Transcript of Hearing Week Ten held 17-21 January 2005 at Tauarau Marae, Ruatoki
Wai 894 - Combined Record of Inquiry for the Urewera District Inquiry
Transcript of Hearing Week Thirteen being Crown hearing week 2 held 11-15 April 2005 at Taneatua School
Wai 894 - Combined Record of Inquiry for the Urewera District Inquiry
Supporting documents
(Wai 36, A20(a); R/W 4, A5(a))
Wai 894 - Combined Record of Inquiry for the Urewera District Inquiry
The Preliminary Report on the Haane Manahi Victoria Cross Claim
Haane Jack Manahi (Victoria Cross) claim
The Haane Manahi VC claim (Wai 893) was filed with the Waitangi Tribunal in 2000 by Arapeta Tahana, the chairperson of the Te Arawa Maori Trust Board. It concerns the downgrading of a recommendation for a Victoria Cross (the highest possible Commonwealth military award for bravery) to a Distinguished Conduct Medal for an act of bravery by Lance-Sergeant Haane Manahi, in action at Takrouna (Tunisia) in 1943. Te Arawa claim that their requests to restore the original VC recommendation have not been handled adequately by the New Zealand Government and that this failure constitutes a breach of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. They seek recommendations that the Crown consult with Te Arawa and present a fully researched and agreed proposal to the Queen for her consideration.
