Kia ora koutou

the signing of the Agreement in Principle on 22 December 2007 is the most significant action taken since our rangatira kaumatua kuia me nga tamariki hoki o era ra, first sent letters of protest to the Government beginning last century.

That we now have the extended Petersen whanau along with some other individuals, dissent from this view causes deep concern to most of us. We are whanaunga after all.However it must be made clear to everybody that though the Petersen whanau are significant in mana and number they do not make up the hapu of Ngati au Kiwi.Let it be clearly stated here the greater number of this hapu do not support the view held by the Petersen whanau.i.e that those iwi not connected to Waimahana and/or Taimaro via whakapapa have no entitlement to the land in question.This is at the core of all our raruraru.