NGA TAONGA TRUSTS

Ngāti Rangiteaorere koromatua whanau own the shares in Maori freehold title to each of the taonga trusts quotes in this report. Nga Taonga o Ngāti Rangiteaorere is therefore a misnomer. The tribe actually owns very little - it is individuals within the tribe who own the actual assets.

Our principal marae is Waiohewa Marae situated on the shores of Lake Rotorua at Te Ngae Junction, Waiohewa. It is the “control centre” of Ngati Rangiteaorere. Its’ trustees are meant to be made up of principal koromatua whanau who gifted lands to establish the marae. Recently, however, certain actions of some of the trustees resulted in Court hearings and a General Meeting to vote for trustees. The top seven members nominated by the General Meeting were supported by NRCC and were confirmed as trustees while the Maori Land Court chose to keep three of those persons receiving the lowest number of votes – thereby expanding the number of trustees to ten.

The Marae Trustees elected by the Hapu are:

• Kereama Pene
• Dillard Paul
• Rangimahuta Easthope
• Herbert Hapeta
• Bill Kingi
• Curtis Bidois

This site, near the mouth of the Waiohewa Stream, forms part of the area originally settled by Ngati Rangiteaorere. It included a pa called Waiohewa, and described as the only fighting pa Ngati Rangiteaorere maintained on the shores of Lake Rotorua. It was here that Rangiteaorere warriors assembled during times of warfare. It was near this site that Thomas Chapman in 1840 established a mission station which in turn drew people from Mokoia. Self sufficiency was important from the start, Chapman grew fruit trees and soon requests for seedlings were made. Within a short time more than 30 hectares of wheat was being grown around the area.

• KAHIKATEA BUSH TRUST
• TIKITERE GEOTHERMAL FIELD
• LAKE ROTOKAWAU
• MOKOIA ISLAND
• TE TUMU KAITUNA 14 LANDS
• OKATAINA RESERVES
• WHAKAPOUNGAKAU 4K2C, 4K2D, 4K2A