Ahakoa e rua ngā whetū rongonui hei arahi i a tātou i te ara ki te tonga, kāore hoki he hua o aua whetū e rua ki te kore a Māhutonga motuhake. Nā reira ai, i tikina atu ai Te Kāhui o Māhutonga hei ingoa mō tēnei rōpū, me āna whakatau. Koia tonu e tohu ana i te ara tika, i te ara ki te tonga kei mua i a Whakaata Māori hei takahitanga māna, e wawatatia ai hoki ki tōna ture o Whakaata Māori 2003.

Nā Ahorangi Wharehuia Milroy te ingoa Te Kāhui o Māhutonga i tākoha ki te rōpū arotake. He kōrero whakarite tikanga tēnei e whakaahua nei i te mahi ka tūtukihia e te rōpū arotake - kei roto i ngā Ngā Ture Whakahaere o te arotake i Te Pire Ratonga Whakaata Māori 2003.

Ko Te Kāhui o Māhutonga te kāhui whetū o te Ripeka o Te Tonga. E rua hoki ngā whetū tūtohu e ōrite ai te kāhui, he tūtohutohu whakatetonga tēnei i ngā Māori me ngā iwi o Poronihia. He ōrite te mahi arotakenga a te rōpū arotake ki te Ripeka o Te Tonga hei tohutohu hei tautoko mo te ripoata ki te Minita mō ngā Take Māori me te Minita mō ngā Take Pūtea.

Last modified: 19/12/2008