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PM delivers Crown apology to Affiliate Te Arawa
On the 28 August 2009, Prime Minister John Key formally delivered the Crown's apology to Affiliate Te Arawa iwi and hap? for breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Mr Key delivered the apology on behalf of the Crown for past dealings that breached the Crown's obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi. The apology was given at Owhata Marae in Rotorua, at a ceremony hosted by Te Pumautanga o Te Arawa, a collective of 11 Affiliate Te Arawa iwi and hap?.
Mr Key says it is an important part of the settlement process for the Crown to acknowledge and apologise for historic treaty breaches.
"These were the failure to adequately protect tribal structures following the impact of the native land laws, the failure to actively protect the interests of Affiliate Te Arawa when purchasing land, and the failure to ensure that some iwi and hap? were left with sufficient land for their present and future needs."
Prime Minister, you have been conned – AGAIN
This apology shows how the Prime Minister has been conned by the people of Te Arawa and how little he knows of New Zealand's true history.
+ Te Arawa owes its existence to the Treaty of Waitangi and the Crown/the people of New Zealand. See attached article, “Te Arawa – The Historical Facts”.
+ Chief Peraniko and his tribe were in total agreement with the sale of Kaingaroa (120,000 acres) to the Crown. To now claim it back from the people who helped them
save it from their enemies before willingly selling it to the Crown, is very ungrateful. See attached article. “Kaingaroa Forest – It’s passing to the Crown”.
+ If it had not been for the Native Land Act and the continuing amendments to this Act, Te Arawa would not legally have been entitled to their tribal lands, as they
would not have qualified as being Maori. The Native Land Act of 1865 defined a Maori as, “An Aboriginal Native and shall include all half-castes and their descendants
by Natives”. See attached article. “Maori – A people one sees in legislation”.
+ While we do not have the total area of land owed by Te Arawa before this recent settlement, those affiliated to Te Arawa still owed substantial area of land in
and around the Rotorua region (private farms, small holdings, house sections and the Te Arawa Maori Trust Board’s farms, lakes and thermal areas etc).
Key and Finlayson continue to mislead the public
We have constantly written to Mr Key and Finlayson asking for the documents showing evidence to substantiate this claim but they have failed to respond as the evidence does not exist. While the Minister in Charge of Treaty Negotiations, the Hon Christopher Finlayson deliberately misled Parliament/the public to allow the Te Roroa Claims Settlement Bill to proceed when he was a member of the Maori Affairs Select Committee (Hansard), our Prime Minister, the Hon John Key is prepared to mislead the public to allow the Central North Island Forest Iwi Collective Settlement to proceed without one document of evidence to substantiate it.
Are you naive Mr Key or have you a hidden agenda?
Prepared by the One New Zealand Foundation Inc. This article and attachments will appear on, www.onenzfoundation.co.nz
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