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The Waitangi Tribunal today (20 December 2012) released the fourth part of its report on claims in the Te Urewera district inquiry.In this part of its report, the Tribunal moves beyond large-scale land alienation in Te Urewera to look at how Maori communities fared in the twentieth century, with only...
The Waitangi Tribunal today (22 October 2012) released in pre-publication format the third part of its report on claims in the Te Urewera district inquiry.In this part of its report, entitled From Self-governing Native Reserve to National Park, the Tribunal looks at the origins of Te Urewera National Park, created...
The Waitangi Tribunal has today (18 October 2012) released a pre-publication version of Matua Rautia: Report on the Kōhanga Reo Claim, its report into the kōhanga reo claim filed by the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust.The Tribunal heard the claim under urgency during March and April 2012, with Deputy Chief...
Time to Move beyond Grievance in Treaty Relationship, Tribunal SaysThe Waitangi Tribunal today (2 July 2011) released its report into the Wai 262 claim, recommending wide-ranging reforms to laws and policies affecting Māori culture and identity and calling for the Crown-Māori relationship to move beyond grievance to a new era...
The Waitangi Tribunal acknowledges Emeritus Professor Dame Judith Binney, New Zealand historian, 1940–2011Dame Judith Binney was a pioneer historian in the fields of Maori history, Maori-Pakeha and Maori-Crown relations. Her work with iwi, her engagement with their oral histories and traditions, and her successful dialogue between western academic approaches and...
On Saturday 4 September 2010, the Tribunal released its report Tauranga Moana, 1886–2006: Report on the Post-Raupatu Claims.In stage 2 of its inquiry into Tauranga Moana claims, the Tribunal examined issues relating to the decades since the confiscation (the latter having been the subject of stage 1). Over 50 claims...
On 2 August 2010, the Waitangi Tribunal released part II of the pre-publication version of its report on Te Urewera claims. The following introductory text is taken from Presiding Officer Judge Patrick Savage's letter to the Minister of Māori Affairs, which is located at the beginning of the report:
On 6...
The East Coast Settlement Report is the outcome of an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing held in Wellington between 14 and 16 December 2009 into the Crown's recognition of Te Runanga o Ngāti Porou's (TRONP) mandate to negotiate and settle all historical Ngāti Porou Treaty of Waitangi claims. The Tribunal panel...
The Waitangi Tribunal has today released its report on the Treaty claims of iwi and hapū of the Wairarapa ki Tararua district, which extends up the eastern side of the North Island from Cape Palliser to southern Hawke’s Bay. The principal iwi are Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne.The Tribunal inquiry panel...
The Minister of Māori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, today announced the reappointment of Mrs Keita Walker, Mr John Baird, Sir Hirini Mead, Professor Ranginui Walker, and Dr Angela Ballara to the Waitangi Tribunal, each for a term of three years.Read Dr Sharples ReleaseFor media inquiries, contact the Ministry of Justice...
The Minister of Māori Affairs, the Honourable Dr Pita Sharples, today announced the appointment of Chief Judge Wilson Whare Isaac of the Māori Land Court as the chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal for a term of five years.Hon Dr Pita Sharples media releaseFor media inquiries, contact the Ministry of Justice...
On 9 April 2009, the Waitangi Tribunal released part I of its report into the Treaty claims of the iwi and hapu of Te Urewera district. The report is being released in parts at the request of the Crown and claimants, to assist them in settlement negotiations.Part I examines the...
The Waitangi Tribunal today released its report on an urgent claim, Wai 1298, filed in September by Harold Maniapoto and Tui Adams on behalf of the Aotearoa Institute Te Kuratini o Nga Waka Trust Board, the parent body of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWOA). The claim alleged that the Crown...