Kaupapa Maori
Nau mai, Haere mai, ki te kaunihera-ā-rohe o Taupō / Welcome to the Taupō District Council.
Within the boundaries of the Taupō District is the ancestral home to four Iwi (tribes); Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Tahu / Ngāti Whaoa and Raukawa, each iwi has associated hapu or sub-tribes. These ‘Tangata whenua’ groupings play a vital role as kaitiaki (guardians) of natural resources, cultural sites of significance and waahi tapu. Hapu and iwi are connected to the whenua (Land) through occupation and whakapapa (genealogy). The four main iwi hold mana whenua status for different parts of the Taupō Districts land area and beyond. A branch of Ngāti Kahungunu from the Wairarapa also now resides on part of the Pouakani lands in the northern reaches of the district. All iwi help guide Taupō District Council with issues pertaining to their whenua tupuna (ancestral lands).
Taupō District Council contact:
Mr Dominic Bowden
Strategic Relationships Manager
Taupō District Council
Section 35A(2)(b) of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) requires each local authority to include in its records all the information provided to it by the Crown on:
- the contact details of each iwi authority within the region or district of that local authority and areas over which one or more iwi exercise kaitiakitanga within that region or district; and
- any groups that represent hapū for the purposes of the RMA and the areas over which one or more hapū exercise kaitiakitanga within the region or district of that local authority.
Te Kā hui Māngai: is the means by which the Crown fulfils the requirements of section 35A(2) of the RMA in terms of the information the Crown must provide to local authorities. Therefore each local authority, at a minimum, must include this information in its records. This information is available by visiting
Te Kahui Mangai.
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