Tieke Kāinga

Tieke Kāinga is a small Māori community in New Zealand, on the middle reaches of the Whanganui River 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) downstream from the mouth of the Mangatiti Stream.

Prior to European colonisation, Tieke was a Whanganui River trading centre, a place of learning and a fortified pā.

[4] Early in the 20th century the land changed from tribal to government ownership, although no official records of the 1906 Whanganui River Trust transaction exist today.

[5] In the mid-1990s the Department of Conservation began levying a Facilities Use Pass, a toll on river users to maintain its huts and services, which caused controversy amongst some local Māori.

[1][3][7] In September 1993 a group called Te Whānau o Tieke reclaimed the land, occupying the hut[7][8] and establishing a marae.