Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Orakei Claim

Table of Contents

Title
Letter to the Minister
Table of Contents
01 Summary of Report
02 The Claim
	2.1 Background to present Claim
	2.2 Nature of the Claim
	2.3 Content of the Claim
	2.4 Record of Proceedings
	2.5 Introduction to Orakei and Terms Used
03 The Pacific Winds of Polynesia Pre-1849
	3.1 The Origins of Ngati Whatua
	3.2 Ngati Whatua of Orakei
	3.3 The Ngati Whatua Stand
	3.4 The Ngati Whatua Land
04 The Winds of Change 1840-1869
	4.1 The Treaty of Waitangi and Birth of Auckland
	4.2 The Land Treaties of Ngati Whatua
	4.3 The Treaty to Provide for a Church
	4.4 The Defence Treaties
	4.5 The Main Treaty, Initial Policy and Constitution
	Section 73 of the Constitution Act acknowledged the communal nature of
	4.6 Land Wars and Land Laws
	4.7 Operation of the Native Land Laws
05 The Clouds Before the Storm 1869-1912
	5.1 The Orakei Decision
	5.2 Analysis of the 1869 Decision
	Section 17 also required the compilation of a list of each and every member
	5.3 Paora Tuhaere and The Orakei Reserve
	5.4 Renata Uruamo and Equitable Owners
	5.5 Legal Confusion and Validations
	5.6 Successions and Partitions
	5.7 Orakei and the Need for More Land
	5.8 The Stout-Ngata Inquiry
	5.9 Proposals to Buy, Attempts to Retain
	5.10 Solicitor-General v Tokerau Land Board
06 The Inundation of Orakei 1913-1930
	6.1 Sewers and Swamps
	6.2 The Pot of Gold - the Farm Lands
	6.3 Pieces of Silver - the Papakainga
	6.4 Rainbow visions
	6.5 The Vision of the Church
07 Cleaning Up 1930-1952
	7.1 The Acheson Inquiry 1930
	7.2 The Lee Committee 1936
	7.3 The Kennedy Commission 1938-1939
	7.4 The War Years 1940-1945
	7.5 The Last Years 1945-1952
08 The New Order - A New Marae 1952-1977
	8.1 Portrait of Orakei
	8.2 The New Wave of Settlers
	8.3 The New Committees
	8.4 The provision of a new Marae site
	8.5 The Making of a New Marae
	8.6 Development Proposals
	8.7 The Orakei Maori Committee
	8.8 Government Proposals and Polarisation
	8.9 Competing Claims
09 Pride and Protest 1977-1978
	9.1 Pathway to Protest
	9.2 The Bastion Point Protest
	9.3 Compromise and Conflict
	9.4 The Assessment of Competing Claims
	9.5 Settlement With The Moderates
	9.6 Expulsion and Convictions
10 Pathway to the Future 1978-1987
	10.1 The Ngati Whatua of Orakei Maori Trust Board
	10.2 The Status of Orakei Marae
	10.3 The Status of the 1978 Settlement
	10.4 Unity and the necessary Laws
11 The Status and Scope of The Treaty of Waitangi
	11.1 Introduction
	11.2 Status
	11.3 Principles of Treaty Interpretation
	11.4 Broad Implications of the Treaty
	11.5 The Two Versions of the Treaty
	11.6 The Nature of the Guarantee
	11.7 The Delegation of Responsibility
	11.8 Provisions and Principles
	11.9 Pre-Emption and Reciprocal Duties
	11.10 The Duties of the Treaty Partners
	11.11 Summary
12 Issues and Findings
	12.1 Tribal Ownership and Tribal Endowments
	12.2 The Native Lands Acts 1865 and 1867
	12.3 Orakei Native Reserve Act 1882
	12.4 The Equitable Owners Act 1886
	12.5 The 1894 Act and 1898 Partitions
	12.6 Stout-Ngata Commission and Native Land Settlement Act 1907
	12.7 Otene Paoras Petitions
	12.8 The Sewer and Flooding
	12.9 The Initial Crown Purchases - the Farm Lands
	12.10 The Failure to Maintain House Sites
	12.11 The Crown Purchase of the Papakainga
	12.12 The Acheson Inquiry 1930
	12.13 The Lee Committee 1936
	12.14 The Kennedy Commission 1938-1939
	12.15 The Final Stage
	12.16 The Orakei Church Site
	12.17 The Battery Reserve
	12.18 The Acquisition of Takaparawha Point
	12.19 The Failure to Secure a Marae Site
	12.20 Desecration of the Papakainga
	12.21 State House Purchase Rights
	12.22 The 1978 Settlement
	12.23 Status of Ngati Whatua of Orakei Maori Trust Board
	12.24 Arrests and convictions
13 Summary of Findings
	13.1 General Findings
	13.2 Specific Findings
	13.3 The Entitlement to Remedies
14 Remedies
	14.1 Principles to be applied
	Section 6(3) of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, which enables us to make
	14.2 Approaches to Reparation
	14.3 The Claimants Proposals
	14.4 Remedies We Propose
	14.5 Summary of Remedies Proposed
15 Recommendations
Appendix 1 The Claim
Appendix 2 Record of Proceedings
Appendix 5 Bibliography

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Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Orakei Claim