The Tūhoe settlement has taken years of negotiation. In 2010, it came to a halt when Prime Minister John Key ruled out giving Tūhoe ownership of Te Urewera. Tūhoe did not sign the Treaty of Waitangi but were subjected to harsh Crown policies. Today, the Crown apologised for those wrongs. In Tuhoe's $170 million settlement, apart from an apology and Tūhoe autonomy, Te Urewera National Park will become a new...
The people of Tuhoe have accepted an apology from the Crown for killing their ancestors and brutally taking their land, but say they will never forget what happened. It follows the signing of a $170 million Treaty of Waitangi settlement last month. Chris Finlayson delivers the Crown apology. Photo: RNZ The party representing the Crown was welcomed into the Tuhoe heartland at Taneatua, south of Whakatane in Eastern Bay of Plenty,...
An angel has falledn out of the sky and landed on a chopper at Ruatoki, or so it seems. An image of Tuhoe activist Tame Iti, shot as part of the 2015 Pink Angels Calendar, was released onto social media on Sunday n ight - much to the surprise of the calendar's...
Apology expected to draw big crowd
The final act of atonement for grievances the Goverment inflicted on the Tuhoe nation, starting 150 years ago, will be played out at Taneatua on Friday. Treaty negotiations minister Chris Finlayson will convey the Crown's apology to a crowd expected to number 3500 in the grounds of Te Kura Whare, the iwi's new headquarters, on...
Top cop visits Ruatoki to apologise for raids
Police have said sorry for the raids on the Tuhoe people in 2007 but there will be no ministerial apology for what happened. Yesterday, Police Commissioner Mike Bush apologised for police actions while raiding the Taneatua and Ruatoki communities nearly seven years ago. Speaking at Te Rewarewa marae in Ruatoki, Mr Bush said the operation, during which armed police detained a number of people in the small Eastern Bay of Plenty communities on...
Medical centres to draw Tuhoe doctors
Tuhoe hopes that the opening of four medical centres in its rohe will inspire whanau to return to their homeland and practise medicine. First, the new Tuhoe HQ, next a health centre at Taneatua. Photo: RNZ The first Tuhoe medical centre in Taneatua opened on 12 August and three more are expected to open by the end of the year. The centres' group manager for health, housing, education and welfare, said part of the...
