Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 2, 2019 16:20:50 GMT 12
IWI TO RECEIVE APOLOGY FOR MĀORI KILLED IN JAMES COOK MEETING
Gisborne iwi are set to receive an apology this afternoon from the British High Commissioner for the Māori killed when James Cook arrived in 1769.
Laura Clarke will deliver an expression of regret to Rongowhakaata and other local iwi on behalf of the British government.
Clarke will deliver the apology at Whakato Marae.
In a statement posted on its Facebook page the Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust says the ceremony is to acknowledge the hara or atrocities committed 250 years ago.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/116253973/iwi-to-receive-apology-for-mori-killed-in-james-cook-meeting
Gisborne iwi are set to receive an apology this afternoon from the British High Commissioner for the Māori killed when James Cook arrived in 1769.
Laura Clarke will deliver an expression of regret to Rongowhakaata and other local iwi on behalf of the British government.
Clarke will deliver the apology at Whakato Marae.
In a statement posted on its Facebook page the Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust says the ceremony is to acknowledge the hara or atrocities committed 250 years ago.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/116253973/iwi-to-receive-apology-for-mori-killed-in-james-cook-meeting