New Zealand: East Coast Iwi Reject Settlement Law

New Zealand: East Coast Iwi Reject Settlement Law   East Coast iwi Ruawaipu are opposed to the recently enacted Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Act which removes the jurisdiction of the Waitangi Tribunal from hearing Ruawaipu claims. Ruawaipu claimant Henry Koia stresses that Ruawaipu were here long before the arrival of the Ngati Porou migrants and that Ruawaipu did not cede their sovereignty to the British.   “Both the government and Ngati Porou did not like the tone of Ruawaipu...

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