Ngāti Toa buys back ancestral land at Whitireia from RNZ

Friday 17 October 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated Fri 17 Oct 2025, 4:40pm

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Ngāti Toa Rangatira has purchased 53 hectares of land at Whitireia in Porirua from RNZ for just under $5 million. This acquisition returns the iwi's sacred maunga to their ownership more than 170 years after the land was originally gifted to the Anglican Church.

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1. The PostFri 17 Oct 2025, 1:56pm

   Ngāti Toa buys back ancestral land from RNZ (opens in new tab)

2. RNZFri 17 Oct 2025, 4:40pm

   Ngāti Toa Rangatira has bought back 53 hectares of land at Whitireia in Porirua from RNZ (opens in new tab)