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The Government intends to advertise the amended mandate for Tuhoronuku, the body that wants to negotiate Ngapuhi treaty claims.
The plan for direct negotiations has created a rift between the Ngapuhi Rūnanga, which set up Tuhoronuku, and Te Kotahitanga, which represents hapū who want to complete Waitangi Tribunal hearings before entering talks.
A vote of members found majority support for Tuhoronuku, but the Crown has delayed accepting the mandate because of the vehemence of the opposition.
Now in a memorandum to the Waitangi Tribunal, it says the mandate will be advertised in early July, with submissions closing mid-August.
If ministers decide to accept the mandate, elections will be held between October and December, and the Crown will then enter discussions with the aim of signing a terms of negotiation in the first quarter of 2014.
Tuhoronuku interim Chair Sonny Tau says it’s a significant milestone in Ngapuhi’s quest for utu against the Crown.
Te rōpū ō Tūhoronuku
E mea ana te Kāwanatanga kia tāpae whakaaro mai te iwi ō Ngāpuhi e pā ana ki te rōpū Tūhoronuku.
Hei te marama ō Here-turi-kōkā te wā tāpae whakaaro mutu ai.
I tōhua ā Tūhoronuku, he rōpū i whakatūria ai e te Rūnanga ō Ngāpuhi, hei kaikōkiri i ngā tono tiriti ā Ngāpuhi, engari, kua tino tū te puehu i waenganui i ā Tūhoronuku mē Te Kotahitanga, te rōpū e waha ana i ngā wawatā ō ngā hapū.
Hei tā te Kāwanatanga, ki te tautoko ngā tāpae whakaaro i ā Tūhoronuku, ka timata rātou ko Tūhoronuku ki te whiriwhiri i te tono ā Ngāpuhi, hei te mutunga ō te tau e tū mai nei.
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