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Waikato River Claim Special Announcement
Waikato-Tainui and the Crown sign a Deed of Settlement for the Waikato River. Click here.

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More infomation about the Waikato River Claim
        

In respect of the Waikato River , the claimants state that Waikato–Tainui is prejudicially affected by the following acts, policies and omissions of the Crown:

  • by which the ownership and mana of the Waikato River is denied to Waikato -Tainui
  • by which the waters of the Waikato River are desecrated, polluted and depleted;
  • in failing to recognise and protect Waikato-Tainui fisheries and lands in the Waikato River;
  • by which Waikato–Tainui fisheries in the Waikato River have been depleted by pollution, over–fishing and spiritual desecration;
  • In providing a legislative framework for land use planning, water use planning and resource planning which fails to properly take into account Waikato–Tainui concerns for the Waikato River and which is inappropriate for the protection of Waikato–Tainui rights guaranteed by the Treaty. Read more Click to expand/hide

    "If you look at a tree, all you see is the parts above the ground.

    "However, that tree and its existence as a tree, depends on its roots for survival. The roots which spread out beneath the surface and bring it sustenance. The tree then is that part we physically see as well as those parts underground to the very tips of the furtherest and finest roots. Furthermore, that tree has to be in Papatuaanuku, in the soil - the source of all natural sustenance. So the tree, its roots and the soil are now essential for the tree to exist.

    "The other essential ingredients for a tree to survive are the air, the rain, and the sun - all things that God created. While these things have a wairua of their own, they all come together in the creation of a tree. If you violate any one of these wairua, the health of the tree deteriorates. The tree gets sick and may die.

    "This is exactly the same for all rivers. A river encompasses the flow of the water, the riverbed, the banks, all the streams, tributaries and underground aquifiers (ngaa wai toronga o raro i a Papatuaanuku) which feed into that river. As with a tree, if ngaa wairua of the river is violated, the river suffers, becomes sick and if ignored, will die.

Pumi Taituha"To us, Waikato River is a living ancestor. It is a part of us. Our river symbolises a tupuna, it is the name from which our tribe derives its identity and the issues that affect our river ultimately affect our tribe and its people."

–– Pumi Taituha

 

 

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