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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 16, 2019 16:53:32 GMT 12
MĀORI LANDOWNERS FIGHT BACK AFTER COUNCIL CLAIMS THEY OWN $18M IN RATESMeeting organiser Rueben Taipari said one of the questions landowners have is, "Is Māori land protected under Te Tiriti o Waitangi? Rating is a voluntary process and under Te Tiriti o Waitangi we really should have a discussion about how we should pay our rates." Ms Downs said, "We need to look at historical origins of [the] issue and it really does originate from Te Tiriti o Waitangi, from 1840." She believes both central and local government have equal obligations as treaty partners....... www.tvnz.co.nz/content/tvnz/onenews/story/2019/08/15/land-lj.html
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