Matatā-based iwi Ngāti Rangitihi will remain a part of Te Kotahitanga o Te Arawa after receiving a 65% majority support to withdraw at a recent preliminary hui which falls short of the 75% majority required under Te Arawa Fisheries Trust Deed.
The final results released by Elections New Zealand this week show that 65%
of Ngāti Rangitihi iwi members who attended the hui voted in favour of the resolution to withdraw from Te Arawa Fisheries.
Eight tribes involved in the Central North Island treaty settlement have four months to decide how to divide up Kaingaroa Forest.
Ngati Manawa from Murupara took legal action against seven other tribes, including Tuhoe, Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Rangitihi, because they missed a self-imposed deadline to consider the mana whenua (ownership) of 176,000ha of forest. If after four months they still can't decide, the matter will go before the High Court.
Matatā-based iwi Ngāti Rangitihi will vote this Saturday to decide whether they should take control of a $2.95M share in Te Arawa Fisheries assets.
The complex withdrawal process initiated by local iwi authority Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trust is one step closer to completion after they successfully fulfilled mandating obligations via a preliminary vote last month.
A hui will be held at Rangitihi Marae on 5 November 2011 for the iwi to vote on whether they agree to continue with the withdrawal process.
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