# Ngai Tahu

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John MacDonald: Ngāi Tahu's lesson for our local councils

Instead of mucking around and asking local councils to come up with ideas on how to re-arrange themselves, the government should have just gone straight to Ngāi Tahu. Because, even though the iwi wasn’t asked to put forward a proposal, it has. And I think it’s brilliant. It’s one of those ideas t…

Simon Cameron | West Coast Federated Farmers President discusses Molesworth Station

DOC has chosen Ngai Tahu Farming as the preferred farming operator for Molesworth Station, the country's biggest farm. Ngai Tahu farming will apply for a concession to take over the lease next year. Adding to 100,000 hectares of farming and forestry land it already manages in South Island. West…

Ngai Tahu welcomes Trade Me pounamu ban

The theft of pounamu from Te Waipounamu, the South Island, has become so big that the thieves use helicopters to lift it out from remote parts of the West Coast. This morning, Trade Me has announced it will no longer sell raw pounamu. Poutini Ngai Tahu Runanga, Co-Chair, Francois Tumahai spoke to J…

Morning Report Essentials Tuesday 20 October

Chris Hipkins on Labour's campaign and coalition plans; 'On a roll' campaign targets young voters; Ngai Tahu welcomes Trade Me pounamu ban; Pirongia businesses band together as bridge closure hits trade; Maggie Cogger-Orr makes rugby refereeing history

Rare South Island moa egg returning to Aotearoa

A rare South Island giant moa egg will be returned to Aotearoa, after being bought from a private collection in the United States. According to auction records, the egg was discovered in New Zealand in 1966, and may have originated from a human burial site dating to the Moa Hunter period, around AD…