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Internal dissent threatens to cut the Whakatōhea Treaty claim in two

Ngāti Ira insist on settling their own claim on their own terms.

Ngāti Ira insist on settling their own claim on their own terms. — in the news Whakatōhea, the Opotiki-based iwi who turned down the Crown’s Treaty settlement offer in the 1990s and were kicked to the back of the claimant line, are no closer to settling their historic grievances as internal dissent threatens to cut the claim in two.

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