Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 15, 2016 17:57:01 GMT 12
PORT WAIKATO HOLIDAY PARK RETURNS TO ANCESTRAL OWNERS NGATI KAREWA AND NGATI TAHINGA
The holiday park was part of 50 hectares around the Maraetai Creek in Port Waikato sold by 17 Ngati Tahinga chiefs on July 3, 1839 to reverend Robert Maunsell and Benjamin Ashwell for the purpose of establishing a mission station and school for the benefit of the tribe.
The New Zealand Mission Trust Board (Port Waikato Maraetai) Empowering Act 1986 enabled the return of certain lands and monies from the New Zealand Mission Trust Board to the trust.
However, the holiday park still came under the ownership of council and was then privatised in 2002 by the Franklin District Council.....
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/84232248/port-waikato-holiday-park-returns-to-ancestral-owners-ngati-karewa-and-ngati-tahinga
The holiday park was part of 50 hectares around the Maraetai Creek in Port Waikato sold by 17 Ngati Tahinga chiefs on July 3, 1839 to reverend Robert Maunsell and Benjamin Ashwell for the purpose of establishing a mission station and school for the benefit of the tribe.
The New Zealand Mission Trust Board (Port Waikato Maraetai) Empowering Act 1986 enabled the return of certain lands and monies from the New Zealand Mission Trust Board to the trust.
However, the holiday park still came under the ownership of council and was then privatised in 2002 by the Franklin District Council.....
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/84232248/port-waikato-holiday-park-returns-to-ancestral-owners-ngati-karewa-and-ngati-tahinga