What’s at stake? Restoring Ngāti Toa Rangatira’s ownership and mana over Whitireia after generations of loss.
Background An 1848 land gift for a school that never happened led to the 1877 Wi Parata case, where Chief Justice Prendergast declared Te Tiriti “a simple nullity” signed by “primitive barbarians.”
Main players Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira chair Callum Katene and chief executive Helmut Modlik; RNZ chair Dr Jim Mather; the Anglican Church; descendants of Wi Parata and Justice Prendergast; and the Crown through its 2014 settlement apology.
In a week when the country is remembering former prime minister Jim Bolger, the leader who helped shape New Zealand’s modern Treaty settlement era, a divisive chapter in the nation’s history involving iwi, the Church and the Crown will be reconciled today.
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What’s at stake? Restoring Ngāti Toa Rangatira’s ownership and mana over Whitireia after generations of loss.
Background An 1848 land gift for a school that never happened led to the 1877 Wi Parata case, where Chief Justice Prendergast declared Te Tiriti “a simple nullity” signed by “primitive barbarians.”
Main players Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira chair Callum Katene and chief executive Helmut Modlik; RNZ chair Dr Jim Mather; the Anglican Church; descendants of Wi Parata and Justice Prendergast; and the Crown through its 2014 settlement apology.
