How much money has been spent on the Treaty of Waitangi?
Total Treaty settlement spending currently sits at $2.2 billion. Both Tainui and Ngāi Tahu were paid $170m in their original settlements – but have now received $260m and $248m, respectively, in additional payments.
How much money has been paid out in settlements?
According to a report from the Office of Compliance, more than $17 million has been paid out in settlements over a period of 20 years – 1997 to 2017. How many settlements have there been?
How much do Treaty settlements cover Super payments?
The entire value of Treaty settlements over the past quarter of a century would cover super payments for two months. Two of the most significant settlements were finalised in the early part of the settlement process in the 1990s. Ngāi Tahu of the South Island and Tainui of Waikato both agreed settlements with the Crown worth $170m.
What is the Office of Treaty Settlements?
The Office of Treaty Settlements was established in the Ministry of Justice to develop government policy on historical claims. In 1995, the government developed the "Crown Proposals for the Settlement of Treaty of Waitangi Claims" to attempt to address the issues.
How much is the Treaty of Waitangi worth?
The agreement is the largest to date, by financial value, at NZ$196 million worth of forest land in total (including the value of the Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and Hapu share).
How much was the Ngāi Tahu settlement?
In 1998, after nearly 150 years, Ngāi Tahu completed their efforts to have the Crown address their grievances. They signed a Deed of Settlement that provided compensation valued at $170 million.
What do Māori use the Treaty settlement money for?
Iwi are increasingly using the proceeds from Treaty of Waitangi settlements to fix longstanding problems facing their people. Richer tribes are investing more in social housing, savings schemes and health insurance.
How many iwi have settled with the crown?
So far, there have been 73 settlements with the Crown passed into law. There are a further 11 settlements that have been agreed but are either awaiting the rubber stamp from Parliament or have failed to pass the final hurdle of Parliament.
How much land is given back to Māori?
An estimated 8.3m hectares (20.5m acres) of land in the North Island – nearly 73% of the landmass – as well as almost the entire South Island were taken from Māori through confiscation and inequitable purchases between 1840 and 1939.
How much of the South Island did Māori sell to the crown?
In the 20 years from 1844, Ngāi Tahu signed formal land sale contracts with the Crown for some 34.5 million acres, approximately 80% of the South Island, Te Waipounamu.
What is the biggest iwi in New Zealand?
Ngāpuhi is the largest tribe in New Zealand. Their territory stretches from the Hokianga Harbour to the Bay of Islands, and to Whangārei in the south.
What happens when a claim is made to the Waitangi Tribunal?
The claim is registered If a claim meets our requirements, it can now be registered. We will allocate a 'Wai' (short for Waitangi Tribunal claim) number for this claim. We will contact the claimant/s to notify them. We will also notify the Crown and other interested parties.
What are the components of a treaty settlement package?
There are three main components of a Treaty settlement package: an historical account; cultural redress; and commercial redress. The historical account is a statement agreed between the Government and the settling group that summarises the past relationship between those two parties.
How many Māori are there in NZ?
875,300At 30 June 2021: New Zealand's estimated Māori ethnic population was 875,300 (17.1 percent of national population). There were 436,000 Māori males and 439,300 Māori females.
What claims have been made and settled through the Waitangi Tribunal?
The Treaty: gave sovereignty in New Zealand to the British Crown. enabled Māori to keep rangatiratanga, or chieftainship, over their resources, while giving the Crown first rights to any land being sold after that time, and. guaranteed Māori the rights and privileges of British citizens.
How many Māori signed the Treaty of Waitangi?
On 6 February 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands by Captain William Hobson, several English residents, and between 43 and 46 Māori rangatira.
How much is Ngāi Tahu worth?
Ngāi Tahu Property Limited is a property development and investment company with assets valued at approximately $600 million.
How much land does Ngāi Tahu own?
Ngāi Tahu Property In August 2011, it was mentioned in a New Zealand Herald article that Ngāi Tahu owns 83,600 ha of "rural land", of which around 90 percent are leased to third-party forestry organisations.
How much is Tainui worth?
$1 billionTainui Group Holdings (TGH) took over the management and growth of the tribe's commercial assets, worth $166m in 2003. Today those assets have increased to $1 billion. This includes The Base at Te Rapa, the Novotel Tainui in Hamilton and at Auckland International Airport, and the Ibis Tainui Hamilton.
