Today the Ngāti Hāua Deed of Settlement will be signed with the Crown at Ngāpūwai-waha Marae in Taumarunui.
Significantly - today the Crown will pardon two ancestors, Maatene Ruta te Whareaitu and Te Rangiatea, who were wrongly convicted in 1846 for rebeling against the Crown.
Te Whareaitu was executed by hanging while Te Rangiatea was sentenced to life in prison, where he later died.
Over 60 sites will be returned to Ngāti Hāua along with financial redress and a cultural fund of $26.5 million dollars.
Chair of the Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust, Graham Bell, speaks to Mihi.
Graham Bell. Photo: Supplied / Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust
