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Letters: Ihumātao, Laura Fergusson Trust, savings and police chases
21 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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NZ Herald
Righting a wrong
National and Act have strongly denounced the Government s purchase of the contested land at Ihumātao. They say that it will open up a can of worms for more Treaty claims on, private,
land in the future.
This piece of land was confiscated by the British settler government from the original owners in 1863, despite that iwi not being in rebellion against the Crown at the time.
Mr Seymour and Mr Mitchell, would do well to ponder that fact, while pontificating about the need to respect the sanctity of private property. ....

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