Another claim lodged on behalf of Ngati Pukenga and covered in this report in so far as it concerns the raupatu is Wai 751 by Te Awanuiarangi Black, which relates to the ‘physical, social, economic and cultural disenfranchisement suffered’ by the iwi.³³

1.4.4 Waitaha (Wai 664)

Waitaha are a hapu of Te Arawa who have customary interests in the east of the Tauranga Moana inquiry district and strong ancestral links to Ngati Ranginui and Ngati Pukenga. The Waitaha claim, lodged by Thomas McCausland and others, raises issues that include the war, the role of the Waitaha leader Hakaraia in the fighting at Tauranga, the extension of the confiscation district’s boundary by the Tauranga District Lands Act 1868, the return of land, and the Crown purchase of some Waitaha land. Waitaha’s evidence was presented at the hearing held in the week beginning 2 April 2001 at Hei Marae, Te Puke.³⁴

Another claim covered in this report concerning Waitaha interests in Tauranga Moana is Wai 702, which was brought by Taane Karaka and others of the ‘Waitaha Committee’ and concerns the loss of tribal land.³⁵

1.4.5 Ngai Te Rangi

As we discuss in more detail in chapter 2, Ngai Te Rangi were the last of the major iwi to arrive at Tauranga Moana. Though Government officials and others used the term ‘Ngaiterangi’ as shorthand for all Tauranga Maori in the nineteenth century, we use the term ‘Ngai Te Rangi’ here in the more limited sense of hapu that claim descent from the ancestor Te Rangihouhiri. By 1840, these hapu had settled around the edge of the harbour to the east of the Waimapu River, at Otumoetai, at Ongare, and at Otawhiwhi and several other locations in the Te Puna- Katikati area, and on all the major inshore and offshore islands in the inquiry district. Twentieth-century issues including public works takings, rating law, the operation of the Native and Maori Land Courts, and the role of the Maori Trustee are often emphasised in the Ngai Te Rangi claims. We do not cover those issues in this report. Instead, we focus on the raupatu-related issues of the following claims.

(1) Ngai Tukairangi (Wai 211)

Wai 211 was lodged by Mahaki Ellis on behalf of Ngai Tukairangi. Issues highlighted include the war, surrender, and raupatu at Tauranga; the individualisation of title; the Te Puna– Katikati purchase; the return of land and its subsequent alienation; and twentieth-century

33. Claim 1.48. Claims to the Waitangi Tribunal relating to Ngati Pukenga interests at Tauranga that may be reported on after the stage 2 Tauranga inquiry include Wai 210, which was lodged by Keepa Smallman and concerns public works takings: see claim 1.7.

34. Claim 1.36; docs l21, n22

35. Claim 1.41; paper 2.330