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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 20, 2018 16:22:49 GMT 12
TREATY DEAL BACKED BUT COUNTER CLAIMS REMAINA 71.7 per cent vote in favour of accepting a $93 million Treaty of Waitangi settlement has been hailed as “strong support” by Ngati Kahungunu’s Settlement Trust, but the deal remains a contentious issue with two groups pushing separate claims. A voter turnout of 33.1 per cent of registered iwi members was a good response, trust chairman Robin Potangaroa said. “I think if you asked the Crown, they would say it is a good turnout – it is usually in the low 20s for Treaty settlements. “People are over it . . if Maori are happy, they don’t bother. If they are angry, they will turn up.” The Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tamaki Nui-a-Rua settlement is made up of the cash settlement and 9000ha of land...... times-age.co.nz/treaty-deal-backed-but-counter-claims-remain/
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