The BBC reports that the New Zealand government and seven Maori tribes have entered into an historic agreement concerning Maori ownership of a number of forests in the North Island, where I live: The NZ$420m ($319m) agreement transfers ownership of nine forests – covering 435,000 acres (176,000 hectares) of land – in the central North Island. Hundreds of Maori, some … Continue reading An Important Maori Land Settlement — But Where’s the Treaty Itself?