Te Pūkaki Tapu o Poutūkeka me ngā Whenua Hono Te Pūkaki Tapu o Poutūkeka and Associated Lands

This committee makes decisions about how the Te Pūkaki Tapu o Poutūkeka and Ngā Kapua Kohuora are managed.

In 2010, mana whenua Hapū and iwi with ancestral relationships to certain areas in Tāmaki Makaurau where they exercise customary authority. and council members entered into a co-management agreement, creating the Te Pūkaki Tapu o Poutūkeka Historic Reserve and Associated Māori Lands co-management committee. They updated the agreement in 2023.

The committee aims to:

• preserve the cultural and historic significance of the reserve
• uphold mana whenua’s kaitiaki (guardian) responsibilities and traditions
• protect and manage the land as a public reserve
• contribute to a management plan for the reserve that meets the requirements of the Reserves Act 1977.

The committee has three representatives from Te Ākitai Waiohua / Pūkaki Māori Marae Committee and three from Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board.