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December 1865

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December 1867

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December 1872

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December 1895

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December 1916

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December 1921

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December 1954

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September 1958

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December 1962

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April 1971

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March 1987

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Tūhoe in 1850

1 Dec 1850

Who are Tūhoe? What is a Tūhoe? You tell me! Where were Tūhoe back then? How did they acquire the whenua and the mana over it? Before the Crown began confiscating land, te rohe pōtae o Tūhoe / Te...
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1865 - 1867 War and Confiscation

1 Dec 1865

WAR AND CONFISCATION: EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY 1865 - 1867 Was Tūhoe land confiscated because they fought at Waikato in 1864? No – The Crown confiscated land at Waikato, Taranaki, and Tauranga after the war of...
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1867-1871 Scorched Earth and Te Kooti

1 Dec 1867

SCORCHED EARTH AND THE PURSUIT OF TE KOOTI, 1867–1871 Why did the Crown invade Te Urewera again and again from 1869 to 1871? Crown forces (most of which were Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, and Whanganui...
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1872-1875 Confiscation at Waikaremoana

1 Dec 1872

How was the southern Waikaremoana land confiscated? The Crown’s 1867 agreement with Ngāti Kahungunu kāwanatanga failed to lead to the confiscation of the southern Waikaremoana land from Tūhoe, because the...
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1872-1895 TE WHITU TEKAU

15 Dec 1872

What happened to Tūhoe between the 1871 peace compact and the Urewera District Native Reserve compact in 1895? Tūhoe tried to uphold the peace compact, but the Crown gave it little thought and did not leave us to...
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1895-1921 Urewera District Native Reserve

1 Dec 1895

Urewera District Native Reserve, 1895-1921 Why was the Urewera District Native Reserve (UDNR ) established? The foundation for the UDNR was laid when Premier Seddon (‘King Dick’) and Native Minister James...
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1916 Invasion of Maunapōhatu

1 Dec 1916

Invasion of Maunapōhatu, 1916 Why did the Crown invade Maunapōhatu in 1916? Armed police invaded Maunapōhatu in April 1916 to arrest Rua Kēnana on liquor licensing charges and a charge of having resisted arrest...
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1921 - 1927 Urewera Consolidation Scheme

1 Dec 1921

Urewera Consolidation Scheme, 1921–1927 What was Urewera Consolidation Scheme? Consolidation schemes were a Crown solution to titles that were turned into a mess because of its policies. Consolidation schemes...
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1921–1971 Waikaremoana

10 Dec 1921

Waikaremoana, 1921–1971 What happened to the Waikaremoana block in the Urewera Consolidation Scheme? Not one share in the Waikaremoana block was sold to the Crown before the Consolidation Scheme started in...
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1954 & 1957 Urewera National Park

1 Dec 1954

Urewera National Park, 1954 & 1957 How did the Crown get the land for the Urewera National Park? The Crown was awarded the Urewera A block (482,000 acres) at the end of the Urewera Consolidation Scheme. The...
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1958 Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board

25 Sep 1958

1958 Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board What was the Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board? The Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board, the Trust Board became Tūhoe’s first Iwi Authority....
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1962 Tūhoe Tribal Authorities

14 Dec 1962

1962 Tūhoe Tribal Authorities What are the Tūhoe Tribal Authorities? Established over 50 years ago, Tūhoe Tribals were created to represent the collective forum of marae and hapū within their area.  A...
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1971 Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe

9 Apr 1971

Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe What is Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe? Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe is the cultural and sporting event on the Tūhoe calendar.  Tūhoe from near and far immerse themselves in their Tūhoetana. ...
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1987 Treaty of Waitangi Claim

31 Mar 1987

Tūhoe and the Treaty of Waitangi Tribunal Tūhoe made its first claim to the Waitangi Tribunal on the 31st March 1987 under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. This was the WAI 36 Claim by James Wharehuia Milroy, Tamaroa...
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Tūhoe and the Treaty of Waitangi Tribunal

Tūhoe made its first claim to the Waitangi Tribunal on the 31st March 1987 under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. This was the WAI 36 Claim by James Wharehuia Milroy, Tamaroa Raymond Nikora, and the former Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board. Claims to the Waitangi Tribunal are complaints that the Crown has breached the Treaty of Waitangi by particular actions, inactions, laws, or policies. By these actions Māori have suffered harmful effects as a result.

So what is WAI 894?

WAI 894 is the Combined Record of Inquiry for the Urewera District Inquiry.  All claims made to the Waitangi Tribunal relating to Te Urewera were grouped into one area.  Some 40 claims fall under Wai 894 including Iwi bordering Te Urewera such as Nāti Kahununu, Nāti Awa, Nāti Manawa, Whakatōhea and others. 

Our Tūhoe issues included:

  • Eastern Bay of Plenty Raupatu.
  • The Maunapōhatu invasion
  • Waikaremoana
  • Urewera District Native Reserve Act
  • Urewera Consolidation Scheme
  • Urewera National Park

The former Tūhoe WaikaremoanaTrust Board as a separate claimant raised issues regarding the Native Land Court, rates, native timber, rivers and waterways, Ōhiwa, and environmental impacts.

Nā Rauru o Nā Pōtiki (Nā Rauru), a collective of all hapū of Te Urewera, also lodged claims for Crown breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.  The establishment of Nā Rauru represented a true return to hapū mana in opposition to the former Trust Board who did not represent all Tūhoe hapū. In addition to the issues above, the claims of Nā Rauru included the social impact, economic deprivation, urbanisation, colonisation, the loss of traditional methods, tikana, kawa and te reo ō Tūhoe.

The Urewera Tribunal was appointed in early 2002 and 11 hearings were held across the rohe between November 2003 and April 2005.  Closing submissions were presented in June 2005 at Rūātoki. The first of four reports were released by the Waitangi Tribunal in April 2009 and the final part released on 20 December 2012.

There are now six parts of the Te Urewera report published by the Waitangi Tribunal, these are a series of pre- in broad explanations of the historical claims of the people of Te Urewera.

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