COMPENSATION CLAIM.
SALE OP NATIVE LAIfD.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Friday.
Three members of the South Island Ngai-tahu tribe will be received by the Government at the end of the present session of Parliament to discuss the claim which the tribe has been pressing for many years for compensation arising from the sale of native land and reserves. This was announced by Mr. E. T. Tirikatene, member of Parliament for Southern Maori.
Mr. Tirikatene explained that the aVgai-tahu claim involved 12,500,000 acres of land and affected descendants of the tribe in the South Island, particularly many living in Canterbury and Southland.
"This grievance has received very little consideration," Mr. Tirikatene said. "It is a genuine claim and time alone cannot wipe it out. The present Government must be complimented for the consideration granted my people in deciding to meet our three representatives after the conclusion of the present session of Parliament."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 270, 13 November 1937, Page 19
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