki Ngā Hau E Whā, Ōtautahi


Dr Kirsten Gabel

Dr Kirsten Gabel (Ngāti Tara) is an independent researcher, based in Hamilton. She gave evidence about Mania, the tupuna wahine who, she said 'much of our mana wāhine and tikanga wāhine as Ngāti Tara women can be sourced'.

Ngāti Tara (Gabel) (Wai 1886) claim
Hearing six, Ngā Hau E Whā, Christchurch, September 2022
Read Dr Kirsten Gabel's evidence (document A153(a))