Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 27, 2018 16:22:33 GMT 12
MANGATU HEARING TO HEAR THE FINAL EVIDENCE
The Waitangi Tribunal hearing for the Mangatu remedies claim resumes in Gisborne tomorrow.
The next two days will hear the last round of evidence for the claim, before the tribunal deliberates and works towards a reccommendation.
Six iwi claimant groups have applied for the return of Mangatu Crown forest licensed lands, plus compensation.....
gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3806271-135/mangatu-hearing-to-hear-the-final
WAIMARINO LAND GRAB COMPENSATION $21.7M
The Government has agreed in principle to a $21.7 million settlement with Te Korowai o Wainuiarua, which covers upper Whanganui River hapu affliating to Uenuku, Tamakana, and Tamahaki.
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little says the agreement signed on Friday is an important step in the settlement of the their claims.
He says within a short space of time in the late 1800s the hapu lost large tracts of ancestral land to the construction of the main trunk line and subsequent logging of the great Waimarino forests.
The package includes Crown acknowledgments of its Treaty breaches, financial and commercial redress, and the return of sites of cultural significance.
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjA2Njc/Waimarino-land-grab-compensation-$21.7m
The Waitangi Tribunal hearing for the Mangatu remedies claim resumes in Gisborne tomorrow.
The next two days will hear the last round of evidence for the claim, before the tribunal deliberates and works towards a reccommendation.
Six iwi claimant groups have applied for the return of Mangatu Crown forest licensed lands, plus compensation.....
gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3806271-135/mangatu-hearing-to-hear-the-final
WAIMARINO LAND GRAB COMPENSATION $21.7M
The Government has agreed in principle to a $21.7 million settlement with Te Korowai o Wainuiarua, which covers upper Whanganui River hapu affliating to Uenuku, Tamakana, and Tamahaki.
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little says the agreement signed on Friday is an important step in the settlement of the their claims.
He says within a short space of time in the late 1800s the hapu lost large tracts of ancestral land to the construction of the main trunk line and subsequent logging of the great Waimarino forests.
The package includes Crown acknowledgments of its Treaty breaches, financial and commercial redress, and the return of sites of cultural significance.
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjA2Njc/Waimarino-land-grab-compensation-$21.7m