Ngati Porou’s chief negotiator is going to Australia to get iwi there to vote on a unique Treaty settlement which he says would set the record straight for the iwi which has had to battle against the label of “kupapa” – or traitors – for fighting alongside the Crown in the land wars in 1865.

Ngati Porou, the second largest iwi, recently signed a Deed of Settlement with the Crown, which includes $110 million in cash for financial and cultural redress.

It also includes the largest amount of conservation land ever handed over in a settlement, and a unique recognition of Ngati Porou’s role both in the land wars and for the armed forces in wars such as World War II.

via NZ Herald