Declaration

HE HAKAPUTANGA TĒNEI O TE MANA WHENUA ME TE MANA MOANA
DECLARATION OF MANA MOANA MANA WHENUA

Kia Hiwa Ra! Kia Hiwa Ra!
Ko te mana, ko te tapu, ko te ihi o ngā hapū katoa o Ngāti Kahu i pouātia rawatia mai i a
Ranginui i runga nei, ki a Papatuānuku e takoto nei; mai Te Whatu ki Maunga Tohoraha; whiti
atu ki Hukatere kei Te Oneroa-ā-Tōhē; ki Te Make, ā, ka puta atu mā ēnei moana e hora nei ki
Hawaiiki Nui. Mai te taha moana ki te tua whenua, ka haere mai ki Ngākahu, ki Ōkakewai, tae
noa atu ki runga o Maunga Taniwha. Ko ēnei ngā pou whenua o ngā roherohenga katoa o ngā
hapū katoa o Ngāti Kahu. Kei te pupuritia, kei te hakapūmautia nei te mana whenua me te mana
moana e ngā uri hakatupu.
[Nā Te Rūnanga-ā-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu i hakaetia kia tukuna tēnei Hakaputanga]

Translation

The hapū of Ngāti Kahu declare that our mana whenua and mana moana encompasses from Te
Whatu, te Maunga Tohora, Hukatere and Te Make and the seas from these boundaries to
Hawaiikinui and inland to Ngākahu, Ōkakewai, to Maunga Taniwha and in this whole area that
the hapū of Ngāti Kahu hold mana whenua which includes absolute ownership.
[Authorised through Te Rūnanga-ā-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu]

Please note

The hapū of Ngāti Kahu have never ceded their rangatiratanga and mana whenua, which
includes their sovereignty, over their lands, seas, fisheries and other estates in the rohe.
Neither the Crown nor any Council or any other entity has authority to issue any licenses
for mining, aquaculture, or any other activities whatsoever in the territories of Ngāti Kahu
without the express consent of the hapū. Any legislation, policy, by-law or rule purporting
to do so is null and void in Ngāti Kahu’s territories. Please be advised that anyone seeking
to action such a consent or permit provided by the Crown or a Council will be dealt with
directly by the hapū.

Contact:

Te Rūnanga-a-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu
09 4083013
office@ngatikahu.iwi.nz

THIS PUBLIC NOTICE WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED 02 MAY 2012; RE-ISSUED: 11 AUGUST
2013; 11 AUGUST 2014; 25 FEBRUARY 2016; 16 MARCH 2017; 03 FEBRUARY 2018; 05
FEBRUARY 2019; 11 FEBRUARY 2020, 28 FEBRUARY 2021, 30 JULY 2022; 29 OCTOBER 2024

Addendum

Ko te mana Motuhake o ngā hapū o Te Paatu ki Pamāpuria, Ngāi Tohianga, Tahaawai-ki-
Kaitāia me Ngākohu, ko rātou e pupuri ana i te mana whenua o te rohe o Kaitāia.
We reaffirm that the hapū who hold and exercise mana whenua over Kaitāia are Te Paatu
ki Pamāpuria, Ngāi Tohianga, Tahaawai-ki-Kaitāia and Ngākohu.
[29 OCTOBER 2024]