They had a son Tama-pahure, and other children of promise. The marriage complied fully with Maori custom. He first married Taka-wai, a chieftainess of the closely related sub-tribe of Ngai-Tahuhu. The affairs of Hua-rangi, son of Huatau brought about complications which make the theme of this story. The two pa were collectively known as Nga Matukurua by the Ngai-Huatau branch of the Wai-o-Hua-people. Matuku-tureia, by his vigilance, saved his pa and people. Matukutururu was so nicknamed because in time of expected was he had gone eel fishing and fallen asleep, to be captured, with his people by the enemy. We’re not going to lie down,” Roebeck says.Around the name of Matukurua centre the historic memories of two fortified hills at Manurewa which were known as Matuku Tureia, the vigilant bittern and Matuku Tururu, the bittern standing at ease, names which commemorate two chiefs who commanded the forts. “What we’re saying to the Crown is that you rated the problem and the hapū of Kauahi are going to stand and fight. The Crown doesn’t have any determination over that except that the Crown has, once the voting is completed, to decide whether or not it recognises the result as a legitimate result representing all Ngāti Paoa,” Minister Little says.īut the Kauahi hapū believe it is the Crown's responsibility. That ratification procedure is entirely for Ngāti Paoa. “The settlement trust and Ngāti Paoa, another entity, are both conducting a ratification procedure. The Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Andrew Little, admits there are flaws in the process of treaty claims. ![]() “As far as we're concerned, the negotiators went outside their brief and the Crown went outside its brief in allowing that to be put back into the settlement.” For two years, she says the Ngāti Paoa Trust Board has been in discussions with the Crown about removing that from the settlement because the iwi already owns it. Roebeck says the Waiheke Station is a trust of its own, but the sole trustee of that trust is the Ngāti Paoa Trust Board on behalf of the iwi. ![]() The Waiheke Station Farm is one of many elements in the settlement that the hapū disagrees with. “Why should Kauahi have special votes when they're the tuakana line? Why should we have a special vote? Who does the Crown think they are?,” Roebeck says. The Crown has told the hapū that members who have not received voting packs can instead cast a special vote. ![]() “The reason why we're standing here today is that the Crown has put our hapū, the tuakana line, the direct descendant and jeopardised and we say no we've had enough,” Roebeck told Te Ao Māori News.ĭue to an issue within the ratification processes, the majority of Kauahi hapū are not receiving voting packs, says Roebeck. Members say the current process is not allowing all Kauahi hapū members to vote, and since the hapū is the tuakana line of Ngāti Paoa they deserve more of a say.ĭanella Roebeck, of Kauahi and Ngāti Paoa, took part in the protest in which members walked from Karangahape Road to Aotea Square in central Auckland on Saturday. Members of a Kauahi hapū of Ngāti Paoa are protesting against the Crown, calling for a change in the iwi's ratification processes relating to the Ngāti Paoa Deed of Settlement.
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