HISTORY

Na Ruamano he rangatira i kawengia te mana oo oona matua aa Rangitunaeke raua ko te Tiki mai te papa aa Tihiotonga tae atu ki te Whakarewarewa. Na Te Kohu he rangatira hoki i kawengia te mana aa raua tahi ano mai te papa aa Rotohokahoka tae atu ki te Waikuta i raro i te mana aa waa raatau koroua-matua aa Tunohopu aa Ngati Tunohopu hoki.

I te timatatia oo Te Kooti Wheenua Maori 1916 te ture whakariro wheenua ki te Tangata anake. Teenei te waahi hei whakaaro ake ai aa koroua kuia maa te peheatanga oo te anga mua i te Aohurihuri nei te Ao oo te ture. Aa taaua waa whakaaro ake ai ko te whaanau tamariki mokopuna aa Titiokura raaua ko Tuhiku hei huri te wheenua nei hei kootahingia i raro i te mana aa ‘Tiki Te Kohu Ruamano Trust’.

Taa raatau nei hiahia raatau tumanako ko te wheenua maaringi ai te toto hei haapai hei oranga moo raatau uri whakatupu heke mai. Noreira ko te tikanga oo ‘Tiki Te Kohu Ruamano Trust’ moo te toto anake. Heoi ano mai te whakawhaanaungatanga oo te tuaakana, teina, tuahine i whakariro ai weetehi whaanau kore toto he ture whai-paanga ki te whenua nei. He aroha teenei ki waa taatau nei Ngati Tunohoputanga. Aa Tihei mauriora ee!

Tiki Te Kohu Ruamano Trust was formed on 12 May 1981. The Trust has grown to nearly 500 shareholders. The list of original owners of the Trust include the following:

Hohepa Pimara
Kanapu Puta
Te Kirihuruhuru Kakea
Makereta Pahemata Ihimaera
Miriama Te Ropuhina
Te Naera Houkotuku
Te Pimara Parakau
Pipi Haerehuka
Pirika Hohepa
Rakitu Haerehuka
Te Riri Haerehuka
Te Ropuhina
Tamati Moko
Tame Pipi
Taraipine Te Warihi
Te Teira Tunohopu
Tiakiawa Tiniraupeka
Tomairangi Whakaahua
Tuihana Whakaahua
Tutanekai Taua
Te Warihi Makitaunu
Wiri Rapata Hira

The Trust administers six quarter acre sections at Whakarewarewa fronting, Fenton Street, Rotorua, on behalf the shareholders. The Trust is tasked with the oversight of the sections, which are currently all subject to long-term lease arrangements. The Maori freehold land blocks are known as, Sections 1 and 2 Block LI Town of Rotorua and Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 LII Town of Rotorua.