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Te Upokorehe kaumatua Wallace Aramoana says his iwi will continue its attempt to push back against what his tribe claims is a boundary encroachment by Tuhoe. In a sternly-worded press release yesterday, Te Upokorehe Treaty Claims Trust said significant prejudice to Upokorehe was highlighted in comments made by Tuhoe Te Uru Taumatua chairman Tamati Kruger following an Upokorehe protest at Maraetotara, Ohope, on Easter...

A tribe in the Ohope area of Bay of Plenty wants a freeze put on the Tuhoe Treaty settlement legislation. Treaty settlement agreement between the Crown and Tuhoe. Photo: RNZ Te Upokorehe is part of the Tuhoe agreement with the Crown but doesn't want to be, arguing that its territory should not be part of the arrangement. It has taken the matter to the High Court and wants the Parliamentary process stopped until a judge...

A Bay of Plenty tribe has lost another round in its fight against the Tuhoe Treaty settlement. Te Upokorehe says its territory has been wrongly included in the Crown's agreement with the larger iwi and it objects to being identified as a beneficiary of the Tuhoe settlement. But the Maori affairs select committee has rejected a plea to step in and stop the Tuhoe legislation. It says members of Te Upokorehe who are affiliated to Tuhoe...

With State Highway 38 being identified as one of new council chief executive Fegus Power's top priorities, district councillors last week discussed the current state of the highway and plans to get it...

A Ruatoki family has been left shaken after the armed offenders squad woke them in the dead of the night, ordered them outside and held them at gunpoint. While they found nothing, the family say no explanation or apology was given by the police.  The incident has re-traumatised the small Ruatoki community who are not only still grappling with the 2007 terror raids but also another AOS raid in 2012.  Read the original Native...

Healing our dark heart

13 April 2014

A historical and unique Treaty settlement with Ngai Tuhoe has laid out the blueprint for the iwi to take self-autonomy of its land and...