Who is the richest iwi?
Ngāi Tahu is the wealthiest iwi in New Zealand, with a net worth of $1.3 billion. Newly elected Ngāi Tahu CEO Lisa Tumahai says that corporate leadership is a strong point for the iwi but there's a need to develop leadership among the people, on the marae and in the regions.
How many settlements have been made with the Crown?
So far, there have been 73 settlements with the Crown passed into law. There are a further 11 settlements that have been agreed but are either awaiting the rubber stamp from Parliament or have failed to pass the final hurdle of Parliament. The total value of all finalised settlements is $2.2 billion.
What happened after the Treaty of Waitangi?
In the 100 years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori land and the commerce they conducted on it were devastated. Poverty followed and the introduction of new, foreign diseases ravaged the Māori population.
When did Canada sign the Treaties of Manitoba?
Canada signed seven treaties in Manitoba between 1871 and 1906.
Why did the Canadian government and First Nations criticize the government?
Many indigenous people say the Canadian government and First Nations were supposed to share the land and its economic benefits, and criticize the government for depriving aboriginal communities of the billions in natural resources extracted from treaty territory. Image.
Who was the Prime Minister of Canada when the First Nations were re-elected?
Its findings led Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to promise a “total renewal” of Canada’s relationship with the First Nations, and to hold reconciliation talks with 300 aboriginal communities.
Where is the scar of aboriginal discrimination?
The scars of aboriginal discrimination are etched deeply here in Winnipeg, home to Canada’s largest urban indigenous population. The metropolis was built on treaty territory, and was the nation’s most violent city in 2015.
How much did the Iwi get paid for the Treaty of Waitangi?
Two iwi have quietly been paid huge top-ups, totalling $370 million, to their supposed "full and final" Treaty of Waitangi settlements. Waikato-Tainui received $190m and the South Island's Ngāi Tahu $180m – more than they originally settled for in 1995 and 1998, respectively. The Government made the payments on December 15 without any public ...
Who was the third tribe to settle?
Former Prime Minister John Key chats to Pita Sharples, the Māori Affairs Minister, at the Treaty Settlement hui in 2009. Gardiner's iwi, Ngāti Awa, was the third tribe to settle.
How much did Congress pay for settlements?
Story highlights. Between 1997 and 2017, Congress paid $17 million in settlements. The money comes from a fund set up to handle settlements within the US Treasury.
Who knows about the settlements and payments?
After a settlement is reached, a payment must be approved by the chairman and ranking member of the House administration committee, an aide to Chairman Gregg Harper, a Mississippi Republican, told CNN.
How many of the settlements were sexual harassment-related?
It’s not clear. Speier told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday that the 260 settlements represent those related to all kinds of complaints, including sexual harassment as well as racial, religious or disability-related discrimination complaints. The OOC has not made public the breakdown of the settlements, and Speier says she’s pursuing other avenues to find out the total.
What do these settlements tell us about the scope of the sexual harassment problem on Capitol Hill?
However, even knowing that dollar figure doesn’t quantify the problem: a source within the Office of Compliance tells CNN that between 40 and 50% of harassment claims settle after mediation – an early stage in the multi-tiered reporting process.
Why are OOC statistics not broken down into specific claims?
In its latest disclosure, the OOC said that statistics on payments are “not further broken down into specific claims because settlements may involve cases that allege violations of more than one of the 13 statutes incorporated by the (Congressional Accountability Act).”
How much has Paul Ryan paid out in sexual harassment?
Here’s what we know – and what we don’t know – about that money: According to a report from the Office of Compliance, more than $17 million has been paid out in settlements over a period of 20 years – 1997 to 2017.
Is Nancy Pelosi aware of the settlement?
Similarly, a source in Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s office told CNN that Pelosi also is not made aware of those details, and that they are confined to the parties of the settlement and the leaders of the administration committee.
THE STATEMENT
"Two years of Corrections' vote is more than all the money paid out in all treaty settlements."
THE ANALYSIS
The Māori Party wants the Covid-19 recovery to target Māori unemployment and help tackle the high imprisonment rate, which it says is costing New Zealand dearly.
THE VERDICT
AAP FactCheck found the statement that two years of the Department of Corrections' budget is greater than the total amount paid out in all Treaty of Waitangi settlements to be true.
