The New Zealand Māori Council is drafting a Waitangi Tribunal claim for more than 30 hapu who the council says can prove they once owned the waterways or springs. One of the claimants, the Whatitiri Māori Reserves Trust, wants to own the water from the Poroti Springs which partly
Day: August 9, 2011
Last week Mr Robin Hapi (Ngāti Kahungunu) announced that he will step down as the Chair of Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd. Mr Hapi retirement ends 20 years of continous leadership within the fishing industry. Since 1991 Mr Hapi has held the following positions; Chief Executive of Te Ohu Kai Moana (1991-1997), Director – Sealord Groups Ltd (1997), Chief