roading construction work was the result of other agreements with the council.13 There is no mention of roading construction in the agreements or negotiations relating to the reservoir. Further research would be required to ascertain what obligations, if any, the council had to carry out the roading work.
The next section of this report gives a brief outline of some Maori histories associated with Mangatawa. Section 3 examines the acquisition of land and quarry rights at Mangatawa by the Ministry of Works, and section 4 details the negotiations held between the Mangatawa-Papamoa Incorporation and the Mount Maunganui Borough Council to acquire the site of the water reservoir. Section 5 outlines various attempts made in the last 20 years to stop Mangatawa being further desecrated.
13 Personal communication, Rangi McLeod and Kupapa McLeod, 1 October 1996