Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 8, 2024 5:29:01 GMT 12
WAIRARAPA MOANA TELLS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR OF CROWN’S ‘TRAIL OF BROKEN PROMISES’
Wairarapa Moana Incorporation has told the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples about the Crown’s “trail of broken promises” during a two-day visit with them.
“The Special Rapporteur visited our Wairarapa Lakes and was told the story of their gifting to the Crown in 1896 in return for land reserves in the Wairarapa, and the trail of broken promises by the Crown that followed.”
“Our whānau spoke out today and told the Special Rapporteur that the Crown’s actions in stopping the Waitangi Tribunal return our Pouākani lands was a breach of our human rights, and the Treaty of Waitangi, and the significant impact on our whānau over the last 160 years.”
Smiler says iwi are backing their plea for international assistance.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/04/07/wairarapa-moana-tells-un-special-rapporteur-of-crowns-trail-of-broken-promises/
Wairarapa Moana Incorporation has told the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples about the Crown’s “trail of broken promises” during a two-day visit with them.
“The Special Rapporteur visited our Wairarapa Lakes and was told the story of their gifting to the Crown in 1896 in return for land reserves in the Wairarapa, and the trail of broken promises by the Crown that followed.”
“Our whānau spoke out today and told the Special Rapporteur that the Crown’s actions in stopping the Waitangi Tribunal return our Pouākani lands was a breach of our human rights, and the Treaty of Waitangi, and the significant impact on our whānau over the last 160 years.”
Smiler says iwi are backing their plea for international assistance.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/04/07/wairarapa-moana-tells-un-special-rapporteur-of-crowns-trail-of-broken-promises/