► Wai 365: lodged by Rawiri Tooke and concerning Matakana forestry land.

► Wai 714: lodged by Hane Williams on behalf of the Ngati Koi Claimant Trust and partially concerning land located at Athenree.

► Wai 778: lodged by Te Wiremu Mataia on behalf of Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngati Tamatera and concerning lands and taonga of the tribe.⁴⁹

1.4.7 Representative claims (Wai 645, Wai 701)

Wai 645 is the claim of the Tauranga Moana Maori Trust Board and was lodged on its behalf by Enoka Ngatai. It is largely concerned with the Tauranga Maori Trust Board Act 1981, the legislation that brought the trust board into being. Wai 701 was lodged on behalf of the Athenree Claims Committee by Matiu Ellis and Colin Bidois. The committee was formed by representatives of several western Tauranga hapu in order to bring a claim concerning the Crown-licensed Athenree Forest, which is near Katikati. The claim focuses on the Te Puna– Katikati purchase, raupatu, the return of land, and the 1927 Sim commission. Wai 701 claimants seek the ‘return’ of Athenree Forest to the ‘whanau and hapu of Katikati and Te Puna’.⁵⁰

1.4.8 Withdrawn claims

The following claims were withdrawn by the claimants while the inquiry was in progress and are not reported on:

► Wai 209: lodged by Jim Gray on behalf of the Otawa Kaiate Trust on 13 April 1987 and concerning the Otawa blocks. The claim was withdrawn on 20 October 1995.

► Wai 356: lodged by Patrick Nicholas on behalf of Ngati Tokotoko on 31 May 1993. The claim was withdrawn on 11 August 1995.

► Wai 383: lodged by Colin Bidois on 13 September 1993 and concerning land in the Te Puna–Katikati area. The claim was withdrawn on 17 June 1998.⁵¹

1.4.9 Raupatu claim not reported on (Wai 159)

Wai 159 is a claim concerning Tuhua Island that was lodged by Isobel Berkett and others on 10 August 1990. It alleges that the rightful owners of Tuhua were called ‘Te Urungawera’. According to the Wai 159 claimants, following confiscation the island was returned not to Te Urungawera but to others, in breach of the Treaty. A research report on Tuhua Island was

49. Claims 1.18, 1.18(a), 1.44, 1.51; papers 2.372, 2.400

50. Claims 1.33, 1.40

51. Papers 2.55, 2.54, 2.174