Excerpt from rnz.co.nz
The most remote population of Aotearoa – Chatham Islands iwi Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri – has just entered a new era after one of its iwi struck an ‘agreement in principle’ for a treaty settlement with the Crown.
It marks a significant milestone toward the settlement of their historical Treaty of Waitangi claims.
The agreement outlines a settlement package including $13 million in redress, the option to transfer culturally significant lands to Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri as cultural redress, and shared redress between the iwi and Moriori.
Much of the $13 million in financial redress and $3 million toward cultural investment was planned to go toward a new pa site on the archipelago.
