Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 10, 2019 17:22:23 GMT 12
HOBSON'S PLEDGE TRIES TO ROLL TAURANGA LAND RETURN
A Tauranga Māori historian says the council needs to stand up to a campaign by Don Brash's Hobson's Pledge group trying to overturn a decision to return a block of land to Māori.
Buddy Mikaere says the council had agreed to return a section next to the historic Elms Mission Station on Te Papa peninsula to a trust representing Ngāti Tapu and his own Ngāi Tamarāwaho hapū.
But with elections looming, some councillors called for the proposal to go out for public submissions, and after initial strong support Hobson's Pledge sent out a call for it to be opposed.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjI0MjM/Hobson%27s-Pledge-tries-to-roll-Tauranga-land-return
A Tauranga Māori historian says the council needs to stand up to a campaign by Don Brash's Hobson's Pledge group trying to overturn a decision to return a block of land to Māori.
Buddy Mikaere says the council had agreed to return a section next to the historic Elms Mission Station on Te Papa peninsula to a trust representing Ngāti Tapu and his own Ngāi Tamarāwaho hapū.
But with elections looming, some councillors called for the proposal to go out for public submissions, and after initial strong support Hobson's Pledge sent out a call for it to be opposed.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjI0MjM/Hobson%27s-Pledge-tries-to-roll-Tauranga-land-return