Recognised iwi in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004

Population: Census 2013: 846 (does not include 597 "Ngāti Apa region unspecified"); Registered members: 3,364 (August 2020)

This rohe map represents the area over which Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō exercises kaitiakitanga for the purposes of the Resource Management Act 1991 and is based on the Area of Interest agreed between Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō and the Crown in the Deed of Settlement signed on 29 October 2010. Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Area of Interest from the Deed of Settlement [PDF, 444KB].

Ngāti Apa had customary use, occupation and enjoyment of their lands, estates, forest, and fisheries in the areas involving:

Port Gore, Tennyson Inlet, Tarakaipa Island, Coastal Tasman Bay, Coastal Taitapu (Golden Bay), the upper catchments of the rivers running into Taitapu (Golden Bay) and Tasman Bay, the whole block of country from the southern bank lands of the Kawatiri north (including Tauranga Bay) north to Kahurangi Point and inland of that coastline in an easterly direction to the Nelson Lakes area; the whole of the coastal margin; and the whole of the upper Kawatiri catchment including the districts in and around Lakes Rotoiti, Rotoroa and the Tophouse area.

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

Regional Council

Tasman District Council

Nelson City Council

Marlborough District Council

West Coast Regional Council

Territorial Authority

Tasman District Council

Nelson City Council

Marlborough District Council

Buller District Council

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

Iwi Representative Organisations