Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 20, 2020 4:44:11 GMT 12
IHUMĀTAO DEAL ON CARDS FOR LABOUR NOW NZ FIRST OUT OF WAY, EXPERTS SAY
The pressure is on Labour to deliver its promise of settling the dispute at Ihumātao with "handbrake" NZ First now out of the way and a record number of Māori MPs in its caucus.
And top Labour Māori MP Peeni Henare says it will be on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's agenda once "the election dust settles".
A deal was rumoured to be near before Waitangi Day this year, which would have meant the land, confiscated from Māori in 1863, was returned to mana whenua, many of whom have been fighting a major Fletcher housing development planned for years......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/election-results-2020-ihumatao-deal-on-cards-for-labour-now-nz-first-out-of-way-experts-say/2Z5344DA6UZLL3DMQ2QD2KLVPY/
The pressure is on Labour to deliver its promise of settling the dispute at Ihumātao with "handbrake" NZ First now out of the way and a record number of Māori MPs in its caucus.
And top Labour Māori MP Peeni Henare says it will be on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's agenda once "the election dust settles".
A deal was rumoured to be near before Waitangi Day this year, which would have meant the land, confiscated from Māori in 1863, was returned to mana whenua, many of whom have been fighting a major Fletcher housing development planned for years......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/election-results-2020-ihumatao-deal-on-cards-for-labour-now-nz-first-out-of-way-experts-say/2Z5344DA6UZLL3DMQ2QD2KLVPY/