Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 30, 2020 3:33:08 GMT 12
IHUMĀTAO PROPOSAL SIGNALS NEED TO REVISIT 'UNFAIR' TREATY SETTLEMENT PROCESS - MĀORI PARTY
Any deal reached on Ihumātao should spur an overhaul of the "unfair" Treaty of Waitangi settlement process and open up millions of hectares of confiscated land to negotiation, says the Māori Party president.
This week speculation has re-emerged the Government could lend money to Auckland Council to purchase the land at Ihumātao, highly regarded for its cultural and heritage values.
Māori Party president Che Wilson said he hoped any deal involving the private land owned by Fletcher Building, initially confiscated from Māori in 1863 for refusing to denounce the Kīngitanga, would spur a revisit of the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process.
"The deal we hear is being proposed, is a great deal, because it is being done through the council, and so will not affect previous negotiations there.
"However, this momentum is our chance to overhaul the whole process."....
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Any deal reached on Ihumātao should spur an overhaul of the "unfair" Treaty of Waitangi settlement process and open up millions of hectares of confiscated land to negotiation, says the Māori Party president.
This week speculation has re-emerged the Government could lend money to Auckland Council to purchase the land at Ihumātao, highly regarded for its cultural and heritage values.
Māori Party president Che Wilson said he hoped any deal involving the private land owned by Fletcher Building, initially confiscated from Māori in 1863 for refusing to denounce the Kīngitanga, would spur a revisit of the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process.
"The deal we hear is being proposed, is a great deal, because it is being done through the council, and so will not affect previous negotiations there.
"However, this momentum is our chance to overhaul the whole process."....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12304359