Tribunal releases Maniapoto Mandate Inquiry Report
The Waitangi Tribunal has released a pre-publication copy of its Maniapoto Mandate Inquiry Report
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Tribunal releases stage 2 report on freshwater and geothermal resources
The Waitangi Tribunal has released a pre-publication copy of its report on stage 2 of its inquiry into claims concerning freshwater and geothermal resources
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Tribunal releases report on Māori prisoners’ voting rights
The Waitangi Tribunal has released a report on whether the disenfranchisement of former prisoners is inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi
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Report on stage one of health services and outcomes released
Media release announcing the Waitangi Tribunal’s Hauora: Report on Stage One of the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry
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Tribunal finds serious Treaty breaches in report on Te Rohe Pōtae claims
Media release for Waitangi Tribunal report on Te Rohe Pōtae claims, Te Mana Whatu Ahuru, in which the Tribunal finds serious Treaty breaches
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Waitangi Tribunal releases report on Te Rohe Pōtae claims
Media release for Waitangi Tribunal report on Te Rohe Pōtae claims, Te Mana Whatu Ahuru
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The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act Inquiry
NOTICE is hereby given that the Waitangi Tribunal has commenced a kaupapa inquiry into claims concerning the Marine and Coastal Area Act 2011 (the MACA Act).
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The Waitangi Tribunal releases its Whakatōhea Mandate Inquiry Report
The Waitangi Tribunal releases its Whakatōhea Mandate Inquiry Report
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Wai 2500 Military Veterans Kaupapa Inquiry Research hui
Wai 2500 claimants and their counsel are warmly invited to attend a research hui with the researchers of the four projects commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal
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The Waitangi Tribunal releases its Horowhenua: the Muaūpoko Priority Report
The Waitangi Tribunal today released its Horowhenua: the Muaūpoko Priority Report, in which it upheld a number of claims that the Crown breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.The report concerns 30 claims relating to Muaūpoko, an iwi of the lower North Island. The claims of Muaūpoko focused on...
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Waitangi Tribunal releases report into disproportionate reoffending rate
This Waitangi Tribunal report is addressing the reduction of the high rate of Māori criminal reoffending relative to non-Māori.
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Waitangi Tribunal launches new inquiry into Health Services and Outcomes
On 30 November 2016, the Waitangi Tribunal Chairperson, Chief Judge Wilson Isaac, commenced the Health Services and Outcomes Inquiry (Wai 2575). This inquiry is part of the Waitangi Tribunal's kaupapa (thematic) inquiry programme and will hear all outstanding claims with grievances relating to health services and outcomes and which are...
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Two new appointments to the Waitangi Tribunal
Two people have been appointed as members of the Waitangi Tribunal this month: Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) and Dr Thomas Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato Tainui).‘The new appointments are an important recognition of the types of skills and capabilities needed for Tribunal panels,’ says Grace Smit, Director,...
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Final filing date set for seeking to participate in the Wai 2500 inquiry
Inquiry under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 concerning Military Veterans Claims (Wai 2500)NOTICE is hereby given that the Waitangi Tribunal has set a final filing date for the filing of new claims and amended claims seeking to participate in Wai 2500 – Military Veterans Kaupapa Inquiry.Date: Friday 23 September...
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TPPA Treaty clause not a breach, Tribunal says
The Treaty of Waitangi clause in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) should provide a reasonable degree of protection to Māori interests, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.The Tribunal’s Report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, released today, focuses on a clause in the TPPA which allows the Crown to take measures it...
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Tribunal declines claims on Māui’s dolphin
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown’s policy on the protection of the endangered Māui’s dolphin does not breach the Treaty of Waitangi.In The Priority Report concerning Māui’s Dolphin, released today, the Tribunal found that, while the dolphin is a taonga to two North Island coastal hapū, the Crown had...
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Pre-publication report on claims about the reform of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 released
The Report on Claims About the Reform of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, released today in pre-publication format, is the outcome of three claims from Māori landowners.Marise Lant, the named claimant for Wai 2478, is a former Māori Land Court staffer. Her claim was supported by Te Whānau a...
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Chapter on reforms to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act released
The Waitangi Tribunal today (5 February 2016) released a draft of a chapter from the report it is preparing into claims concerning proposed reforms to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. This followed an announcement last week that the Crown would embark on a series of informational hui about those...
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Part VI of Te Urewera report released
The shocking poverty experienced by Te Urewera Māori was in large part caused by the Crown’s many breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi, the Waitangi Tribunal has found in the sixth and final volume of its Te Urewera district inquiry report.The volume, released today, responded to claims made on behalf...
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Ngāpuhi Mandate Inquiry report released
The Ngāpuhi Mandate Inquiry Report was released in final form on 21 December 2015. It was the outcome of an inquiry into 15 claims, primarily from Ngāpuhi hapū and collectives of hapū, relating to the Crown’s recognition of the Tūhoronuku Independent Mandated Authority (the Tūhoronuku IMA) as having a mandate...
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