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Wai No	Report/Purongo
5	Report on Imposition of Land Tax This very short report concerns a request for the Tribunal to make representations in connection with the imposition of land tax on land administered by trustees under the Māori Affairs Act 1953. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
11	Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Te Reo Māori Claim This report concerns a claim about the official recognition of Te Reo Māori (the Māori language). Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
15	Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Te Weehi Claim to Customary Fishing Rights This very short report concerns a claim about the Fisheries Act 1983 and regulation 8(b) of the Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1983. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
19	Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on a Claim Relating to Māori 'Privilege' This very short report concerns a claim that Māori were accorded special privileges by virtue of their race. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
22	Interim Report to the Minister of Māori Affairs on State-Owned Enterprises Bill This short interim report concerns submissions that the enactment of the State-Owned Enterprises Bill 1986 would result in Crown lands being unavailable for Treaty settlements. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
26, 150	Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on Claims Concerning the Allocation of Radio Frequencies This report concerns a claim about the introduction of a Bill into Parliament on Te Reo Māori and the allocation of radio frequencies. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
176	Report on Broadcasting Claim This very short report concerns a claim about the Crown’s broadcasting policies. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
264	Report on Waikanae Railway Lands In 1992, the Crown-Congress Joint Working Party proposed a scheme for the disposal of 3605 square metres of surplus Railways lands at Waikanae. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
264	Report on Wellington Railway Lands In 1992, the Crown-Congress Joint Working Party sought a scheme for the disposal of surplus Railways lands in the Wellington region Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
264	Report on Auckland Railway Lands In 1992, the Crown-Congress Joint Working Party proposed a scheme for the disposal of surplus Railways lands on the Tamaki isthmus in Auckland. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
264	Report on South Auckland Railway Lands In June 1991, the National Māori Congress claimed that the disposal of surplus Railways assets without a prior arrangement or agreement with local Māori would be contrary to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
307	The Fisheries Settlement Report 1992 In late 1992, the Waitangi Tribunal inquired into several claims concerning a September 1992 settlement between the Crown and Māori on fisheries, commonly known as the Sealords deal. Hearings took place at the end of September and the beginning of October, and the Tribunal, which consisted of Chief Judge Eddie Durie (presiding), Bishop Bennett, Hugh Kawharu, and Joanne Morris, released its report in November. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
321	Appointment to the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission Report In 1992, Hariata Gordon lodged a claim on behalf of herself and Ngati Paoa which concerned the appointment of members to the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission under the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
350	Māori Development Corporation Report The Māori Development Corporation Report of 1993 concerned the proposed sale by the Government of its shares in the Māori Development Corporation. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
413	Māori Electoral Option Report The Māori Electoral Option Report concerns the exercise by Māori of the Māori electoral option under section 76 of the Electoral Act 1993, by which Māori may elect whether to register on the Māori roll or the general roll. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
449	Kiwifruit Marketing Report 1995 Claim Wai 449 was lodged in 1994 by kiwifruit growers Marata Norman and Wi Parera Te Kani on behalf of themselves, their whanau, and their iwi, who claimed that legislation which gave the New Zealand Kiwifruit Marketing Board a monopoly to export kiwifruit to all foreign markets except Australia violated their right to exercise te tino rangatiratanga over their own affairs. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
718	The Wananga Capital Establishment Report The Wananga Capital Establishment Report relates to a claim by three wananga Māori established as tertiary education institutions under the Education Act 1989. The claim concerned the failure of the Crown to recognise the right of Māori, in terms of the Treaty of Waitangi, to receive capital funding, in order to provide properly for the education of Māori through programmes, and in an environment, designed to enhance their tertiary educational opportunities. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
776	Radio Spectrum Management and Development Interim Report Claim Wai 776 was received on 9 March 1999 and registered the next day. It was lodged by Rangiaho Everton and concerned a part of the electromagnetic spectrum known as the radio spectrum, which can be used for telecommunications and information technology in general (for example, the internet, cellular phones, video links, and video conferencing can all make use of it). Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
776	Radio Spectrum Management and Development Final Report Claim Wai 776 was received on 9 March 1999 and registered the next day. It was lodged by Rangiaho Everton and concerned a part of the electromagnetic spectrum known as the radio spectrum, which can be used for telecommunications and information technology in general (for example, the internet, cellular phones, video links, and video conferencing can all make use of it) Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
796	The Petroleum Report In the report the Tribunal addresses claims by Nga Hapu o Nga Ruahine of Taranaki and Ngati Kahungunu of Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa in relation to their interests in the petroleum resource. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
953	Ahu Moana: The Aquaculture and Marine Farming Report The Wai 953 claimants represent Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Whatua, Te Atiawa ki te Tau Ihu, Ngati Koata, Ngai Tahu, and Ngati Kuia. They claim to have a broad relationship with the coastal marine area and that as an incident of that relationship they have an interest in aquaculture, or more particularly marine farming. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
1024	The Offender Assessment Policies Report On Monday 10 October 2005, the Waitangi Tribunal released its report on certain policies and procedures used by the Department of Corrections in relation to the assessment of offenders. The Offender Assessment Policies Report considered two specific assessment tools (tests) that were designed and used by the department. The tools helped to identify and assess offenders who were at high risk of reoffending, and were intended to assist the development of programmes that could work towards reducing Māori reoffending. Read report summary >> Download as pdf >>
1071	Report on the Crown's Foreshore and Seabed Policy This report is the outcome of an urgent inquiry into the Crown’s policy for the foreshore and seabed of Aotearoa-New Zealand. The many claimant groups represented in the inquiry comprised most of the coastal iwi. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
1177	Interim report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Te Tai Hauauru Wai 1177 was lodged by Whatarangi Winiata on behalf of registered Maori voters in the electorate of Te Tai Hauauru, both for himself and in his capacity as interim president of the Maori Party. Broadly, the claim concerned the polling arrangements made by the chief electoral officer in preparation for the by-election taking place in the Te Tai Hauauru electorate on 10 July 2004. Read report summary >> Read full report >> Download as pdf >>
1298	The Report on the Aotearoa Institute claim concerning Te Wananga o Aotearoa The Wai 1298 claim, made by Harold Maniapoto and Tui Adams on behalf of the Aotearoa Institute Te Kuratini o Nga Waka Trust Board, is summed up by the claimants as concerning the future of wananga in New Zealand, and in particular that of, Te Wananga o Aotearoa. The Wai 1298 claim concerns disputed issues of control over Te Wananga o Aotearoa, what it can teach, and to whom. The claim arises out of the tension between the Crown’s right and responsibility to govern and the self-determination or autonomy of the founding iwi, as found in and practised by its wananga. Read full report >> Download as pdf >>

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