March 31, 2023
Taranaki Maunga deed initialed
Treaty Negotiation Minister Andrew Little says he wants the whole community to get behind today’s initialling of the deed of settlement for the Taranaki Maunga Claim.
All eight Taranaki iwi have received individual settlements, and the mountain is being dealt with as a collective claim.
Mr Little says it’s going to be a big day, starting off in New Plymouth.
“I’m doing a breakfast in the morning, talking to locals in the community, explaining what’s going on and what the agreement is, and then we’ll do the initialling a Hawera. It’s a really important agreement to reach with iwi,” he says.
The ceremony to initial the Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Deed is at Aotearoa Marae, in Okaiawa, South Taranaki, with the pohiri starting at 11 this morning.