Te ara Tika
Te Ara Tika is the working group that focuses on all matters to do with redress. It is inclusive of hapū kaikōrero, marae kaimahi, claimants and is a collective group of willing uri who are doing the mahi.
Purpose of Group
To develop a work plan which will deliver a Ngāti Hine Mandate. It will reflect Ngāti Hine’s assertion of its tino rangatiratanga during redress negotiations, relating to the breaches of Te Tiriti ō Waitangi by the Crown.
In our own time
Nga Hapu o Ngāti Hine maintain that we will not be rushed and will move forward in seeking a mandate to negotiate Te Tiriti Redress according to our own tikanga and how our people, hapu, claimants, marae see fit.
GOALS OF TE ARA KŌPUNI
To connect through whakawhanaungatanga.
To gather Ngāti Hine aspirations on the proposed deed of mandate.
To understand the next steps moving forward
Te Ara Kōpuni o Ngāti Hine is a name gifted by Waihoroi Shortland (Chair, Te Maara a Hineāmaru) for the Roadshow undertaken from Sept to Nov 2019 to kōrero with Ngā Uri o Hineāmaru.
Key Assumptions
Tino Rangatiratanga and “NO Full & Final Settlement” are NOT negotiable; Ngāti Hine did not cede sovereignty
After several hui and wānanga held in 2017 on Ngāti Hine marae, followed in 2019, by a haerenga that traversed the motu and parts of Australia.
The Ngāti Hine position then and today around a mandate, remains the same:
Ngāti Hine seeks its own mandate to negotiate redress specific to ngā hapū o Ngāti Hine.
Ngāti Hine and its hapū will maintain ongoing connections with neighbouring hapū and wider Ngāpuhi nui tonu for our shared interests and other negotiations.
We have concluded that in February 1840 the rangatira who signed te Tiriti did not cede their sovereignty. That is, they did not cede their authority to make and enforce law over their people or their territories. Rather, they agreed to share power and authority with the Governor. They agreed to a relationship: one in which they and Hobson were to be equal – equal while having different roles and different spheres of influence. In essence, rangatira retained their authority over their hapu and territories, while Hobson was given authority to control Pakeha. Waitangi Tribunal (2014) He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti The Declaration and the Treaty: The report on stage 1 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki inquiry, 2014, p.xxii.
The Tribunal made a number of recommendations to support the Crown and Te Raki Māori in future Treaty settlement negotiations. It recommended that the Crown acknowledge the Treaty agreement it entered into with Te Raki rangatira in 1840 and that it apologise for its Treaty breaches. It also recommended the Crown return all Crown-owned land in the district to Te Raki Māori; provide economic compensation; and enter into discussions with Te Raki Māori to determine appropriate constitutional processes and institutions at the national, iwi, and hapū levels to recognise, respect, and give effect to their Treaty rights Waitangi Tribunal. (2022). Website
News. Tribunal releases report on Te Paparahi o Te Raki inquiry.
Following the mandate kaupapa Ngāti Hine will
seek redress from the Crown
for breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We will update this website as we progress different kaupapa.
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