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Northland's Ngati Kuri have just brought an Orchard.
It's the first parcel of land that the iwi has owned for 200 years.
It is the cornerstone of the tribe's economic future
and not one cent of their treaty settlement funds
was used to purchase it.
Roihana Nuri reports.
A far north tribe is on the road to the economic prosperity
of their people.
The Ngati Kuri Trust Board purchased this orchard
for the tribe's economic future.
This farm was a small part of the original Muriwhenua South Block,
some 35,162 hectares, which was taken from Maori in 1858.
The tribe says the Crown's crimes have yet to be amended.
So the tribe took it upon themselves to utilise their resources
to buy this farm that was originally part of their ancestral estate.
According to the tribe, half of its avocado produce
will be exported to overseas markets.
The chairperson says local tribes investing in a local business
will provide benefits for the wider Far North Community.
Roihana Nuri, Te Karere.