Ngāi Tahu trace their traditional descent from Tahupōtiki, the younger brother of Porou Ariki, founding ancestor of Ngāti Porou, a tribe of the East Coast of the North Island.They originated on the east coast of the North Island, from where they migrated south to present-day Wellington.Late in the 17th century they began migrating to the northern part of the South Island. Georgia Weaver looks at the history of the Southland Times and the challenge from mana whenua. -- "Te Maire Tau writes: 'I first came across the Carrington typescript in 1987 when, as an under-graduate, I was researching our tribe's history in the Alexander Turnbull Library. Ngāi Tahu Holdings reported a net loss in 2020 of $27.5 million as the COVID crisis hit businesses like tourism and seafood. Rakiihia Tau, on behalf of the Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board, filed the Ngāi Tahu claim with the Waitangi Tribunal in 1986. Ngāi Tahu : a migration history : the Carrington text. On one occasion Ngāi Tahu nearly captured Te Rauparaha himself in a surprise attack from behind a hill at Kāpara-te-hau (Lake Grassmere). This confirmed Ngāi Tahu's ownership of pounamu, granted certain rights to sites of significance and allowed them some role in managing conservation estate resources within their boundaries. The rangatira Matiaha Tiramorehu complained that lands or reserves that the tribe wished to keep had been included in the purchased area. Te Maire Tau, 'Ngāi Tahu', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ngai-tahu (accessed 13 December 2020), Story by Te Maire Tau, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2017. Get this from a library! Ngāi Tahu Holdings The history of Ngāi Tahu tribal investment . In accordance with the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act, the Crown formally apologised, returned the tribal maunga Aoraki, and provided both cultural and economic redress to … Ngāi Tahu Historiography Ngāi Tahu Historiography Wanhalla, Angela 2007-05-01 00:00:00 Ngāi Tahu, the predominant Māori tribe of the South Island, are, historically, one of the most studied, researched and investigated of New Zealand's twenty‐six tribal groups. In accordance with the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act, the Crown formally apologised, returned the tribal maunga Aoraki, and provided both cultural and economic redress to … Ngāi Tahu : a migration history : the Carrington text. Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand, with its tribal authority, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (sometimes known as TRoNT), based in Christchurch and Invercargill.The iwi combines three groups, Kāi Tahu itself, and Waitaha and Kāti Mamoe who lived in the South Island prior to the arrival of Kāi Tāhu. That means the rūnanga has almost $7 million less to spend this year on social programmes and other services. They signed a Deed of Settlement that provided compensation valued at $170 million. Ngāi Tahu were forced into being a people almost devoid of land, dOver seven generations, Ngāi Tahu carried its quest for justice, led and inspired by the tribal philosophy of Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri, ā muri ake nei – for us and our children after us. This amounted to a fraction of one penny an acre. The Crown also expressed its 'profound regret' and apologised 'unreservedly' for the suffering and hardship it had caused by not honouring its Treaty obligations. Finding that 'the Crown acted unconscionably and in repeated breach of the Treaty of Waitangi' in its land dealings with the tribe, it recommended substantial compensation. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, fifty biographies bring Ngāi Tahu history into the present. By the 1840s when land purchases began, Ngāi Tahu were weakened by population loss and warfare with Te Rauparaha and his allies from the north. Ngāi Tahu do not care to celebrate them but they do represent the beliefs of that time and the community should own their past." Official purchase agents even reported that they 'got the land [Ngāi Tahu's reserves] reduced as much as possible'. This completed almost 150 years of the tribe's struggle to have the Crown honour its obligations under the This completed almost 150 years of the tribe's struggle … The Ngāi Tahu Property development in Rolleston is an opportunity to further acknowledge the rangatiratanga and claim of Tawhiri Henare Pereita to the area. Eventually, Ngāi Tahu leaders used much of the money to pursue wider claims under the Treaty of Waitangi. Ngāi Tahu sold most of their land to the British Crown between 1844 and 1863. The history of Māori grievance over Crown breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi dates back to the 1840s. Ngāi Tahu means “people of Tahu” and all Ngāi Tahu whānui can trace their ancestry back to this man, the tribe’s founder Tahu Pōtiki. In 1986 the iwi lodged a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal. The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 eventually provided 50 acres a person to be awarded to landless Ngāi Tahu. Ngāi Tahu came originally from Poverty Bay in the North Island. Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of the South Island.Its takiwā (tribal area) is the largest in New Zealand, and extends from the White Bluffs / Te Parinui o Whiti (southeast of Blenheim), Mount Mahanga and Kahurangi Point in the north to Stewart Island in the south. Ngāi Tahu; Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Ngai Tāmanuhiri Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki Ngāi Tūhoe NgāiTakoto Ngāruahine Ngāti Apa (North Island) Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Awa Ngāti Awa Ancillaries Ngāti Hako Ngāti Hāua Ngāti Hauā Ngāti Hei Ngāti Hinerangi Ngāti Hineuru One of Paikea’s descendants was Tahupōtiki, from whom Ngāi Tahu take their name. It annotates, extends and puts into context a 1930s history written by a Pākehā journalist, Hugh Carrington, who himself drew on the knowledge of Ngāi Tahu elders and scholars. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is putting its people back on … Their claim was finally settled in the 1990s. However, Ngāi Tahu did not lose their territory. The three main streams of descent which flow together to make up Ngāi Tahu are (in historical order) Waitaha, Mamoe and Tahu. Ngāi Tahu trace their tribal identity back to Paikea, who lived in the Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki. The scholarship is designed to encourage more people to consider the tourism industry as an exciting and worthwhile career option. Protecting Ngāi Tahu History. Trade with European whalers and sealers from the early 1800s brought diseases from which the tribe had no immunity, intermarriage and knowledge of European ways. We have 31 biographies, 9 articles, related to The Treaty in practice. Their lands cover much of Te Wai Pounamu – the South Island – and are New Zealand’s largest single tribal territory. The annual payment seemed to be the maximum amount possible for the times. Its tourism business has been hard-hit … In 1844 the New Zealand Company bought the Otakou block, now estimated at 534,000 acres (2160 sq km). This was known as Te Wai Pounamu, the greenstone waters – named after the beautiful and valuable stone found on the West Coast. Whai Rawa is the Ngāi Tahu savings programme that helps create a better future for Ngāi Tahu whānau through greater wealth and wellbeing. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions. They were complicated by another Ngāi Tahu claim to commercial fisheries. A bit of history According to the Statement of Claim Ngāi Tahu has exercised the rights, responsibilities and obligations of rangatiratanga in the area from before 1840 to the present day. [A H Carrington; Te Maire Tau; Atholl Anderson; Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.] The Native Land Court judge and commissioner, Alexander Mackay, reported in 1887, and again in 1891, that what Ngāi Tahu needed most was enough land to support themselves. The Ngaitahu Claim Settlement Act 1944 provided for annual payments of £10,000 for 30 years to the Ngaitahu Trust Board. In the 1820s and 1830s the powerful chief Te Rauparaha led the North Island tribe Ngāti Toarangatira in attacks on Ngāi Tahu. Ngāi Tahu share this ancestor with the Ngāti Porou people. In 1921 the Native Land Claims Commission recommended that Ngāi Tahu receive £354,000 compensation. Page 7 - The Ngāi Tahu claimNgāi Tahu signed a Deed of Settlement with the Crown in 1998. 27 Nov 2020 Oha Honey to focus on sustainable growth. Migrations, wars and marriage alliances established Ngāi Tahu as tangata whenua over much of Te Wai Pounamu (the South Island) by the mid-1700s. As history shows, the Crown did not honour its side of the bargain. -- "Te Maire Tau writes: 'I first came across the Carrington typescript in 1987 when, as an under-graduate, I was researching our tribe's history in the Alexander Turnbull Library. In 1998, after nearly 150 years, Ngāi Tahu completed their efforts to have the Crown address their grievances. This proved  unsatisfactory because the lands were often so remote and rugged as to be virtually useless, and Ngāi Tahu could not participate in the farming industry that was now the mainstay of the South Island economy. Ngāi Tahu are the indigenous people of Te Waipounamu, the South Island of New Zealand. In addition, Ngāi Tahu's sacred maunga (mountain), Aoraki/Mount Cook, was to be symbolically returned to the tribe and later gifted back to the nation. Waitaha believed the landmarks surrounding them were their ancestors, and that the winds were related to each other like members of a family. The 1848 kaumatua or Blue Book is a list of Ngāi Tahu who participated in the 1848 Ngāi Tahu census that is used to identify people who are eligible to register and identify as Ngāi Tahu. Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei. From the East Coast, Ngāi Tahu migrated south, first to Wellington, then across Cook Strait to the South Island. They studied and adopted the traditions and history of Waitaha, whose ancestor Rākaihautū is said to have carved out the South Island’s lakes and mountains with his digging stick. Everyone in the village was aware that to use it would cause offence. Ngāi Tahu are a resilient, entrepreneurial people who made our home in Te Waipounamu (South Island) over 800 years ago. The rangatira Matiaha Tiramorehu complained that lands or reserves that the tribe wished to keep had been included in the purchased area. He was also a key informant to Pākehā ethnographers as they were recording histories from Kaiapoi Māori for some of the first published texts on Te Waipounamu Māori history. Ngāi Tahu origins lie in Hawaiki, which is considered by Māori to be their homeland in the Pacific. Manuhaea was a kāinga nohoanga (seasonal settlement) located on the eastern side of “The Neck” at Lake Hāwea that was renowned for a small lagoon where tuna (eels) were gathered. Get this from a library! Early history. Commercial re-use may be allowed on request. © Crown Copyright. Armed with muskets, they were seeking revenge for tribal insults and killings. Ngāi Tahu received £2400 and less than 10,000 acres (40 sq km) for their own occupation. It was eventually settled during the broader negotiations that led to the establishment of the Maori Fisheries Commission. Various committees and commissions of inquiry investigated and upheld many of the Ngāi Tahu claims from the early 1870s. Ngāi Tahu Rūnanga will ask its subsidiary businesses to review whether they are investing in the right places. This was nearly one-third of the entire country. Migrating from the North Island’s East Coast, Ngāi Tahu thrived in the South Island. Ngāi Tahu share this ancestor with the Ngāti Porou people. Ngāi Tahu; Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Ngai Tāmanuhiri Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki Ngāi Tūhoe NgāiTakoto Ngāruahine Ngāti Apa (North Island) Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Awa Ngāti Awa Ancillaries Ngāti Hako Ngāti Hāua Ngāti Hauā Ngāti Hei Ngāti Hinerangi Ngāti Hineuru To escape being killed at sea by his brother, he came to New Zealand on the back of a whale. Ngāi Tahu rejected this as inadequate; the Crown considered it too much. Ngāi Tahu were left with about one-thousandth of their original lands. In 1998 Ngāi Tahu settled historical grievances with the Crown. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence. Ngāi Tahu Property worked with Matapopore Charitable Trust, representing local mana whenua Ngāi Tūāhuriri, to incorporate Toi Māori (Māori art) that reflect the stories of mana whenua from this area of Canterbury and acknowledge its Māori history. Commercial re-use may be allowed on request. The lagoon was submerged when Lake Hāwea was artificially raised in 1958 to store water for hydroelectric power generation. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu General Manager of Oranga Dr Hana O’Regan says the iwi is excited to be joining with Plunket to help build a new generation of strong Ngāi Tahu nurses at a time when the contributions of the two māreikura wāhine from Puketeraki are being celebrated. By the end of the 18th century Ngāi Tahu had reached Foveaux Strait at the bottom of the South Island, and occupied the West Coast. Page 7 - The Ngāi Tahu claimNgāi Tahu signed a Deed of Settlement with the Crown in 1998. Manuhaea was a kāinga nohoanga (seasonal settlement) located on the eastern side of “The Neck” at Lake Hāwea that was renowned for a small lagoon where tuna (eels) were gathered. But the government did not keep these promises, and for 150 years, Ngāi Tahu pursued a claim for compensation. Ngāi Tahu suffered greatly. All text licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence unless otherwise stated. This became a central grievance against the Crown. At the time, and perhaps still, this was the tribunal's most comprehensive inquiry. Protecting Ngāi Tahu History. Each of the first eight trees represented a different area of land purchased from the tribe. 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Stevens specialises in the history of Awarua (Bluff), a key Ngāi Tahu settlement, and his book A World History of Bluff will be released next year by Bridget Williams Books.. Politics and government Treaty of Waitangi Their origins lie in the North Island and before that in the islands of eastern Polynesia. The concept of a Ngāi Tahu Atlas provided the much-needed direction and focus for the vast amount of cultural mapping work that was occurring throughout the Ngāi Tahu … This was the first large claim that the tribunal heard under its power to investigate grievances dating back to 1840, and it is one of the most significant claims that has been considered by the tribunal. Page 7, Ngāi Tahu's sacred maunga (mountain) Aoraki. Ngāi Tahu claim traditional rights over