PORT NICHOLSON BLOCK SETTLEMENT TRUST

The Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust was established in August 2008 to receive and manage the Treaty settlement package for Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika... No matter where members live, they are entitled to participate in and benefit from the initiatives and outcomes of the Trust. Obviously the majority of members live in New Zealand however we have a large number resident throughout Australia and others live in such places as the United States, United Arab Emirates and Europe... Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika are mana whenua of the Port Nicholson area. The iwi that make up Taranaki Whānui migrated to the Wellington area in the 1830s and have maintained ahi kā. We established ourselves around the Wellington Harbour. Our kāinga, our pā, our gardens have now been largely subsumed by urban development. Yet, we remain. Migration has meant that we are now a minority within our rohe. Yet, we are still the mana whenua.

Primary location: Thorndon United Kingdom