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Too Much Secrecy

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On Wednesday, eight central North Island tribes will take control of 170,000 hectares of forests in the Kaingaroa region in the country’s biggest Treaty of Waitangi settlement to date. The total cost of the claim is over $400 million of taxpayers’ money.

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  • Hugh says
    So when does NZ accept that Full and Final, means that the country has paid enough to try and right the wrongs of its forefathers?
    Those receiving the settlements will never be satisfied. Large chunks of the proceeeds are squandered, eg Rugby League grandstand boxes, naming rights to Stadiums, flash 4 x 4 vehicles for those in the top echelon.
    How many rank and file Maori get see any benefit? By all accounts, very, very few!

    So what are we doing New Zealand? What possible long term benefit to the Nation is being achieved? We are paying millions in legal fees to fat-cat Lawyers. Perpetuating the belief that one portion of our society is badly done to, and they will believe you if you keep saying it too!

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