Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 24, 2018 16:20:56 GMT 12
LAKE WAIRARAPA GOING BACK TO IWI
The southern section of Ngati Kahungunu has initialled a deed of settlement that could result in more than 19,000 hectares of land coming back to the iwi.
It includes financial redress of $93m, out of which the iwi can buy 12,231ha of commercial redress land including Ngaumu Forest and two Landcorp farms.
Another 7,000ha will come back as cultural redress land, including the bed of Lake Wairarapa and surrounding reserves, and the vesting and gift back of Castlepoint Scenic Reserve.
The iwi was hit hard by crown land buying activities in the 19th century and by the application of the Public Works Act which took a lot of its remaining land......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTg3MTM.html
TE PIRE HAEATA KI PARIHAKA PASSES FIRST READING IN PARLIAMENT
Te Pire Haeata ki Parihaka has passed its first reading in Parliament and Kelvin Davis says it's an important step in righting past wrongs.
The bill records the elements of Te Kawenata ō Rongo (Deed of Reconciliation) signed at a ceremony at Parihaka on 9 June 2017.
It establishes the formal apology in law and records the Acts of Parliament which the Crown used in its attempts to end Parihaka's resistance to the loss of their Taranaki lands....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/te-pire-haeata-ki-parihaka-passes-first-reading-parliament
The southern section of Ngati Kahungunu has initialled a deed of settlement that could result in more than 19,000 hectares of land coming back to the iwi.
It includes financial redress of $93m, out of which the iwi can buy 12,231ha of commercial redress land including Ngaumu Forest and two Landcorp farms.
Another 7,000ha will come back as cultural redress land, including the bed of Lake Wairarapa and surrounding reserves, and the vesting and gift back of Castlepoint Scenic Reserve.
The iwi was hit hard by crown land buying activities in the 19th century and by the application of the Public Works Act which took a lot of its remaining land......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTg3MTM.html
TE PIRE HAEATA KI PARIHAKA PASSES FIRST READING IN PARLIAMENT
Te Pire Haeata ki Parihaka has passed its first reading in Parliament and Kelvin Davis says it's an important step in righting past wrongs.
The bill records the elements of Te Kawenata ō Rongo (Deed of Reconciliation) signed at a ceremony at Parihaka on 9 June 2017.
It establishes the formal apology in law and records the Acts of Parliament which the Crown used in its attempts to end Parihaka's resistance to the loss of their Taranaki lands....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/te-pire-haeata-ki-parihaka-passes-first-reading-parliament