We the undersigned OPPOSE Crown recognition of the Ngatiwai Trust Board (NTB) mandate on the following grounds:
1) There has been insufficient engagement from both the Crown and the Ngatiwai Trust Board during the mandating process;
2) The NTB mandate does not recognise hapu rangatiratanga;
3) The NTB mandate structure is not representative of the Ngatiwai people;
4)The NTB fundamentally misapplies Tikanga; and
5) We support whanau and hapu claimants who have filed for an Urgent Hearing with the Waitangi Tribunal on the recognition of the NTB Mandate.
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Husband: Sidney Thompson / Hirini Tamihana Marae: Tuparehuia Comments: As kaumatua and having a long, if not the longest, connection to the land than any living person, Sid cannot support a Trust Board which does not have the interests of the Ngatiwai at heart. He says Truth prevails.