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A Wairarapa hapū is overwhelmed by the support for their crowdfunding campaign for about $500,000 to buy back some of their whenua.
Ngāti Kahukuraawhitia wants to purchase 182 hectares by the Waiohine river in Wairarapa, to build a papakāinga for their descendants to live on.
The Givealittle page has raised over $40,000 already in just a day, but it's a race against time to pull the money together before tenders close Tuesday afternoon.
Meriana Johnsen reports.