Miscellaneous

2024 AGM & Trustee Elections

The interim trustees of the Hei o Wharekaho Settlement Trust are pleased to announce the inaugural Annual General Meeting to be held at Ko Te Ra Mātiti, 14B Wharekaho Rd, [...]

Media release: Request for continued support of tipa rāhui and closure

Media release Friday 17th May 2024 – for immediate release Call for Submissions Supporting Ngāti Hei’s Request for Extension of Temporary Closure of Eastern Coromandel Tipa/Scallop Fishery Ngāti Hei ki [...]

Ahuahu Caulerpa response update

Over the past three days, the team has been at work, diving to collect data and specimens. The data collected will provide valuable insights into the extent of the infestation [...]

Parliament

Ngāti Hei Settlement Bill gets its second reading

The Ngāti Hei Settlement Bill received its second reading in parliament on the evening of the 9th of April. The Hon. Paul Goldsmith, Minister of Treaty Claims introduced the Bill. [...]

Ngāti Hei request enforcement of rāhui on tipa

Today Ngāti Hei have requested a formal temporary closure (S186A under the Fisheries Act 1996) of the tipa/scallop fisheries in line with the rāhui placed in December 2020.

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Joe Davis made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Well-known Wharekaho resident and Ngāti Hei kaumātua, Joe Davis, has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List released on Monday [...]

Tuia 250 Pōwhiri

Tuia 250 – Te Pōwhiri

Today a Pōwhiri took place at Wharekaho to commemorate the first amicable encounter between Māori and Pākeha 250 years ago. Over 2,000 people joined a hīkoi down Wharekaho beach and [...]

Whenuakite Occupation

Ngāti Hei protests the sale of Whenuakite

Ngāti Hei, Mana Whenua along with Hauraki representatives, re-occupied the Whenuakite Station to prevent the sale by Landcorp of this piece of land identified as part of the iwi’s Treaty [...]