Waitangi Tribunal - issue 61 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 1.1 MB]
...siege of Ngätapa Pä. In particular, the execution of between 86 and 128 unarmed prisoners constituted a serious breach and the Tribunal found that the scale of the systematic killing at Ngätapa represents one of the worst abuses of law and human rights in New Zealand’s colonial history. The ceding of 1.195 million acres in 1868, the establishment of the Dave Hawea of Whänau a Kai at the release of the Türanga Tangata Türanga Whenua Report in 2004. Gisborne H erald HAK...