Recognised iwi in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004. Recognised iwi in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004

Population: Census 2013: 16,182

Rohe map for Ngāti Awa.

This rohe map represents the area over which Ngāti Awa exercises kaitiakitanga for the purposes of the Resource Management Act 1991 and is based on the Area of Interest agreed between Ngāti Awa and the Crown in the Deed of Settlement initialled on 8 July 2002. Ngāti Awa Area of Interest from the Deed of Settlement [JPG, 157KB].

Ngāti Awa claims that prior to 1866 they asserted te tino rangatiratanga from time to time over their rohe including the islands of Motītī, the Rurima group, Moutohorā (Whale Island), Te Paepae o Aotea (Volkner Rocks), Whakaari (White Island), Ohakana and Uretara (both the latter two islands being situated in Ōhiwa Harbour) and the seas from Waihī Estuary near Maketū to Ōhiwa Harbour including the seabed and the foreshore; the land, forests, lakes, rivers, riverbeds and swamps bounded to the north by the coastline from Waihī Estuary to Ōhiwa, to the west from the Waihī Estuary along the Pongakawa River to Lake Rotoehu including the lake itself and the Rotoehu Forest from Lake Rotoehu to the Te Haehaenga, Pokohu and Matahina lands including Lake Rotomā to the south beyond the Waikowhewhe River towards Rangitāiki, across the Rangitāiki River to include the Tuararangaia lands and on the east along the Whakatāne River to Tāneatua across to the Nukuhou River and from there along the Nukuhou River to Ōhiwa Harbour.


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

Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council / Toi Moana
Territorial Authority
Kawerau District Council
Whakatāne District Council



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

Hapū

Marae

Wharenui

Location

Ngā Maihi Tūteao Tūteao 597A Te Teko Road, Te Teko
Ngāi Taiwhakaea II Te Pāroa Taiwhakaea II 22 Taiwhakaea Road, Coastlands
Ngāi Tamaoki Ruaihona Ruaihona 615 Te Teko Road, Te Teko
Ngāi Tamapare Te Rewatu Ueimua 440 Rewatu Road, Poroporo
Ngāi Tamawera Uirāroa Uirāroa 12 Uirāroa Road, Te Teko
Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri II Te Rangihouhiri II Te Rangihouhiri II 30B Thornton Road, Whakatāne
Ngāti Awa ki Pōneke Te Herenga Waka Te Tumu Herenga Waka 46 Kelburn Parade, Wellington
Ngāti Awa ki Tāmaki Makaurau Mātaatua Awanuiarangi 17 Killington Crescent, Māngere
Ngāti Hāmua Te Māpou Rongotangiawa 2004 SH30, Te Teko
Ngāti Hikakino Puawairua Puawairua 2 Thornton Road, Pāroa
Ngāti Hokopū ki Te Rāhui Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū 25B Keepa Road, Whakatāne
Ngāti Hokopū ki Te Whare o Toroa Te Whare-o-Toroa Wairaka 97 Muriwai Drive, Whakatāne
Ngāti Maumoana Pūpū-āruhe Toroa 100 Patuwai Road, Whakatāne
  Te Hihitaua Te Hinga o te Ra Mōtītī Island
  Te Ruakopiha Tamatea ki te Huatahi Mōtītī Island
Ngāti Pūkeko Pūkeko Pūkeko 38 Rewatu Road, Poroporo
Ngāti Rangataua Te Pāhou Rangataua 12K Pahou Pā Road, Poroporo
Ngāti Wharepaia Te Whare-o-Toroa Wairaka 97 Muriwai Drive, Whakatāne
Te Kahupāke Not yet identified Te Teko
Te Pahipoto Kōkōhinau Ōruataupare 345F Te Teko Road, Te Teko
Te Patuwai Pūpū-āruhe Toroa 100 Patuwai Road, Whakatāne
  Te Hihitaua Te Hinga o te Ra Mōtītī Island
  Te Ruakopiha Tamatea ki te Huatahi Mōtītī Island
Te Tāwera Iramoko Te Paetata 244 Withy Road, Matatā
Te Tāwera ki Tūariki Tūariki Tūariki 322 Galatea Road, Te Teko
Warahoe Tokitāreke Te Puna o Te Orohi 685 Galatea Road, Whakatāne


Iwi Representative Organisations

1 Iwi Representative Organisation:


Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa

Last updated: 15/06/2023


Post-Treaty settlement governance entity. Post-Treaty settlement governance entity [ Ngāti Awa Claims Settlement Act 2005 ].

Mandated iwi organisation in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004. Mandated iwi organisation in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004.

Iwi Aquaculture Organisation in the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004. Iwi Aquaculture Organisation in the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004.

Resource Management Act consultation. Represents Ngāti Awa as an "iwi authority" for the purposes of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Tūhono organisation. Tūhono organisation.

Legal entity: Body Corporate established under Te Runanga o Ngāti Awa Act 2005

Governance structure: One representative from each of 22 hapū.

Tumuaki: Tuwhakairiora O'Brien

Manahautū / CEO: Reuben Araroa

GM Strategy and Policy: Bev Hughes Email: bev@ngatiawa.iwi.nz

Postal Address:
PO Box 76,
Whakatāne 3158.

Physical Address:
Ngāti Awa House,
4-10 Louvain Street,
Whakatāne.

Phone: 07 307 0760 / 0800 464 284

Email: runanga@ngatiawa.iwi.nz

Website: https://www.ngatiawa.iwi.nz/