In 2023, successors to the Hāwea-Wānaka block voted for interim representation, through a process facilitated by Te Arawhiti (Te Tari Whakatau) and Te Puni Kōkiri.
Mau hikaia! Mau hikaia! Te ahi e ko Rangi matua Te ahi e ko Papa matua Te ahi e Rangi, te ahi e Papa Tēnei te kaunoti tapu Hei hika atu mō te tipua Hei hika atu mō te tawhito Ka whakamaranga!
20 July 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT
E harikoa ana Te Tumu Whakawā i te kopounga o Te
Kaiwhakawā Matua hou o Te Kooti Whenua Māori
E harikoa ana Te Tumu Whakawā i te putanga mai o te pānui a te Minita Kairīwhi o
Te Puni Kōkiri, a te Hōnore Nanaia Mahuta, mō te kopounga o Kaiwhakawā Caren
Fox hei Kaiwhakawā Matua mō Te Kooti Whenua Māori.
She also acted as legal counsel for Treaty claimants and Māori land clients. She holds a LLM from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and in 2023 received her PhD at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi for her thesis "Ko te mana te utu: Narratives of sovereignty, law, and tribal citizenship in the Pōtikirua ki te Toka-a-Taiau District".
Kei te noho Te Puna Manawa
Whenua, te Pukapuka Pae a Te Kooti Whenua
Māori hei tohutoro mō te ture whenua Māori me
ngā whakatau o Te Kooti Whenua Māori.
