We the undersigned OPPOSE Crown recognition of the Ngatiwai Trust Board (NTB) mandate on the following grounds:

1) There has been insufficient engagement from both the Crown and the Ngatiwai Trust Board during the mandating process;

2) The NTB mandate does not recognise hapu rangatiratanga;

3) The NTB mandate structure is not representative of the Ngatiwai people;

4)The NTB fundamentally misapplies Tikanga; and

5) We support whanau and hapu claimants who have filed for an Urgent Hearing with the Waitangi Tribunal on the recognition of the NTB Mandate.

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