Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 23, 2022 3:04:19 GMT 12
NGĀTI MANIAPOTO SECURES CROWN APOLOGY FOR TREATY OF WAITANGI BREACHES, $165M FINANCIAL REDRESS FOR 'SLEEPING GIANT'
Ngāti Maniapoto, dubbed the central North Island's "sleeping giant", has received its long-awaited Crown apology and financial redress for breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi that included "indiscriminate" killings and land alienation.
The settlement includes a Crown apology and redress of $165 million - the fifth-largest so far. The settlement also returns 36 sites of cultural significance and provides for relationship instruments with key Crown agencies. Maniapoto has an estimated 45,930 members, according to the 2018 census.
Roa said the settlement would give a "hell of a hand up" but they were most interested in the details around guaranteeing partnerships, co-governance and co-management.
Roa said former Treaty negotiations minister Chris Finlayson had been instrumental in starting the process on the Crown side, and continued through current minister Andrew Little......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ngati-maniapoto-secures-crown-apology-for-treaty-of-waitangi-breaches-165m-financial-redress-for-sleeping-giant/BEVS67BNBOWR5A2SVKQQ2YEF3U/
Ngāti Maniapoto, dubbed the central North Island's "sleeping giant", has received its long-awaited Crown apology and financial redress for breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi that included "indiscriminate" killings and land alienation.
The settlement includes a Crown apology and redress of $165 million - the fifth-largest so far. The settlement also returns 36 sites of cultural significance and provides for relationship instruments with key Crown agencies. Maniapoto has an estimated 45,930 members, according to the 2018 census.
Roa said the settlement would give a "hell of a hand up" but they were most interested in the details around guaranteeing partnerships, co-governance and co-management.
Roa said former Treaty negotiations minister Chris Finlayson had been instrumental in starting the process on the Crown side, and continued through current minister Andrew Little......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ngati-maniapoto-secures-crown-apology-for-treaty-of-waitangi-breaches-165m-financial-redress-for-sleeping-giant/BEVS67BNBOWR5A2SVKQQ2YEF3U/