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Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 10, 2017 18:18:24 GMT 12
NEW PLYMOUTH COUNCIL DENIES IT REAPED UP TO $140M IN INCOME FROM STOLEN MAORI LANDClaims it pocketed up to $140 million in income from stolen Maori land have been refuted by the boss of New Plymouth's council. Under its analysis, Chenery said the group calculated NPDC had reaped between $95m to $140m in earnings. But NPDC acting chief executive Alan Bird said the calculations were incorrect. "The figures from Tamaki Treaty Workers are assumptions and the calculations are based on housing inflation rates as opposed to normal inflation rates," Bird said. Bird said council staff had been able to search its archives back to World War II. "The data we have from history is incomplete and old fashioned, with different accounting systems," he said. Bird said since 2007 about $8.4 million had been collected by council in rents. He said about $4.4m of this had been spent on administration, lease management, legal fees and infrastructure in Waitara.... www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/92319832/New-Plymouth-council-denies-it-reaped-up-to-140m-in-income-from-stolen-Maori-land
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