Ngati Ranginui is the first of three Tauranga iwi to have a deed of settlement initialled for all historical Treaty claims.
The settlement includes financial redress of $31 million.
Simon Bridges represented the Crown at a deed of settlement ceremony at Huira Marae.
The Crown is hoping by initialling a deed of settlement it signals the end of substantive negotiations.
The deed was initialled in a ceremony at Huria Marae in Tauranga, with Kingi Tuheitia attending.
The Crown was represented by Minister of Consumer Affairs Simon Bridges, who is also Member of Parliament for Tauranga.
Simon says NgÄti Ranginui and other Taurangai iwi have suffered some of the worst grievances in New Zealand's history including the loss of life and the raupatu of land.
'Today's settlement is about mending a broken relation and moving towards a better future for all.
'It will also provide opportunities for economic development in the Tauranga region.”
The settlement includes the return Omanawa River Conservation Area, Mangaone Stream Conservation Area, Taumata and Te Awa Ngamuwahine.
'This government is committed to resolving all historical treaty grievances and we are making good progress with negotiations in the Tauranga region,” says Simon.
He says should the deed of settlement be ratified by the people of Ngati Ranginui, the settlement will be signed and implemented through legislation.
The Deed of Settlement will be available on the Office of Treaty Settlements website www.ots.govt.nz
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Posted on 06-04-2012 16:09 | By traceybjammet
lets hope the money benefits all the iwi especially the children in the area and in saying lets hope that one day NZ can move forward as Kiwis whether the Maori or the crown "own" the land or have title to the land, then we can spend money on schools and infastructure and forward stuff would be tops
Time to move on
Posted on 06-04-2012 21:31 | By Mr bay
I think it is time to move on, there may have been some grevances in the past but is it not time to say we are KIWIS stand tall united, remember the past and learn from it. There is more to this country than just maori vs pakeha, can we not fight poverty united and fight gangs united. Let it not become a us vs them but kiwi vs the world be proud to be a kiwi and make our country something the rest of the world looks to as an example. STOP THE IN FIGHTING AND UNITE.
Just a piece of paper
Posted on 07-04-2012 10:08 | By Openknee8ted
When Health, Education and Employment are quantitatively unequal there can never be a state of harmony.
joke
Posted on 07-04-2012 11:01 | By Capt_Kaveman
loss and gain in time of war this money will go nowhere but to a greedy few and in some ways is corruption handing so much $ to just a few when they are as a whole. like most payouts it will be lost in some dumb enterprise that will fail
hmmm
Posted on 07-04-2012 20:11 | By lpm67
When an agreement is made and that agreement is broken by one party then settlement or putting right should happen, right? So why the payout to tribes who broke the agreement (Treaty of Waitangi). There has only ever been one tribe wronged (remember Parehaka) in this country (aside from nasty early prejudices) and they have had their wrongs addressed so why all these other never ending claims. And as for an end date to claims, most tribes have had a clause put in their settlements that they can come back to the table for topups if other tribes get more than them.
Nationalisation is wrong
Posted on 23-04-2012 09:21 | By The Tomahawk Kid
The nationalisation of private property! The government STOLE private property for the betterment of the PUBLIC GOOD - much the same as they did a few years ago with TELECOM in "unbundling the loop" (remember that!) Just the same as the communists did in Russia. Theft is Theft, and its WRONG - no matter What fancy names and spin the government put on it. Give it back - redress the wrongs, and lets get on with it. Perhaps learning a lesson on the way. Unfortunately most of You havent learnt yet, and never will.
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