Oct 03 _Newsletter - Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

The latest Government proposals to rid themselves ofthe Foreshore and Seabed issue is clearly another attemptto crush any treaty rights that Ngäti Kahungunu have everpossessed. Grant Powell, treaty claims lawyer, has been traipsingup and down the rohe over the past two months outlining all of the featuresof Ngäti Kahungunu land loss over the last 200 years. We have beengiven a black-tragi-comic-scenario on how Ngäti Kahungunu have beendispossessed by sheer Government determination, using legislativemeans and in cases of illegal land transactions having these legitimizedthrough acts of Parliament. From an iwi estate of some six million acres,Ngäti Kahungunu now only possesses tens of thousands of acres.The latest proposal by Government on Foreshore and Seabed sees thelast vestiges of Kahungunu customary rights and land tenure trampledin the push to pacify the pakeha majority in this country. Scare tacticshave been used such as Maori forbidding any non-Maori access to theforeshore and seabed to swim, fish or hold a barbeque. This is blatantrubbish.On the 7th of September a Kahungunu hui was held at Matahiwi Maraeto provide a strategic direction for Kahungunu to pursue and uphold atthe Crown hui that followed on Friday 12th September. Presenting at thathui were Moana Jackson, Grant Powell and Mereana Pitman. It wasagreed that every hapu should present on their own behalf preceded bythe iwi overview.More than 250 people attended the Crown hui at Omahu including localwhanau and hapu from Mahia through to Wairarapa. Among theGovernment MPs who attended were Deputy Prime Minister and FinanceMinister Michael Cullen, Tukituki MP Rick Barker, Minister of Maori AffairsParekura Horomia and Dover Samuels. They were welcomed througha wave of several tino rangatiratanga flags and unwelcome commentsfrom protestors.42 submitters from 36 hapu and whanau and six community groups weretabled and presented to the Crown, many of whom were rushed throughbecause of the limited timeframe the Crown had scheduled for the meeting.Unfortunately not all submitters were given time to present, leaving thethought that the Crown really didn’t come to listen at all.“Kahungunu clearly indicated to the Crown that their proposal isunacceptable”The following list shows submissions that were received by the Crown,indicating the submitter and the whanau/hapu or organisation they represented.Name of submitterMoana JacksonHana CotterMinnie WestruppDigger KarauriaWaipa Te RitoReimana JohnsonBill HodgesMyra McDermottTe Reina TaitBevan TaylorHeitia HihaTe Maari JoeRere PunaChristine TearikiJoanne WhaangaWero KarenaDavid TamatiDennis ThompsonKereni BartlettRobert ClarkMike KaukauJenny MaugerWhanau/Hapu/OrganisationrepresentingNgäti Kahungunu IwiHe Kuia o NgätiKahungunu IwiRongomaiwahineWairoa TaiwhenuaNgai Tu/HikairoMakoroPahauweraWaiapapa a Iwi,MohakaTe Whanau Pani,Ngäti Hinekura, NgaRauru o Nga PotikiTangoioPetane, Whaakari,Matepu, TangaroaHinepare, MaahuNgai Te RurukuHinemanuRamekaUpokoiriPoporoPaki Paki,PapatuamaroMihiroaHuhutiTe WhatuiapitiHawea, HoriName of submitterBill Akonga,Koro Te WhaitiPare MorrellHaami HiltonIsabel RenataTip TutakiLinnette RautahiMatai BroughtonSam MorrisMihi NamanaHeather MarunuiNiniwa MunroeMereana PitmanUrakiterangi,WaimaramaTe Whanau o MaataHeeniTe Hauke,RangikoianakeWhanau o PukehouPorangahau, NgätiKere, PirereTamaki Nui A RuaPapaumaTumapuhiarangiHurunui o RangiPapawaiKohunuiNgäti Hine kiWhakakiGrant Powell Treaty claimants –KahungunuBrown Kamau Maatua WhangaiMo Ropitini Wairoa DistrictCouncil MaoriStanding CommitteeHoromai Maihi Te Aranga MaraeAtareta Poananga WhanauMurray Chittenden Maori IncorporatedNgahiwi TomoanaWhanau/Hapu/OrganisationrepresentingNgäti Kahungunu IwiIncorporated