The 5th Auckland Triennial

Our project is a celebration of the local and specific history, identity and culture of Tāmaki’s mana whenua in the context of recent significant Iwi treaty settlements including the return of Maunga to Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau. Our structures will be located prominently on Auckland’s Waterfront, providing a highly visible public forum for Tāmaki’s mana whenua (and tangata whenua more generally) to tell their own stories.

The highly significant joint settlement claim for the Tāmaki Collective (Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Collective) was completed September 8 the Auckland region in joint title of culturally significant landmarks that includes 13 maunga in the region. It also includes a Right of First Refusal (RFR) arrangement whereby for the next 170 years any surplus government property that is to be sold within a defined zone in the wider Auckland area is first offered to the collective to purchase at market value.

The collective approach recognises that the iwi/hapū of Tāmaki Makaurau have various overlapping customary interests, which would be difficult to consider separately from each other. The collective deed provides the redress that cannot be provided through individual iwi/hapū settlements due to the extent of overlapping interests in the region. The collective deed is therefore critical to settling the historical claims in the Auckland region.

The Tāmaki Collective are Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Tamaoho, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara, Te Ākitai Waiohua, Te Kawerau ā Maki, Te Patukirikiri and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua.