Na nga ohaki i waihotia ake e o tatou matua tipuna i roto i a ratou moteatea, i nga waiata,
i a ratou korero me a ratou mahi hoki, i mau tonu ai te mahara i roto i o tatou hinengaro,
te mamae i roto i o tatou ngakau. Na enei taonga tuku iho, i pumau tonu ai te kaha o o
tatou pukenga, o to tatou iwi hoki ki te kohikohi i a ratou korero i roto i te tekau tau, kia
tutuki ai nga rangahau.
Ko enei nga pukapuka tekau ma tahi mo te kereme WAI 100, hei tautoko i te tono a to
tatou matua, rangatira, a Te Huhurere Tukukino, ki te Taraipiunara o Waitangi. Kua whakatakatoria i roto i enei pukapuka, a ratou titiro i te ao i tera wa, i te tangohanga o nga whenua o Hauraki.
Na Te Poari Maori o Hauraki me nga kai-hautu i whakatakoto a ratou titiro, hei whakatutuki i nga ohaki a ratou ma, kia to rangatira ai a tatou i runga i o tatou whenua
tipuna.
This year the Hauraki tribes take an important step forward in the resolution of Hauraki's land claims. Eleven volumes of historical research are being lodged with the
Waitangi Tribunal. This research represents the culmination of a decade of sustained
effort by members of Hauraki iwi and other specialists to gather the information to
support Huhurere Tukukino's WAI100 claim. These volumes relate, with firm intent, the historical alientation of Hauraki lands.
The history of Hauraki's claims stretches back a long way. Our ancestors, through song
and verse, oratory and deed, have revealed these truths to us that are now deeply ingrained in us all. With this knowledge at hand, I for one, as a small boy, clearly remember following my father from hui to hui called by our people to discuss possible
remedies for injuries sustained by Hauraki as a result of the ceded lands and goldfields
leases.
When the WAI 100 claim was lodged by Tukukino on behalf of the Hauraki tribes in
April 1987, the nature of the grievances had not changed in over 130 years, nor had the desire of the people to see these finally settled. Even today, though many of the faces and
