Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki is a Māori tribe that is based in the area around Clevedon, part of the Auckland region (Tāmaki in the Māori language). It is one of the twelve members of the Hauraki Collective of tribes.[1]
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| Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom | |
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The founding ancestors of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki came to New Zealand in the Tainui migration canoe and left it when it was dragged across Te Tō Waka, the portage from the Tāmaki River to the Manukau Harbour.[2] Their descendants occupied parts of the Hauraki Gulf, including east Auckland as far inland as Ōtara, and Maungarei, as well as Clevedon, Maraetai and Howick. Te Irirangi Drive, a major highway in Manukau City, is named after one of their rangatira (chiefs), Tara Te Irirangi.
Ngāi Tai has a marae at Umupuia Beach, between Maraetai and Clevedon.[3][4] They also use the Ngāti Tamaoho marae at Karaka.[5]
In 2015 the Crown settled with Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki over historic grievances, including both financial and cultural compensation.[6] In 2021, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki paid $97 million to the Crown to purchase the land Macleans College sits on in Bucklands Beach.[7] The sale took place on 30 March 2021, in accordance with the 2015 deed of settlement previously signed with the Crown.
In 2018, the iwi won a case in the Supreme Court, allowing them to apply to the Department of Conservation for exclusive rights to run commercial operations on Motutapu and Rangitoto islands. The court decision was based on giving effect to principles within the Treaty of Waitangi and recognition that although the islands are administered by the Department of Conservation, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki has traditional ownership (mana whenua).[8] This decision had implications for the Department of Conservation management plans for the conservation estate, including the National Parks, and led to a pause in the review of the management plans for Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park.[9][10]
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edit- ^ "About". Hauraki Collective. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ Taonui, Rāwiri (22 March 2017). "Tāmaki tribes - The tribes of Tāmaki". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Umupuia". Māori Maps. Te Potiki National Trust. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki". Te Kāhui Māngai. Te Puni Kōkiri. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "About us". Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Tribal Trust. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Crown signs $12.7m treaty settlement with Ngai Tai ki Tamaki". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax NZ. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Record deal: Iwi buys land under top Auckland school for $97m". NZ Herald. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Neilson, Michael (14 December 2018). "Auckland iwi wins court case over Rangitoto rights stoush". NZ Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "DOC delays review of national parks after talks with iwi". RNZ. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Littlewood, Matthew (5 February 2019). "Supreme Court ruling pauses Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park management plan". Stuff. Retrieved 24 March 2024.