In 1988 the Whanganui River Maori Trust Board was constituted under the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955. The beneficiaries of the Board are the descendants and Hapu of Tama Upoko, Hinengakau and Tupoho.
In addition to the functions conferred on the Board by section 24 of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955, the Board shall from time to time negotiate with the Government, or any other body or authority concerned, for the settlement of all outstanding claims relating to the customary rights and usages of Te Iwi O Whanganui, or any particular Hapu, Whanau, or group, in respect of the Whanganui River, including the bed of the river, its minerals, its water, and its fish.
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The Waikato-Tainui website has been designed to give tribal members an opportunity to learn about and engage with the work of the tribe's administration authority, the Waikato Raupatu Trustee Company Ltd.rnrnAll peoples - national and international visitors, are invited to share in Waikato-Tainui culture, our distinct history, and realise our vision to grow a properous, healthy, vibrant, innovative and culturally strong iwi (tribe).
Tuhono is an advocate for and contributes to a network of Maori individuals, iwi and other entities who wish to engage with each other in fostering our identity, wellbeing and potential, primarily through the following objectives.
Te Mana Motuhake ō Tūhoe “Tūhoe nation describes the culture, language and identity of a people who still have a memory, through oral tradition, of pre-european Tūhoetanga and remember that free men don’t volunteer to be slaves"
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An entity called Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa was registered in 1986 to be the mandated iwi authority for the tribes of Turanganui a Kiwa. The Runanga was charged with supporting the iwi, hapu and whanau of Turanganui a Kiwa toward "tino rangatiratanga".
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The objects for which the Runanga was established are to conserve, promote, advance, and assist Toa Rangatiratanga within the area bounded by the southern mouth of the Rangitikei river to the Arahura river on the west coast of the South Island and across to Kaikoura on the East Coast and indeed in any place or places Ngati Toa people are resident.
