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Ko te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi he kōmihana ruku tātari. Ka tuku tūtohutanga mō ngā kerēme i tukuna mai e ngāi Māori e pā ana ki te ture, ngā kaupapahere, ngā mahi a te Karauna, ngā hapanga rānei, e whakapaetia ana i takahi i ngā kī taurangi i roto i te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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The Waitangi Tribunal standing inside Parliament October 2025

Waitangi Tribunal Launches Strategic Direction 2025–2035

The new strategic direction sustains the Tribunal’s comprehensive approach by providing inquiry pathways for all claims yet to be heard. The Tribunal’s district and kaupapa (thematic) inquiry programmes will cover most of the claims. Complementing them will be two standing panel inquiries into claims with remaining historical and contemporary issues respectively.

Waitangi Tribunal Strategic Direction 2025-2035
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Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry

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The Declaration and the Treaty

Report on Stage 1 of Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry

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Ko Aotearoa Tēnei

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Report into claims concerning New Zealand law and policy affecting Māori culture and identity

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Nuku 1975
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 passed
Hei pānui atu anō
1985
Tribunal gains retrospective jurisdiction to inquire into events back to 1840
1986
Te Reo Māori Claim Report
1987
1987 Lands Case
1996
Beginning of district inquiries
2015
Kaupapa inquiries commence
2030
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Poutūterangi
2026
North-Eastern Bay of Plenty District Inquiry
WAI: 1750
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Wāhi
Maromahue marae
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30
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Tomokia ngā tatau o Matangireia: the Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry
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Judicial Conference
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Fox
Wāhi
Online
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Paengawhāwhā
2026
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Appendix B: Summary of ‘Mana Wāhine Māori i Ngā Wā ō Mua: The impacts of Crown legislation, policy and practices on the rangatiratanga, status and roles of wāhine Māori c. 1840-1950’ report, by R Wolfgramm, 6 Mar 26 (filed by E Ngawhika)

Wai 2700 - Mana Wahine Kaupapa Inquiry

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23 Mar 2026
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B003(b)
Report

Appendix A: Summary of ‘Mana Wāhine i Te Ao Hurihuri: Equity and Disparities in Wellbeing for Wāhine Māori from the 1950s to 2000’ report, by L Greaves and S-L Douglas, 6 Mar 26 (filed by E Ngawhika)

Wai 2700 - Mana Wahine Kaupapa Inquiry

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23 Mar 2026
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B013(a)
Report

Appendix A: Summary of ‘Wai 2700 Pou Hine: Rangatiratanga, c. 1840-2023’ report, by F Cram, 6 Mar 26 (filed by S Roughton)

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23 Mar 2026
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Tribunal commences national pānui process for Inquiry into Remaining Historical Claims

12 Kohi 2026 4:08 PM
If you have a historical claim, you must advise the Waitangi Tribunal whether you intend to participate in the Inquiry into Remaining Historical Claims (Wai 2800).
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Pūrongo-ā-tau: Annual report released

23 Haki 2025 12:43 PM
The Waitangi Tribunal has released its annual report, covering the period of Matariki (June) 2024 to Matariki (June) 2025.
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