Te Runanga o Ngati Porou launches the Tourism Ngati Porou strategic plan aimed at culturally based tourism which could provide employment for each hapu, Radio Ngati Porou farewells Ngahiwi Apanui after 13 years of service and research into the Waiapu River reveals some of the worst sediment pollution levels in the world.
Te Runanga o Ngati Porou representatives hold consultation hui from Kaikohe to Dunedin - to discuss the strategic plan, fisheries plan and the proposed Runanga representation model, fisheries' profit up 75 percent on previous year and Caren Wickliffe from Rangitukia - is sworn in as the first Maori woman judge in the Maori Land Court's 135 history.
More than a 1000 competitors and supporters flock to Ngata Memorial College for the 2001 Ngati Porou Inter-Marae Sports Day Competition, top junior Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou scholars Tawhiri Dalton Reedy, Ruth Heeney and Awhina Houkamau excel in NZ's senior secondary school exams and the Gisborne District Council plans to purchase Manutahi forest - cutting Ngati Porou out of the deal.
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