Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 18, 2023 5:10:59 GMT 12
GREENS PROPOSE PRIVATE LAND ACQUISITION FOR TREATY SETTLEMENTS, IF RE-ELECTED
The Greens say they will reform the Treaty of Waitangi settlements process, by compelling the crown to consider acquiring private land as it comes up for sale, if reelected to government, in October.
The party's 'Hoki Whenua Mai' policy unveiled today would also end historic treaty claim deadlines and perpetual leases on Māori land, which allow tenants indefinite rights to renew rents like those at Tokomaru Bay, at rates generally below market value.
"The Aotearoa we know today has been built off of Māori land, much of which was wrongly taken through breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi over the last 183 years," Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson said in a statement....