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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2003

A New Zealand tribal leader called the federal government a "resource thief" for refusing to consider compensating Maori tribes for oil and gas royalties a treaty commission said they were wrongly denied.

The government in 1937 nationalized all petroleum resources. But doing so was a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi, a tribunal said this week.

Get the Story:
Iwi vows to continue fight for oil rights (The New Zealand Herald 5/22)

Relevant Links:
Treaty of Waitangi - http://www.archives.govt.nz/holdings/treaty_frame.html
Waitangi Tribunal - http://www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz
Treaty of Waitangi Links - http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Links/treaty.htm

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N.Z. plans to sign $42M treaty this week (3/25)