Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 22, 2018 16:19:47 GMT 12
FORMAL APOLOGY TO BE MADE OVER CONFISCATED LAND
The Anglican Church will be in Tauranga next month to make a formal apology for giving land gifted to it by local iwi, to the crown.
On November 30 1838, local iwi transferred the land known as Te Papa to the Church Missionary Society.
After the battle of Gate Pa, the Battle of Te Ranga and the Bush campaign, the crown put pressure on the church to sell the land to the Crown for European settlement.
In a statement provided to SunLive by Priority One, it says the Anglican Synod recently agreed to make a formal apology to Tauranga Moana iwi for this situation, providing a step towards the social, spiritual and economic recovery that Tangata Whenua have waited patiently for.....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/191669-formal-apology-to-be-made-over-confiscated-land.html
The Anglican Church will be in Tauranga next month to make a formal apology for giving land gifted to it by local iwi, to the crown.
On November 30 1838, local iwi transferred the land known as Te Papa to the Church Missionary Society.
After the battle of Gate Pa, the Battle of Te Ranga and the Bush campaign, the crown put pressure on the church to sell the land to the Crown for European settlement.
In a statement provided to SunLive by Priority One, it says the Anglican Synod recently agreed to make a formal apology to Tauranga Moana iwi for this situation, providing a step towards the social, spiritual and economic recovery that Tangata Whenua have waited patiently for.....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/191669-formal-apology-to-be-made-over-confiscated-land.html