Chairman of Ngati Hinewaka, southern Wairarapa. Source of information: Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 July 2003.
Te Whaiti, Haami, active 1995-2003
Photograph of Haami Te Whaiti and Dick Te Whaiti at taiapure, Palliser Bay
Date: 30 May 1995
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1995/1597/29-F
Description: Haami Te Whaiti (left) and Dick Te Whaiti, of Ngati Hinewaka, overlooking the taiapure (Maori coastal fishery) at Palliser Bay, southern Wairarapa. Photograph taken on 30 May 1995 by Evening Post staff photographer Melanie Burford. The Maori Fisheries Act 1989 provided for the establishment of local fisheries, or taiapure. One of the first was established in 1995 by Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa in Palliser Bay. Source of information: Ministry of fisheries, starfish student & teacher resource. URL: http://www.starfish.govt.nz/economic/facts/fact-maori-fisheries.htm Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) individual image on negative strip. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm