Tühoe chief negotiator Tamati Kruger hugging Crown negotiator Lillian Anderson during the deed of settlement signing ceremony. © APN/M Mitchell Tühoe signs innovative Treaty settlement with Crown In June, over a thousand descendants of Ngäi Tühoe travelled to Parliament to honour the signing of the iwi’s Treaty settlement with the Crown. This significant settlement contained several innovative forms of redress, including giving Urewera National Park its own legal identity, meaning it is owned by no-one, but jointly managed by the Crown and Tühoe. Tühoe also received a $170 million redress package and a formal apology from the Crown for its treatment of the Mataatua tribe. Over the next five years Tühoe will move toward increased self-governance; giving the iwi greater control over local health, education and housing services. Priorities identified by the iwi include reducing poverty and unemployment, providing better housing and improving water, power and sewerage systems in the region. Tühoe is one of the tribes which did not sign the Treaty. In 1865 their lands were invaded by the Crown in Waikaremoana. Large scale land confiscations and unjust land purchases followed. Over a century later, the signing of the Tühoe deed of settlement represents the beginning of redress for Ngäi Tühoe’s suffering at the hands of the Crown. Tüi Tüi Tuituiä | Race Relations in 2013 39