Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 21, 2017 18:00:05 GMT 12
NEGOTIATIONS RESULT IN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CROWN AND MORIORI OVER TREATY CLAIM
An $18 million treaty deal has been struck between the Crown and the Moriori people.
Last week, Treaty Minister Chris Finlayson announced an agreement in principle had been reached between the two groups after 12 months of "intense negotiations".
Finlayson said when the islands were annexed to New Zealand in 1842, the Crown failed to take appropriate action to stop the treatment of the Moriori, despite its pleas for help.
"The Crown acknowledges Moriori was left virtually landless from 1870, hindering its cultural, social and economic development," Finlayson said.
He said the Crown also acknowledged it contributed to the myths that the Moriori were "racially inferior and became extinct".
Negotiations towards the deed of settlement between the parties will continue in the coming months......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/95978716/negotiations-result-in-agreement-between-crown-and-moriori-over-treaty-claim
An $18 million treaty deal has been struck between the Crown and the Moriori people.
Last week, Treaty Minister Chris Finlayson announced an agreement in principle had been reached between the two groups after 12 months of "intense negotiations".
Finlayson said when the islands were annexed to New Zealand in 1842, the Crown failed to take appropriate action to stop the treatment of the Moriori, despite its pleas for help.
"The Crown acknowledges Moriori was left virtually landless from 1870, hindering its cultural, social and economic development," Finlayson said.
He said the Crown also acknowledged it contributed to the myths that the Moriori were "racially inferior and became extinct".
Negotiations towards the deed of settlement between the parties will continue in the coming months......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/95978716/negotiations-result-in-agreement-between-crown-and-moriori-over-treaty-claim