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SIX YEARS ON... On this date in 2014, hundreds attended the Crown-Tūhoe settlement day at Te Whare Kura in Tāneatua, to mark the agreement to move on from historical grievances.Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Hon. Chris Finlayson delivered the Crown’s apology (which you can read in full here. Representatives of the...

I was lucky enough to spend the months between September and Christmas in Waikaremoana, seeing how Waikaremoana, Te Uru Taumatua and Te Urewera Board’s kaitiakitanga of Te Urewera was going up at the lake. I’m back in Auckland now, in time for the lockdown, and it’s made me reflect on the advantages that Tūhoe people,...