Crown agrees $100 mln package for Hawke's Bay and Gisborne iwi

Crown agrees $100 mln package for Hawke's Bay and Gisborne iwi
By Pattrick Smellie June 12 (BusinessDesk) - The government's programme of completing Treaty of Waitangi claims continues, with the announcement of a settlement package valued at $100 million for the iwi and hapu of Te Wairoa, covering seven clustered groups in northern Hawke's Bay, southern Gisborne, the town of Wairoa, Lake Waikaremoana and the Mahia peninsula. The settlement includes the assets of the Wharerata and Patunamu Forests, a number of Department of Conservation sites and a social and economic revitalisation strategy in partne...