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Six billion dollars. That's the scale of assets controlled by iwi which have signed settlements with the Crown. That figure could double in a decade or so, believes one expert who has studied the scope and management of iwi assets. Phil Barry, a director of corporate finance and economic consultants TDB Advisory in Wellington, sees a big rise in the Maori economy, to the point where the post-settlement iwi will have assets worth...

After visiting the iconic Te Wharehou o Tūhoe building in Tāneatua, 13-year-old Haeora Boynton-Rata, made a firm promise to become an architect. It's news that reached the Jasmax team, designers behind the one-of-a-kind building, and today Haeora's family found themselves spending the day with their architects.   Haeora Boynton-Rata spends much of his time drawing, and four years ago as a nine-year-old, he figured out a...

Te Urewera tramp cut short

18 January 2017

Hours into a six-day tramp in Te Urewera, an experienced tramper became injured and needed rescuing. Jost Siegfried 69, and Jaden Kaemfe, 14, planned to tramp from Maungapohatu to the Waimana River over six-days, beginning on...

The family of a Japanese tourist who died in a hut blaze in the former Te Urewera National Park has been able to find closure to his death after visiting the site where he died.    Katsuya Tsuchida and his fishing guide, New Zealand resident Toshiya Babe, died when the Department of Conservation hut they were sleeping in burnt down in December 2007.   An investigation by Police and the Fire Service found the...

Rescuers say two trampers did everything right after one was injured and the pair were forced to spend a night in the Urewera ranges.   The trampers - a 69-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy - released a distress beacon at 4.30pm yesterday after the man dislocated his shoulder.   A senior search and rescue officer at the Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Geoff Lunt, said the man, an experienced tramper, had registered his...

Six weeks out from the Te Matatini frestival in Hastings, former champions Te Waka Huia are paying homage to the tribal connections of their beloved teacher Dr Ngāpō Wehi. They were welcomed alongside Te Manu Huia onto Ngāhina Marae in Ruatoki to acknowledge the legacy of long time tutor, the late Dr Ngāpō Wehi, QSM.   The Wehi family continues to feel the loss of their father, renowned exponent of Māori culture and arts...