The lady from TuT saying the issue is PGF "money" is ignorant of the reasons why her local hapu, marae, kaumatua and official leaders are protesting. It’s about Mana Whenua and Mana Tangata. TuT has no authority to act for or on behalf of individual hapū or hapū lands OUTSIDE the Urewera National Park. That’s it. They don’t have the authority to stop any hapū applications for anything. They have no authority to control any whenua OUTSIDE of the National Park’s boundaries. They have no right to set individual or collective hapu tikanga or kawa. They have no right to stop individual hapū interacting with the crown for any reason whatsoever. They have no authority at all over any Tuhoe Whanau Lands, Trust Lands, Farm Lands, Forrest Lands, Marae Reservation Lands, urupa, wahi tapu or waterways. Those things are still 100% controlled by the same people and organisations that have ALWAYS controlled them from the first minute they entered the MLC record books. The 70 chairs represent the tūturu way tuhoe interacted as a tribe before and after the treaty settlement act. Whitu Tekau o Tuhoe or “the 70” refers to the concept that there are at least 70 chiefs of tuhoe, not one. Every leader and head of a hapū or whānau has a seat on the whitu tekau council. They have been a separate entity from the treaty settlement process for 153 years in formal and informal capacities. They become a formal entity as and when it’s deemed necessary. At the start of the settlement negotiations they were there as an alternative to the predominant organisation who wanted to comply with the crown’s deed of settlement requirements for a single united entity with a mandated single leader. That was Te Kotahi a Tuhoe, (The One) rather than the Whitu Tekau a Tuhoe (The 70). The main fundamental aspect of the 70 to remember is that there is NO one paramount leader or hapū in tuhoe that has al, the say, power, and money. There are 70 leaders who control their own hapū and hapū whenua. All Tut is, is a separate entity made up of elected representatives who sit on a separate trust board to govern and manage the national park. Tuhoe hapu and whanau have not lived in the urewera national park since the early 1900’s when it was gifted to the crown for the benefit and use of all new zealanders. The gift was in recognition of the crown’s formal acknowledgment of Tuhoe’s absolute sovereign power and authority over their remaining lands. And when sovereignty or mana motuhake is mentioned today by Tut, they are talking about the national park and further more, what they have in the national park os not mana motuhake or sovereignty. That is because the official nz government position on ownership of the national park is, “NO-ONE ones the Urewera National Park, it owns itself as a legal fiction under crown law and had all the same legal rights as a legal citizen.” Thats not mana motuhake, especially when the Tut entity is legally bound to obey all relevant crown legislation regarding things like the conservation act, local works act, education act, nz trusts act, maori land courts acts, employment acts, minerals act....the list goes on. all of the above mentioned acts are set outside of Tuts control. They have no real say, no real mana, no real authority to act as absolute sovereign. They are a sham. Whitu Tekau does, always have since 1871.....
E kaaare Ahakoa im not for gotten ka Tu ahau for the forgotten . Thats the bedrock . My Whanau ❤️. Me na noikore na korerawa from the lowlands of the mountains the hills. The rivers the valleys the leaders. Of yesterday are your advisers. Consultants. Manaaki tika hia .there are some Sharp ones there .use them . respectfully for best outcomes . From me ❤️ if only i listened . From the lowlands NuZealand 🎺🎺🎺🔥❤️💔💔💔⚔️🪖
The lady from TuT saying the issue is PGF "money" is ignorant of the reasons why her local hapu, marae, kaumatua and official leaders are protesting. It’s about Mana Whenua and Mana Tangata. TuT has no authority to act for or on behalf of individual hapū or hapū lands OUTSIDE the Urewera National Park. That’s it. They don’t have the authority to stop any hapū applications for anything. They have no authority to control any whenua OUTSIDE of the National Park’s boundaries. They have no right to set individual or collective hapu tikanga or kawa. They have no right to stop individual hapū interacting with the crown for any reason whatsoever. They have no authority at all over any Tuhoe Whanau Lands, Trust Lands, Farm Lands, Forrest Lands, Marae Reservation Lands, urupa, wahi tapu or waterways. Those things are still 100% controlled by the same people and organisations that have ALWAYS controlled them from the first minute they entered the MLC record books. The 70 chairs represent the tūturu way tuhoe interacted as a tribe before and after the treaty settlement act. Whitu Tekau o Tuhoe or “the 70” refers to the concept that there are at least 70 chiefs of tuhoe, not one. Every leader and head of a hapū or whānau has a seat on the whitu tekau council. They have been a separate entity from the treaty settlement process for 153 years in formal and informal capacities. They become a formal entity as and when it’s deemed necessary. At the start of the settlement negotiations they were there as an alternative to the predominant organisation who wanted to comply with the crown’s deed of settlement requirements for a single united entity with a mandated single leader. That was Te Kotahi a Tuhoe, (The One) rather than the Whitu Tekau a Tuhoe (The 70). The main fundamental aspect of the 70 to remember is that there is NO one paramount leader or hapū in tuhoe that has al, the say, power, and money. There are 70 leaders who control their own hapū and hapū whenua. All Tut is, is a separate entity made up of elected representatives who sit on a separate trust board to govern and manage the national park. Tuhoe hapu and whanau have not lived in the urewera national park since the early 1900’s when it was gifted to the crown for the benefit and use of all new zealanders. The gift was in recognition of the crown’s formal acknowledgment of Tuhoe’s absolute sovereign power and authority over their remaining lands. And when sovereignty or mana motuhake is mentioned today by Tut, they are talking about the national park and further more, what they have in the national park os not mana motuhake or sovereignty. That is because the official nz government position on ownership of the national park is, “NO-ONE ones the Urewera National Park, it owns itself as a legal fiction under crown law and had all the same legal rights as a legal citizen.” Thats not mana motuhake, especially when the Tut entity is legally bound to obey all relevant crown legislation regarding things like the conservation act, local works act, education act, nz trusts act, maori land courts acts, employment acts, minerals act....the list goes on. all of the above mentioned acts are set outside of Tuts control. They have no real say, no real mana, no real authority to act as absolute sovereign. They are a sham. Whitu Tekau does, always have since 1871.....
E kaaare Ahakoa im not for gotten ka Tu ahau for the forgotten . Thats the bedrock . My Whanau ❤️. Me na noikore na korerawa from the lowlands of the mountains the hills. The rivers the valleys the leaders. Of yesterday are your advisers. Consultants. Manaaki tika hia .there are some Sharp ones there .use them . respectfully for best outcomes . From me ❤️ if only i listened . From the lowlands NuZealand 🎺🎺🎺🔥❤️💔💔💔⚔️🪖