13.         Some relevant extracts from the report include:

[Letter from Waitangi Tribunal to Minister of Māori Affairs - page xv]

“Enclosed is our report Te Raupatu o Tauranaa Moana. It covers raupatu claims to the Waitangi Tribunal in the Tauranga Moana district of the western Bay of Plenty. The claims covered in the report have been filed with the Tribunal on behalf of the various hapu of Ngati Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Pukenga (or Tawera), Waitaha, and Marutūāhu.” [Emphasis added]

[Page 16]

“1.4.6        Hauraki iwi

... Wai 454 by Walter Taipari on behalf of Marutūāhu; and Wai 812 by Clive Majurey, also on behalf of Marutūāhu. (Marutūāhu is a confederation of the Ngati Tamatera, Ngati Maru, Ngati Paoa, and Ngati Whanaunga iwi.) ... In their evidence and submissions to this inquiry, the Hauraki claimants emphasised Marutūāhu’s rights in Te Puna-Katikati and the role of Hauraki iwi in the Waikato and Tauranga wars.” [Emphasis added]

[Page 28]

“However, Tainui people were later to settle in neighbouring districts and were to play an important role in Tauranga history. These neighbouring Tainui people were tribes of the Marutūāhu confederation in Hauraki to the north, and Ngati Haua and Ngati Raukawa west of the Kaimai Range.”

[Emphasis added]

[Page 40]

“Finally, we discuss several neighbouring groups whose predominant areas of interest lie outside our inquiry boundaries: the Marutūāhu confederation ... Of these groups, only the Marutūāhu confederation is a claimant in this inquiry. As we noted in chapter 1, the confederation is made up of four Hauraki iwi. They have claimed as a group, so we are not required to distinguish between the interests of its constituent tribes. The confederation’s claims concern the Te Puna-Katikati purchase ... We accept that the confederation had interests in the Katikati block and the northern part of the Te Puna block, but we do not believe that its interests excluded other hapu from also having customary rights within any part of those blocks. We consider that the area was a contested zone, an area where the rights of the confederation overlapped with those of Ngai Te Rangi. The extent of each side’s rights was in dispute at 1840, and was still disputed in 1864 when the purchase of the Te Puna-Katikati blocks commenced.”

[Page 43]

“ >The Te Puna-Katikati blocks. Hapu holding substantial interests within the Te Puna-Katikati blocks were ... hapu of the Marutūāhu confederation.” [Emphasis added]

[Pages 177-178]

“First, the Government had to deal with the claims of several non-Ngai Te Rangi groups, including the powerful