The Maori King has used his annual speech at the Turangawaewae Marae to launch a claim for Auckland.
The claim goes as far as the Mahurangi Peninsula, the Firth of Thames and across to the Manukau Harbour and Piha.
The king's spokesman Tuku Morgan said the Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister had agreed to hear the claim into greater Auckland.
He said it was an opportunity for the tribe to talk to the government, to address the unresolved interests of Waikato Tainui and the Kingitanga into Tamaki.
It was hoped the claim will be resolved by this time next year.
