Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 2, 2018 16:30:24 GMT 12
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ONLY EVER WANTED A TREATY SETTLEMENT ON THEIR TERMS - NGĀPUHI LEADER
A Ngāpuhi leader has hit back at Bill English and the National Party for never being genuine about a Treaty settlement with the country's largest iwi unless it was on the Crown's terms.
Hone Sadler, the chair of Tuhoronuku, which is the entity who holds the mandate for negotiating with the Crown on behalf of Ngāpuhi, says English is taking "pot-shots" at the iwi now that he's in Opposition.
His comments are in response to English saying, "short of a couple of people dropping dead it will need someone to break it into four or five settlements" in order for Ngāpuhi to get across the line.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/101112369/national-government-only-ever-wanted-a-treaty-settlement-on-their-terms--ngpuhi-leader
A Ngāpuhi leader has hit back at Bill English and the National Party for never being genuine about a Treaty settlement with the country's largest iwi unless it was on the Crown's terms.
Hone Sadler, the chair of Tuhoronuku, which is the entity who holds the mandate for negotiating with the Crown on behalf of Ngāpuhi, says English is taking "pot-shots" at the iwi now that he's in Opposition.
His comments are in response to English saying, "short of a couple of people dropping dead it will need someone to break it into four or five settlements" in order for Ngāpuhi to get across the line.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/101112369/national-government-only-ever-wanted-a-treaty-settlement-on-their-terms--ngpuhi-leader