1.2.2 Other claimant groups

As research proceeded, many of the groups named in the 1988 Act, and others not named but connected with one or more of the tribes named there, lodged separate claims. This brought the number of claims associated with the Hauraki inquiry district to 56 in total (though a number of these were not prosecuted before this inquiry owing to a lack of information or because they were resolved or because the claimants did not follow up their specific claim). The specific claims were from Ngati Hei, Ngati Pukenga, Ngati Pu, Ngati Tamatera, Ngati Huarere, Ngati Rahiri Tumutumu, Ngati Koi/Tara, and Ngati Tokanui, the three Ngati Porou hapu (Te Aitanga-a-Mate, Te Aowera, and Te Whanau-a-Rakairoa), Ngati Karaua, Te Patukirikiri, Ngati Paoa ki Waiheke, Ngati Kotinga/Ngati Hauauru, and various hapu and whanau of Ngati Maru.

These claimants agree that they are closely connected by intermarriage and whakapapa with people of the 12 groups named in the Act, particularly the large Marutuahu tribes. This being so (and since the Act provides that the beneficiaries of the HMTB shall be ‘the descendants of the 12 named groups’), it was not strictly necessary that each and every hapu be listed separately in the Act or that they lodge a separate claim with the Tribunal. But clearly they wished to reassert their identity and lodge claims relating to their particular interests. Several of the iwi or hapu which were named in the Act also considered it appropriate to lodge distinct claims, and secured funding to research and present them. Many of these claimant groups ‘adopt the claims’ of the HMTB but go on to specify the particular blocks of land to which the claims apply (and in some cases raise matters additional to those mentioned in the Wai 100 claims).

Where non-HTMB claims support the general submissions and evidence of the HMTB, we have investigated and reported in a generic manner, and made findings that cover all relevant claims. An example is the section on the native land legislation - almost every claim in the Hauraki inquiry refers to aspects of the Native Land Court process. Therefore, instead of repeating our main investigation and findings for every individual claimant group, we have considered all claims relating to the land court in our general findings in that section. However, we have used some non-HTMB claims as case studies of the workings of the court where the evidence has supported such an approach. Where non-HTMB claimant groups have raised unique issues, we have covered the claims separately. Finally, in our closing chapter, we return to each of the claims described below to indicate where we have considered their general and specific issues.

The following claims were lodged separately from the HMTB.