Frequently Asked Questions

We are a group of Ngāpuhi descendants who work in all areas of our communities across Ngāpuhi and Aotearoa and have a deep desire to unite our hapū in order for us to move together in the future. We are Hapū Leaders, Hapū members, Cultural Consultants, CEOs, Financial Advisors, Legal Consultants, Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Teachers, Principals, Community Reps, Health Professionals, Mātua, Kaumatua, Kuia, & ultimately Ngāpuhi Descendants. 

Our ultimate vision is to unite our Ngāpuhi nation by creating a solid Taumata and Hapū Representation Board and engagement from our Ngāpuhi nation. We know distrust has ensued through the Treaty Settlement Process so we know building that up as well as showing up is important. We want to initially address the elephant in the room, The Treaty Settlement Negotiations and figure out our way forward together. We want to ensure there is understanding of this process and what it ultimately means for our people. We want to take a fresh view of the situation to work towards our United Goal. Then we want to create a Strategic Priorities Plan which every Hapū will begin to detail as part of this process. We have lost so much, now let’s tell the Government exactly how much Hapū by Hapū.

We agree there is a lot of confusion or not a lot of education about the Treaty so we would like to take everyone on a journey to understand this better and grow awareness about what that looks like. We also want feedback as to how you would like the information about this process reach you. Please give us suggestions as we also learn what it is that our people want too. 

We want to form a Taumata of Leaders, Representatives from the 110 Hapū and communicate on issues regarding He Whakaputanga, Te Tiriti ō Waitangi, Settlement Negotiations, Te Reo Ngāpuhi, Ngāpuhi Infrastructure, Current Assets, Political Influence, Policy Recommendations, Housing, Health, Justice, Education, Commerce and International Trading, Intellectual Property and Matauranga Ngāpuhi. 

If you haven’t already registered on the Ngāpuhi website then that would be good, and you can sign up here to be informed about our roopu. 

It doesn’t matter where you live we would love you to join and be kept up to date about our movement and what the future holds. 

We support any hapuu inside our Ngāpuhi Iwi to determine their future together, but we also open the doors to us all uniting and moving Ngāpuhi together in the future. We don’t all have to agree but we can come together in times of need and work towards a greater future with better outcomes for our people. 

We formed because we saw the division caused by the Treaty Settlement Process. Unfortunately money and misinformation do this to people and we found the division has meant many are being left without leaders to guide them in this space. So we have decided to take up that challenge of unifying Ngāpuhi and getting out information to help inform us about this process and what we want to do as a people to settle thuse grievances.
We know it will never come close enough, but we have a plan for that too. If you would like to find out as we gather momentum.