Story: Ngā whakataunga tiriti – Treaty of Waitangi settlement process

Fiscal envelope hui, Tauranga, 1997

Fiscal envelope hui, Tauranga, 1997

This modern-day warrior is trampling on a copy of the government's so-called 'fiscal envelope', during a hui at Tauranga in 1997. The National government proposed in 1994 a limit of $1 billion on total treaty settlements. This was rejected by Māori throughout the country and was formally abandoned, although the size of later settlements was relative to settlements signed before the cap was proposed.

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Richard S. Hill, 'Ngā whakataunga tiriti – Treaty of Waitangi settlement process - Problems for treaty settlements', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/33060/fiscal-envelope-hui-tauranga-1997 (accessed 18 April 2024)

Story by Richard S. Hill, published 20 Jun 2012, updated 1 Apr 2023