Warawara Whenua Ngāhere i te Taiao
The area known as the Te Warawara, currently managed by the Department of Conservation, is of the utmost historical and cultural significance to the hapū of Te Rarawa. It comprises all of the Kauae-o-Ruru-Wahine and Te Takanga blocks, and parts of Waihou Lower, Ōtangaroa, Ototope, Taikarawa, Whakarapa, Paihia, Rotokākahi and Waireia. The area was originally 18,270 acres. Te Rarawa hapū have never conceded their ownership of the resources on this whenua.
Warawara Whenua Ngāhere i te Taiao is a cornerstone of the cultural redress package. It will give effect to a new relationship between Te Rarawa hapū and the Crown and provides for joint management and governance roles. It acknowledges the mana whenua of the kaitiaki hapū and creates a platform for hapū kaitiakitanga alongside Crown conservation. The relationship will be based on a series of principles and consensus decision-making. The Minister and Director-General of Conservation will work in a collaborative manner with Te Rarawa and the kaitiaki hapū to develop management and operational plans and to make decisions on concession applications, for which Te Rarawa applicants will be given reasonable preference. Warawara Whenua Ngāhere i te Taiao compliments Te Korowai agreement but it has its own special identity.
The area known as the Te Warawara, currently managed by the Department of Conservation, is of the utmost historical and cultural significance to the hapū of Te Rarawa. It comprises all of the Kauae-o-Ruru-Wahine and Te Takanga blocks, and parts of Waihou Lower, Ōtangaroa, Ototope, Taikarawa, Whakarapa, Paihia, Rotokākahi and Waireia. The area was originally 18,270 acres. Te Rarawa hapū have never conceded their ownership of the resources on this whenua.
Warawara Whenua Ngāhere i te Taiao is a cornerstone of the cultural redress package. It will give effect to a new relationship between Te Rarawa hapū and the Crown and provides for joint management and governance roles. It acknowledges the mana whenua of the kaitiaki hapū and creates a platform for hapū kaitiakitanga alongside Crown conservation. The relationship will be based on a series of principles and consensus decision-making. The Minister and Director-General of Conservation will work in a collaborative manner with Te Rarawa and the kaitiaki hapū to develop management and operational plans and to make decisions on concession applications, for which Te Rarawa applicants will be given reasonable preference. Warawara Whenua Ngāhere i te Taiao compliments Te Korowai agreement but it has its own special identity.
