Ngapuhi is yet to learn the future of its settlement talks after a Cabinet meeting to try to get Treaty settlement talks back on track amidst further ructions in the iwi. Key said it could not force iwi into settlement and it was disappointing Ngapuhi had not made more progress. Tuwhare said Maranga Mai had managed to bring together groups that had argued over the mandate for eight years. She said there were people in Ngapuhi with the ability to take on talks, but Tuhoronuku was dysfunctional and losing hapu support. The Maranga Mai report had recommended a more hapu-driven model for negotiations.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 26, 2016 06:00 UTC