Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 6, 2021 3:18:50 GMT 12
THE CROWN BUYS PRIVATELY-OWNED WATERFRONT PROPERTY CLAIMED BY NORTHLAND IWI
Yesterday, Minister of Treaty Settlements Andrew Little and Crown-Maori Relations Minister Kelvin Davis turned up at that property to confirm the land had been bought by the Crown and was on track to being returned to the iwi.
It appears a new signal New Zealand is experiencing a seismic shift in resolution of land disputes. Where once the focus was Crown land and not private, the goalposts have been shifted.
"There is a long journey to go yet," Little told Ngati Kahu during the speeches which followed a powerful and passionate powhiri.
As Popata indicated during speeches. "There's another 10,000 to 20,000 hectares that still needs to come back. Once we go home and get energised, we might just sit ourselves somewhere else.".....
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/fastest-land-occupation-in-new-zealand-after-five-weeks-the-crown-buys-privately-owned-waterfront-property-claimed-by-northland-iwi/DAZ2CULLAHFJ432UDAI6CLQFNE/
Yesterday, Minister of Treaty Settlements Andrew Little and Crown-Maori Relations Minister Kelvin Davis turned up at that property to confirm the land had been bought by the Crown and was on track to being returned to the iwi.
It appears a new signal New Zealand is experiencing a seismic shift in resolution of land disputes. Where once the focus was Crown land and not private, the goalposts have been shifted.
"There is a long journey to go yet," Little told Ngati Kahu during the speeches which followed a powerful and passionate powhiri.
As Popata indicated during speeches. "There's another 10,000 to 20,000 hectares that still needs to come back. Once we go home and get energised, we might just sit ourselves somewhere else.".....
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/fastest-land-occupation-in-new-zealand-after-five-weeks-the-crown-buys-privately-owned-waterfront-property-claimed-by-northland-iwi/DAZ2CULLAHFJ432UDAI6CLQFNE/