Supporting papers (Part 3)
Wai 686 - Combined Record of Inquiry for the Hauraki claims
“Te Aitanga a Mate, Te Aowera and Te Whanui a Rakairoa”, Volume Four, Traditional Report – Supporting Papers on behalf of the Wai 792 claim (Wai 792, A2 (c), Wai 866, A2 (c))
Wai 686 - Combined Record of Inquiry for the Hauraki claims
“Te Aitanga a Mate, Te Aowera and Te Whanui a Rakairoa”, Volume Three, Traditional Report – Map document on behalf of the Wai 792 claim (Wai 792, A2 (b), Wai 866, A2 (b))
Wai 686 - Combined Record of Inquiry for the Hauraki claims
The Crown, the Treaty and the Hauraki tribes, 1800-1885
Wai 686 - Combined Record of Inquiry for the Hauraki claims
Supporting papers (Part 1)
Wai 686 - Combined Record of Inquiry for the Hauraki claims
Supporting papers (Part 2)
Wai 686 - Combined Record of Inquiry for the Hauraki claims
Memorandum-directions of the Presiding Officer to register an amended statement of claim, 25 Jan 13 (also recorded on Wai 788, #2.44, Wai 898, #2.2.180 and Wai 1040 #2.2.181)
Pio Pio Stores Site claim
Amended statement of claim, 20 Jun 12 (also recorded on Wai 788, #1.1(c) and Wai 898, #1.1.32(c) and Wai 898, #1.1.38(c))
Pio Pio Stores Site claim
The Napier Hospital and Health Services Report
Napier Hospital Services claim
The Tribunal did not revisit the general issues surrounding the closure of Napier Hospital. Neither did they consider the merits of restoring Napier Hospital to its former status. That was not a remedy the claimants were seeking.
—Deputy Chief Judge Isaac
The claim required the Tribunal to look at the historical context of hospital services in Napier from 1851 to 1940 and in particular the promise of a hospital to Ahuriri Māori in 1851. The Tribunal found that there was widespread and severe ill health, and the impact of introduced diseases, was a principle cause of the crisis of survival which saw a halving of the national Māori population during the half century after 1840. Ahuriri Māori did not escape, and in the 1930s their health status still lagged far behind that of Pakeha:
Whether the health status of Ahuriri Māori has improved or worsened over the last decade, the disparity in health status between Ahuriri Maori and non-Maori has shown little if any reduction and has remained markedly adverse. For many Ahuriri Maori the health outcomes remain poor. A significant proportion of the ill health suffered by Ahuriri Maori was preventable, and not prevented.
The Tribunal looked at a number of issues that arose during the 1980s and 1990s in its report. These issues included consultation with Ahuriri Māori on decisions affecting the status of Napier Hospital with decisions to regionalise hospital services in Hastings and downgrade or close Napier Hospital. Representation at decision making levels was another issue where the Crown was in breach of the principle of partnership with an imbalance of Māori representation on the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board. Neither was there sufficient participation by Māori to sustain the Māori Health Unit’s objectives.
The Tribunal recommended a community health centre governed by trustees on behalf of Ahuriri Māori and bicultural in character, serving the special needs of Ahuriri Māori but open to all. It suggested that the centre should function as an integrated care organisation providing a variety of primary, public, promotional, educational, and rongoa Māori services.
The Tribunal recommended that the Crown take early steps to conclude an agreement in principle with the claimants on the concept, and that the Napier Hospital site should be transferred to the Residual Health Management Unit and the proceeds be vested in trust, for the purpose of endowering the community health centre.
