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Statement of Claim

Wai 2662, the Whakatōhea Deed of Mandate urgent inquiry

Wai 2662, the Whakatōhea Deed of Mandate urgent inquiry

Wai No: Wai 2683
Claim: the Bay of Islands Healthcare Claim
Date Received: 25 Oct 17
Claimant: Hokimate Painting
Representing: Northland Maori, Maori living in the Bay of Islands area
Concerning: Māori healthcare in the Bay of Islands and the Crown’s obligations under international law. The claimant alleges that the Crown has breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to: • Ensure it meets its international obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, and the Convention the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006 (together known as the “International Bill of Human Rights”) within a New Zealand context; • Provide adequate resources and funding to district health boards (DHBs), thereby impeding access to and provision of healthcare services for Northland Māori; and • Adequately consult and meaningfully engage with Māori when designing and implementing its healthcare policies

Wai 2683, the Bay of Islands Healthcare Claim

Wai No: 2670
Claim: the Treatment of Substance Abuse Issues Claim
Date Received: 25 Jul 17
Claimant: Jack Rifle
Representing: Ngati Te Wehi
Concerning: The claim concerns the failure of the Crown to provide for the healthcare of Māori and their whānau in the provision of sufficient support for those with substance abuse issues. The claimant alleges that the Crown has breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to: • Afford Ngāti Te Wehi equal treatment compared with non-Māori; • Provide sufficient healthcare for Ngāti Te Wehi; • Afford Ngāti Te Wehi equal rights, privileges and support as afforded non-Māori; • Prevent unfair treatment of Māori; • Prevent the undermining of the claimant’s mana and rangatiratanga; • Provide sufficient assistance, support and care for Māori; • Provide for the claimant’s overall health and well-being.

Wai 2670, the Treatment of Substance Abuse Issues Claim

Wai No: 2671
Claim: the Mental Health Services (Stevens) Claim
Date Received: 28 Jul 17
Claimant: Jane Stevens
Representing: Nicky Stevens, her whanau, Ngai Tahu and all Maori suffering from mental illness
Concerning: The claim concerns the failure of the Crown to provide for the healthcare of Māori in respect of mental illness. The claimant alleges that the Crown has breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to: • Deliver adequate mental health services to Māori; • Consult Māori over the delivery of health services for Māori; • Adequately ensure that health policy is kept up to date with regard to self-harm, suicide and Māori mental health policy; • Address funding and staffing needs to improve Māori mental health services; • Protect the provision of kaupapa Māori mental health services; • Allow Māori tino rangatiratanga over their kaupapa, by the Crown assuming control over mental health policy; • Provide adequate funding for Māori health initiatives or tikanga-based treatment within the wider health service; • Protect kaupapa Māori through its application of the Crown’s health policy; • Protect Māori from poverty, sickness, high mortality and economic marginalisation; and • Resource Māori with the ability to provide for the health issues of Māori.

Wai 2671, the Mental Health Services (Stevens) Claim

Wai No: 2600
Claim: the Cancer Treatment (Wright) Claim
Date Received: 21 Jul 17
Claimant: Bruce Wright
Representing: Himself and the Wright whanau
Concerning: The claim concerns the failure of the Crown to provide for the healthcare of Māori in respect of cancer treatment procedures. The claimant alleges that the Crown has breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to: • Prevent the absence and misuse of tikanga Māori in cancer treatment procedures; • Provide adequate Māori health provider services; • Prevent Māori discomfort in the mainstream healthcare system; • Provide a local District Health Board that adequately incorporates tikanga Māori in its provision of healthcare; • Adequately implement tikanga Māori in the healthcare system; • Prevent health disparities; and • Provide for the improvement of Māori health outcomes

Wai 2600, the Cancer Treatment (Wright) Claim

Wai No: 2672
Claim: the Healthcare of Disabled Māori claim
Date Received: 29 Aug 17
Claimant: Donna Washbrook
Concerning: The claimant alleges that the Crown has breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to: • Adequately investigate the extent of impairment and disabilities affecting Māori; • Adequately address the needs of impaired and disabled Māori, including actively assisting them to improve their quality of life and providing sufficient resources and support for the whānau of disabled Māori to empower them to adequately care for their whānau; • Provide timely and adequate healthcare and support for Māori living with disabilities, especially for those Māori living who live rurally; and • Provide sufficient funding for rural Māori living with disabilities to enable them to live a full life.

Wai 2672, the Healthcare of Disabled Māori claim

Wai No: 2673
Claim: the Sexual Abuse of Māori Wāhine and Tamariki Claim
Date Received: 29 Aug 17
Claimant: Sheena Ross
Concerning: concerns the failure of the Crown to provide for the healthcare of Māori in respect of the sexual abuse of Māori wāhine and tamariki. The claimant alleges that the Crown has breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to: • Recognise that Māori wāhine and tamariki suffer sexual abuse disproportionately to non-Māori; • Address the underlying causes of the inequality between sexual abuse suffered by Māori as compared with non-Māori; • Provide adequate and Treaty compliant remedies to address the sexual abuse inequalities suffered by Māori wāhine and tamariki; • Provide an adequate healthcare system for sexually abused Māori wāhine and tamariki; • Provide adequate long-term support to assist Māori wāhine and tamariki in their rehabilitation from sexual abuse; • Incorporate Māori tikanga into the policy and procedures of the New Zealand healthcare system; and • Ensure that Māori who have suffered from sexual abuse are cared for in a manner cognisant and reflective of Māori values and practices.

the Sexual Abuse of Māori Wāhine and Tamariki Claim

T Afeaki / N Lambert / J Lewis (Wai 401), Memorandum of Counsel providing an update on the effect of the Heretaunga Tamatea Claims Settlement Bill, 20 Oct 17

Wai 2180 - The Taihape - Rangitikei ki Rangipo Inquiry

S Eccles (Crown), Memorandum of Counsel for the Crown concerning the status of Wai 401 in the Wai 2180 - Taihape: Rangitikei ki Rangipo District Inquiry, 20 Oct 17

Wai 2180 - The Taihape - Rangitikei ki Rangipo Inquiry