Northland’s Te Whiu hapū after generations-long fight for its return
A sprawling Bay of Islands farm has been leased to a Northland hapū ahead of its return as part of a future Treaty settlement.
Members of Te Whiu, a central Bay of Islands hapū with close links to Hokianga, signed the lease on-site with Government representatives on Saturday.
The agreement will see Te Whiu lease a 452-hectare Crown-owned farm at Puketotara, inland from Kerikeri, for a symbolic $1 a year for 10 years with a further 10-year right of renewal.
The farm has been “land-banked” for the past three decades and is expected to be returned to Māori ownership once Ngāpuhi reaches a Treaty settlement.
Link to article: ‘This is immense’: Puketotara farm leased to Northland’s Te Whiu hapū after generations-long fight for its return - NZ Herald
