distributed through three widely separate districts within the claim area, in which those tupuna held interests. The important ancestors of the whanau include: Hohepa Paraone (d 1878); Eruera Te Ngahue (d 1872), father of Wikitoria; Pahau Ngatawa (d 1872); and Raika Whakarongotai, who adopted Mare Teretiu. Through these tupuna, the Gregory-Mare whanau are connected to a number of prominent Hauraki hapu: Ngati Tauaiwi, Ngati Naunau, Ngati Pu, Ngati Matau, and Ngati Karaua. Extensive whakapapa evidence has been submitted to show these connections and the relationship of the hapu with the various land blocks upon which the claim focuses. In some cases, the tipuna of the whanau were awarded by the Native Land Court much the greatest interest (if not the totality) of the block concerned, but in other cases the claimants acknowledge that many other whanau and hapu had customary rights in the land.⁴²

The main issues of claim relate to the loss of tribal tino rangatiratanga, self-determination, and control or ownership of land (including the foreshore and seabed) and other property as a result of the Native Land Court and its attendant legislation. The issues are, for the most part, the same as those cited by the Wai 100 claimants and the Marutuahu iwi, of which the Gregory-Mare whanau are a constituent group. We have been assisted by the specific block histories written for the Wai 177 claimants.⁴³

(7) Wai 289, Wai 792, Wai 866, and Wai 968: The Harataunga claims

There are several closely interrelated or overlapping claims regarding Harataunga. Three claims are brought by various representatives of the three hapu of Ngati Porou - Te Aitanga-a-Mate, Te Aowera, and Te Whanau-a-Rakairoa - which gained possession of lands at Harataunga through a tuku whenua from the Ngati Tamatara rangatira Paora Te Putu in 1852.

Wai 289 was brought by Sam (Hamiora) Moeke in May 1992, on behalf of himself, the descendants of Ropata Ngatai, Tapiata Kiwi, Paratene Pahau, Hirini Kouta, Matiu Paeora, Haratiera Humare, and Hakopa Ihaka, and Ngati Porou ki Harataunga. Mr Moeke passed away on 28 September 2000, and Sue Te Huinga Wiremu Nikora has become the new representative for the claimants.⁴⁴ The claim focuses largely on the non-payment by the Crown of the ex gratia payment recommended by the MacCormick commission.⁴⁵

Wai 792 was made by Parekura Tamati White in October 1999 on behalf of Te Aitanga-a-Mate, Te Aowera, and Te Whanau-a-Rakairoa, and concerns ‘the land, waters and natural

42. Document D1, pp 3-42

43. The relevant submissions and evidence in relation to the Wai 177 claim include documents D1-D3, R21, R24-R29, Y9, and AA12. The relevant block histories include documents D4-D14 and R14. John Hutton makes the point that in this claim ‘the research focus was on the Crown Forest blocks that related more directly to the Gregory-Mare whanau’: doc D7, p 3.

44. Document Y17, paras 1-2

45. The relevant submissions and evidence in relation to the Wai 289 claim include documents D15, M11-M13, M37-M39, M41, Y17, and AA6.