The Waitangi Tribunal decision to decline an urgent
hearing into the Crown's decision to continue treaty
negotiations with the Whakatōhea Pre Settlement Claims
Trust is another step forward for the Whakatōhea
Settlement.
"We are pleased with the outcome as it
should be Whakatōhea, not the Tribunal, that decides the
merits of the settlement offer," says Graeme Riesterer,
Chair of Whakatōhea Pre Settlement Claims
Trust.
Riesterer says that Whakatōhea had already
achieved the win-win situation for the Iwi with the Crown
agreeing that the North Eastern Bay of Plenty District
Inquiry could continue after the conclusion of the
Whakatōhea settlement, a first in the history of Treaty
Settlements.
The Trust continues to invite input from
its whānau and looks forward to meeting with them at the
next round of hui starting 2nd of November 2020, to share
progress made on both the Settlement package and the Post
Settlement Governance Entity. The aim is to initial a Deed
of Settlement and run the ratification process early in
2021.
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