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Occupation at Whakakoro

Ko te maunga,
Ko te Awa, Ko te Tangata,
He kopu puta tahi.


"We all have made our sacrifices to make this stand and will continue to do so on behalf of the other whanau who are away and on behalf of the generations to come. We dont do this for MONEY, we do this for the return of the whenua o Tatau Tupuna," writes Richard Murray.

Ngati Haua is occupying their ancestral Maunga Whakakoro in the far north of Aotearoa to stop it from being alienated from the Hapu (tribe) forever. In 1992 Whakakoro was occupied in protest over Whakakoro being sold by 3rd generation farmer Frank Geddes to 4 million dollar lotto winner Robert Buchanan for $700 000.00. In 2005 He it was sold for $4.5 million to high profile property developer Kim Spencer who had intensions of subdividing Whakakoro into 33 blocks and selling those blocks off for approx 1 million dollars each but who sold it to Philip Parker. Parker was invited to Whangape Marae to introduce himself and said that he was not given any information about Ngati Haua and their claim to Whakakoro. He is currently taking legal proceedings against Kim Spencer and others that lured him into this dispute. He supports our claim to have the land returned and has cancelled the sale as a result. The financiers, bankers, Property developers are all trying to get themselves out of the financial mess they are in.

"We need to stop the mortgagee tender by first mortgagers Property Funding Ltd and brokered by Barfoot and Thompson which closes at the end of the month. We need to stop any Property developers purchasing this property and putting our way of life at risk. We need to discourage buyers from this area and tell them the truth that this land belongs to Ngati Haua. This land is your birthright handed down by our Tupuna. We will do what ever it takes to have it returned. Come and join the occupation!"

Links: Whangape | More information | Return of the Whenua o tatau Tupuna
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Re: Occupation at Whakakoro

Kia Ora,

Te Maunga Whakakoro is back in the news with Ngati Haua once again having to re-affirm their kaitiakitanga and mana whenua in an attempt to stop so called property developers from desecrating the maunga and destroy the
lifestyle of Ngati Haua.

On Te Korero A Te Rarawa this Tuesday night we will have a korero with
Richard Murray and other spokes people from Ngati Haua, we will find out
what’s happening and what we can do to tautoko their stand.


So be sure to tune in, 94.4 FM whakarongo mai, korero mai, waea
4083944


Kaua e wareware, if you miss the program you can always catch the replay on
the Friday at 10:30 am.


No reira;

He mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.



Rongo Bentson

Program Host

Te Korero A Te Rarawa.


Te Hiku Radio is online: HYPERLINK
"http://www.tehiku.co.nz/
 

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details of the real estate company:

For Sale
Tender closes on 01/05/2007 at 4:00pm

Contact
Paul Humphries
m. 021 588 843
p. 307 6340
city (at) barfoot.co.nz



Reference Number
361157
 

Re: Occupation at Whakakoro

Tena koutou katoa ki te iwi , ki te hapu, ki te whanau o tera whenua. Nga mihi mahana ki a katoa ki nga taatou tipuna . He tauiwi au. Kei Otautahi au. Ko Te Whare Roimata taku marae.
If we could join you we would but as u can see we are a distance from you all but only in a location sense. Our aroha is with u in your journey. This journey is a world wide one against the terror of capitialism and colinonisation. Kia kaha mo to koutou Tipuna ,mo to koutou mokopuna whanau.
 

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The plain fact is that there has never been any evidence to support your claim. Glass Murray was essentially told to get real back in '93 when he took this to Court without a shred of evidence. The land was legitimately transferred into private ownership so its time to give it up. By the way, the shameful way in which Muray and supporters treated an extremely ill Frank Geddes in 1993 was a disgrace. Trying to be tough and intimidate an old man was pretty pathetic. Summary of the case follows:

"Murray v Geddes 6/12/93, Thorp J, HC Whangarei M93/93



This was an unsuccessful application to prevent a caveat from lapsing.


The applicant lodged a caveat against a farm property, claiming that he had an interest in the property. The property was subject to a contract for sale entered into by the respondent with a third party. The applicant alleged that he was a beneficiary of a trust of which the registered proprietor of the property, the respondent, was the trustee. The applicant argued that the trust was a resulting trust to his hapu, arising from the Maori Land Court conversion of the title of the land from customary to individual ownership. The people who obtained those individual titles did so as trustees for the rest of the hapu, so that when the respondent's family bought the land with knowledge of the trust they too became trustees.


Alternatively, the applicant argued that even if the resulting trust did not arise when the Maori customary title was individualised, it would have arisen in favour of the individual transferors when the title was transferred to the respondent's family.

Thorp J concluded that no trust was established on either of the applicant's arguments, and that as the caveator the applicant had not discharged the onus on him to establish an arguable case or a serious question to be answered. His Honour noted that if the applicant's first argument was accepted, then every title obtained from a Maori as distinct from a Crown disposition would be subject to a resulting trust. Such trusts would be enforced by the Courts, thereby giving them broader powers than those given to the Waitangi Tribunal. Thorp J held that however wrong the individualisation of Maori customary title was, and whatever the consequences of accepting the applicant's argument might be, there was no trust in this case because there was no evidentiary basis for a constructive or resulting trust. His Honour observed that persons whose lands are made subject to caveats must be given reasonable notice of the reasons that the caveat has been lodged, and that had not been done in this case.

The application was dismissed."
 

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stirrers!
 

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White mans court determines no indigenous right to claim... who would have thought it.
 

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Has the local Iwi submitted a bid for the block under the advertised tender document? If so what do they intend to do with it? Do they in turn have any intentions of subdividing, thus risking the label of "developers".
 

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stirrers!!
 

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Indienous is said to stand in the way for development and progress, a blatant lie from those who will steal indienous peoples land. I'm fully on the side of the Maori People in their struggle to have their Human Rights as a Indigenous People honored by corporations and governments who not in touch with our mother the Earth. O. Rana,Norway
 

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Just a suggestion ask the property developers for the original native title the attendance list and the meeting of owners proving their agreement to purchase the land. If they cannot provide one, which is most likely, then that proves you still the kaitiaki of the whenua.
 

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oh please dont try thinking yous are going to steal it away from the rightful owners my eyes are sealed you idiots, a person from australia is actually telling that you are trying to steal it to think yous are kings and queens of the block. oh please tyshalee nameeshiore
 

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i only know stealing is an appropriate thing for yous but it aint for any one else thanks 4 reading american student tyshalee nameeshiore
 

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kiaora whanau of ngati haua,
i am a student of Te Wananga O Raukawa and an assignment on Ngati Haua and it's people. i myself am an desendent of ngati haua. i have only come to know of this news of whakakoro by looking through different sites, i asked others if they have any awareness of such news but they like me did not. so in sending this message i/we want to know of what we can do to awhi---

kia kaha
arohanui
from the whanau in morrinsville and matamata
 

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