Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 7, 2020 3:31:11 GMT 12
POWER OF THE PEN PROVES DOWNFALL FOR IWI
One of the larger Treaty of Waitangi claims will commence next week and a confederation of related iwi will present a raft of claims against the Crown and in particular state the Crown purchase of a significant part of the Manawatū was defective.
The confederation refer to the taking of certain lands as “pene raupatu” or confiscation by the pen. Sir Taihākurei contends most of Manawatū and Rangitīkei, some 320,000 acres was deceitfully acquired by government without the consent of the resident hapū of Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kauwhata and the Reureu. So instead of land taken by armed conflict it was through the power of the pen.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2003/S00057/power-of-the-pen-proves-downfall-for-iwi.htm
One of the larger Treaty of Waitangi claims will commence next week and a confederation of related iwi will present a raft of claims against the Crown and in particular state the Crown purchase of a significant part of the Manawatū was defective.
The confederation refer to the taking of certain lands as “pene raupatu” or confiscation by the pen. Sir Taihākurei contends most of Manawatū and Rangitīkei, some 320,000 acres was deceitfully acquired by government without the consent of the resident hapū of Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kauwhata and the Reureu. So instead of land taken by armed conflict it was through the power of the pen.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2003/S00057/power-of-the-pen-proves-downfall-for-iwi.htm
