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June 12, 2023 | News
Wi Pere adds to Ahuwhenua haul
Turanga's Wi Pere Trust has harvested this year's Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Māori horticultural enterprise.
September 27, 2023
June 12, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Kingi Smiler | Chairman of the Ahuwhenua Trust from 2007–2021
Friday marked the 90th anniversary of the Ahuwhenua Trophy, the prestigious and keenly contested event celebrating skill and proficiency in Māori farming.
April 11, 2023 | News
Māori business ready for kaitiaki challenge
The chair of Māori-owned dairy processor Miraka says he expects Māori organisations will embrace tough government changes to environmental laws.
March 29, 2023 | News
Wairarapa Moana takes on crown over foreshore and seabed rerun
Treaty of Waitangi Minister Andrew Little was in Masterton at the weekend to deliver a crown apology to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua for historical breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi including the taking of Wairarapa Moana - but now the traditional owners of the lake say the settlement creates a new breach.
March 28, 2023 | News
Sorry but not sorry as Wairarapa claims halted
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has delivered the Crown apology to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua for historic breaches of Te Tiriti of Waitangi – but one group caught up in the claim says a new breach has been created.
December 20, 2022 | News
Wairarapa negotiator defends divisive settlement
The chair of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua Settlement Trust, Haami Te Whaiti, is defending legislation that blocks access to legal processes by a Mangakino-based group swept into the settlement.
December 14, 2022 | News
Wairarapa settlement creates new treaty breach
The chair Wairarapa Moana Incorporation says by removing legal pathways to pursue a claim for land under a Waikato River dam the crown has ensured the fight will continue into the next generation.
December 8, 2022 | News
Supreme Court breathes life into dam claim
The chair of Mangakino Wairarapa Moana Incorporation, Kingi Smiler, is calling for the Government to strip the incorporation’s claim out of Ngati Kahungungu settlement legislation now it has won its case in the Supreme Court.
October 26, 2022 | News
Decade of work to bring Wi Pere farm to Ahuwhenua standard
A director of Wi Pere Trust says it's taken a lot of work to turn hard East Coast hill country into an award winning property.
August 29, 2022 | News
Miraka talks milk with top UK trade minister
The chair of Taupō-based dairy processor Miraka, Kingi Smiler, hopes the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement will provide greater opportunities for his company.
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