Kaupapa inquiries
Kaupapa (thematic) inquiries are not specific to any district. They deal with nationally significant issues affecting Māori as a whole.
A memorandum concerning the kaupapa inquiry programme was issued in April 2015 by the Waitangi Tribunal’s chairperson, Chief Judge Wilson Isaac. A second memorandum updating and refining the the kaupapa process was issued in March 2019. The kaupapa inquiries topics and order in which they are scheduled for inquiry are:
- Military veterans
- Health services and outcomes
- Takutai moana
- Mana wāhine
- Housing policy and services
- Constitution, self-government, and the electoral system
- Education services and outcomes
- Social services and social development
- Economic development
- Identity and culture
- Natural resources and environmental management
- Justice system
- Citizenship rights and equality
Read the 2015 memorandum about the kaupapa inquiry programme [PDF, 476 KB]
Read the 2019 memorandum about the kaupapa inquiry programme [PDF, 887 KB]
2019 kaupapa inquiry programme – appendix [PDF, 163 KB]
The following kaupapa inquiries have commenced:
- The Military Veterans Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2500)
- The Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2575)
- The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act Inquiry (Wai 2660)
- The National Fresh Water and Geothermal Resources Inquiry (Wai 2358). This inquiry was commenced prior to the formal kaupapa inquiry programme being established.
- The Housing Policy and Services Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2750)
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement – Stage 2 (Wai 2522)
- The Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry (Wai 2700)
A number of kaupapa claims have already been heard:
- Search for Kaupapa inquiry reports(external link)
- See the documents for current inquiries(external link)
Contact us
Contact us to ask about the status of a claim
This page was last updated: