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2 The rohe <strong>of</strong> Ngati Awa/Te Ati Awa ki Waikanae Iwi.Kukutauaki <strong>to</strong> Whareroa (seaward inland <strong>to</strong> Pukemore and Maunganuinorthward <strong>to</strong> Kapakapanui and Pukeatua <strong>to</strong> Ngawhakangutu the westward <strong>to</strong>Kukutauaki.MY SUBMISSION1 To the Board if you were <strong>to</strong> ask me who I represent, I would say Ngati Awa/TeAti Awa ki Waikanae Iwi cause that is who I am.2 The understanding why I say that there are two law in my world LORE andLAW.LORELAWMy tupuna lore is a complementary <strong>to</strong> the crown law and can bring a balancewhen the crown law is so restricted.It gives Ngati Awa/Te Ati Awa ki Waikanae Iwi the rights under wairuatanga,whakapapatanga,Kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga and right <strong>to</strong> TinoRangatiratanga over it future and rohe. Not <strong>to</strong> be restricted by crownrecognized bodies.This lore can overcome this situation when it looks like one group has themandate but in reality its Iwi have had their democratic rights anrangatiratanga strip from them.2002 Executive Te Runanga Ati Awa Ki Whakarongotai Inc withdraw theirsupport and the Environment Court rule that Takamore Trust was notrecognised as a mandate authority for whanau, hapu.Yet it was clear since 1995 <strong>to</strong> 2001 that Ngati Awa/Te Ati Awa Ki WaikanaeIwi had given Te Runanga o Ati Awa Ki Whakarongotai Inc the mandate forthem <strong>to</strong> support Takamore.Executive decision had more weight than the Iwi mandate. Ngati Awa/TeAti Awa Ki Waikanae Iwi are in the same situation now as we were then,same Executive.This law divide and rules.It is time that Ngati Awa/Te Ati Awa ki Waikanae Iwi where given a say <strong>of</strong> theirrohe .At a Ngati Awa/Te Awa Ki Waikanae Iwi public notifly meeting <strong>of</strong> the AGM <strong>of</strong> AtiAwa ki Whakarongotai Charitiable Trust at Whakarongotai Marae on the 28 July in4 | P age

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