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Ngai Tahu are the Maori people of the southern islands of New Zealand, Te Waipounamu. As New Zealands third largest tribe there are over 30,000 members scattered around its territory, the North Island and overseas. ... The tribe has three separate divisions that manage administration (Office of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), commercial activities (Holdings Corporation) and delivery of social and cultural programmes (Development Corporation). ... In 1998 the tribe and the Crown reached a milestone in this nations history when the Ngai Tahu Claim Settlement legislation was passed. ... Under the former Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board structure, board members were responsible to the Minister of Maori Affairs, rather than to members of Ngai Tahu. ... It builds the economic assets of the tribe through managing its commercial and business activities. ... ★ Various committees and working parties oversee interest areas such as protecting the cultural base of Ngai Tahu, and researching cultural and heritage issues such as the South Island Maori Rock Art Project which is locating and recording these important historical sites. ... ★ The Ngai Tahu structure ensures that all tribal members have equal access to the benefits distributed by the tribe, irrespective of where they live. ... Ngai Tahu are the Maori people of the southern islands of New Zealand - Te Waipounamu - the Greenstone Isle. ... Ngai Tahu is NZs third largest tribe with over 30,000 members. ... Originally the tribe stemmed from ancestor Tahu Potiki, and migrated to the South Island about 10 generations ago, gradually assimilating the resident Waitaha and Kati Mamoe people. ... The tribe now has a legal identity established by legislation in 1996 that created a governing body - Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu - comprising democratically elected representatives of the 18 Papatipu Runanga. ... There has been a resurgence of interest in matters Maori. ... Ngai Tahu, New Zealands third largest tribe has been long established in the South Island, or Te Waipounamu the Greenstone Place - and its offshore islands. ... Ngai Tahu territory covers over 80% of the lower South Island and the takiwa or area has been legally defined by the Maori Appellate Court and the Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act as extending from Te Parinui-o-Whiti near Cloudy Bay to Kahurangi Point on the West Coast, via Mount Mahanga south of Lake Rotoroa. ... Its position is that North Island tribes should not benefit from fisheries off the Ngai Tahu coastline - one of the longest of any tribe. ... Ngai Tahu, New Zealands fourth largest tribe with almost 30,000 members, settled its long standing claim over land sale contracts last century that were not honoured, on the 29th of September 1998. ... Some more facts: Initially operating as a Government controlled body, the Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Boards only source of income was $20,000 a year. |
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