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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 21, 2019 4:25:58 GMT 12
PUBLIC WORKS USED TO UNDERMINE KING COUNTRY SELF-GOVERNMENTThe Waitangi Tribunal says more Māori land was taken for public works in the King Country than in any other part of New Zealand once the area was opened up for Pākeha settlement. In the fourth part of its report on Te Rohe Pōtae claims, the tribunal says the excessive taking of land was one of a number of significant breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi that undermined the mana and autonomy of iwi and hapuÌ„. It followed a period of rapid alienation of Maori land after Ngāti Maniapoto allowed the main trunk railway line to run across its territory, which was detailed earlier parts of the report...... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMzNzI/Paakiwaha/Public-works-used-to-undermine-King-Country-self-government
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