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IHUMĀTAO 'ISN'T A TREATY ISSUE' - PROTEST LEADER PANIA NEWTON
Ihumātao protest leader Pania Newton says a "unique process" will be required to return the land to its rightful owners, as it "isn't a Treaty issue".
Newton says a new process is now needed for land that can't or won't be returned under existing Treaty mechanisms.
"This is not a Treaty issue. This is a cultural heritage/landscape issue. Just like other precedents and flashpoints across our national political landscape at this time - for example, we have the issues around Oranga Tamariki and Māori land rights - shows there's a broader systemic failure on behalf of the Government to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi and indigenous rights here in Aotearoa.".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/ihum-tao-isn-t-a-treaty-issue-protest-leader-pania-newton.html
IHUMĀTAO HĪKOI SHOULD BE TO TAINUI, NOT JACINDA ARDERN'S OFFICE - FORMER TREATY NEGOTIATIONS MINISTER CHRIS FINLAYSON
Former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson says Thursday's Ihumātao hīkoi to the Prime Minister's office is heading in the wrong direction.
Instead, they should be marching south to meet Tainui, who could step in with a "win-win for everyone" should they wish.
Dr Finlayson, having looked through property deeds, cast doubt on whether the land was actually confiscated in 1863 as the protesters claim.
"But it was still confiscated - that seems to be the case - although there's some debate about by whom and when."
Asked why the protesters hadn't asked Tainui to flex its financial muscle, Dr Finlayson said it's because the "kneejerk reaction" is always "go to the Crown".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/ihumatao-hikoi-should-be-to-tainui-not-jacinda-ardern-s-office-former-treaty-negotiations-minister-chris-finlayson.html
IHUMĀTAO: LONDON STREET ARTISTS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH PROTESTERS
London-based street artists have shown support for the controversial Ihumātao protest.
Protest Stencil placed hand-made posters around London Transport bus stops and other advertising spaces on August 19.
Mackenzie Valgre, from Protest Stencil, said the campaign was intended to demonstrate solidarity with those occupying the land.
"We [in London] are in the heart of the former British empire, and so we also want to emphasise the legacy of colonialism in ongoing dispossession," Valgre said......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/115161648/ihumtao-london-street-artists-show-solidarity-with-ihumtao-protest
MĀORI GROUP FIGHTING TO RECLAIM LAND IN SYDNEY GIFTED BY ABORIGINAL KING 200 YEARS AGO
A group of Māori in Australia is fighting for a piece of Sydney they claim was gifted to them by local Aboriginal people over 200 years ago.
The Rangihou people took the Parramatta City Council to court in a bid to reclaim the land that covers 112 acres in the heart of the Australian city.
"We are here to reclaim Rangihou land," Lady Crown told Australia's Nine News.
"We want acknowledgement and recognition, we want the history books corrected and compensation for damages of the land."....
www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/115194499/mori-group-fighting-to-reclaim-land-in-sydney-gifted-by-aboriginal-king-200-years-ago
Ihumātao protest leader Pania Newton says a "unique process" will be required to return the land to its rightful owners, as it "isn't a Treaty issue".
Newton says a new process is now needed for land that can't or won't be returned under existing Treaty mechanisms.
"This is not a Treaty issue. This is a cultural heritage/landscape issue. Just like other precedents and flashpoints across our national political landscape at this time - for example, we have the issues around Oranga Tamariki and Māori land rights - shows there's a broader systemic failure on behalf of the Government to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi and indigenous rights here in Aotearoa.".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/ihum-tao-isn-t-a-treaty-issue-protest-leader-pania-newton.html
IHUMĀTAO HĪKOI SHOULD BE TO TAINUI, NOT JACINDA ARDERN'S OFFICE - FORMER TREATY NEGOTIATIONS MINISTER CHRIS FINLAYSON
Former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson says Thursday's Ihumātao hīkoi to the Prime Minister's office is heading in the wrong direction.
Instead, they should be marching south to meet Tainui, who could step in with a "win-win for everyone" should they wish.
Dr Finlayson, having looked through property deeds, cast doubt on whether the land was actually confiscated in 1863 as the protesters claim.
"But it was still confiscated - that seems to be the case - although there's some debate about by whom and when."
Asked why the protesters hadn't asked Tainui to flex its financial muscle, Dr Finlayson said it's because the "kneejerk reaction" is always "go to the Crown".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/ihumatao-hikoi-should-be-to-tainui-not-jacinda-ardern-s-office-former-treaty-negotiations-minister-chris-finlayson.html
IHUMĀTAO: LONDON STREET ARTISTS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH PROTESTERS
London-based street artists have shown support for the controversial Ihumātao protest.
Protest Stencil placed hand-made posters around London Transport bus stops and other advertising spaces on August 19.
Mackenzie Valgre, from Protest Stencil, said the campaign was intended to demonstrate solidarity with those occupying the land.
"We [in London] are in the heart of the former British empire, and so we also want to emphasise the legacy of colonialism in ongoing dispossession," Valgre said......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/115161648/ihumtao-london-street-artists-show-solidarity-with-ihumtao-protest
MĀORI GROUP FIGHTING TO RECLAIM LAND IN SYDNEY GIFTED BY ABORIGINAL KING 200 YEARS AGO
A group of Māori in Australia is fighting for a piece of Sydney they claim was gifted to them by local Aboriginal people over 200 years ago.
The Rangihou people took the Parramatta City Council to court in a bid to reclaim the land that covers 112 acres in the heart of the Australian city.
"We are here to reclaim Rangihou land," Lady Crown told Australia's Nine News.
"We want acknowledgement and recognition, we want the history books corrected and compensation for damages of the land."....
www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/115194499/mori-group-fighting-to-reclaim-land-in-sydney-gifted-by-aboriginal-king-200-years-ago