Te Whakaaetanga Trust
Te Whakaaetanga Trust is a hapū grouping of coastal hapū who exercise our hapū Rangatiratanga, our Ahikaatanga in Pēwhairangi, Te Moana Pikopiko i Whiti, Tokerau and Ī Pīpiri. We are Ngāti Kuta, Ngāti Manu me ngā hapū rīriki - Te Uri o Raewera and Te Uri Karaka, Ngāti Torehina ki Matakā and Patukeha. Ngā Hapū Te Whakaaetanga have two trustees each, elected according to Hapū tikanga.
Ngā Hapū Te Whakaaetanga
Te Whakaaetanga Trust trustees (rear left to right) Dean Clendon, Scott Smith, Kelly Wedekind - Treasurer, Herb Rihari - Chair, (front left to right) Jamie Hakaraia-Hurikino, Shirley Hakaraia - Secretary and Natasha Clarke-Nathan at the 13 January 2024 AGM
Our primary objective is to enable hapū to enter into negotiations with the Crown to achieve redress/restitution for each hapū. Ngā Hapū Te Whakaaetanga will each receive and manage their own redress. Te Whakaaetanga Trust is merely the vehicle to achieve this outcome.
