March 13, 2024

There are 925 properties in the Treaty Settlement Landbank, managed by Toit Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand. Homes, apartments, schools, train stations, jails, police buildings, kiwi fruit farms, quarries, tennis courts, and former hospital grounds were among the properties available. Matthew Roskruge, associate professor of economics at Massey University, said settlements were unlikely to compensate for the harm caused to the Mori economy during the previous century and a half when much of the nation’s most precious resources were taken. John Tamihere, head of the Mori Party, has also criticized the landbank for selecting unsuitable properties that iwi may