Title: The Port Nicholson Block urgency report
Description: "This publication is the outcome of an urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into Crown actions during and after negotiations to settle the historical claims of Tarānaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika in the Port Nicholson block. The claim was submitted under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 by Taranaki Whānui and concerned the Crown's proposed settlement package with Ngāti Toa Rangatira. The claimants alleged that aspects of the settlement package broke undertakings that the Crown had previously made to them. The Tribunal found that the Crown had breached the Treaty of Waitangi by offering Ngāti Toa a plaque at Parliament and a right of first refusal over Crown properties and New Zealand Transport Agency administered properties in Wellington City"--Publisher information.
Subjects: Land tenure, History, Maori (New Zealand people), Claims, Treaty of Waitangi
Places: New Zealand, Wellington (Region)