Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō is a Māori iwi (tribe) in the upper South Island of New Zealand.[1] Its rohe (tribal lands) include the areas around Golden Bay, Tākaka, Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, Motueka, Nelson and Saint Arnaud, including Taitapu and Kawatiri River catchments and Lakes Rotoiti, Rotoroa, and the Tophouse.[2] Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō has two hapū with affiliated marae: Ngāti Apa ki Te Rā Tō Charitable Trust is the mandated iwi organisation under the Māori Fisheries Act, the iwi aquaculture organisation under the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act, is a Tūhono organisation, and is an "iwi authority" under the Resource Management Act 1991.Ngāti Apa ki Te Rā Tō Trust is recognised by the New Zealand Government as the Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō governance entity, following its settlement with the Crown under the Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Kuia, and Rangitāne o Wairau Claims Settlement Act 2014.It also represents Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō as an iwi authority under the Resource Management Act.