Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 14, 2023 5:07:08 GMT 12
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HEARS VETERANS’ WOES
Former defence minister Ron Mark hopes the Waitangi Tribunal veterans’ inquiry will help unite people.
After almost eight years of preparation, hearings on the Wai 2500 claim started in Rotorua yesterday.
It will include issues such as the treatment of service people and their families who were affected by Agent Orange in Vietnam, and even further back the treatment of returning soldiers after World War 1, when pakeha soldiers were given farms, often on Maori land taken for the purpose, but no farms were given to Maori veterans.....
waateanews.com/2023/06/13/waitangi-tribunal-hears-veterans-woes/
Former defence minister Ron Mark hopes the Waitangi Tribunal veterans’ inquiry will help unite people.
After almost eight years of preparation, hearings on the Wai 2500 claim started in Rotorua yesterday.
It will include issues such as the treatment of service people and their families who were affected by Agent Orange in Vietnam, and even further back the treatment of returning soldiers after World War 1, when pakeha soldiers were given farms, often on Maori land taken for the purpose, but no farms were given to Maori veterans.....
waateanews.com/2023/06/13/waitangi-tribunal-hears-veterans-woes/