Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 18, 2023 4:20:04 GMT 12
TRIBUNAL HEARS CLAIMS OF HIDDEN EVIDENCE ABOUT TARARUA RANGES LAND DEALINGS
A Ngāti Raukawa claim to the Tararua Ranges was presented to the Waitangi Tribunal by researchers Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins at Te Awahou Foxton recently.
They found that rangatira of Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa had been paid small sums of money in 1873 to pacify them in the meantime, acknowledging their mana in a tokenistic way, then publicly the ranges were bought from Muaūpoko, Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu by the Wellington Provincial Government for a much larger sum of money.
“Our grievance is not with Muaūpoko however, it is with the Crown”, said Collins. “The process was the responsibility of the Crown and we uncovered some seriously unethical, unjust and dodgy dealings.”.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/tribunal-hears-claims-of-hidden-evidence-about-tararua-ranges-land-dealings/5DF2TUDSKZFLFBDRWJKR532D7E/
A Ngāti Raukawa claim to the Tararua Ranges was presented to the Waitangi Tribunal by researchers Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins at Te Awahou Foxton recently.
They found that rangatira of Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa had been paid small sums of money in 1873 to pacify them in the meantime, acknowledging their mana in a tokenistic way, then publicly the ranges were bought from Muaūpoko, Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu by the Wellington Provincial Government for a much larger sum of money.
“Our grievance is not with Muaūpoko however, it is with the Crown”, said Collins. “The process was the responsibility of the Crown and we uncovered some seriously unethical, unjust and dodgy dealings.”.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/tribunal-hears-claims-of-hidden-evidence-about-tararua-ranges-land-dealings/5DF2TUDSKZFLFBDRWJKR532D7E/