MIHI / GREETINGS

Tēnei te mihi maioha mai ia mātou ngā Kaiārahi o īnaianei mo te Te Tari Papakāing o Kōkōhīnau Nau mai, haere mai ki tēnei pae tukutuku tuhinga kōrero kia hora ai te māramātanga kia koutou o ngā mahi e whakahaerehia ana e mātou i runga i tēnei whenua.
Heoi ano me hoki whakamuri te maumahara ki o tātou tīpuna me ngā  Kaiārahi tuatahi i waiho mai i tenei whenua ki te whai hua mo ngā painga o ngā uri me ngā whakatipuranga. Tēnei te mihi arohanui kia rātou katoa. 

Greetings from the current trustees of the Kōkōhīnau Papakāinga Trust trustees. Welcome to this website of information to enlighten you to all of the activities on the land.  However we refer back and acknowledge our ancestors and inagural trustees who left us the  and to develop for the benefit of the descendants and the up and coming generations. We lovingly respect them all.
 

MAI TE TĪMATA / ORIGIN

The Kōkōhīnai Papakāinga Trust land originated from meetings during the 1960’s between the original Kōkōhīnau land owners to amalgamate their lands under seperate title. Situated at 331 TeTeko Road Whakatane the land consisted of 26 acres which also included the Kōkōhīnau marae and the urupa / cemetery. 

In the Māori Land Court hearing on 18th November 1969 at Rotorua. Judge Kenneth Gillanders Scott vested 20 acres of the Kōkōhīnau land as the first Kōkōhīnau Papakāinga land and ordered Eruera Manuera of TeTeko, Retired, Tame Waitere of TeTeko Farmer and Dick Hunia of TeTeko, Storekeeper as the inaugural trustees to manage the land as an Ahu Whenua Trust