Maori Lawyers Discuss The Relations between Maori And Councils.

Discussing the path taken by many tribes to settle their land grievances and looking at how Maori have lived with local councils. These were some of the topics discussed at a gathering of Maori lawyers today. Raniera Tau says regional councils are ignorant of Maori. I discussed the relationship between Maori and regional councils. I believe they are ignorant of us. They are avoiding their responsibilities under the Treaty of Waitangi. Developing post-Treaty settlements and the issues around it were some of the matters discussed today. Most want to put aside the negative issues and get on with the future. There has been discussion about certain laws and things that were done wrong, things the government did wrong. We are looking at avenues of working through those wrongs. Tomorrow the chief Maori Land Court judge will speak on the WAI262 claim. Joe Glen, Te Karere.