Recognised iwi in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004

Population: Census 2013: 1,719; Registered members: 2,500 (August 2020)

This rohe map represents the area over which Ngāi Tāmanuhiri exercises kaitiakitanga for the purposes of the Resource Management Act 1991 and is based on the Area of Interest agreed between Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and the Crown in the Deed of Settlement signed on 5 March 2011. Ngāi Tāmanuhiri Area of Interest from the Deed of Settlement [JPG, 169KB].

The rohe extended, and continues to extend, generally from Kopututea (the outflow of the Waipaoa River, which in the early nineteenth century flowed into the Awapuni Lagoon) by the moana to Pakirikiri, Papatewhai, Rangihoua, Te Matamata, Orongo, Taikawakawa, Whareongaonga and Tikiwhata, then to Paritu. From there it extends inland to Te Toka a Haerengarangi, Whakaumuatetekauae Taumutu, Paparitu, Whakaongaonga, Tarewauru, Te Toka a Tutekawa along Te Arai Stream to Karaua thence to Kaputea. These rohe markers encompass Tawera, Te Taumata o Te Whare o Rata, Kaitoke, Tawatapu, Matiti, Tawhitinui, Pukehaua, Waikirikiri, Waiari, Waipuna, Waimakaweheru, Mihimarino and Te Kurī a Paoa.

This rohe extends into the regions or districts of these local authorities:

Regional Council

Gisborne District Council

Territorial Authority

Gisborne District Council

Contact information for hapū and marae may be provided by the Representative Organisation at their discretion.

Iwi Representative Organisations