Our Story
'Te toto o te tangata, he kai, te oranga o te tangata, he whenua’
'while food provides the blood in our veins, our health is drawn from the land'
Waipapa 9 Trust is a result of the amalgamation of land under the Maori Land Development Scheme and administered by the Board of Maori Affairs from the 1970’s.
During this period the land was farmed by the Department of Lands and Survey. In the early 1970’s the Board temporarily changed the emphasis of the departments work from one of land development to settlement. However Lands and Survey (Landcorp) reverted back to land development until 1987.
On the 8th of July 1989 the Waipapa Maori Development Scheme was handed back to the owners by the Secretary of Maori Affairs, Tamati Reedy, in a scroll signing ceremony at Pakaketaiari Meeting House, Mokai.
Over 15 years nearly 10,000 acres of Maori Land was converted to grass and trees. At approximately 5,300 hectares Waipapa Block was so big that for efficiency of management it was necessary to subdivide into manageable units as the development advanced.
In 1971, after 7 years of development and the first 7,000 of grass, Waipapa and Otanepae Stations were subdivided off.
In 1977, on completion of the major part of the grassing programme a further re-arrangement and subdivision was carried out to create Takapau station.
Originally known as Waipapa 4A because of the change of boundaries, mainly due to road construction and realignments the block is now known as Waipapa 9.
PUKAPUKA WHAKAMAUMAHARA
(MAORI)
COMMEMORATIVE SCROLL
(ENGLISH)
Further Background
The Maori freehold land known as Waipapa 4A comprised the Waipapa Development Scheme under Part 24 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.
On 13 August 1981 a trust known as the Waipapa 4A Trust was constituted under section 438 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.
The trust order at 62 Taupo MB 116 and dated 13 August 1981 declared the initial terms of trust for the Waipapa 4A Trust.
The original trustees of the Waipapa 4A Trust were Hare Haika, Kara Rotarangi, Binnie Hodge, Peeti Hatu, James Tukapua, Robert Andrews, Pius Hepi, John Broughton, Fraser Te Hiko, Richard Murray, Anthony Haa, Te Arani Paerata and James Forshaw.
The Waipapa Development Scheme was administered by the Maori Land Board between 1953 and 1989. The Waipapa 4A Trust managed Waipapa 4A between 1981 and 1989 subject to the powers of the Maori Land Board under Part 24 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.
On 6 July 1989 Waipapa 4A was released from Part 24 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 by way of Gazette notice.
On 8 July 1989 a formal ceremony was held at Pakaketaiari Marae at Mokai where Waipapa 4A was formally handed back to the trustees and beneficial owners of the Waipapa 4A Trust by Tamati Reedy as the Secretary of Maori Affairs.
On 20 June 1991 the Block known as Waipapa 9 was created by order of the Maori Land Court at 65 Taupo MB 138-139.
Waipapa 9 is Maori freehold land comprising 5,207.7277 hectares as described in CFR 511620 and forms the corpus of the Waipapa 9 Trust..
In 1989 and 1994 two Maori reservations were set apart on Waipapa 9 for the common use and benefit of Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Raukawa.
The Waipapa 9 Trust continues as an ahu whenua trust pursuant to s 354 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993.
The terms of trust were declared in the trust order at 89 Waiariki MB 100-106 dated 6 December 2013.
At a hui at Tirohanga Hall on 27 February 2016 the continuing trustees and beneficiaries of the Waipapa 9 Trust approved a new trust order.