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The Northland Regional Council has appointed its two Far North-based councillors, Dover Samuels and Monty Knight, as its representatives on the new Te Oneroa-a-Tohe Board.
The board will develop and oversee a management plan for Ninety Mile Beach once treaty settlements are confirmed by legislation.
It will also include representatives from Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto and Te Rarawa, and possibly Ngati Kahu, as well as two or three from the Far North District Council.
Mr Samuels, who also chairs the regional council’s Te Tai Tokerau Maori Advisory Committee, says the beach board will mark a significant new relationship between Te Hiku iwi and the councils.
He says it will require major effort from all parties involved to build on their current relationships.
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