Recognised iwi in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004

Population: Census 2013: 4,920

This rohe map represents the area over which Rongowhakaata exercises kaitiakitanga for the purposes of the Resource Management Act 1991 and is based on the Area of Interest agreed between Rongowhakaata and the Crown in the Deed of Settlement signed on 30 September 2011. Rongowhakaata Area of Interest from the Deed of Settlement [JPG, 151KB].

Rongowhakaata have exercised mana and rangatiratanga from time to time over the region that included Te Toka a Ahuru in the north, overlapping with the interest of Te Aitanga a Hauiti; to the south at Pakowhai, Muriwai and on to Te Kurī a Paoa, overlapping with Ngāi Tāmanuhiri. In the west the interests of Rongowhakaata extend to the Tahora blocks, overlapping with Tūhoe and Te Aitanga ā Māhaki. The interests of Rongowhakaata also overlap with Te Aitanga ā Māhaki at Patutahi. To the southwest, the associations of Rongowhakaata extended to Te Reinga, overlapping with Ngāti Ruapani and Ngāti Kahungunu.

This rohe extends into the regions or districts of these local authorities:

Regional Council

Gisborne District Council

Territorial Authority

Gisborne District Council

Contact information for hapū and marae may be provided by the Representative Organisation at their discretion.

Iwi Representative Organisations