PRAISE FOR CHRIS FINLAYSON FROM IWI LEADERS, POLITICAL OPPON

[Kiwi Frontline]

'EASILY WE CALL HIM OUR FRIEND' - PRAISE FOR CHRIS FINLAYSON FROM IWI LEADERS, POLITICAL OPPONENTS

Outgoing Treaty Negotiations minister Chris Finlayson is leaving with the respect of iwi leaders and political opponents alike after signing off 59 Treaty settlements, a record during anyone's time in the portfolio.

After nine years in the role, Mr Finlayson is handing over his Treaty Negotiations portfolio to former Labour leader Andrew Little.

The new Minister for Maori Development, Nanaia Mahuta, said Mr Finlayson absolutely understood the complexities of New Zealand history.

Tuhoe negotiator Tamati Kruger said Mr Finlayson "has an ability to connect emotionally as well as intellectually with what's going on and he has a very fair assessment of how things can proceed towards a settlement".  
"Easily we call him our friend."

For his part, Mr Finlayson, said the role has been an education for him.
"I call it the education of a public man because I've learned so much about my country, about it's history and about some of the challenges it faces," he said.
 
"I consider that I've been the most fortunate person in the entire government because I've always got what I wanted." 

He faced criticism over how he dealt with cross claims, but the Tuhoe settlement and Parihaka apology remain highlights. 

The only large historical settlement left for Labour to complete is the Ngapuhi deal and the outgoing minister is watching with interest.


His legacy though is moving Aotearoa New Zealand towards an honest future, set free from the past.....

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[second-class-citizen]

"Treaty minister" who paid out Tuhoe ....but Tuhoe never signed the treaty, and he somehow allowed the NZ taxpayers to be punished for maori slaughtering Moriori on the basis that the crown didn't do enough to stop maori doing it ( bearing in mind this slaughter was about 5 years before the treaty signed so crown had no jurisdiction). This weasel faced traitor is a liar, and a fool and should do prison time for being involved in mass fraud and theft of tax payer money. Of course the maori mafia love him....just as kids love father xmas. He was supposed to be working for the NZ government/NZ taxpayers as his salary was paid by us yet not one european family got a cent from maori massacres. He paid out hundreds of millions of our money without ever asking for proof and it was all done in secret with a middle finger salute to democracy. He should be in jail.