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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 8, 2017 18:13:39 GMT 12
THE CROWN HAS SIGNED A DEED OF SETTLEMENT WITH NGATI TUWHARETOA, THE FIFTH LARGEST IWI IN THE COUNTRY. Ngati Tuwharetoa receive $25 million and an apology. There are also cultural funds totalling $3.95m and 32 properties of cultural significance to the iwi. The iwi's area of interest covers most of the Central North Island region and is centred on Lake Taupo and the Central Plateau. Ngati Tuwharetoa received a share of Crown Forest Land in the Central North Island valued at $203m as part of the 2008 Central North Island Forests Iwi Collective settlement. Within the next year, the Crown will begin cultural redress negotiations over Tongariro National Park with Ngati Tuwharetoa and other iwi and hapu with interests in the park...... www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/treaty-waitangi-settlement-ngati-tuwharetoa-signedINJUNCTION LODGED AGAINST NGĀTI TŪWHARETOA TREATY SETTLEMENTNgāti Tūwharetoa have signed off a Treaty Settlement package which includes compensation of $25million. However, the tribe's Te Matai trust have lodged a high court injunction against the final Deed of Settlement, in a last ditch attempt to stop it from becoming law. Their Tongariro Maunga claim will be negotiated at a later date. "The land subject is the Pakaututu block which was lost through wrongful confiscation as the Waitangi deemed it. We are seeking that land to be returned," said Baker..... www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/injunction-lodged-against-ngati-tuwharetoa-treaty-settlement
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