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Article: An apology to the Maoris. (New Zealand's accord with the Tainui tribe)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 27, 1995
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SOME bitter skirmishing between the Maoris and the New Zealand government ended this week. The "armistice" took the form of a deal with the Tainui, one of the country's largest indigenous tribes, to resolve grievances that date back more than a century.
The tribe will get cash and the return of land to the value of NZ$170m ($112m). It will also have a formal apology for land confiscations that followed wars between Maoris and settlers in 1863 and 1864. The tribe had asked for the queen to deliver the apology publicly and in person but has been told that it will have to settle for her signature on the legislation sealing the bargain.
The agreement comes at the ...