Tauhara North land awarded solely to Ngāti Tahu

6714 acres sold for payment of Survey costs

Native Land Court Order made confirming the first 103 owners of Tauhara North

• Partition Order for Tauhara North No1, No2 and No3
• Parliament Petition to cancel Partition Order unsuccessful

Official Government Statement – “The most extensive deposits (sulphur) occur at Tauhara North”

Loss of Tauhara North No1 block through an illegal sale to the Crown

First Sulphur mining on Tauhara North

Illegal Fulljames Fisherman Lodge built

Injunction served by the Native Land Court for the removal of the Fulljames Fishing Lodge

Control of Tauhara North No2 block moved from the owners to the Board of Māori Affairs for the development of Farms – Department of Lands & Survey to be agent for development

Tauhara North block boundaries amended and official Māori Land Court Order made

• Taupo Quarries Ltd acquired Mining Rights for the lake and thermal area at Rotokawa
• First well RK1X drilled (308m) on Tauhara North No2 land

Taupo Quarries Ltd and US owned Cyminex Corporation negotiate Exploration Agreement

Sulphur Drilling programme by Cyminex Corporation

• Taupō Quarries Ltd acquire mining license until 1993
• Agents appointed by the Māori Land Court for Tauhara North No.2 land, with power to negotiate

Appeal for cancellation of the Tauhara North No 1, 2, 3 orders made on 5 December 1956 – Order upheld

•  Fletchers takeover Exploration and Mining at Rotokawa
• Tauhara North No.2 administered by the Ngāti Tahu Tribal Trust along with 14 other blocks affected by the Ohaki Geothermal Project – agents appointed in 1977 cancelled

Creation of the Ngaawapurua Reservation and ‘rapids’ officially renamed to Ngaawapurua Rapids

Tauhara North No.2 Trust farm transferred from the Dept of Lands & Survey to the Department of Māori Affairs

Rua Hoata Cave slip – cave engulfed

The Department of Maori Affairs restructured – all lands returned to Maori Owners including Tauhara North No.2 block

Establishment of Tauhara North No.2 as an Ahu Whenua Trust

Commissioning of the Rotokawa Power Station on Tauhara North No.2 Trust lands

First year of health and education grants distributed to our Whanau

• Commissioning of the Ngaawapurua Power Station on Tauhara North No.2 Trust lands
• Purchase of 25% shares in the Ngaawapurua Power Station = 25% ownership

• Tauhara North No.2 blocks A, B and C Aggregated in the Māori Land Court
• Surveys started with Trust Owners and their whānau
• Trustees begin receiving Honoraria, replacing meeting fees

• Kaumatua Grant reviewed and increased
• First Te Hononga Whānau Day held in Taupo
• Tuition started for all our Tamariki
• First Purchase of our first dairy farm in Oruanui
• Second share purchase of 10% bought in the Ngaawapurua Power station = 35% ownership

• Second Survey with Trust Owners and whānau
• Lifestyle Programme started (now Hauora Whānau)
• Commissioning of Ngatamariki Power Station
• Second farm purchased in Maroa
• Trustee Rotation Policy initiated

• Intern programme began for our rangatahi aged between 17-25 years
• Purchase of Te Whaiti and Minginui farms – our first conversion to dairy
• Purchase of Parariki Block adjoining Tauhara North No.2 Trust, which was part of the original Tauhara North No.1 block

• B4 School programme started for preschoolers
• Purchase of a dairy farm in Tokoroa

Purchase of Tamaki Māori Village – our first Tourism venture

• First Trust Conference held at the Tamaki Māori Village
• Purchase of Rapids Jet our second Tourism venture