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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 25, 2023 4:54:41 GMT 12
COURT HEARS NELSON TENTHS CASE COULD UNDERMINE ALL TREATY SETTLEMENTSTreaty settlements have been made with Iwi in the top of the south with the Crown arguing that's the proper process. Former treaty negotiator Jane Fletcher said the descendants are all members of the iwi, so would have benefited from the treaty settlements. Te Arawhiti, the Office of Crown Māori Relations, Chief Executive Lil Anderson said the treaty settlements were designed to be final. "I am also concerned that this litigation could more broadly now effect the durability of the now more than 100 settlements so far negotiated across the motu". The descendants want the land from the original agreement - and still held by the Crown - returned to them. They also want compensation saying they've lost more than $1 billion..... www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/24/court-hears-nelson-tenths-case-could-undermine-all-treaty-settlements/
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