NGĀ RONGO KŌRERO

Ko te Pūrongo Whakataunga Take o te Tai Rāwhiti te putanga o te nohoanga Rōpu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi i tū ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara i waenga i te 14 me te 16 o Tīhema 2009 ki te whakamanatanga o te mana kōwhiri o Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou (TRONP) kia whakawhiti kōrero me te whakatau i ngā kereme Tiriti o Waitangi katoa o Ngāti Porou.

I te rā nei i tukuna e te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi tana pūrongo mō ngā kerēme Waitangi o ngā iwi me ngā hapū o te rohe Wairarapa ki Tararua, e toro atu ki te taha rāwhiti o te Ika-a-Māui, mai i te Mātakitaki-a-Kupe ki te tonga o Heretaunga.

On 9 April 2009, the Waitangi Tribunal released part I of its report into the Treaty claims of the iwi and hapu of Te Urewera district. The report is being released in parts at the request of the Crown and claimants, to assist them in settlement negotiations.

The Waitangi Tribunal today released its report on an urgent claim, Wai 1298, filed in September by Harold Maniapoto and Tui Adams on behalf of the Aotearoa Institute Te Kuratini o Nga Waka Trust Board, the parent body of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWOA). The claim alleged that the Crown had breached its Treaty of Waitangi obligations to the wānanga by undermining its rangatiratanga and effectively taking control of the institution. The inquiry into the claim was held at Te Rapa Racecourse in Hamilton earlier this month.