$5m to help catch up

Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples. Photo / Steven McNicholl

The Government has recognised how much money an iwi missed out on through unfair perpetual leases and made a $5 million payment.

Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples and Ngati Rarua Atiawa Trust signed a memorandum of understanding at Parliament yesterday.

The Anglican Church acquired the Ngati Rarua Atiawa iwi's land near Motueka under Governor George Grey and Dr Sharples said the payment should have been made a long time ago.
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Correction Whau candidate for Auckland Council Jeremy Kirwan did not stand in the Manukau City Council elections in 2007 as stated in the Herald yesterday. Mr Kirwan was a candidate in New Lynn for the Waitakere City Council, but is an employee of Manukau City Council.