Northern Hawke s Bay iwi fight for lost rights
22 Feb, 2021 03:41 AM
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Lady Tureiti Moxon (nee Hawkins, of Mohaka) at the High Court hearing in Napier on Friday. Photo / Supplied
Lady Tureiti Moxon (nee Hawkins, of Mohaka) at the High Court hearing in Napier on Friday. Photo / Supplied
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A Northern Hawke s Bay iwi s 30 years of modern-day battles to protect the coastal and marine resources of its areas has unfolded in an air of disbelief in a High Court hearing now in its third week in Napier.
The hearing is based on an application by Mohaka and Raupunga-based Ngati Pahauwera for recognition of customary right under the Marine and Coastal Area Act, and is before Justice Peter Churchman and is being held in the Napier War Memorial Conference Centre. It relates to the area off the coast between Poututu Stream and the Esk River.
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Rangatiratanga has a wide number of meanings, covering everything from leadership to authority to autonomy. Ngāti Kahungunu chairman Ngahiwi Tomoana said it would be a consolidated claim, but with Ngāti Kahungunu s own “individual takes on it”. He said the iwi had seen traditional waterways and water bodies in its rohe degraded over time through government inaction, along with overallocation, and lack of environmental protections, including the 2016 Havelock North gastro outbreak. “These issues can be addressed only through direct engagement between the Crown and the iwi whose freshwater are most affected by years of neglect,” Tomoana said.
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Ngati Kahungunu chairman Ngahiwi Tomoana says the river, the waters and the springs don t belong to the iwi, they belong to the hapū.
Ngāti Kahungunu joins Ngāi Tahu s claim for shared control of freshwater with the Crown
3 Feb, 2021 09:05 PM
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Ngāti Kahungunu want shared control and management of the Mohaka River and other regional freshwater bodies. Photo / Paul Taylor
Hawkes Bay Today
Ngāti Kahungunu has joined Ngāi Tahu in court action seeking to share control and management of freshwater with the Crown.
The iwi are working together to have Ngāti Kahungunu s rangatiratanga over freshwater recognised, including at the Mohaka River in Hawke s Bay.
Rangatiratanga over water means the local iwi has rights, responsibilities and obligations relating to the freshwater in its takiwā, including doing what it can to stop the degradation of waterways and the environment.