28 Jun 2025

Ngāpuhi settlement: 'Our people are pretty hōhā'

From Saturday Morning, 7:32 am on 28 June 2025
From left, Mane Tahere, Jodi Hayward, Moana Tuwhare, Huhana Lyndon and Hinerangi Himiona, at a welcome for Tuwhare at Okorihi Marae, near Kaikohe.

From left, Mane Tahere, Jodi Hayward, Moana Tuwhare, Huhana Lyndon and Hinerangi Himiona, at a welcome for Tuwhare at Okorihi Marae, near Kaikohe. Photo: Supplied / Huhana Lyndon

This week negotiating the settlement for Aotearoa's largest iwi Ngāpuhi has seen yet another twist.

Earlier, NZ First MP Shane Jones said his party was drafting a member's bill to force Ngāpuhi into a single commercial settlement.

Last week, Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith said having one deal was the government's preference and that time spent on negotiating can't be open-ended.

Moana Tuwhare, the General Manager of Te Runanga o Ngāpuhi and former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson speaks to Mihi.

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