Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 30, 2016 17:18:33 GMT 12
BROTHERS TAKE COMPENSATION BATTLE TO WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Two brothers badly injured while serving in the army more than two decades ago have taken their battle for compensation to the Waitangi Tribunal.
Damien Nepata told TV3's The Hui the Crown had breached the Treaty of Waitangi by not honouring its duty of care.
"The Crown puts an obligation on you that at any point in time it can ask you to leave New Zealand and put your physical safety in harm's way.
"That's where there's some thinking that the Treaty, in that respect, has been breached, that the Crown [is] not living up to its end of the bargain," he said.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/316852/brothers-take-compensation-battle-to-waitangi-tribunal
Two brothers badly injured while serving in the army more than two decades ago have taken their battle for compensation to the Waitangi Tribunal.
Damien Nepata told TV3's The Hui the Crown had breached the Treaty of Waitangi by not honouring its duty of care.
"The Crown puts an obligation on you that at any point in time it can ask you to leave New Zealand and put your physical safety in harm's way.
"That's where there's some thinking that the Treaty, in that respect, has been breached, that the Crown [is] not living up to its end of the bargain," he said.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/316852/brothers-take-compensation-battle-to-waitangi-tribunal