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One of the leaders of the challenge to the Ngapuhi treaty settlement process says the real story is coming out at last.
The Waitangi Tribunal has just finished a two-day a judicial conference at Waitangi on whether it should hold an urgent hearing into the way the government decided it should negotiate a settlement with the Ngapuhi Runanga-backed body Tuhorokuku.
Te Kotahitanga co-chair Pita Tipene from Ngati Hine says opponents of the plan have been painted as a small minority, but no other treaty settlement has generated such a significant level of opposition.
"The crown were embarrassed because the case was being taken against them, not directly against Tuhoronuku, and the truth is beginning to be revealed in a public forum about how the crown has aided and abetted Tuhoronuku, provided over $2 million in funds to them to achieve that, and all for political expediency," Mr Tipene says.
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