the vast majority of Te Waipounamu. Contribute If you have waiata, photos, pepeha, videos, tauparapara and would like to contribute them to the project please contact the author for inclusion. Our ancestors were the first long distance seafarers, riding the ocean currents and navigating by stars on voyaging waka (canoes) from Hawaiki Nui. The ninth tree represented Ngāi Tahu's food resources. A fall out between Tūhaitara and Marukore eventually saw father and sons in combat against each other, ultimately the children defeated their parents. Her marriage to Marukore resulted in eleven children, one of which was Tamaraeroa the grandfather of Tūāhuriri. The iwi also protested over the low prices paid for land, unclear boundaries of the purchased lands, the loss of mahinga kai (customary food-gathering places), the leasing to settlers in perpetuity of reserved lands without the tribe's consent, and the forced sale of their interests in some lands because the Crown had already purchased these from other tribes. They also wanted to take control of the valuable greenstone in the region. This magnificent narrative tells of Ngāi Tahu’s migration from the Wellington area into the South Island. With regard to the Ngai Tahu the Waitangi Tribunal concluded, “The Tribunal cannot avoid the conclusion that in acquiring from Ngāi Tahu 34.5 million acres, more than half the land mass of New Zealand, for £14,750 pounds, and leaving them with only 35,757 acres, the Crown acted unconscionably and in repeated breach of the Treaty of Waitangi”. Tūhaitara was a significant figure in Ngāi Tahu history and whakapapa. Improving participation in tertiary education and levels of home ownership, along with having sufficient funds for retirement, are key goals for the Whai Rawa scheme. The lagoon was submerged when Lake Hāwea was artificially raised in 1958 to store water for hydroelectric power generation. As history shows, the Crown did not honour its side of the bargain. Our whakapapa (genealogy) binds us to this land, and to our ancestors who discovered, explored and settled it … The 1944 act did not prevent the tribe from further pursuing its claim. In accordance with the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act, the Crown formally apologised, returned the tribal maunga Aoraki, and provided both cultural and economic redress to … In the 2013 census, almost 55,000 people said they were of Ngāi Tahu descent. One of Paikea’s descendants was Tahupōtiki, from whom Ngāi Tahu take their name. He lived on the East Coast of the North Island. Ngāi Tahu historian Dr Michael Stevens has just been recognised by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Te Kōpūnui with a Māori Research Award. The tribunal reported on this in 1992. Driven by a strong sales pipeline, the 100 per cent Ngāi Tahu-owned company is forging ahead with plans to increase its production base, while always keeping sustainable stewardship of the land and best practice front of mind. Scholarships are offered each year and include fees, valuable work experience within our businesses, mentoring from staff and opportunities to learn about Ngāi Tahu history. The Crown had promised to leave some of the land and the food-gathering places in the hands of the tribe, and to provide schools and hospitals. Negotiations with the Crown began almost immediately. Ngāi Tahu Holdings The history of Ngāi Tahu tribal investment . Ngāi Tahu trace their traditional descent from Tahupōtiki, the younger brother of Porou Ariki, founding ancestor of Ngāti Porou, a tribe of the East Coast of the North Island.They originated on the east coast of the North Island, from where they migrated south to present-day Wellington.Late in the 17th century they began migrating to the northern part of the South Island. This was done by waiving the Crown’s exclusive right of purchase. For generations the land of Te Waipounamu-the South Island has shaped the culture and identity of Ngāi Tahu. [A H Carrington; Te Maire Tau; Atholl Anderson; Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.] The tribe was not consulted on this until the legislation was passed. This became a central grievance against the Crown. Ngāi Tahu Holdings The history of Ngāi Tahu tribal investment . In 1998 Ngāi Tahu settled historical grievances with the Crown. The history and traditions of the iwi are recorded in the names of places, mountains, rivers, lakes and oceans, ensuring the footprints of our tīpuna-ancestors remain forever upon the landscape. To escape being killed at sea by his brother, he came to New Zealand on the back of a whale. Getting compensation from the Crown took much longer. For us and our children after us. A bit of history According to the Statement of Claim Ngāi Tahu has exercised the rights, responsibilities and obligations of rangatiratanga in the area from before 1840 to the present day. This ancestor with the Crown in 1998, after nearly 150 years, Tahu... 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