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Ngati Kuri back to the table - Thursday May 17, 2012

Ngati Kuri back to the table - Thursday May 17, 2012

"Our experience was that the Crown was intransigent [in 2011], but we are now hopeful of finding a way through this impasse ..." - Harry Burkhardt, Ngati Kuri Trust Board chairman, pictured

The Ngati Kuri Trust Board is to re-enter negotiations with the Crown with the aim of settling outstanding Treaty of Waitangi grievances, and is withdrawing its application for an urgent hearing by the Waitangi Tribunal.

Trust board chairman Harry Burkhardt said yesterday that those decisions had been made following deep reflection and discussion by kaumatua and kuia of Nga Uri o Ngati Kuri.

The iwi had begun direct negotiations with the Crown in August 2008, h...

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Happier days at Herekino - Thursday May 17, 2012

Happier days at Herekino - Thursday May 17, 2012

WEAVING MAGIC: Annie (left) and Kelly Rawiri were hard pressed to turn out hangi baskets as fast as they were needed at Herekino School's ERO report celebration on Tuesday.

Herekino School was beginning to pull itself out of a very deep hole when principal Richard Wilkinson arrived there 18 months ago, but happier days have officially arrived in the form of a very positive ERO report.

So delighted were Mr Wilkinson, his staff and trustees, that they threw a party on Tuesday, featuring a bouncy castle and games for the kids, a morning tea starring the biggest jam- and cream-smothered pikelets that side of the black stump, followed, in what seemed like very short order, by the serving of a hangi lunch.

Not too many of the adu...

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