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Catholic Church should apologise for land confiscations Comments 0

Thursday, February 13th, 2020

The Catholic Church should apologise for its role in the confiscation of Māori land and colonisation, says the New Zealand Māori Council . A pivotal part of this involves the “Doctrine of Discovery”. This doctrine (which is enshrined in Catholic law) was used internationally as justification for Christians to claim land belonging to non-Christians. Māori Read more

Tags: New Zealand Māori Council, Te Ao Māori, The Treaty of Waitangi
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