Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 21, 2018 17:07:36 GMT 12
NGĀTI PAOA GROUP 'REPOSSESSES' NORTHCOTE'S HATO PETERA COLLEGE
Two Māori families whose ancestors lived around the site of Northcote's Hato Petera College 170 years ago have "repossessed" the land.
The issue is politically delicate given the large Māori caucuses in the governing Labour and NZ First Parties, although Boynton said his Peters family was not related to Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters.
Thompson, a former Hato Petera house parent, has told Hipkins and the Catholic Church that the iwi wants to be involved in any decision about the school, but said he had not heard from Hipkins.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12110327
Two Māori families whose ancestors lived around the site of Northcote's Hato Petera College 170 years ago have "repossessed" the land.
The issue is politically delicate given the large Māori caucuses in the governing Labour and NZ First Parties, although Boynton said his Peters family was not related to Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters.
Thompson, a former Hato Petera house parent, has told Hipkins and the Catholic Church that the iwi wants to be involved in any decision about the school, but said he had not heard from Hipkins.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12110327