Mana Ngāti Whātua

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About
About
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua (the Rūnanga) is the sole representative body and authorised voice to deal with issues affecting the whole of Ngāti Whātua. This authority was given by the tribe at a hui-a-iwi held at the Otamatea marae on Saturday 20th February 1993. Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua was constituted by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Act 1988 and is a Maori Trust Board under the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955.
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Heru Hāpai
Heru Hāpai
The ‘Heru” Tohu and Brand The phrases ‘Ngāti Whātua Heru Hapai’ and ‘Heru Hapāinga’ are ancient terms unique to Ngāti Whātua history and reflect a recognized style of leadership particular to Ngāti Whātua. "As a brand, the Heru symbolizes the uplifted symbol of Ngāti Whātua tribal authority and esteem or mana".
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Te Rohe o Ngāti Whātua: Our tribal Area
Te Rohe o Ngāti Whātua: Our tribal Area
Te rohe o Ngāti Whātua ( tribal area) Ngāti Whātua is a confederation of hapū interconnected by both tātai and association over time. Te rohe o Ngāti Whātua is traditionally expressed as: Tāmaki ki Maunganui I te Tai Hauauru and Tāmaki ki Manaia I te Rawhiti. The northern boundary is expressed as: Manaia titiro ki Whatitiri, Whatitiri titiro ki Tutamoe, Tutamoe titiro ki Maunganui. The southern boundary is expressed as: Te awa o Tāmaki.
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Claims
Claims
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua has a mandate from Ngāti Whātua iwi whanui throughout the country, to negotiate with the Crown on their behalf for the comprehensive settlement of all of the remaining historical claims of Ngāti Whātua (that is, the iwi claim and the outstanding hapu claims). The Rūnanga has established a Negotiating Body to undertake negotiations with the Crown. The Negotiating Body includes five elected Takiwa representatives and Rūnanga appointees. The representatives were appointed as the result of an official ballot held at hui in each of the five takiwa.
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Marae (by Takiwa) and Hapū
Marae / Hapū
Hapū Nga Oho Ngai Tahuhu
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Mua
Mua is a cultural heritage strategy which has been designed to rediscover, recover and protect the cultural heritage information that is unique to Ngāti Whātua.
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Current Trustees
Te Rūnanga o Ngati Whatua has 11 representatives of each constituent marae/hapu. The elected members appointed for a three year term that commenced on February 1 2009 are:
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First Principles
Mana Ngati Whatua, Manaakitanga & Kaitiakitanga - three sacred obligations put forth to serve Te Rūnanga o Ngati Whatua.
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Kauhanganui
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Registration
There is currently a total of 10,333 people registered as beneficiaries on the Ngāti Whātua roll.
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Reo
Reo is a language revitalisation strategy which has been designed to start a process which will rediscover, recover and protect te reo as a spoken language.
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Toi
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