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A Multi-Million Dollar Apology to the Maoris for Shameful History of Injustice

World (tags: new zealand, indigenous peoples, land rights )

Dave
- 109 days ago - independent.co.uk

In a settlement worth millions of dollars, New Zealand took a momentous step to address the historic grievances of its original Maori inhabitants yesterday, handing back nearly half a million acres of land lost by breaches in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.

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Stephanie Colson (245)

Thursday June 26, 2008, 6:49 pm
Good.

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Look at dudes face...LMAO

Dave K. (0)

Thursday June 26, 2008, 8:55 pm
I loved the photo... For me it captured their celebratory joy - so much is articulated in facial expressions in the Maori haka, which has to be one of most striking things I've ever seen.