Ngā mihi o te rā o Waitangi.
City Centre reflections.
Āpihai Te Kawau and other Ngāti Whātua ariki and rangatira signed the Manukau-Kāwhia sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi on 20 March 1840 at Manukau Harbour. This sheet was in te reo Māori.
In today's pokapū tāone/city centre, one result of the ambition or vision that followed the signing, was the invitation to Governor Hobson to settle here and establish a capital, by providing 3000 acres via the process of Tuku Whenua.
This occurred at Te rerenga-oraiti/Point Britomart, (now Emily Place reserve).
The stated vision for this was a partnership between two races, working together for the prosperity of both.
Once the owners of more than 80,000 acres of land, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei saw their holdings reduced to a quarter acre urupā.
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, locals and residents, now join annually on 18 September at various spots (including in the city centre at Te Rerenga-oraiti/Emily Place Reserve) to commemorate the Tuku Whenua (and vision behind it), and the founding day of Auckland, 183 years since the establishment of the city’s original settlement.
Looking forwards to a shared prosperity, without forgetting the past.
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