Research

Ngāti Kahu Wāhi Tapu and Portable Taonga

A report commissioned by the Crown Forestry Rental Trust
Renewed Muriwhenua Land Inquiry (Wai 45, #T35)

June 2026

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Baylys Beach, Ripiro Beach, 2023.
Baylys Beach, Ripiro Beach, 2023.

Kauri Coast (Te Roroa Application Area) – Third party use and occupation

Report commissioned by Te Kāhui Takutai Moana, Te Arawhiti – Office for Māori Crown Relations

 April 2024

Muriwhenua Environmental Issues Report 1840 to 2022

Whangape Timber Company, Whangapē, 1930s
Whangape Timber Company, Whangapē, 1930s. Northwood brothers: Photographs of Northland. Ref: 1/1-004905- G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

A report commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal for the Renewed Muriwhenua Land Inquiry (Wai 45)

August 2023

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Survey map detail showing Whakatāne harbour in 1933. (Whakatāne Museum and Research Centre, MS 6 Box 59)

Central Bay of Plenty – Third party use and occupation

Report under Te Kāhui Takutai Moana Marine and Coastal Area Act

Commissioned by Te Arawhiti
– Office for Māori Crown Relations

March 2022

Tuamotu Island and Puakaiwai Island, Turanganui a Kiwa, before quarrying began in late 1880s. Photo: Gisborne Museum

Customary interests and third-party use and occupation – Gisborne and environs

Report under Te Kāhui Takutai Moana Marine and Coastal Area Act

Commissioned by Te Arawhiti – Office for Māori Crown Relations

Research assistance to Mark Derby

June 2021

Te Kaahu Pokere o Tamaki Makaurau e kore i ngaro i te hinapouri. The black hawk of Tāmaki will never disappear into the darkness. Image: Te Ākitai Waiohua

    Te Ākitai Waiohua – Customary interests in  three central Auckland sites

Report commissioned by Te Ākitai Waiohua Settlement Trust and co-authored with Mark Derby

August 2020

Kutarere wharf, Ohiwa Harbour. Photo: Tanja Rother

Edwards MACA Application – Customary Interests and Third Party Use And Occupation 

Report under Te Kāhui Takutai Moana Marine and Coastal Area Act

Commissioned by Te Arawhiti – Office for Māori Crown Relations

Research assistance to Mark Derby

May 2020