Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little delivered the Crown apology in person at Te Upoko o te Whenua Marae in Tarata, after COVID-19 restrictions kept many iwi members from attending the February 2021 deed signing. The ceremony also returned framed land title documents to Ngāti Maru rangatahi. The iwi named the day Te Pūaotanga mai o Maru i te Atatū, marking reawakening and re-emergence. This separate ceremony shows that an apology's audience, place and relationship to land can matter as much as its formal text.
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Why did the Crown deliver Ngāti Maru’s apology separately in 2022?
The Minister cited COVID-19 restrictions and held a later ceremony in the iwi rohe.
The Ngāti Maru apology was delivered at the deed signing in 2021 and never repeated.
It was delivered in a separate 2022 ceremony because pandemic restrictions limited attendance.