Anglican Church to apologise for takeover of Māori land in Bay of Plenty

From New Zealand-

Tauranga was built atop a broken promise from Anglican Church missionaries and iwi when they sold 540-hectares of land they did not own.  

Now, 152 years later, the Archbishop Emeritus Sir David Moxon will issue a formal apology to Ngati Tapu and Ngaitamarawaho of Tauranga Moana for the actions of the missionaries when they gifted the Te Papa peninsula to the Crown.

The 540 hectare piece of land encompasses modern-day Tauranga's CBD and was purchased in 1838 by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) and had to be used for the "benefit of the native race and the church".

This included building schools and other shared facilities. 

More here-

https://www.stuff.co.nz/bay-of-plenty/108993545/anglican-church-to-apologise-for-takeover-of-mori-land-in-bay-of-plenty