Great to see Whitianga community members, iwi leaders, scientists, experts in mātauranga Māori, rangatahi, MP Scott Simpson, MPI, divers and business people all turn out for Te Wero Nui- the […]
Ngāti Hei, in collaboration with LegaSea, presented their plan to restore the Tipa / Scallop population on Eastern Coromandel today to the Hauraki Gulf Forum (HGF), the statutory co-governance entity […]
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.
Opito Bay locals have joined forces with Ngāti Hei to put a voluntary rāhui in place, banning scallop harvesting over summer. The rāhui was put in place by kaumātua Joe […]
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 […]
Today, the Crown recognised the mandate of the Ngāti Hei negotiators to negotiate a comprehensive settlement of the historical Te Tiriti o Waitangi claims of Ngāti Hei with the Crown.
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 […]
