Raniera (Sonny) Tau has been chairman of Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi since 2008, and played a pivotal role in leading northern iwi and others to support the model for allocation of the Maori Fisheries Settlement. He is the chair of the Tūhoronuku Independent Mandated Authority, the group mandated by Ngapuhi to settle its Treaty claims, and which is now negotiating cultural and commercial settlement for the iwi following the recent signing of the Terms of Negotiation with the Crown.
Raniera (Sonny) Tau talks to Kim Hill
Massey University and Auckland Museum conference The Treaty on the Ground will debate what happens beyond Treaty settlements, and what the post-Treaty era might hold for New Zealand.